An Act to clarify and make uniform certain provisions of law relating to special postage rates for educational, cultural, and library materials, and for other purposes
PL 86-644 (H.R.4595), enacted 07/14/1960

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PUBUC LAW 861^644-JULY 14, 1960 
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Public Law 86-644 
AN ACT 
To clarify and make uniform certain jfrovisions of law relating to special postage 
rates for educational, cultural, and library materials, and for other purposes. 
July 14, I960 
[H- R. 4595] 
Be it enacted hy the 8enat€ and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in.Congress 
assembled^ That (a) section 
specfii^pS^^age 
204(d) of the Postal Rate Revision and Federal Employees Salary rates. 
Act of 1948, as amended (72 Stat. 140; 39 U.S.C. 292a(d)), is 
amended— 
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(1) by inserting "except that the rates now or hereafter pre-
scribed for third- or fourth-class matter shall apply in every 
case where such rate is lower than the rate prescribed in this 
subsection," immediately following "for each additional pound 
or fraction thereof,"; 
(2) by striking out in clause (1) thereof "for students' nota-
tions" and inserting in lieu thereof "for notations"; 
(3) by striking out in clause (5) thereof "phonograph record-
ings" and inserting in lieu thereof "sound recordings"; and 
(4) by striking out the word "and" immediately before "(6)" 
and by striking out the period at the end thereof and inserting in 
lieu thereof a semicolon and the following; "and (7) printed 
educational reference charts, permanently processed for preser-
vation." 
(b) Section 204(e)(1) of such Act, as amended (72 Stat. 140, 
141; 39 U.S.C. 292a(e)(l)), is amended— 
(1) by 
inserting 
"(including 
cooperative 
processing 
by 
libraries)" immediately following "loaned or exchanged"; and 
(2) by striking out "(i) books consisting wholly of reading 
matter or scholarly bibliography or reading matter with inci-
dental blank spaces for students' notations and containing no 
advertising matter other than incidental announcements of books; 
(ii) printed music, whether in bound form or in sheet form; 
(iii) bound volumes df academic theses in typewritten or other 
duplicated form and bound volumes of periodicals; (iv) phono-
graph recordings; and (v) other library materials in printed, 
duplicated, or photographic form or in the form of unpublished 
manuscripts." and inserting in lieu thereof the foUowmg: "(i) 
books consisting wholly of reading matter or scholarly bibli-
ography or reading matter with incidental blank spaces for nota-
tions and containing no advertising matter other than incidental 
announcements of books; (ii) printed music, whether in bound 
form or in sheet form; (iii) bound volumes of academic theses in 
typewritten or other duplicated form; (iv) periodicals, whether 
bound or unbound; (v) sound recordings; and (vi) other library 
materials in printed, duplicated, or photographic form or in the 
form of unpublished manuscripts.". 
(c) Section 204(e)(2) of such Act, as amended (72 Stat. 141; 39 
U.S.C. 292a(e) (2)), is amended— 
(1) by inserting "scientific or mathematical kits, instruments, 
or other devices" immediately following "sound recordings,"; and 
(2) by striking out "and catalogs of such materials" and insert-
ing in lieu thereof "catalogs of such materials, and guides or 
scripts prepared solely for use with such materials". 
Approved July 14, 1960.