Volume 75
Public Law 87–108
To repeal the provisions of section 5 of the Act of July 28, 1916, as amended, relating to the furnishing of information to the Postmaster General by the Interstate Commerce Commission with respect to revenue received by railroads from express companies for the transportation of express matter.
Approved July 26, 1961
Statutory text
AN ACT
To repeal the provisions of section 5 of the Act of July 28, 1916, as amended, relating to the furnishing of information to the Postmaster General by the Interstate Commerce Commission with respect to revenue received by railroads from express companies for the transportation of express matter.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
That there is hereby
Postal service.
Railway express, revenue.
Information by I.C.C.
repealed that portion of section 5 of the Act of July 28, 1916 (39 Stat. 428), which reads as follows: “The Postmaster General shall, from time to time, request information from the Interstate Commerce Commission as to the revenue received by railroad companies from express companies for services rendered in the transportation of express matter, and may, in his discretion, arrange for the transportation of mail matter other than of the first class at rates not exceeding those so ascertained and reported to him, and it shall be the duty of the railroad companies to carry such mail matter at such rates fixed by the Postmaster General.”
Approved July 26, 1961.