

I 



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and internal-revenue stiunpn would be entitled to adniis>ion to the 

 mails under laws requiring payment of postage. 



Act June 20, 190G, c. 35^(), 34 Stat. 477. 



This is a provision of tb^^ postal service ai>propriation iut f<.r the fiscal 

 year 1907, cited above. 



lending or permitting use of frank by or for any committee, organization or 

 association, unlawful. 



j That hereafter it shall be unlawful for any person entitled under 

 lithe law to the use of a frank to lend said frank or permit its use bv 

 I any committee, organization, or association, or permit its use by any 

 iiperson for the benefit or use of any committee, organization, or asso- 

 ciation : * * * 



Act June 26, 1900, c. 3540, 34 Stat. 477. 



This is a further provision of the postal service appropriation act for 

 the fiscal year 1907. clteil above. 



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|:ACT JUNE 8, 1896, c. 370. An act to regulate mail matter of the fourth class. 

 i (29 Stat. 262.) 



Nonmailable matter; limit on weight. 



That mailable matter of the fourth class shall embrace all matter 

 not embraced in the first, second, or third class which is not in its 

 form or nature liable to destroy, deface, or otherwise damage the con- 

 tents of the mail bag or harm the person of anyone engaged in the 

 postal service, and is not above the weight provided by law% which is 

 hereby declared to be not exceeding four pounds for each package 

 thereof, except in case of single books weighing in excess of that 

 amount, and except for books and documents published or circulated 

 l)y order of Congress, or printed or written official matter emanating 

 from any of the Departments of the Government * * * 



Act June 8, 1896, c. 370, 29 Stat. 202. 

 I This provision is superseded by act August 24, 1912. c. .389. s. 8, set 



forth below. 



ACT AUGUST 24, 1912, c. 389. (37 Stat. 539.) 

 Limit on weight and size; nonmailable matter. 



Sec. 8. That hereafter fourth-cla.ss mail matter shall embrace all 

 other matter, including farm and factory products, not now embraced 

 by law in either the first, second, or third class, not exceeding eleven 

 pound>> in weight, nor greater in size than seventy-two inches in 

 length and girth combined, nor in form or kind likely to injure the 

 pei-son of any postal employee or damage the mail equipment or other 

 mail matter and not of a character perishable within a period reason- 

 ably required for transportation and delivery. 



Act August 24, 1912, c. .389, .s. 8, 37 Stat. 557. 



This section is a part of the postal service appropriation act for the 

 fiscal year 1913. cited above. 



TELEGRAPHS. 



ACT FEBRUARY 4, 1874, c. 22. An act in relation to tlie lines of tele^'raph 

 (•onuectiUK' the Capitol with the various Departments of the (Government. 

 (18 Stat. 14.) 



Telegraph lines connecting public buildings in Washington; supervision: opera- 

 tion. 

 That the lines of telegraph, connecting the Capitol with the various 



Departments in Washington, constructed under and by virtue of the 



