76 STAT. ]
PUBLIC LAW 87-646-SEPT. 7, 1962
445
SEC. 13. Section 4554 of title 39, United States Code, exclusive of the Educational catch line, is amended to read as follows: "^eVites! ^'"*" " (a) Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, the reg- 74 Stat. 675. ular third or fourth class postage rates, or the rate of 9 cents a pound for the first pound or fraction thereof and 5 cents for each additional pound or fraction thereof, whichever is the lower rate, is the postage rate on— "(1) books permanently bound for preservation, consisting wholly of reading matter or scholarly bibliography or reading matter with incidental blank spaces for notations and containing no advertising matter other than incidental announcement of books; " (2) 16-millimeter films and 16-millimeter film catalogs except when sent to commerical theaters; " (3) printed music, whether in bound form or in sheet form; "(4) printed objective test materials and accessories thereto used by or in behalf of educational institutions in the testing of ability, aptitude, achievement, interests, and other mental and personal qualities with or without answer, test scores, or identifying information recorded thereon in writing, or by mark; '(5) sound recordings; " (6) manuscripts for books, periodicals and music; and "(7) printed educational reference charts, permanently processed for preservation. " (b)(1) Matter designated in paragraph (2) of this subsection may be mailed at the regular third or fourth class postage rates, or at the rate of 4 cents for the first pound or fraction thereof and 1 cent for each additional pound or fraction thereof when loaned or exchanged (including cooperative processing by libraries) between— " (A) schools, colleges, or universities; " (B) public libraries, religious, educational, scientific, philanthropic, agricultural, labor, veterans', or fraternal organizations or associations, not organized for profit and none of the net income of which inures to the benefit of any private stockholder or individual, or between such organizations and their members, readers or borrowers. "(2) The materials mailable under the rates prescribed in paragraph (1) of this subsection are— " (A) books consisting wholly of reading matter or scholarly bibliography or reading matter with incidental blank spaces for notations and containing no advertising matter other than incidental announcements of books; " (B) printed music, whether in bound form or in sheet form; " (C) bound volumes of academic theses in typewritten or other duplicated form; (D) periodicals, whether bound or unbound; " (E) sound recordings; and " (F) other library materials in printed, duplicated, or photographic form or in the form of unpublished manuscripts. "(3) Before being entitled to the preferential rates under this subsection, the Postmaster General may require an organization or association to furnish satisfactory evidence to him that none of the net income inures to the benefit of any private stockholder or individual. "(c) 16-millimeter films, filmstrips, transparencies for projection, slideSj microfilms, sound recordings, scientific or mathematical kits, instruments or other devices, catalogs of such materials, and guides or scripts prepared solely for use with such materials may be mailed at the rates prescribed in subsection (b)(1) of this section when sent to or from the institutions, organizations or associations listed in (A) and (B) of subsection (b)(1).
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