An Act to permit the Postmaster General to extend contract mail routes up to 100 miles during the contract term
PL 87-865 (H.R.10936), enacted 10/23/1962

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PUBLIC LAW 87-865-OCT. 23, 1962 
[76 STAT. 
Public Law 87-865 
October 23, 1962 
[H. R. 10936] 
Postal Service. 
Contract mail 
routes, extension. 
74 Stat. 702. 
Second class 
publications. 
74 Stat. 67 1. 
AN ACT 
74 Stat. 667. 
39 use 4351 et 
eq. 
Repeal. 
37 Stat. 553. 
39 use 233. 
To permit the Postmaster General to extend contract mail routes np to one 
hundred miles during the contract term, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United /States of America in Congress assembled, That the second 
sentence of subsection (a) of section 6424 of title 39, United States 
Code, is amended by striking out "fifty miles'", and inserting in lieu 
thereof "one hundred miles". 
SEC. 2. (a) Section 4369 of title 39, United States Code, is amended 
to read as follows: 
"§ 4369. Filing of information relating to publications of the second class 
"(a) Each owner of a publication having second-class mail privi-
leges under section 4354 of this title shall furnish to the Postmaster 
General at least once a year, and shall publish in such publication once 
a year, information in such form and detail and at such time as he 
may require respecting— 
"(1) the identity of the editor, managing editor, publishers, 
and owners; 
"(2) the identity of the corporation and stockholders thereof, 
if the publication is owned by a corporation; 
"(3) the identity of known bondholders, mortgagees, and other 
security holders; 
" (4) the extent and nature of the circulation of the publication, 
including, but not limited to, the number of copies distributed, the 
methods of distribution, and the extent to which such circulation 
is paid in whole or in part: Provided, hoioever, That trade publica-
tions serving the performing arts need only to furnish such infor-
mation to the Postmaster General; and 
"(5) such other information as he may deem necessary to deter-
mine whether the publication meets the standards for second-class 
mail privileges. 
The Postmaster General shall not require the names of persons owning 
less than 1 per centum of the total amount of stocks, bonds, mortgages, 
or other securities. 
"(b) Each publication having second-class mail privileges under 
section 4355(b) of this title shall furnish to the Postmaster General 
information in such form and detail, and at such times, as he requires 
to determine whether the publication continues to qualify thereunder. 
In addition, the Postmaster General may require each publication 
which has second-class mail privileges under section 4355(a) or 4356 
of this title to furnish information, in such form and detail and at such 
times as he may require, to determine whether the publication continues 
to qualify thereunder. 
"(c) The Postmaster General shall make appropriate rules and 
regulations to carry out the purposes of this section, including provi-
sion for suspension or revocation of second-class mail privileges for 
failure to furnish the required information." 
(b) The table of contents of chapter 63 of such title is amended by 
striking out 
"4369. Affidavits relating to publications of the second class." 
and inserting in lieu thereof 
"4369. Filing of information relating to publications of the second class." 
SEC. 3. The second paragraph of section 2 of the Act of August 24, 
1912, as amended by the Act of June 11, 1960 (74 Stat. 208; Public 
Law 86-513), and by paragraph 34 of the first section of the Act of 
June 11, 1960 (74 Stat. 202; Public Law 86-507), is hereby repealed. 
Approved October 23, 1962.