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Code · STATUTES-AT-LARGE · Vol. 43 STAT. · February 28, 1925 · Chapter 368

Chapter 368. Reclassifying the salaries of postmasters and employees of the Postal Service, readjusting their salaries and compensation on an equitable basis, increasing postal rates to provide for such readjustment, and for other purposes

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CHAP. 368.— An Act Reclassifying the salaries of postmasters and employees of the Postal Service, readjusting their salaries and compensation on an equitable basis, increasing postal rates to provide for such readjustment, and for other purposes. February 28, 1925.[[H. R. 11444](/us/bill/68/hr/11444).][[Public, No. 506](/us/pl/68/506).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, * Title I.— Reclassification of Salaries of Postal EmployeesPostal service.
Section 1. That on and after January 1, 1925, postmasters andReclassification of postmasters and employees.Vol. 41, p. 1045.*Post*, p. 1331. employees of the Postal Service shall be reclassified and their salaries and compensation readjusted, except as otherwise provided as follows: classification of postmastersPostmasters. That postmasters shall be divided into four classes, as follows:Classification. The first class shall embrace all those whose annual salaries areFirst class. $3,200 or more.
The second class shall embrace all those whose annual salaries areSecond class. less than $3,200, but not less than $2,400. The third class shall embrace all those whose annual salaries areThird class. less than $2,400, but not less than $1,100. The fourth class shall embrace all postmasters whose annual compensationFourth class. amounts to less than $1,100, exclusive of commissions on money orders issued. reclassification of postal salariesReclassification of salaries. The respective compensation of postmasters of the first, second,Basis of, from postal receipts.Vol. 41, p. 1046, amended. and third classes shall be annual salaries, graded in even hundreds of dollars, and payable in semimonthly payments to be ascertained and fixed by the Postmaster General from their respective quarterly returns to the General Accounting Office, or copies of duplicates thereof to the First Assistant Postmaster General, for the calendar year immediately preceding the adjustment, based on gross postal receipts at the following rates, namely:
First class— $40,000, but less than $50,000, $3,200; $50,000, butFirst class. less than $60,000, $3,300; $60,000, but less than $75,000, $3,400; $75,000, but less than $90,000, $3,500; $90,000, but less than $120,000, $3,600; $120,000, but less than $150,000, $3,700; $150,000, but less than $200,000, $3,800; $200,000, but less than $250,000, $3,900; $250,000, but less than $300,000, $4,000; $300,000, but less than $400,000, $4,200; $400,000, but less than $500,000, $4,500; $500,000, but less than $600,000, $5,000; $600,000, but less than $7,000,000, $6,000; $7,000,000 and upward, $8,000.
Second class— $8,000, but less than $12,000, $2,400; $12,000, butSecond class. less than $15,000, $2,500; $15,000, but less than $18,000, $2,600; $18,000, but less than $22,000, $2,700; $22,000, but less than $27,000, $2,800; $27,000, but less than $33,000, $2,900; $33,000, but less than $40,000, $3,000. 1054 Third class— Third class. $1,500, but less than $1,600, $1,100; $1,600, but less than $1,700, $1,200; $1,700, but less than $1,900, $1,300; $1,900, but less than $2,100, $1,400; $2,100, but less than $2,400, $1,500; $2,400, but less than $2,700, $1,600; $2,700, but less than $3,000, $1,700; $3,000, but less than $3,500, $1,800; $3,500, but less than $4,200, $1,900; $4,200, but less than $5,000, $2,000; $5,000, but less than $6,000, $2,100; $6,000, but less than $7,000, $2,200; $7,000, but less than $8,000, $2,300: *Provided*, That when the gross postal *Provisos.*Relegated to fourth class when receipts less than minimum.receipts of a post office of the third class for each of two consecutive calendar years are less than $1,500, or when in any calendar year the gross postal receipts are less than $1,400, it shall be relegated to the Clerk hire based on salaries of postmasters.fourth class: *Provided*, That postmasters at offices of the third class shall be granted for clerk hire an allowance of $240 per annum where the salary of the postmaster is $1,100 per annum; an allowance of $330 per annum where the salary of the postmaster is $1,200 per annum; an allowance of $420 per annum where the salary of the postmaster is $1,300 per annum; an allowance of $510 per annum where the salary of the postmaster is $1,400 per annum; an allowance of $600 per annum where the salary of the postmaster is $1,500 per annum; an allowance of $690 per annum where the salary of the postmaster is $1,600 per annum; an allowance of $780 per annum where the salary of the postmaster is $1,700 per annum; an allowance of $870 per annum where the salary of the postmaster is $1,800 per annum; an allowance of $960 per annum where the salary of the postmaster is $1,900 per annum; an allowance of $1,050 per annum where the salary of the postmaster is $2,000 per annum; an allowance of $1,140 per annum where the salary of the postmaster is $2,100 per annum; an allowance of $1,400 per annum where the salary of the postmaster is $2,200 per annum; an allowance of $1,600 per annum where the salary of the postmaster is $2,300 per annum:
Modifying to meet varying needs.*Provided further*, That the Postmaster General may modify these allowances for clerk hire to meet varying needs, but in no case shall they be reduced by such modification more than 25 per centum: Aggregate limited.*Provided however*, That the aggregate of such allowances, as modified, shall not exceed in any fiscal year the aggregate of allowances herein prescribed for postmasters of the third class. Clerk hire to cover all clerical labor.The allowances for clerk hire made to postmasters of the first, second, and third class post offices by the Postmaster General out of the annual appropriations therefor shall cover the cost of clerical service of all kinds in such post offices, including the cost of clerical Separating mails excepted.labor in the money-order business, and excepting allowances for separating mails at third-class post offices, as provided by law.
Fourth class.— Fourth class.Compensation fixed upon specified receipts, etc. The compensation of postmasters of the fourth class shall be fixed upon the basis of the whole of the box rents collected at their offices and commissions upon the amount of canceled postage-due stamps and on postage stamps, stamped envelopes, and postal cards canceled, on matter actually mailed at their offices, and on the amount of newspaper and periodical postage collected in money, and on the postage collected in money on identical pieces of Postage due, etc.third and fourth class matter mailed under the provisions of the Vol. 33, p. 440.Act of April 28, 1904, without postage stamps affixed, and on postage Vol. 41, p. 583.collected in money on matter of the first class mailed under provisions of the Act of April 24, 1920, without postage stamps affixed, and on amounts received from waste paper, dead newspapers, printed matter, and twine sold, at the following rates, namely:
Allowance based on quarterly returns.On the first $75 or less per quarter the postmaster shall be allowed 160 per centum on the amount; on the next $100 or less per quarter, 85 per centum; and on all the balance, 75 per centum, the same to be ascertained and allowed by the General Accounting Office in the settlement of the accounts of such postmasters upon 1055their sworn quarterly returns: *Provided*, That when the total compensation*Provisos.*Advanced to proper class if returns exceed $1,500 a year. of any postmaster at a post office of the fourth class for the calendar year shall amount to $1,100, exclusive of commissions on money orders issued, and the receipts of such post office for the same period shall aggregate as much as $1,500, the office shall be assigned to its proper class on July 1, following, and the salary of the postmaster fixed according to the receipts: *Provided further*, That in noCompensation for first three months. case shall there be allowed any postmaster of this class a compensation greater than $300 in any one of the first three quarters of the fiscal year, exclusive of money-order commissions, and in the last quarter of each fiscal year there shall be allowed such further sums as he may be entitled to under the provisions of this Act, not exceeding for the whole fiscal year the sum of $1,100, exclusive of money-order commissions: *And provided further*, That whenever unusual conditionsAdvanced to proper class it receipts of increase under unusual conditions. prevail the Postmaster General, in his discretion, may advance any post office from the fourth class to the appropriate class indicated by the receipts of the preceding quarter, notwithstanding the proviso which requires the compensation of fourth-class postmastersVol. 41, p. 578. to reach $1,100 for the calendar year, exclusive of commissions on money-order business, and that the receipts of such post office for the same period shall aggregate as much as $1,500 before such advancement is made: *And provided further*, That when the PostmasterReduction when receipts decrease.
General has exercised the authority herein granted, lie shall, when-ever the receipts are no longer sufficient to justify retaining such post office in the class to which it has been advanced, reduce the grade of such office to the appropriate class indicated by its receipts for the last preceding quarter. Sec. 2. That post-office inspectors shall be divided into six grades,Post-office inspectors.Grades and salaries. as follows: Grade 1—salary, $2,800; grade 2—salary, $3,000; grade 3—salary, $3,200; grade 4—salary, $3,500; grade 5—salary, $3,800; grade 6—salary, $4,000, and there shall be fifteen inspectors in charge at $4,500: *Provided*, That in the readjustment of grades for*Provisos.*Readjustment of present grades. inspectors to conform to the grades herein provided, inspectors who are now in present grades 1 and 2 shall be included in grade 1; inspectors who are now in present grade 3 shall be included in grade 2; inspectors who are now in present grade 4 shall be included in grade 3; inspectors who are now in present grade 5 shall be included in grade 4; inspectors who are now in present grade 6 shall be included in grade 5: and inspectors who are now in present grade 7 shall be included in grade 6: *Provided further*, That inspectors shall be promotedYearly promotions. successively to grade 5 at the beginning of the quarter following a year’s satisfactory service in the next lower grade, and not to exceed 35 per centum of the force to grade 6 for meritorious service after not less than one year’s service in grade 5; and the time served by inspectors in their present grade shall be included in the year’s service required for promotion in the grades provided herein, except as to inspectors in present grade 1.
Inspectors and supervisory employees of the Railway Mail ServiceExpenses of inspectors, etc. and post offices shall be paid their actual expenses as fixed by law. That clerks at division headquarters of post-office inspectors shallClerks at division headquarters. be divided into six grades, as follows: Grade 1—salary, $1,900; grade 2—salary, $2.000; grade 3—salary,Grades and pay.Vol. 41, p. 1051, amended. $2,150; grade 4—salary, $2,300; grade 5—salary, $2,450; grade 6—salary, $2,600; and there shall be one chief clerk at each division headquarters at a salary of $3,000: *Provided*, That in the readjustment of*Provisos.*Present grades included in the new. grades for clerks at division headquarters to conform to the grades herein provided, clerks who are now in present grade 1 shall be included in grade 1; clerks who are now in present grade 2 shall be included in grade 2: clerks who are now in present grade 3 shall lie included in grade 3; clerks who are now in present grade 4 shall be 1056included in grade 4; clerks who Promotions yearly.are now in present grade 5 shall be included in grade 5; and clerks who are now in present grade 6 shall be included in grade 6: *Provided, further*, That clerks at division headquarters shall be promoted successively to grade 5 at the beginning of the quarter following a year’s satisfactory service in the next lower grade and not to exceed 35 per centum of the force to grade 6 for meritorious service after not less than one year’s service in grade 5, and the time served by clerks in their present grades shall be included in the year’s service required for promotion in the Transfer of clerks and carriers to division headquarters of inspectors.grades provided herein: *And provided further*, That whenever in the discretion of the Postmaster General the needs of the service require such action, he is authorized to transfer clerks or carriers in the city City Delivery Service from post offices at which division headquarters of post-office inspectors are located to the position of clerk at such division headquarters after passing a noncompetitiveStatus when transferred. examination at a salary not to exceed $2,300.
After such transfer is made effective clerks so transferred shall be eligible for promotion to the grades of salary provided for clerks at division Substitutes for clerks absent without pay.headquarters of post-office inspectors. Hereafter when any clerk in the office of division headquarters in the post-office inspection service is absent from duty for any cause other than leave with pay allowed by law, the Postmaster General, under such regulations as he may prescribe, may authorize the employment of a substitute for such Paid from lapsed salary.work, and payment therefor from the lapsed salary of such absent clerk at a rate not to exceed the grade of pay of the clerk absent with-out pay.
Sec. 3. Assistant postmasters at second class offices.Bused on receipts. That at offices of the second class the annual salaries of assistant postmasters shall be in even hundreds of dollars, based on the gross postal receipts for the preceding calendar year, as follows: $8,000. but less than $10,000. $2,200; $10,000. but less than $12,000, $2,200; $12,000. but less than $15,000. $2,200; $15,000, but less than Vol. 41, p. 1047, amended.$18,000, $2,300; $18,000, but less than $22,000, $2,300; $22,000, but less than $27,000, $2,400; $27,000, but less than $33,000, $2,400; $33,000, but less than $40,000, $2,500.
Assistant postmasters and other employees at first class offices.That at offices of the first class the annual salaries of the employees, other than those in the automatic grades, shall be in even hundreds or dollars, based on the gross postal receipts for the preceding calendar year, as follows: Salaries based on office receipts.Receipts $40,000, but less than $50,000—assistant postmaster, $2,600; superintendent of mails, $2,400. Receipts $50,000, but less than $60,000—assistant postmaster, $2,600; superintendent of mails, $2,400.
Receipts $60,000, but less than $75,000—assistant postmaster, $2,600; superintendent of mails, $2,400. Receipts $75,000, but less than $90,000—assistant postmaster. $2,700; superintendent of mails, $2,500. Receipts $90,000. but less than $120,000—assistant post-master, $2,700; superintendent of mails, $2,600; foremen, $2,500. Receipts $120,000, but less than $150,000—assistant postmaster, $2,800; superintendent of mails, $2,700; foremen, $2,500. Receipts $150,000, but less than $200,000—assistant postmaster, $2,900; superintendent of mails, $2,800; foremen, $2,500.
Receipts $200,000, but less than $250,000—assistant postmaster, $3,000; superintendent of mails, $2,900; foremen, $2,500. Receipts $250,000, but less than $300,000— assistant postmaster, $3,100; superintendent of mails, $3,000; assistant superintendent of mails, $2,600: foremen, $2,500. Receipts $300,000, but less than $400,000—assistant postmaster, $3,200; superintendent of mails, $3,100; assistant superintendent of mails, $2,600; foremen, $2,500. Receipts $400,000. but less than $500.000—assistant postmaster, $3,300; superintendent of mails, $3,200; assistant superintendent of mails, $2,600; foremen, $2,500.
Receipts $500,000, but less than $600,000—assistant postmaster, $3,500; superintendent of 1057mails, $3,300; assistant superintendent of mails, $2,600; foremen, $2,500; postal cashier, $2,900; money-order cashier, $2,600. Receipts $600,000, but less than $1,000,000—assistant postmaster, $3,700; superintendent of mails, $3,500; assistant superintendent of mails, $2,800; foremen, $2,500; postal cashier, $3,100; money-order cashier, $2,800. Receipts $1,000,000, but less than $2,000,000—assistant postmaster, $3,900; superintendent of mails, $3,700; assistant superintendents of mails, $2,700, $2,800, and $3,100; foremen, $2,500 and $2,600; postal cashier, $3,300; assistant cashiers, $2,600; money-order cashier. $3,000; bookkeepers, $2,400; station examiners, $2,400.
Receipts $2,000,000, but less than $3,000,000—assistant postmaster, $4,000; superintendent of mails, $3,800; assistant superintendents of mails. $2,700, $2,800, $3,000, and $3,300; foremen, $2,500 and $2,600; postal cashier, $3,400; assistant cashiers, $2,600 and $2,900; money-order cashier, $3,100; bookkeepers, $2,400 and $2,500; station examiners, $2,600. Receipts $3,000,000, but less than $5,000,000— assistant postmaster, $4,100; superintendent of mails, $3,900; assist-ant superintendents of mails, $2,700, $2,800, $3,100, and $3,500; foremen, $2,500 and $2,600; postal cashier, $3,600; assistant cashiers, $2,600, $2,800, and $3,100; money-order cashier, $3,300; bookkeepers, $2,400 and $2,500; station examiners, $2,600 and $2,800.
Receipts $5,000,000, but less than $7,000,000—assistant postmaster, $4,300; superintendent of mails, $4,100; assistant superintendents of mails, $2,700, $2,800, $3,100, $3,300, and $3,700; foremen, $2,500 and $2,600; postal cashier, $3,800; assistant cashiers, $2,600, $2,900, and $3,100; money-order cashier, $3,500; bookkeepers, $2,400, $2,500, and $2,600; station examiners, $2,600 and $2,800. Receipts $7,000,000, but less than $9,000,000—assistant postmaster, $4,600: superintendent of mails, $4,300; assistant superintendents of mails, $2,700, $2,800, $3,100, $3,500, and $3,900; foremen, $2,500 and $2,600; postal cashier, $4,000; assistant cashiers, $2,600, $2,800, $3,100, and $3,400; money-order cashier, $3,600; bookkeepers, $2,400, $2,500, and $2,600; station examiners, $2,600 and $2,800.
Receipts $9,000,000, but less than $20,000,000—assistant postmasters, $4,700 and $4,800; superintendent of mails, $4,500; assistant superintendents of mails, $2,800, $2,900, $3,100, $3,500, $3,700, and $4,100; foremen, $2,500, $2,600 and $2,700; postal cashier, $4,100; assistant cashiers, $2,600, $2,800, $3,200, and $3,600; money-order cashier, $3,700; bookkeepers, $2,400, $2,500, $2,600, and $2,800; station examiners, $2,600 and $2,800. Receipts $20,000,000 and upward—assistant postmasters, $4,800, and $4,900; superintendent of mails, $4,700; assistant superintendents of mails, $2,800, $2,900, $3,100, $3,500, $3,900, and $4,100; superintendent of delivery, $4,700; assistant superintendents of delivery, $2,800, $2,900, $3,100, $3,500, $3,900, and $4,100; foremen, $2,500, $2,600, and $2,700; superintendent of registry, $4,300; assistant superintendents of registry, $2,800. $2,900, $3,100, $3,500, and $4,100; superintendent of money order, $4,300; assistant superintendent of money order, $4,100; auditor, $4,000; postal cashier, $4,300; assistant cashiers, $2,600, $2,800, $3,100, $3,300, and $3,800; money-order cashier, $3,900; bookkeepers, $2,400, $2,600, $2,800, and $3,300; station examiners, $2,600, $2,800, and $3,000.
The salary of superintendents of classified stations shall be based onSuperintendents of classified stations. the number of employees assigned thereto and the annual postalRestriction. receipts. No allowance shall be made for sales of stamps to patrons residing outside of the territory of the stations. At classified stations each $25,000 of postal receipts shall be considered equal to one additional employee. At classified stations the salary of the superintendent shall be as follows:Salary of superintendents based on number of employees.Vol. 41, p. 1049, amended.
One and not exceeding five employees, $2,400; six and not exceeding eighteen employees, $2,500; nineteen and not exceeding thirty-1058two employees, $2,600; thirty-three and not exceeding forty-four employees, $2,700; forty-five and not exceeding sixty-four employees, $2,800; sixty-five and not exceeding ninety employees, $2,900; ninety-one and not exceeding one hundred and twenty employees, $3,000; one hundred and twenty-one and not exceeding one hundred and fifty employees, $3,100; one hundred and fifty-one and not exceeding three hundred and fifty employees, $3,300; three hundred and fifty-one and not exceeding five hundred employees, $3,500; five hundred and one or more employees, $3,800. *Provisos.*Assistant postmasters limited.
Superintendents of delivery, and assistants where receipts between $14,000,000 and $20,000,000.At classified stations having forty-five or more employees there shall be assistant superintendents of stations with salaries as follows: Forty-five and not exceeding sixty-four employees, $2,400; sixty-five and not exceeding ninety employees, $2,500; ninety-one and not exceeding one hundred and twenty employees, $2,600; one hundred and twenty-one and not exceeding one hundred and fifty employees, $2,700; one hundred and fifty-one and not exceeding three hundred and fifty employees, $2,900; three hundred and fifty-one and not exceeding five hundred employees, $3,100; five hundred and one employees and upward, $3,400: *Provided*, That not more than two assistant postmasters shall be employed at offices where the receipts are $9,000,000 and upward: *Provided further*, That at post offices where the receipts are $14,000,000 but less than $20,000,000, there shall be a superintendent of delivery whose salary shall be the same as that provided for the superintendent of mails, and assistant superintendents of delivery at the salaries provided for assistant Addition to postmaster, etc., Washington, D.
C.superintendents of mails: *Provided further*, That in fixing the salaries of the postmaster and supervisory employees in the post office at Washington, District of Columbia, the Postmaster General may, in his discretion, add not to exceed 75 per centum to the gross receipts Maximum salary limits of assistant superintendents.of that office: *Provided further*, That not more than one assistant superintendent of mails, one assistant superintendent of delivery, one assistant superintendent of registry, and one assistant cashier shall Exception.be paid the maximum salary provided for these positions, except where receipts are $9,000,000 and less than $14,000,000 to which offices two assistant superintendents of mail shall be assigned at the maximum salary, one to be in charge of city delivery: *And provided further*,Cashiers at State depositories for postal funds, etc.
That State depositories for surplus postal funds and central accounting offices, where the gross receipts are less than $500,000, and no postal cashier is provided, the employee in charge of such records and adjustments of the accounts shall be allowed an increase of $200 per annum; if receipts are $500,000 and less than $5,000,000, the postal cashier shall be allowed an increase of $200 per annum: Bookkeeper at central accounting offices.*And provided further*, That at all central accounting offices where the bookkeeper in charge performs the duties of auditor, he shall be designated chief bookkeeper, at a salary equal to that of the assistant Promotions when office advanced to higher grade.cashier of the highest grade at that office: *And provided further*, That when an office advances to a higher grade because of increased gross postal receipts for a calendar year, promotion of all supervisory employees shall be made to the corresponding grade at the higher salary provided for the same titles or designations under the higher classification of the office based on its postal receipts: *And provided further*,Minimum for supervisory grade employees.Increased salaries for grade in which placed.
That no employee in the supervisory grades shall receive a salary less than $100 more than that paid to the highest grade of clerk or special clerk: *Provided further*, That in the readjustment of salaries of all employees above the highest grade for special clerks, those at present designated by titles for which more than one grade of salary is provided shall be placed in the same relative grade and designation and receive the increased salary provided in this title. 1059 Sec. 4.
That clerks in first and second class post offices and letterClerks and carriers, first and second class offices. carriers in the City Delivery Service shall be divided into five grades as follows: First grade—salary $1,700; second grade—salary, $1,800;Grades and pay. third grade—salary, $1,900; fourth grade—salary, $2,000; fifth grade—salary, $2,100: *Provided*, That in the readjustment of grades for*Provisos.*Readjustment from present grades. clerks at first and second class post offices and letter carriers in the City Delivery Service to conform to the grades herein provided, grade 1 shall include present grade 1, grade 2 shall include present grade 2, grade 3 shall include present grade 3, grade 4 shall include present grade 4, and grade 5 shall include present grade 5: *Provided further*, That hereafter substitute clerks in firstSubstitutes credited for time served. and second class post offices and substitute letter-carriers in the City Delivery Service when appointed regular clerks or carriers shall have credit for actual time served on a basis of one year for each three hundred and six days of eight hours served as substitute, and appointed to the grade to which such clerk or carrier would have progressed had his original appointment as substitute been to grade 1: *And provided further*, That clerks in first andGrade promotions yearly. second class post offices and letter carriers in the City Delivery Service shall be promoted successively after one year’s satisfactory service in each grade to the next higher grade until they reach the fifth grade All promotions shall be made at the beginning of the quarter following one year’s satisfactory service in the grade: *AndSpecial clerks.Readjustment from present grades. provided further*, That there shall be two grades of special clerks, as follows:
First grade—salary, $2,200; second grade—salary, $2,300: *Provided*, That in the adjustment of grades for special clerks to conform to the grades herein provided special clerk grade 1 shall include present grade 1, and special clerk grade 2 shall include present grade 2: *Provided further*, That in all special clerk promotionsSenior preference. the senior competent employee shall have preference: *Provided further*, That printers, mechanics, and skilled laborers, employeesPrinters, etc., deemed of clerical force. of the United States Stamped Envelope Agency at Dayton, Ohio, shall for the purpose of promotion and compensation be deemed a part of the clerical force.
That the pay of substitute, temporary, or auxiliary clerks at firstPay of substitutes.Vol. 41, p. 1050, amended. and second class post offices and substitute letter carriers in the City Delivery Service shall be at the rate of 65 cents per hour: *Provided*, That marine carriers assigned to the Detroit River Marine*Provisos.*Detroit Riverservice. Service shall be paid annual salary of $300 in excess of the highest salary paid carriers in the City Delivery Service: *Provided further*,Eight hours a day’s work.
That hereafter special clerks, clerks, and laborers, in the first and second class post offices and carriers in the City Delivery Service shall be required to work not more than eight hours a day: *ProvidedPeriod restricted to ten hours. further*, That the eight hours of service shall not extend over a longer period than ten consecutive hours, and the schedules of duty of the employees shall be regulated accordingly: *Provided further*, That in cases of emergency, or if the needs of the service require,Overtime pay for emergency, etc., excess work. and it is not practicable to employ substitutes, special clerks, clerks, and laborers, in first and second class post offices and carriers in the City Delivery Service can be required to work in excess of eight hours per day, and for such overtime service they shall be paid on the basis of the annual pay received by such employees: *AndComputation of pay. provided further*, That in computing the compensation for such over-time the annual salary or compensation for such employees shall be divided by three hundred and six, the number of working days in the year less all Sundays and legal holidays enumerated in the Act of July 28, 1916; the quotient thus obtained will be the daily compensation which divided by eight will give the hourly compensation for such overtime service: *And provided further*,Compensatory time for Sunday and holiday employment.
That when the needs of the service require the employment 1060on Sundays and holidays of foremen, special clerks, clerks, carriers, watchmen, messengers, or laborers, at first and second class post offices, they shall be allowed compensatory time on one day within six days next succeeding the Sunday, except the last three Sundays in the calendar year, and on one day within thirty days next succeeding the holiday and the last three Sundays in the year on which service Overtime pay in lieu of compensatory time at end of the year.is performed: *Provided*, *however*, That the Postmaster General may, if the exigencies of the service require it, authorize the payment of overtime for service on the last three Sundays in the calendar year or on Christmas Day in lieu of compensatory time.
Sec. 5. Messengers, watchmen, etc.Grades and pay.*Provisos.*Promotion. That messengers, watchmen, and laborers in first and second class post offices shall be divided into two grades, as follows: First grade, salary $1,500; second grade, salary $1,600: *Provided*, That watchmen, messengers, and laborers shall be promoted to the second grade after one year’s satisfactory service in grade 1: *Provided further*,Pay of substitutes. That the pay of substitute watchmen, messengers, and laborers shall be at the rate of 55 cents per hour.
Sec. 6. Motor-vehicle employees.Classification pay. That employees in the motor-vehicle service shall be classified as follows: Superintendents, $2,400, $2,600, $2,800, $3,000, $3,400, $3,600, $3,800, $4,000, and $5,000 per annum; assistant superintendents, $2,500, $2,600, and $2,800 per annum; chiefs of records, $2,200, $2,300, $2,400, $2,500, $2,600, $2,800, and $3,000; chiefs of supplies, $2,200, $2,300, and $2,400; chief dispatchers, $2,300 and $2,500; route supervisors, $2,400, $2,500, and $2,600; dispatchers, $2,100, $2,200, and $2,300; chief mechanics, $2,400, $2,500, $2,600, $2,800, and $3,000; mechanics in charge, $2,200, $2,300, and $2,400, and special mechanics,*Proviso.*Assistant superintendents limited. $2,100, $2,200, and $2,300: *Provided*, That assistant superintendents shall not be authorized at offices where the salary of the superintendent is less than $3,000 per annum.
General mechanics.Grades and pay.That general mechanics employed in the motor-vehicle service shall be divided into three grades: First grade, salary $1,900; second Clerks.Grades and pay.grade, salary $2,000; third grade, salary $2,100; and clerks employed in the motor-vehicle service shall be divided into five grades, as fol-lows: First grade, salary $1,700; second grade, salary $1,800; third grade, salary $1,900; fourth grade, salary $2,000; fifth grade, salary *Provisos.*Readjustment from present grades.$2,100: *Provided*, That in the readjustment of grades for clerks in the motor-vehicle service to conform to the grades above provided, grade 1 shall include present grade 1, grade 2 shall include present grade 2, grade 3 shall include present grade 3, grade 4 shall include present grade 4, and grade 5 shall include present grade 5: *Provided*, Promotions.That general mechanics employed in the motor-vehicle service shall be promoted successively after one year’s satisfactory service in each grade to the next higher grade until they reach the third grade, and clerks employed in the motor-vehicle service shall be promoted successively after one year’s satisfactory service in each grade to the next higher grade until they reach the fifth grade, at the respective offices where employed, and promotion shall be made at the beginning of the quarter following one year’s satisfactory service in the grade:
Special clerks in first class offices.*Provided further*, That at first-class post offices there shall be two grades of special clerks in the motor-vehicle service—grade 1, salary Readjustment from present grades.$2,200; grade 2, salary $2,300: *Provided further*, That in the readjustment of grades for special clerks to conform to the grades herein .provided, special clerk, grade 1, shall include present special clerk, grade 1, and special clerk, grade 2, shall include present special clerk, grade 2.
Mechanics’ helpers.Pay.*Proviso.*Promotions.Mechanics’ helpers employed in the motor-vehicle service shall receive a salary of $1,600 per annum: *Provided*, That on satisfactory evidence of their qualifications after one year’s service mechanics’ helpers shall be promoted to the first grade of general mechanics as vacancies may occur. 1061 That driver-mechanics employed in the motor-vehicle service shallDriver-mechanics.Grades and pay. be divided into five grades: First grade, salary $1,600; second grade, salary $1,700; third grade, salary $1,800; fourth grade, salary $1,900; fifth grade, salary $2,000; and garagemen-drivers employed in the motor-vehicle service shall be divided into two grades:
First grade, salary $1,550; second grade, salary $1,650: *Provided*, That in the*Provisos.*Readjustment present grades. readjustment of salaries provided for in this title all driver-mechanics shall be classified in the respective grades as follows: Those with less than one year’s service shall be placed in grade 1; those with more than one year’s service and less than two years’ service shall be placed in grade 2; those with more than two years’ service and less than three years’ service shall be placed in grade 3; those with more than three years’ service and less than four years’ service shall be placed in grade 4; those with more than four years’ service shall be placed in grade 5: *Provided further*, That driver-mechanics employedPromotions. in the motor-vehicle service shall be promoted successively after one year’s satisfactory service in each grade to the next higher grade until they reach the fifth grade at the respective offices where employed: *Provided further*, That garagemen-drivers in the motor-vehicleGaragemen-drivers.Promotions. service shall be promoted after one year’s satisfactory service in the first grade to the second grade at the respective offices where employed, and promotions of driver-mechanics and garagemen-drivers shall be made at the beginning of the quarter following one year’s satisfactory service in the grade.
That the pay of substitute, temporary, or auxiliary employeesSubstitutes.Rates of pay per hour. in the motor-vehicle service shall be as follows: Special mechanics at the rate of 75 cents per hour; general mechanics at the rate of 70 cents per hour; clerks and driver-mechanics at the rate of 65 cents per hour; and garagemen-drivers at the rate of 55 cents per hour. That special mechanics, general mechanics, mechanics’ helpers,Day’s work limited to 8 hours. driver-mechanics, and garagemen-drivers in the motor-vehicle service shall be required to work not more than eight hours a day: *Provided*,*Provisos.*Period not to exceed 10 hours.
That the eight hours of service shall not extend over a longer period than ten consecutive hours, and the schedules of duties of the employees shall be regulated accordingly: *Provided further*, That inPay for emergency overtime service. cases of emergency, or if the needs of the service require, special clerks, clerks, special mechanics, general mechanics, mechanics’ helpers, driver-mechanics, and garagemen-drivers in the motor-vehicle service can be required to work in excess of eight hours per day, and for such overtime service they shall be paid on the basis of the annual pay received by such employees: *Provided further*,Computation of overtime pay.
That in computing the compensation for such overtime the annual salary or compensation for such employees shall be divided by three hundred and six, the number of working days in the year less all Sundays and legal holidays enumerated in the Act of July 28, 1916; the quotient thus obtained will be the daily compensation which divided by eight will give the hourly compensation for such overtime service: *Provided further*, That when the needs of the service requireCompensatory time for employment Sundays and holidays. the employment on Sundays and holidays of route supervisors, special clerks, clerks, dispatchers, mechanics in charge, special mechanics, general mechanics, mechanics’ helpers, driver-mechanics, and garage-men-drivers in the motor-vehicle service, they shall be allowed compensatory time on one dav within six days next succeeding the Sunday, except the last three Sundays in the calendar year, and on one dayException. within thirty days next succeeding the holiday and the last three Sundays in the year on which service is performed: *Provided*, *however*, Overtime pay in lieu of compensatory time.That the Postmaster General may, if the exigencies of the service require it, authorize the payment of overtime in lieu of compensatory time for service on Sundays and holidays.
Sec. 7. That the annual salaries of employees of the Railway MailRailway Mail Service. Service shall be as follows: Division superintendents, $4,500;Superintendents, etc. assist1062ant division superintendents and assistant superintendents at large, $3,600; assistant superintendent in charge of car construction, $3,300; chief clerks,*Proviso.*Clerks in charge of sections. $3,300; assistant chief clerks, $2,800: *Provided*, That the clerks in charge of sections in the offices of the division superintendents shall be rated as assistant chief clerks at $2,800 salary.
Postal clerks.Classes, grades, and pay.That railway postal clerks shall be divided into two classes, class A and class B, and into seven grades with annual salaries as follows: Grade 1, salary $1,900; grade 2, salary $2,000; grade 3, salary $2,150; grade 4, salary $2,300; grade 5, salary $2,450; grade 6, salary $2,600; grade 7, salary $2,700. Laborers.Grades and pay.Laborers in the Railway Mail Service shall be divided into two grades with annual salaries as follows: Grade 1, salary $1.500; grade 2, $1,600.
Promotion.Laborers shall be promoted to grade 2 after one year’s satisfactory *Proviso*.Readjustment from present grades.service in grade 1: *Provided*, That in the readjustment of the service to conform to the grades herein provided for laborers, grade 1 shall include laborers in present grade 1, and grade 2 shall include laborers in present grade 2. Substitute postal clerks.Service pay and promotions.Substitute railway postal clerks shall be paid for services actually performed at the rate of $1,850 per annum, the first year of service to constitute a probationary period, and when appointed regular clerks shall receive credit on the basis of one year of actual service performed as a substitute and be appointed to the grade to which such clerk would have progressed had his original appointment as a substituteCredit of substitute service on promotions. been to grade 1.
Any fractional part of a year’s substitute service will be included with his service as a regular clerk in determining eligibility for promotion to the next higher grade following appointment to a regular position. Original appointments.Promotions.All original appointments shall be made to the rank of substitute railway postal clerk, and promotions shall be made successively at the beginning of the quarter following a total satisfactory service of three hundred and six days in the next lower grade.
Readjustment from present grades of clerks.In the readjustment of the service to conform to the grades herein provided, grade 1 shall include clerks in present grade 1, grade 2 shall include clerks in present grade 2, grade 3 shall include clerks in present grade 3, grade 4 shall include clerks in present grade 4, grade 5 shall include clerks in present grade 5, and grade 6 shall include clerks in present grade 6. Travel allowances, in lieu of actual expenses, for duty over ten hours, increased.Vol. 40, p. 1195, amended.That hereafter, in addition to the salaries provided by law, the Postmaster General is hereby authorized to make travel allowances in lieu of actual expenses, at fixed rates per annum, not exceeding in tire aggregate the sum annually appropriated, to railway postal clerks, acting railway postal clerks, and substitute railway postal clerks, including substitute railway postal clerks for railway postal clerks granted leave with pay on account of sickness, assigned to duty in railway post-office cars, while on duty, after ten hours from the time of beginning their initial run, under such regulations as he may prescribe, and in no case shall such an allowance exceed $3 per day.
Substitutes credited with full time when traveling to an assignment.Substitute railway postal clerks shall be credited with full time while traveling under order’s of the department to and from their designated headquarters to take up an assignment, together with actual and necessary travel expenses, not to exceed $3 per day, while Travel allowance.on duty away from such headquarters. When a substitute clerk performs service in a railway post office starting from his official headquarters he shall be allowed travel expenses under the law applying to clerks regularly assigned to the run.
Railway post-office lines.Classes and promotions in grades.Railway post-office lines shall be divided into two classes, class A and class B, and clerks assigned to class A lines shall be promoted successively to grade 4 and clerks in charge to grade 5. 1063Clerks assigned to class B lines shall be promoted successively to grade 5 and clerks in charge to grade 6: *Provided*, That lines in *Proviso.*Present classes continued.present class A shall be continued in class A, and lines in present class B shall be continued in class B.
Terminal railway post offices shall be divided into two classes, classTerminal offices.Classification, etc. A and class B; those having less than twenty employees shall be assigned to class A, and those having twenty or more employees shall be assigned to class B. Clerks in class A terminals shall bePromotions. promoted successively to grade 4, and clerks in charge of tours to grade 5. Clerks in class B terminals shall be promoted successively to grade 5, and clerks in charge of tours to grade 6.
Transfer offices shall be divided into two classes, class A and classTransfer offices.Classification, etc. B; those having less than five employees shall be assigned to class A and those having five or more employees to class B. ClerksPromotions. in class A shall be promoted successively to grade 4, and clerks in charge of tours to grade 5. Clerks in class B shall be promoted successively to grade 5, and clerics in charge of tours to grade 6. Clerks assigned to the office of division superintendent or chiefPromotions of clerks with division superintendents, etc. clerk shall be promoted successively to grade 4, and in the office of division superintendent four clerics may be promoted to grade 5 and eight clerks to grade 6, and in the office of chief clerk one clerk may be promoted to grade 5 and two clerks to grade 6.
Examiners shall be promoted successively to grade 6 and assistantExaminers and assistants.Promotions.*Proviso.*Days work designated. examiners to grade 5 whether assigned to the office of division superintendent or chief clerk: *Provided*, That service of clerks shall be based on an average of not exceeding eight hours daily for three hundred and six days per annum, including proper allowances for all service required on lay-off periods. Clerks required to performOvertime allowance. service in excess of eight hours daily, as herein provided, shall be paid in cash at the annual rate of pay or granted compensatory time at their option for such overtime.
Railway postal clerksAt terminal and transfer offices. assigned to terminal railway post offices and transfer offices and laborers in the Railway Mail Service shall be required to work not more than eight hours a day, and that the eight hours of service shall not extend over a longer period than ten consecutivePay for work in excess. hours, and that in cases of emergency, or if the needs of the service require, they may be required to work in excess of eight hours a day. and for such additional service they shall be paid in proportion to their salaries as fixed by law.
That clerks assigned to road duty shall be credited with full timeRoad duty credit for train delay. for delay to trains equal to the period of time between the scheduled arrival and actual arrival of the train at destination of run. That section 3 of the Act approved June 19, 1922 (Forty-firstLeaves of absence.Vol.42, p. 660, amended.Railway postal clerks on road duly, may carry pan of, to next year. Statutes, page 660), providing for leaves of absence of employees in the Postal Service, be amended by adding the following proviso:
“*Provided*, That hereafter not exceeding five days of the fifteen days annual leave with pay, exclusive of Sundays and holidays, granted to railway postal clerks assigned to road duty each fiscal year may be carried over to the succeeding fiscal year.” rural mail delivery service Rural delivery. Sec. 8. That the salary of carriers in the Rural Mail Delivery ServiceCarriers’ pay established.Vol. 41, p. 1051, amended. for serving a rural route of twenty-four miles six days in the week shall be $1,800; on routes twenty-two miles and less than twenty-four miles, $1,728; on routes twenty miles and less than twenty-two miles, $1,620; on routes eighteen miles and less than twenty miles, $1,440; on routes sixteen miles and less than eighteen miles, $1,260; on routes fourteen miles and less than sixteen miles, $1,080; on routes twelve miles and less than fourteen miles, $1,008: on routes ten miles and less than twelve miles, $936; on routes eight miles and less than ten miles, 1064$864; on routes six miles and less than eight miles. $792; on routes four miles and less than six miles, $720.
Each rural carrier assigned to a route on which daily service is performed shall receive $30 Excess mileage allowance.per mile per annum for each mile said route is in excess of twenty-four miles or major fraction thereof, based on actual mileage, ana each rural carrier assigned to a route on which triweekly service is performed shall receive $15 per mile for each mile said route is in excess of twenty-four miles or major fraction thereof, based on actual mileage. Deductions for failure to perform service.Deductions for failure to perform service on a standard rural delivery route for twenty-four miles and less shall not exceed the rate of pay per mile for service for twenty-four miles and less; and deductions for failure to perform service on mileage in excess of twenty-four miles shall not exceed the rate of compensation allowed for such excess mileage.
Equipment maintenance allowance.In addition to the salary herein provided, each carrier in Rural Mail Delivery Service shall be paid for equipment maintenance a sum equal to 4 cents per mile per day for each mile or major fraction of a Payments.mile scheduled. Payments for equipment maintenance as provided herein shall be at the same periods and in the same manner as payments for regular compensation to rural carriers. Tri-weekly routes.Pay and equipment allowance.A rural carrier serving one triweekly route shall be paid a salary and equipment allowance on the basis of a route one-half the length of the route served by him.
A rural carrier serving two triweekly routes shall be paid a salary and equipment allowance on the basis of a route one-half of the combined length of the two routes. Sec. 9. Requisition fillers, etc.Pay increased.Vol. 41, p. 1052, amended. That the salary of requisition fillers and packers in the division of equipment and supplies shall be as follows: One foreman, $2,100 per annum; ten requisition fillers and nine packers at $1,800 each per annum. Sec. 10. Village delivery. Pay of carriers.Substitutes.
That the pay of carriers in the village delivery service, under such rules and regulations as the Postmaster General may prescribe, shall be from $1,150 to $1,350 per annum. The pay of substitute letter carriers in the village delivery service shall be at the rate of 50 cents per hour. Sec. 11. Leaves of absence to employees. Employees in the Postal Service shall be granted fifteen days’ leave of absence with pay exclusive of Sundays and holidays, Sick leave cumulative.each fiscal year, and sick leave with pay at the rate of ten days a year, exclusive of Sundays and holidays, to be cumulative, but no sick leave with pay in excess of thirty days shall be granted during any one fiscal year.
Sick leave shall be granted only upon satisfactory evidence of illness in accordance with regulations to be prescribed by the Postmaster General. Monthly credit for leave.The fifteen days’ leave shall be credited at the rate of one and one-quarter days for each month of actual service. Restoration of reduced employees.Whenever an employee herein provided for shall have been reduced in salary for any cause, he may be restored to his former grade or advanced to an intermediate grade at the beginning of any quarter following the reduction, and a restoration to a former grade or advancement to an intermediate grade shall not be construed as a promotion within the meaning of the law prohibiting advancement of more than one grade within one year.
Withheld promotions.Whenever the promotion of an employee herein provided for is withheld because of unsatisfactory service, such employee may be promoted at the beginning of the second quarter thereafter, or of any subsequent quarter, on evidence that his record has been satisfactory during the intervening period. 1065 Hereafter when the needs of the service require the employmentCompensatory time for Sunday or holiday work. on Sundays or holidays of laborers or railway postal clerks at terminal railway post offices and transfer offices, they shall be allowed compensatory time on one day within six days next succeeding the Sunday, except the last three Sundays in the calendar year, and on one day within thirty days next succeeding the holiday and the last three Sundays in the year on which service is performed: *Provided*, *however*,*Proviso.*Pay in lieu of compensatory time at end of the year.
That the Postmaster General may, if the exigencies of the service require it, authorize the payment of overtime for service on the last three Sundays in the calendar year or on Christmas Day in lieu of compensatory time. All employees herein provided for in automatic grades who havePromotions automatically after one year’s satisfactory service. not reached the maximum grades to which they are entitled to progress automatically, shall be promoted at the beginning of the quarter following the completion of one year’s satisfactory service since their last promotion, regardless of any increases in salaries granted them by the provisions of this title.
The Postmaster General may, when the interest of the service requires,Transfers and interchanges of clerks, carriers, etc. transfer any clerk to the position of carrier or any carrier to the position of clerk and interchange the clerical force between the post office and the motor-vehicle service, such transfer or interchange to be made to the corresponding grade and salary of the clerk or carrier transferred or interchanged. Substitute clerks in first and second class post offices and the RailwaySubstitutes appointed to regular positions credited for time as substitute.
Mail Service and substitute letter carriers in the City Delivery Service when appointed regular clerks, railway postal clerks, or carriers shall have credit for actual time served on a basis of one year for each three hundred and six days of eight hours served as substitute, and appointed to the grade to which such clerk or carrier would have progressed had his original appointment as substitute been to grade one. Postal employees and substitute postal employees who served in theEmployees in Army, etc., during World War, to have credit therefor in Postal Service.Vol. 41, p. 1152, amended. military, marine, or naval service of the United States during the World War and have not reached the maximum grade of salary shall receive credit for all time served in the military, marine, or naval service on the basis of one day’s credit of eight hours in the Postal Service for each day served in the military, marine, or naval service, and be promoted to the grade to which such postal employee or substitute postal employee would have progressed had his original appointment as substitute been to grade 1.
This provision shall apply to such postal employees and substitute postal employees who were in the Postal Service on October 1, 1920. No employee in the Postal Service shall be reduced in rank or No rank or pay reduction.salary as the result of the provisions of this title. Sec. 12. That the sums appropriated for salaries and compensationAppropriations for fiscal year 1925 available.*Ante*, p. 85.of postmasters and employees of the Postal Service in the Act making appropriations for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1925, approved April 4, 1924, shall be available for the payment of salaries and compensation of postmasters and postal employees at the rates of pay herein provided; and such additional sums as may be necessaryAdditional sums authorized. are hereby authorized to be appropriated to carry out the provisions of this title. inconsistent acts repealed Sec. 13.
All Acts and parts of Acts inconsistent or in conflictInconsistent, etc., laws repealed. with this title are hereby amended or repealed. 1066 Title II.— Postal rates. Postal Rates First-Class Matter First class. private mailing cards Private mailing cards. Sec. 201. Rate increased.Vol. 30, p. 419, amended. The rate of postage on private mailing cards described in the Act entitled “An Act to amend the postal laws relating to use of postal cards,” approved May 19, 1898, shall be 2 cents each.
Second-Class Matter Second class. Sec. 202. Rates payable by publisher or agent.
(a)In the case of publications entered as second-class matter (including sample copies to the extent of 10 per centum of Vol. 40, p. 327.the weight of copies mailed to subscribers during the calendar year) when sent by the publisher thereof from the post office of publication or other post office, or when sent by news agents to actual subscribers thereto, or to othernews agents for the purpose of sale—
(1)On portion not advertisements.Flat rate. The rate of postage on that portion of any such publication devoted to matter other than advertisements shall be 1⅓ cents per pound, or fraction thereof;
(2)Advertisement portion.Zone rates. On that portion of any such publication devoted to advertisements the rates per pound or fraction thereof for delivery within the eight postal zones established for fourth-class matter shall be as follows: For the first and second zones, 2 cents, and third zone, 3 cents. For the fourth, fifth, and sixth zones, 6 cents. For the seventh and eighth zones, and between the Philippine Islands and any portion of the United States, including the District of Columbia and the several Territories and possessions, 9 cents:
(3)Religious, educational, agricultural, labor, etc., publications.Flat rate. The rate of postage on newspapers or periodicals maintained by and in the interests of religious, educational, scientific, philanthropic, agricultural, labor, 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, shall be l½cents per pound or fraction thereof, and the publisher of any such newspaper or periodical, before being entitled to such rate, shall furnish to the Postmaster General, at such times and under such conditions as the Postmaster General may prescribe, satisfactory evidence that none of the net income of such organization or association inures to the benefit of any private stockholder or individual.
(b)Flat rate if advertisements less than five per cent. Where the space devoted to advertisements does not exceed five per centum of the total space, the rate of postage shall be the same as if the whole of such publication was devoted to matter other than advertisements.
(c)Daily newspapers, etc.Present rate when deposited at carrier office for delivery. The rate of postage on daily newspapers and on the periodicals and newspapers provided for in this section when deposited in a letter-carrier office for delivery by its carriers, shall be the same as now provided by law. and nothing in this Act shall affect existing law as to free circulation and existing rates on second-class mail matter Separation for zone mailing.within the county of publication. The Postmaster General may hereafter require publishers to separate or make up to zones, in such a manner as he may direct, all mail matter of the second class when offered for mailing.
(d)Statement from publisher for determining rates. With the first mailing of each issue of each such publication, the publisher shall file with the postmaster a copy of such issue, together with a statement containing such information as the Post-master General may prescribe for determining the postage chargeable thereon. 1067 Sec. 203. The rate of postage on publications entered as second-classRate if not sent by publisher. matter, when sent by others than the publisher or news agent, shall be 2 cents for each two ounces or fraction thereof, for weights not exceeding eight ounces, and for weights of such matter exceedingParcel post if exceeding 8 ounces. eight ounces the rates of postage prescribed for fourth-class matter shall be applicable thereto. Sec. 204. Where the total weight of any one edition or issue of anyRate for small issue to any one zone. such publication mailed to any one zone does not exceed one pound, the rate of postage shall be 1 cent. Sec. 205. The zone rates provided in section 202 of this title shallZone rates to entire bulk.*Ante*, p. 1066. relate to the entire bulk mailed to any one zone and not to individually addressed packages. Third-Class Matter Third class. Sec. 206.
(a)Mail matter of the third class shall include books,Matter included as.Vol. 20, p. 359, amended. circulars, and other matter wholly in print (except newspapers and other periodicals entered as second-class matter), proof sheets, corrected proof sheets, and manuscript copy accompanying same, merchandise (including farm and factory products), and all other mailable matter not included in the first or second class, or in the fourth class as defined in section 207.*Infra.*
(b)The rate of postage thereon shall be 1½ cents for each twoRate. ounces or fraction thereof, up to and including eight ounces in weight, except that the rate of postage on books, catalogues, seeds, cuttings, bulbs, roots, scions, and plants, not exceeding eight ounces in weight, shall be 1 cent for each two ounces or fraction thereof.
(c)The written additions permissible under existing law on mailPermissible writing. matter of either the third or fourth class shall be permissible on either of these classes as herein defined without discrimination on account of classification. Fourth-Class MatterFourth class. Sec. 207.
(a)Mail matter of the fourth class shall weigh in excessMail matter included, as.vol. 37, p. 557, amended. of eight ounces, and shall include books, circulars, and other matter wholly in print (except newspapers and other periodicals entered as second-class matter), proof sheets, corrected proof sheets and manuscript copy accompanying same, merchandise (including farm and factory products), and all other mailable matter not included in the first or second class, or in the third class as defined in section 206.
(b)That on fourth-class matter the rate of postage shall be byPound rate established.Vol. 37, p. 557.Additional service charge except on rural collections. the pound as established by, and in conformity with, the Act of August 24, 1912, and in addition thereto there shall be a service charge of 2 cents for each parcel, except upon parcels or packages collected on rural delivery routes, to be prepaid by postage stamps affixed thereto, or as otherwise prescribed by the regulations of the Postmaster General. Whenever, in addition to the postage as hereinbefore provided,First-class mail treatment given if additional stamps and “Special handling” on wrapper. there shall be affixed to any parcel of mail matter of the fourth-class postage of the value of 25 cents with the words “Special handling” written or printed upon the wrapper, such parcel shall receive the same expeditious handling, transportation, and delivery accorded to mail matter of the first class. The classification of articles mailable, as well as the weight limit,Authority to reform classification, rates, etc., of parcel post articles. the rates of postage, zone or zones and other conditions of mailability under this section if the Postmaster General shall find on experience that they or any of them are such as to prevent the shipment of articles desirable, or to permanently render the cost of the service greater than the receipts of the revenue therefrom, he is hereby 1068Subject to consent of Interstate Commerce Commission.directed, subject to the consent of the Interstate Commerce Commission after investigation, to reform from time to time such classifications, weight limit, rates, zone or zones or conditions, or either, in order to promote the service to the public or to insure the receipt of revenue from such service adequate to pay the cost thereof.
(c)Experiments in selected localities to encourage sending food products directly to consumers or vendors. That during the twelve months next succeeding the approval of this Act, the Postmaster General be, and he is hereby, authorized to conduct experiments in the operation of not more than fifty rural routes, in localities to be selected by him; said experiments shall be designed primarily to develop and to encourage the transportation of food products directly from producers to consumers or vendors, and, if the Postmaster General shall deem it necessary or advisable during the progress of said experiments, he is hereby authorized, in his discretion, on such number or all of said routes as. he may desire, to Reduction of rates, and commission allowed carriers.reduce to such an extent as he may deem advisable the rate of postage on food products mailed directly on such routes for delivery at the post offices from which such routes start, and to allow the rural carriers thereon a commission on the postage so received at such rate as the Postmaster General may prescribe, which commission shall be in addition to the carriers’ regular salaries. The amounts due the carriers for commissions shall be determined under rules and regulations to be prescribed by the Postmaster General directly from the *Proviso.*Not to exceed revenue from service.postal revenues: *Provided*, That the amount so paid shall in no case exceed the actual amount of revenue derived from this experimental service. Report to Congress.A report on the progress of this experiment shall be made to Congress at the next regular session. Money Orders Money orders. Sec. 208. Rates increased.Vol. 22, p. 526. Section 3 of the Act entitled “An Act to modify the postal money-order system, and for other purposes,” approved March Vol. 28, p. 31, amended.Fees for domestic.3, 1883, as amended, is amended to read as follows: " “Sec. 3. A money order shall not be issued for more than $100, and the fees for domestic orders shall be as follows— “For orders not exceeding $2.50, 5 cents. “For orders exceeding $2.50 and not exceeding $5, 7 cents. “For orders exceeding $5 and not exceeding $10, 10 cents. “For orders exceeding $10 and not exceeding $20,12 cents. “For orders exceeding $20 and not exceeding $40, 15 cents. “For orders exceeding $40 and not exceeding $60, 18 cents. “For orders exceeding $60 and not exceeding $80, 20 cents. “For orders exceeding $80 and not exceeding $100, 22 cents.” " Registered Mail Registered mail. Sec. 209. [R. S., sec. 3927, p. 763](/us/rs/s3927/p763), amended.
(a)The first sentence of section 3927 of the Revised Statutes is amended to read as follows: " “Sec. 3927. Application and fees required. Mail matter shall be registered only on the application of the party posting the same, and the fees therefor shall not be less than 15 nor more than 20 cents in addition to the regular postage, to lie, in all cases, prepaid; and all such fees shall be accounted for in such manner as the Postmaster General shall direct.” "
(b)Lesser fee permitted. Notwithstanding the provisions of such section as amended, the Postmaster General may fix the fee for registered mail matter at any amount less than 20 cents. Sec. 210. [R. S., sec. 3928, p. 763](us/rs/s3928/p763), amended. Section 3928 of the Revised Statutes, as amended, is amended to read as follows: " “Sec. 3928. Receipt for delivery on payment of fee. Whenever the sender shall so request, and upon payment of a fee of 3 cents, a receipt shall be taken on the delivery 1069of any registered mail matter, showing to whom and when the same Vol. 36, p. 416, amendedwas delivered, which receipt shall be returned to the sender, and be received in the courts as prima facie evidence of such delivery.” " Insurance and Collect-on-Delivery Services Sec. 211.
(a)The fee for insurance shall be 5 cents for indemnificationInsurance indemnity fees. not to exceed $5; 8 cents for indemnification not to exceed $25; 10 cents for indemnification not to exceed $50; and 25 cents Receipt (or delivery on payment of fee.for indemnification not to exceed $100. Whenever the sender of an insured article of mail matter shall so request, and upon payment of a fee of 3 cents, a receipt shall be taken on the delivery of such insured mail matter, showing to whom and when the same was delivered, which receipt shall be returned to the sender, and be received in the courts as prima facie evidence of such delivery.
(b)The fee for collect-on-delivery service shall be 12 cents forCollect-on-delivery fees. collections not to exceed $40; 15 cents for collections not to exceed $50; and 25 cents for collections not to exceed $100.
(c)The provisions of the Act entitled “An Act to extend the insuranceExtension to third class mail.*Ante*, p. 652.Vol. 37, p. 558. and collect-on-delivery service to third-class mail, and for other purposes,” approved June 7, 1924, and of section 8 of the Act entitled “An Act making appropriations for the service of the Post Office Department for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1913, and for other purposes ” approved August 24, 1912, with respect to the insurance and collect-on-delivery services, are hereby continued in force. Special Delivery Special delivery. Sec. 212.
(a)To procure the immediate delivery of mail matterAdditional stamps for mail over 2 and less than 10 pounds. weighing more than 2 pounds and not more than 10 pounds, stamps of the value of 15 cents shall be affixed (in addition to the regular postage), and for the special delivery thereof 11 cents may be paid to the messenger or other person making such delivery.
(b)To procure the immediate delivery of mail matter weighingMore than 10 pounds. more than 10 pounds, stamps of the value of 20 cents shall be affixed (in addition to the regular postage), and for the special delivery thereof 15 cents may be paid to the messenger or other person making such delivery.
(c)For the purposes of this section the Postmaster General isSpecial stamps. authorized to provide and issue special-delivery stamps of the denominations of 15 and 20 cents. Sec. 213. The Act entitled “An Act making certain changes in theAuthorization for special delivery.Vol. 34, p. 1244, amended.Ordinary stamps ma y le used with “special delivery” on covering. postal laws,” approved March 2, 1907, is amended to read as follows: " “That when, in addition to the stamps required to transmit any letter or package of mail matter through the mails, there shall be attached to the envelope or covering ordinary postage stamps of any denomination equivalent to the value fixed by law to procure the immediate delivery of any mail matter, with the words ‘special-delivery’ or their equivalent written or printed on the envelope or covering, under such regulations as the Postmaster General may prescribe, said letter or package shall be handled, transmitted, and delivered in all respects as though it bore a regulation special-delivery stamp.” " Sec. 214. The Postmaster Genreal is hereby authorized to continueAscertaining revenues from and cost of handling mail, etc., continued. the work of ascertaining the revenues derived from and the cost of carrying and handling the several classes of mail matter and of performing the special services, and to state the results annually as far as practicable and pay the cost thereof out of the appropriation for inland transportation by railroad routes. 1070 Repeals Sec. 215. Laws repealed. The following Acts and parts of Acts are hereby repealed:
(a)Vol. 40, pp. 327, 328. Sections 1101 to 1106, inclusive, of the Revenue Act of 1917;
(b)Vol. 23, p. 40. The Act entitled “An Act fixing the rate of postage to be paid upon mail matter of the second class when sent by persons other than the publisher or news agent,” approved June 9, 1884; and
(c)Vol. 38, p. 340. The Act entitled “An Act to amend an Act entitled ‘An Act making appropriations for the service of the Post Office Department for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and fifteen, and for other purposes,’ approved March nine, nineteen hundred and fourteen,” approved April 24, 1914. Effective Date Sec. 216. In effect April 15, 1925. This title, except section 217, shall become effective on April 15, 1925. Sec. 217. Permanent postal rates.Special joint subcommittee created to report on. A special joint subcommittee is hereby created to consist of three members of the Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads of the Senate and three members of the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads of the House, to be appointed by the respective chairmenHearings, etc. of said committees. The said special joint subcommittee is authorized and directed to hold hearings prior to the beginning of the first regular session of the Sixty-ninth Congress, to sit in Washington or at any other convenient place and to report during the first week of the first regular session of the Sixty-ninth Congress, by bill, its recommendations for a permanent schedule of postal Authority conferred.rates. Said special joint subcommittee is hereby authorized to administer oaths, to send for persons or papers, to employ necessary clerks, accountants, experts, and stenographers, the latter to be paid Expenses from contingent funds.at a cost not exceeding 25 cents per one hundred words; and the expense attendant upon the work of said special joint subcommittee shall be paid one-half from the contingent fund of the Senate and one-half from the contingent fund of the House of Representatives upon voucher of its chairman. This section shall become effective upon the enactment of this Act. Title III.— Federal Corrupt Practices Act, 1925. Federal Corrupt Practices Act, 1925 Sec. 301. Title. This title may be cited as the “Federal Corrupt Practices Act, 1925.” Sec. 302. Meaning of terms used.“Election.” When used in this title—
(a)The term “election” includes a general or special election, and, in the case of a Resident Commissioner from the Philippine Islands, an election by the Philippine Legislature, but does not include a primary election or convention of a political party;
(b)“Candidate.” The term “candidate ” means an individual whose name is presented at an election for election as Senator or Representative in, or Delegate or Resident Commissioner to, the Congress of the United States, whether or not such individual is elected;
(c)“Political committee.” The term “political committee ” includes any committee, association, or organization which accepts contributions or makes expenditures for the purpose of influencing or attempting to influence the election of candidates or presidential and vice presidential electors
(1)in two or more States, or
(2)whether or not in more than one State if such committee, association, or organization (other than a duly organized State or local committee of a political party) is a branch or subsidiary of a national committee, association, or organization; 1071
(d)The term “contribution” includes a gift, subscription, loan,“Contribution.” advance, or deposit, of money, or anything of value, ana includes a contract, promise, or agreement, whether or not legally enforceable, to make a contribution;
(e)The term “expenditure ” includes a payment, distribution,“Expenditure.” loan, advance, deposit, or gift, of money, or any thing of value, and includes a contract, promise, or agreement, whether or not legally enforceable, to make an expenditure;
(f)The term “person ” includes an individual, partnership,“Person.” committee, association, corporation, and any other organization or group of persons;
(g)The term “Clerk ” means the Clerk of the House of Representatives“Clerk.” of the United States;
(h)The term “Secretary ” means the Secretary of the Senate of“Secretary.” the United States;
(i)The term “State” incluaes Territory and possession of the“State.” United States. Sec. 303.
(a)Every political committee shall have a chairmanPolitical committee.Officers required. and a treasurer. No contribution shall be accepted, and no expenditure made, by or on behalf of a political committee for the purpose of influencing an election until such chairman and treasurer have been chosen.
(b)It shall be the duty of the treasurer of a political committee toAccounts by treasurer. keep a detailed and exact account of—
(1)All contributions made to or for such committee;Receipts.
(2)The name and address of every person making any such contribution, and the date thereof;
(3)All expenditures made by or on behalf of such committee; andExpenditures.
(4)The name and address of every person to whom any such expenditure is made, and the date thereof.
(c)It shall be the duty of the treasurer to obtain and keep a receiptedReceipted bills to be kept. bill, stating the particulars, for every expenditure by or on behalf of a political committee exceeding $10 in amount. The treasurer shall preserve all receipted bills and accounts required to be kept by this section for a period of at least two years from the date of the filing of the statement containing such items. Sec. 304. Every person who receives a contribution for a politicalContributions to be reported to the treasurer. committee shall, on demand of the treasurer, and in any event within five days after the receipt of such contribution, render to the treasurer a detailed account thereof, including the name and address of the person making such contribution, and the date on which received. Sec. 305.
(a)The treasurer of a political committee shall fileStatements in detail to be filed with the Clerk by treasurers. with the Clerk between the 1st and 10th days of March, June, and September, in each year, and also between the 10th and 15th days,. and on the 5th day, next preceding the date on which a general election is to be held, at which candidates are to be elected in two or more States, and also on the 1st day of January, a statement containing, complete as of the day next preceding the date of filing—
(1)The name and address of each person who has made a contributionContributors of $100 or more. to or for such committee in one or more items of the aggregate amount or value, within the calendar year, of $100 or more, together with the amount and date of such contribution;
(2)The total sum of the contributions made to or for such committeeTotal from others. during the calendar year and not stated under paragraph (1);
(3)The total sum of all contributions made to or for such committeeAll contributions. during the calendar year;
(4)The name and address of each person to whom an expenditureList of expenditures, names, etc., of $10 or more. in one or more items of the aggregate amount or value, within the calendar year, of $10 or more has been made by or on behalf of 1072such committee, and the amount, date, and purpose of such expenditure;
(5)Total of all other. The total sum of all expenditures made by or on behalf of such committee during the calendar year and not stated under paragraph (4);
(6)Yearly total. The total sum of expenditures made by or on behalf of such committee during the calendar year.
(b)Statements cumulative during the year. The statements required to be filed by subdivision
(a)shall be cumulative during the calendar year to which they relate, but where there has been no change in an item reported in a previous statement only the amount need be carried forward.
(c)Final statement January 1st. The statement filed on the 1st day of January shall cover the preceding calendar year. Sec. 306. Statements of personal contributions. Every person (other than a political committee) who makes an expenditure in one or more items, other than by contribution to a political committee, aggregating $50 or more within a calendar year for the purpose of influencing in two or more States the election of candidates, shall file with the Clerk an itemized detailed statement of such expenditure in the same manner as required of the treasurer of a political committee by section 305. Sec. 307. Statements from candidates.
(a)Every candidate for Senator shall file with the Secretary and every candidate for Representative, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner shall file with the Clerk not less than ten nor more than fifteen days before, and also within thirty days after, the date on which an election is to be held, a statement containing, complete as of the day next preceding the date of filing—
(1)Contributions in aid of candidacy. A correct and itemized account of each contribution received by him or by any person for him with his knowledge or consent, from any source, in aid or support of his candidacy for election, or for the purpose of influencing the result of the election, together with the name of the person who has made such contribution;
(2)All expenses. A correct and itemized account of each expenditure made by him or by any person for him with his knowledge or consent, in aid or support of his candidacy for election, or for the purpose of influencing the result of the election, together with the name of the person to whom such expenditure was made; except that only the *Post*, p. 1073.total sum of expenditures for items specified in subdivision
(c)of section 309 need be stated;
(3)Promises given for appointments, etc., prior to closing of the polls. A statement of every promise or pledge made by him or by any person for him with his consent, prior to the closing of the polls on the day of the election, relative to the appointment or recommendation for appointment of any person to any public or private position or employment for the purpose of procuring support in his candidacy, and the name, address, and occupation of every person to whom any such promise or pledge has been made, together with the description of any such position. If no such promise or pledge has been made, that fact shall be specifically stated.
(b)Statements cumulative. The statements required to be filed by subdivision
(a)shall be cumulative, but where there has been no change in an item reported in a previous statement only the amount need be carried forward.
(c)Report of total votes at last election to be inclosed. Every candidate shall inclose with his first statement a report, based upon the records of the proper State official, stating the total number of votes cast for all candidates for the office which the candidate seeks, at the general election next preceding the election at which he is a candidate. Sec. 308. Statement requirements. A statement required by this title to be filed by a candidate or treasurer of a political committee or other person with the Clerk or Secretary, as the case may be— 1073
(a)Shall be verified by the oath or affirmation of the personVerification. filing such statement, taken before any officer authorized to admin ister oaths;
(b)Shall be deemed properly filed when deposited in an established Forwarded by registered mail.post office within the prescribed time, duly stamped, registered, and directed to the Clerk or Secretary at Washington, District of Columbia, but in the event it is not received, a duplicate of such statement shall be promptly filed upon notice by the Clerk or Secretary of its nonreceipt;
(c)Shall be preserved by the Clerk or Secretary for a period ofPreservation by Clerk or Secretary for inspection. two years from the date of filing, shall constitute a part of the public records of his office, and shall be open to public inspection. Sec. 309.
(a)A candidate, in his campaign for election, shall notCampaign expenses of candidates limited. make expenditures in excess of the amount which he may lawfully make under the laws of the State in which he is a candidate, nor in excess of the amount which he may lawfully make under the provisions of this title.
(b)Unless the laws of his State prescribe a less amount as theAmounts allowed. maximum limit of campaign expenditures, a candidate may make expenditures up to—
(1)The sum of $10,000 if a candidate for Senator, or the sum ofSenators. $2,500 if a candidate for Representative, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner; Representatives.or
(2)An amount equal to the amount obtained by multiplyingAlternative amount based on total votes at last election. three cents by the total number of votes cast at the last general election for all candidates for the office which the candidate seeks, but in no event exceeding $25,000 if a candidate for Senator or $5,00C if a candidate for Representative, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner.
(c)Money expended by a candidate to meet and discharge Specified personal expenses not included in limit.any assessment, fee, or charge made or levied upon candidates by the laws of the State in which he resides, or expended for his necessary personal, traveling, or subsistence expenses, or for stationery, post-age, writing, or printing (other than for use on billboards or in newspapers), for distributing letters, circulars, or posters, or for telegraph or telephone service, shall not be included in determining whether his expenditures have exceeded the sum fixed by paragraph
(1)or
(2)of subdivision
(b)as the limit of campaign expenses of a candidate. Sec. 310. It is unlawful for any candidate to directly or indirectlyPromising appointment, etc., to procure support of any person, unlawful. promise or pledge the appointment, or the use of his influence or support for the appointment of any person to any public or private position or employment, for the purpose of procuring support in his candidacy. Sec. 311. It is unlawful for any person to make or offer to makeOffering money, etc., to influence a vote, unlawful. an expenditure, or to cause an expenditure to be made or offered, to any person, either to vote or withhold his vote, or to vote for or against any candidate, and it is unlawful for any person to solicit, accept, or receive any such expenditure in consideration of his vote or the withholding of his vote. Sec. 312. Section 118 of the Act entitled “An Act to codify, revise,Political contributions.Vol. 35, p. 1110, amended. and amend the penal laws of the United States,” approved March 4, 1909, is amended to read as follows: " “Sec. 118. It is unlawful for any Senator or Representative in,Soliciting, by Members of Congress, candidates, Government officers, etc., unlawful. or Delegate or Resident Commissioner to, Congress, or any candidate for, or individual elected as, Senator, Representative, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner, or any officer or employee of the United States, or any person receiving any salary or compensation for services from money derived from the Treasury of the United States, to directly or indirectly solicit, receive, or be in any manner concerned in soliciting or receiving, any assessment, subscription, or 1074contribution for any political purpose whatever, from any other such officer, employee, or person.” " Sec. 313. Contributions by national banks or corporations for political elections, etc., unlawful. It is unlawful for any national bank, or any corporation organized by authority of any law of Congress, to make a contribution in connection with any election to any political office, or for any corporation whatever to make a contribution in connection with any election at which presidential and vice presidential electors or a Senator or Representative in, or a Delegate or Resident Commissioner to, Congress are to be voted for, or for any candidate, political committee, or other person to accept or receive any contribution prohibitedPenalty for. by this section. Every corporation which makes any contribution in violation of this section shall be fined not more than Punishment for violation by consenting officer.$5,000; and every officer or director of any corporation who consents to any contribution by the corporation in violation of this section shall be fined not more than $1,000, or imprisoned not more than one year, or both. Sec. 314.
(a)Punishment for violations not specifically provided. Any person who violates any of the foregoing provisions of this title, except those for which a specific penalty is imposed by sections 312 and 313, shall be fined not more than $1,000 or imprisoned not more than one year, or both.
(b)Punishment for willful violations. Any person who willfully violates any of the foregoing provisions of this title, except those for which a specific penalty is imposed by sections 312 and 313, shall be fined not more than $10,000 and imprisoned not more than two years. Sec. 315. Legal expenses for contests not affected. This title shall not limit or affect the right of any person to make expenditures for proper legal expenses in contesting the results of an election. Sec. 316. State laws, unless inconsistent, not affected. This title shall not be construed to annul the laws of any State relating to the nomination or election of candidates, unless directly inconsistent with the provisions of this title, or to exempt any candidate from complying with such State laws. Sec. 317. Invalidity of any provision not to affect remainder of Act. If any provision of this title or the application thereof to any person or circumstance is held invalid, the validity of the remainder of the Act and of the application of such provision to other persons and circumstances shall not be affected thereby. Sec. 318. Laws repealed. The following Acts and parts of Acts are hereby repealed: The Act entitled “An Act providing for publicity of contributions made for the purpose of influencing elections at which Vol. 36, p. 822.Representatives in Congress are elected,” approved June 25, 1910 (chapter 392, Thirty-sixth Statutes, page 822), and the Acts Vol. 37, pp. 25, 300.amendatory thereof, approved August 19, 1911 (chapter 33, Thirty-seventh Statutes, page 25), and August 23, 1912 (chapter 349, Thirty-seventh Statutes, page 360); the Act entitled “An Act to prevent corrupt practices in the election of Senators, Representatives, or Vol. 40, p. 1013.Delegates in Congress,” approved October 16, 1918 (chapter 187, Fortieth Statutes, page 1013); and section 83 of the Criminal Code Vol. 35, p. 1103.of the United States, approved March 4, 1909 (chapter 321, Thirty-fifth Statutes, page 1088). Sec. 319. Effective in 30 days. This title shall take effect thirty days after its enactment. Approved, February 28, 1925.
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