The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1913-01-02
Actual Workings of Parcels Post

route starts, or on any rural route
starting therefrom, and on all mat
ter mailed at city carrier office, or
at any point within it's delivery linn
it's, for delivery by carrier from that
office, or at any office for local de-
livery, five cents for the first pound
or fraction of a pOun0 and one cent
for each additional pound or fraction
of pound
For delivery within the first zone,
except as provided in the next pre-
ceding paragraph, five cents for the
first pound or fraction Of a pound
and three cents for each additional
pound or fraction of pound.
For delivery within the second
zone, six cents for the first pound
or fraction of a pound and four cents
for each additional pound or frac-
ton Of a pound.
For delivery within the third zone,
seven cents for the first pound or
fraction Of a pound and five cents
for each additional pound or fraction
of a pound.
For delivery within the fourth
zone, eight cents for the first pound
or fraction of a pound and six cents
for each additional pound or fraction
of a pound.
For delivery within the fifth zone,
nine cents for the first pound or
fraction of pound and seven cents
for each additional pound or fraction
of a pound.
For delivery within the sixth zone,
ten cents for the first pound or frac-
ton Of a pound and nine cents for
each additional pound or fraction of
a pound.
For delivery within the seventh
zone, eleven cents for the first pound
or fraction of a pound and ten cents
for each additional pound or fraction
of pound.
For delivery within the eight zone
and between the Philippine Islands
and any portion of the United States,
including the District of Columbia
and the several territories and pos
sessions, twelve cents for the first
pound or fraction of a pound and
twelve cents for each additional
pound or fraction of a pound.
That the Postmaster General shall
provide such special equipment,
maps, stamps, directories and printed
instructions as may be necessary for
the administration Of this section,
and for the purposes of this section,
and to supplement existing appro-
priations, including the hiring of
teams and drivers, there is hereby
appropriated out of any money in
the treasury not otherwise apprO-
priated, the sum Of $750,OO0.
The classification of articles mail
able, as we'll as the weight limit, the
rates of postage, zone or zones, and
other conditions of AVAILABILITY under
this act, if the Postmaster General
shall find on experience that they or
any of them are such as to prevent
the shipment Of articles desirabIe, or
to permanently render the cost Of the
service greater than the receipts or
the revenue therefrom, he is hereby
authorized, subject to the consent of
the Interstate Commerce Commission
after investigation, to reform from
time to time such classification,
weight limit, rates, zone or zones or
conditions, or either, in order to pro-
mote the service to the public or to
insure the receipt Of revenue from
such service adequate to pay the cost
thereof.
The Postmaster General shall
make provision by regulation for the
indemnificatiOn of shippers, for ship
ment injured or lost, by insurance or
otherwise, and, when desired, for
the collection on delivery of the