Public Law 70–463

That section 3927

Postal Service.

Registered mail.

R. S., sec. 3927, p. 763.

U. S. Code, p. 1259.

Vol. 43, p. 1068, amended.

of the Revised Statutes of the United States (section 384, title 39, United States Code), as amended by section 209 of the Act of February 28, 1925 (Forty-third Statutes at Large, page 1058), be, and the same is hereby, amended further to read as follows:

“Mail matter shall be registered on the application of the party

Application, and indemnity fees.

posting the same, and the fees chargeable therefor, in addition to the regular postage, shall be, in all cases, prepaid as follows:

“For registry indemnity not exceeding $50, 15 cents.

“For registry indemnity exceeding $50 and not exceeding $100, 20 cents.

“For registry indemnity exceeding $100 and not exceeding $200, 30 cents.

“For registry indemnity exceeding $200 and not exceeding $300, 40 cents.

“For registry indemnity exceeding $300 and not exceeding $400, 50 cents.

“For registry indemnity exceeding $400 and not exceeding $500, 60 cents.

“For registry indemnity exceeding $500 and not exceeding $600, 70 cents.

“For registry indemnity exceeding $600 and not exceeding $700, 80 cents.

“For registry indemnity exceeding $700 and not exceeding $800, 90 cents.

“For registry indemnity exceeding $800 and not exceeding $1,000, $1.

“All such fees shall be accounted for in such manner as the Post master General shall direct.”

Sec. 2.

That the provision of section 3 of the Act entitled “An Act

Free registration of official mail.

Vol. 23, p. 158, amended.

U. S. Code, p. 1256.

making appropriations for the service of the Post Office Department for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1885, and for other purposes,” approved July 5, 1884 (Twenty-third Statutes at Large, page 158, section 321, title 39, United States Code), with respect to the registration of official matter of the executive departments, is hereby amended by adding the following paragraph, as follows:

“Provided further, That any official domestic letter or parcel to

Additional offices, etc., included.

be registered by any executive department or bureau thereof, or independent Government institution, located at Washington, District of Columbia, or by the Public Printer, which requires registration may be registered without the payment of any registry fee.”

Sec. 3.

The Act of February 27, 1897 (chapter 340, Twenty-ninth

Indemnity for loss of first-class mail.

Vol. 29, p. 599.

Vol. 32, p. 1174.

U. S. Code, p. 1259.

Third and fourth class mail.

Vol. 36, p. 1337.

U. S. Code, p. 1259.

Statutes at Large, page 599), providing limited indemnity for loss of registered mail matter, and the Act of March 3, 1903 (Thirty-second Statutes at Large, page 1174, section 381, title 39, United States Code), fixing such indemnity at not exceeding $100, and that portion of the Act of March 4, 1911 (Thirty-sixth Statutes at Large, page 1337, section 383, title 39, United States Code), making appropriations for the service of the Post Office Department and for other purposes and providing indemnity for the loss of third and fourth class domestic registered matter, are amended to read as follows:

“For the greater security of valuable mail matter the Postmaster

Uniform system of registration and indemnity therefor to be established.

General may establish a uniform system of registration, and as a part of such system he may provide rules under which the senders or owners of any registered matter shall be indemnified for loss, rifling, or damage thereof in the mails, the indemnity to be paid out of the postal revenues, but in no case to exceed $1,000 for any one registered piece, or the actual value thereof when that is less than $1,000, and for which no other compensation or reimbursement to the loser has been made, the amount of such indemnity to be fixed by the Postmaster General.”