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[81 STAT. 616]
PUBLIC LAW 90-000—MMMM. DD, 1968
[81 STAT. 616]

616

PUBLIC LAW 90-206-DEC. 16, 1967

[81 STAT.

" (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), the rate of postage on publications admitted as second-class mail when addressed for dehvery within the county in which they are published and entered is as follows: "[In cents] "Mailed during calendar year 1968

Mailed during calendar year 1969

1.3 .2

1.4 .2

Rate per pound. Minimum charge per piece.

74 Stat. 669.

Mailed after Dec. 31, 1969 1.5 .2.";

(2) by adding at the end thereof the following: " (d)(1) Except as provided in paragraph (2), the rates of postage Q^ publications mailed in accordance with section 4359(a) of this title, of qualified nonprofit organizations, are as follows: "[In cents)

"During calendar year 1968

During calendar year 1969

During calendar year 1970

During calendar year 1971

During calendar year 1972

Rate per pound: Advertising portion: Zones land 2

2.35

Zone 3 Zone 4

2.55 2.95

Zone 5

3.35

2.9 3.3 4.1 4.9 5.2 5.2 5.2 2.0 .15

3.45 4.05 5.25 6.45 6.9 6.9 6.9 2.1 .2

4.0 4.8 6.4 8.0 8.6 8.6 8.6 2.1 .2

4.55 5.55 7.55 9.55 10.3 10.3 10.3 2.1 .2

Zone 6 Zone? Zones Nonadvertising portion Minimum charge per piece

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3.5 3.5 3.5 1.9 . 13

During calendar year 1973 and thereafter

5.1 6.3 8.7 11.1 12.0 12.0 12.0 2.1 .2

"(2) The postage on an issue of a publication referred to in paragraph (1), the advertising portion of which does not exceed 10 per centum of such issue, shall be computed without regard to the rates applicable to the advertising portion prescribed in such paragraph. "(e) The postage on classroom publications, mailed in accordance with section 4359(a) of this title, is 60 per centum of the postage computed in accordance with section 4359(b) of this title. " (f) The postage shall be 4.2 cents per pound on the advertising portion of publications (1) which are mailed for delivery in zones 1 and 2 in accordance with section 4359(a) of this title, (2) which are devoted to promoting the science of agriculture, and (3^ when the total number of copies of the publications furnished during any twelvemonth period to subscribers residing in rural areas consists of at least 70 per centum of the total number of copies distributed by any means for any purpose. " (g) I n lieu of the minimum charge per piece prescribed by section 4359(b) of this title, the minimum charge pter piece for publications (other than publications to which subsections (d) and (e) of this section are applicable), when fewer than five thousand copies are mailed outside the county of publication, is 0.6 cent per piece when mailed during the calendar year 1968, 0.7 cent per piece when mailed during the calendar year 1969, and 0.8 cent per piece when mailed thereafter. " (h) The publisher of a classroom publication, of a publication referred to in subsection (f) of this section, or of a publication of a nonprofit organization, before being entitled to the rates for the publications, shall furnish such proof of qualifications as the Postmaster General prescribes.