Chapter 793. To amend section 4009 of the Revised Statutes

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CHAP. 793.— An Act To amend section 4009 of the Revised Statutes.July 3, 1926.[[H. R. 12211](/us/bill/69/hr/12211).][[Public, No. 514](/us/pl/69/514).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Postal Service.[R. S., sec. 4009, p.774, amended](/us/rs/sec4009/p774).Foreign mail transportation.Compensation for, in American vessels. That section 4009 of the Revised Statutes is amended to read as follows: "“Sec. 4009.

(a)Except as provided in subdivision (b), for transportation of the mails,

(1)between the United States or its Territories or possessions and any foreign country,

(2)between the United States and its possessions or its naval or military forces abroad, or

(3)between any such possession or naval or military forces and any other such possession or naval or military forces, the Postmaster General may allow', in the case of a vessel of the United States, compensation not in excess of the amount of the postage collected on Foreign vessels.the mail transported on such vessel, and in the case of a foreign vessel, compensation not in excess of the sea transit rates prescribed from time to time by the Universal Postal Union Convention. “(b) Contract transportation.The provisions of subdivision

(a)of this section shall not limit the compensation for transportation of mail which the [R.S., sec. 4007, p. 771](/us/rs/sec4007/p771).Vol. 11, p. 998.Postmaster General may pay under contracts entered into in accordance with the provisions of section 4007 of the Revised Statutes or section 24 of the Merchant Marine Act, 1920. “(c) Designated mails payable from foreign mails appropriation.In the case of mails transported between the United States or its Territories or possessions and any foreign country and in the case of mails transported between the United States and its possessions or its naval or military forces abroad, or between any such possession or naval or military forces and any other such possession 901 or naval or military forces, payment for such transportation shall be made out of the appropriation for the transportation of foreign mails.”" Approved, July 3, 1926.