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Rules Governing the Construction, Filing and Posting of Tariffs Relating to Interstate and Foreign Wire or Radio Communications by Carriers Subject to the Communications Act of 1934, Excepting Connecting Carriers as Defined in Section 3 (u) of the Act and Excepting Carriers Operating in Alaska

RULE 1. Every tariff and supplement containing schedules of charges and regulations filed with this Commission, on and after the first day of September 1935, pursuant to the Communications Act of 1934, shall conform to the following rules, and every such tariff and supplement filed before that date shall be revised on or before the first day of January 1936, to conform to such rules, unless otherwise specially authorized by this Commission.

RULE 2. The term "charges" whenever used herein shall be construed to include rates. The term "regulations" whenever used herein shall be construed to include rules, practices and classifications. The term "Act" whenever used herein means the Communications Act of 1934. The term "Commission" whenever used herein means Federal Communications Commission.

RULE 3. (a) In the main office of the filing carrier to which the public shall have access, in every city, town or village in the United States where such carrier has an office, there shall, on and after the first day of January 1936, be posted and kept open for public inspection every rate and regulation applicable to and from such city, town or village, and all such rates and regulations shall be the same as those which are on file with this Commission: provided, however, that instead of such rates and regulations being posted and kept open for public inspection as above provided, every tariff and supplement containing schedules of charges and regulations applicable to or from every point in each State in which such carrier operates, and filed with this Commission, may be posted and kept open for public inspection in the main office of the filing carrier to which the public shall have access, in every city having a population of 100,000 or more in said State, and also in the State capital; but if the filing carrier does not operate in such city, then every such tariff and supplement shall be posted and kept open for public inspection in the largest city in said State in which it does operate and in the State capital. When tariffs and supplements are posted as last above provided, a notice shall be displayed in every business office of the filing carrier to which the public shall have access, in every city, town and village in said State, including the cities wherein postings are made, which said notice shall contain a statement naming the nearest city wherein a posting is made and giving the street address in said city and in the capital wherein postings are made; also a statement that

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the interstate and foreign message toll telephone rate schedules in use at each toll center are available for public inspection during regular business hours at an office in the toll center. A statement shall also be displayed in connection with every notice in each toll center giving the exact business office in such toll center and exact location where such schedules may be inspected. Every such notice shall contain a statement that it is made in compliance with the posting rule of the Federal Communications Commission.

(b) The term "posted" means kept in a convenient place accessible to the public for public inspection.

RULE 4. (a) All tariffs and supplements shall be in book, pamphlet, or loose-leaf form of size 81/2x11 inches, and shall be plainly printed on hard calendered, No. 1 machine-finished book or 20-pound bond paper of durable quality. Type of size not less than 6-point shall be used, except as provided in rule 5 (a). Stereotype, planograph, mimeograph, or other process equally durable may be used, provided that the copies posted and filed are clear and legible in all respects. Reproductions by hectograph or similar process shall not be used.

(b) Erasures or alterations in writing shall not be made in tariffs or supplements filed with the Commission or in those posted for public convenience, and a sufficient margin without any printing thereon shall be allowed at the binding edge of every tariff and supplement, so that when the book or binder containing the tariff or supplement is open, all printed matter on each page will be clearly in view and legible, but the margin allowed shall in no event be less than five-eighths of an inch in width.

RULE 5. The title page of every tariff and supplement shall show in the order named:

(a) On upper right-hand corner, the F. C. C. number of tariff or supplement in capital letters or in not less than 12-point bold face type, and immediately thereunder the F. C. C. number or numbers of tariffs or supplements canceled thereby. If the canceled issues are so numerous as to render it impracticable thus to enter the numbers thereof on the title page, the numbers thereof shall be shown immediately following the table of contents and specific reference to that fact shall be entered on the title page directly under the F. C. C. number.

(b) The exact name of the carrier, including a receiver or receivers, if any, issuing the tariff or supplement, and a brief statement showing each class of service provided for therein, the geographical application of the tariff or supplement, and whether such service is carried on by wire or submarine cable telegraph, wire or submarine cable telephone, radiotelegraph or radiotelephone. The term "submarine cable" as used herein means deep sea cable used in transoceanic communications.

(c) Date of issue and date effective, except as authorized in

rule 10.

(d) A notation that the tariff or supplement is issued on___. days' notice (show number of days) under authority of...

(show the authority), provided authority to publish charges and regulations on less than thirty days' notice has been granted by the Commission.