third-class mail

third-class mail Sec. 107. Section 4452 of title 39, United States Code, is amended— (1) by amending subsections (a), (b), and (c) to read as follows: “(a) Except as provided in subsection (c) of this section, and subject to the minimum charge per piece provided in subsection (b) of this section, the postage rates on third-class mail are as follows: “Type of mailing Rate Unit Cents { 4 First 2 ounces or fraction thereof. (1) Individual piece 2 Each additional ounce or fraction thereof. (2) Bulk mailings under subsec. (e) of this section of: (A) Books and catalogs of 24 pages or more. 12 Each pound or fraction thereof. seeds, cuttings, bulbs, roots, scions and plants. (B) Other matter 18 Do. “(b) Matter mailed in bulk under subsection (e) of this section is subject to a minimum charge for each piece of 2⅝ cents when mailed subsequent to January 6, 1963 and prior to January 1, 1964, 268 cents when mailed during calendar year 1964, and 2⅞ cents when mailed after December 31, 1964, except that the minimum charge per piece on such matter mailed by qualified nonprofit organizations is 1¼ cents. “(c) The pound rates on matter mailed in bulk under subsection (e) by qualified nonprofit organizations are 50 per centum of the pound rates provided by subsection (a).” (2) by striking out “subsections (a) and (b) of” wherever it appears in subsection (d). (3) by striking out “$20” and “twenty pounds” in subsection (e) and inserting in lieu thereof “$30” and “fifty pounds”, respectively, effective January 1, 1963.