62 STAT.] 80TlH CONG. , 2D SESS.-CH. 830-JULY 3, 1948 Act to reclassify the salaries of postmasters, officers, and employees of the Postal Service; to establish uniform procedures for computing compensation; and for other purposes", approved July 6, 1945, as amended, shall receive additional compensation at the rate of $450 per annum: Provided, That employees paid on an hourly or part-time basis shall receive additional compensation at the rate of 25 cents per hour: Providedfurther, That postmasters at post offices of the fourth class shall receive additional compensation at the rate of a sum per annum equal to 25 per centum of their basic annual compensation. SEC. 102. The provisions of this Act shall not apply to skilled-trades employees of the mail-equipment shops, job cleaners in first- and second-class post offices, and employees who are paid on a fee or contract basis. SEC. 103. (a) Sections 17 (e) and 22 (d) of such Act of July 6,1945, as amended, are each amended by striking out "6 cents per mile" and inserting in lieu thereof "7 cents per mile". (b) Section 22 (d) of such Act of July 6, 1945, as amended, is further amended by striking out "75 cents" and inserting in lieu thereof "90 cents". (c) The Act entitled "An Act to increase the equipment mainte- nance of rural carriers 1 cent per mile per day traveled by each rural carrier for a period of two years, and for other purposes" (Public Law 467, Eightieth Congress), is hereby repealed. SEC. 104. This title shall take effect on the first day of the first pay period which begins after June 30, 1948. TITLE II-POSTAL RATE REVISION AIR MAIL SEC. 201. The rate of postage on all domestic air mail as defined in Public Law 730, Seventy-ninth Congress, shall, except in the case of postal cards and private mailing or post cards, be 6 cents for each ounce or fraction thereof. The rate of postage on postal cards and private mailing or post cards (conforming to the conditions prescribed by the Act entitled "An Act to amend the postal laws relating to use of postal cards", approved May 19, 1898 (U. S. C., 1940 edition, title 39, sec. 281)), when sent by air mail, shall be 4 cents each. THIRD-CLASS MAIL SEC. 202. The rate of postage on third-class matter shall be 2 cents for the first two ounces or fraction thereof, and 1 cent for each addi- tional ounce or fraction thereof up to and including eight ounces in weight, except that the rate of postage on books and catalogs of twenty-four pages or more, seeds, cuttings, bulbs, roots, scions, and plants not exceeding eight ounces in weight shall be 11⁄2Y cents for each two ounces or fraction thereof: Provided, That upon payment of a fee of $10 for each calendar year or portion thereof and under such regulations as the Postmaster General may establish for the collection of the lawful revenue and for facilitating the handling of such matter in the mails, it shall be lawful to accept for transmission in the mails, separately addressed identical pieces of third-class matter in quanti- ties of not less than twenty pounds, or of not less than two hundred pieces, subject to pound rates of postage applicable to the entire bulk mailed at one time: Providedfurther, That the rate of postage on third- class matter mailed in bulk under the foregoing provision shall be 14 cents for each pound or fraction thereof with a minimum charge per piece of 1 cent, except that in the case of books and catalogs of twenty- four pages or more, seeds, cuttings, bulbs, roots, scions, and plants the rate shall be 10 cents for each pound or fraction thereof with a mini- mum charge per piece of 1 cent: And provided further, That pieces 1261 69 Stat. 435. 39U. S. C.0§ 851- 876; Supp. I, § 853 et seq. Ante, pp . 490, 491, 1108, 1166. Nonappllcability. 59 Stat. 456, 460. 39U.S. C . 6I867(e), 872 (d). Supra. Repeal Ante, p. 10L Effective date. 60 Stat. 1062. 39U.S.C.I(463 and note, 462a. Ante, p. 1098. 80 Btat. 419. 89U.S. c. 281. Bulk mail Exceptions.
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