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PUBLIC LAW 422-JUNE 28, 1952

Public Law 422 June 28, 1952 [H.R. 7030]

Postal service. Bond of bidder.

62 Stat. 749. Reports on movements of mails.

Railway service.

39 Stat. 428.

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CHAPTER 485 AN ACT

To amend certain Acts and parts of Acts which require the submission of documents to the Post Office Department under oath, and for other purposes.

Be it enacted by the Senate and Ilouf^e of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the following Acts and parts of Acts are amended, as shown below: (1) The last sentence of section 3945 of the Revised Statutes, as amended (sec. 426, title 39, U. S. C), is hereby further amended by striking out "the oath of the bidder, taken before an officer qualified to administer oaths", and by inserting in lieu thereof "the signed statement of the bidder". (2) Section 3946 of the Revised Statutes, as amended (sec. 427, title 39, U. S. C), is hereby further amended to read as follows: "SEC. 3946. Before the bond of a bidder is approved, there shall be indorsed thereon the signed statements of the sureties therein that they are owners of real estate worth in the aggregate a sum double the amount of said bond, over and above all debts due and owng by them, and all judgments, mortgages, and executions against them, after allowing all exemptions of every character whatever. Acompanying said bond and as a part thereof, there shall be a series of interrogatories, in print or writing, to be prescribed by the Postmaster General, and answered by the sureties showing the amount of real estate owned by them, a brief description thereof, and its probable value, where it is situated, and in what county and State the record evidence of their title exists. If any surety shall knowingly and willfully submit a false statement under the provisions of this section he shall, on conviction thereof, be punished as is provided by section 1001 of title 18, United States Code." (3) Section 3948 of the Revised Statutes, as amended (sec. 428, title 39, U. S. C), is hereby further amended by striking out the sentence reading: "The reports of the arrivals and departures of the mails on mail routes made and sent by postmasters to the Second Assistant Postmaster General, on which no fines or deductions from the pay of contractors for carrying the mails have been based, and the certificates of oaths taken by carriers on mail routes may be disposed of as provided by law when no longer needed in conducting current business." and by inserting, in lieu thereof, a sentence to read as follows: "The reports of the arrivals and departures of the mails on mail routes made and sent by postmasters to the Post Office Department, on which no fines or deductions from the pay of contractors for carrying the mails have been based, and the certificates taken by carriers on mail routes may be disposed of as provided by law when no longer needed in conducting current business." (4) Strike out the paragraph reading: "Railroad companies carrying the mails shall submit, under oath, when and in such form as may be required by the Postmaster General, evidence as to the performance of service" in section 5 of the Act entitled "An Act making appropriations for the service of the Post Office Department for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and seventeen, and for other purposes", approved July 28, 1916 (sec. 556, title 39, U. S. C), and insert in lieu thereof, the following: "Railroad companies carrying the mails shall submit, under the signature of a duly authorized official, when and in such form as may be required by the Postmaster General, evidence as to the performance of service." (5) Subsection (j) of section 405, title IV of the Act entitled "An Act to create a Civil Aeronautics Authority, and to promote the development and safety and to provide for the regulation of civil aero-

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