Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 58 Part 1.djvu/90

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70 PUBLIC LAWS-CH. 63-FEB. 25, 1944 LOSWTAT. SEC. 404. MONEY ORDERS. put, p. 733. The fees for domestic money orders shall be increased by 662/3 per centum, computed in each case, if the amount of such increase is not a multiple of 1 cent, to the nearest multiple of 1 cent above such amount. SEC. 405. REGISTERED MAIL. The registry fees for registered mail shall be increased by 331/3 per centum, computed in each case to the nearest multiple of 5 cents, and the additional fees for registered mail shall be increased by 331/3 per centum, computed in each case, if the amount of such increase is not a multiple of 1 cent, to the multiple of 1 cent next above such amount. SEC. 406. INSURED MAIL. Poit. P .. MThe fees for insurance on mail matter shall be increased in each case by an amount equal to the fee provided by existing law. Pot, p. 733. SEC. 407. RECEIPTS ON REGISTERED MAIL AND INSURED MAIL. The fees for obtaining receipts for registered mail and insured mail shall in each case be increased by 331/3 per centum, computed in each case, if the amount of such increase is not a multiple of 1 cent, to the multiple of 1 cent next above such amount. Pt, p. 733. SEC. 408. COLLECT-ON-DELIVERY SERVICE. (a) IN GENERAt--The fees for collect-on-delivery service with respect to domestic third and fourth class mail shall be increased in each case by an amount equal to the fee provided by existing law. (b) EFFEMrrNG DELIVERY UPoN CHANGED TEMs. -The fee for serv- ices in effecting delivery of collect-on-delivery mail upon terms differ- ing from those originally stipulated at the time of mailing shall be increased by an amount equal to the fee provided by existing law. (c) DEMURRAGE ON COLLECT-ON-DELIVERY PAICELI.- T he demurrage charges on collect-on-delivery parcels shall be increased in each case by an amount equal to the charge provided by existing law. SEC. 409. ADDITIONAL FEE FOR DELIVERY OF REGISTERED, INSURED, AND COLLECT-ON-DELIVERY MAIL TO ADDRESSEE ONLY. The additional fee for effecting the delivery of domestic registered, insured, and collect-on-delivery mail, the delivery of which is restricted to the addressee only, or to the addressee or order, is increased by an amount equal to the fee provided by existing law. SEC. 410. TERMINATION OF INCREASES. (a) IN GENEBA.-The increases in postal rates, fees, and charges made by this title shall cease to be in effect on and after the first day of the first month which begins at least six months after the termina- tion of hostilities in the present war. (b) DEFINrrION. - For the purposes of this section the term "termi- nation of hostilities in the present war" means the date proclaimed by the President as the date of such termination, or the date specified in a concurrent resolution of the two Houses of Congress as the date of such termination, whichever is the earlier. __ __ _. rn a-.