...Provided, however, That nothing herein contained shall be so construed as to admit to the second class rate regular publications designed primarily for advertising...That foreign newspapers and other periodicals of the Foreign periodisame general character as those admitted to the second class in the c*ls of second United...

...PROVIDED, HOWEVEK, that nothing herein contained shall be so construed as to admit to the second class rate regular publications designed primarily for advertising...circulation, or for circulation at nominal rates." It is very difficult to determine whether a publication is issued at the nominal rate or not, by reason...

...opinion is asked upon the point whether a certain publication called Printers' Ink is a publication "designed primarily for advertising purposes or for...circulation or for circulation at nominal rates," and also whether this publication is shown, by the facts stated, to have " a legitimate list of subscribers."...

...special industry, and have a legitimate list, of subscribers: Provided, however, that nothing herein contained shall be so construed as to admit to the...circulation, or for circulation at nominal rates. Postmasters must require satisfactory evidence that publications offered for mailing at pound rates...

...section 277 of the Postal Laws and Regulations, which denies the privileges of second-class matter to "regular publications designed primarily for advertising...circulation, or for circulation at nominal rates," and it is only when the fact is established that the copies are sent for other purposes than to secure...

...year, and are within the conditions named in sections 3 or 4 of this act : Prended, That nothing herein contained shall be so construed as to admit to the second-class rate publications purporting to be issued periodically and to subscribers, but which are merely books, or...

...as follows: "Provided, however: That nothing herein contained shall be so construed as to admit to second-class rate regular publications, designed primarily...circulation, or for circulation at nominal rates." The reply received by the postmaster in Charleston reads as follows: postage any publication issued...

...act, which is as follows: Provided, however, That nothing herein contained .«hall be so construí«! as to admit to the second-class rate regular publications designed primarily * * * for free circulation. * * * It is held that a publication, or any issue thereof, is primarily designed...

...purpose ratified by a distinct public demand. So the law adds the proviso that nothing in its terms 'shall be so construed as to admit to the second-class...circulation, or for circulation at nominal rates.' " These provisions taken together plainly show the design of the law. Had they been strictly administered...

...entered as second-class mail matter, must have "a legitimate list of subscribers," and must not be "designed primarily for advertising purposes, or for...circulation, or for circulation at nominal rates." The Department, according to Mr. Smith, has taken steps against the infraction of these restrictions....