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VOLUME 5

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NUMBER 109

Washington, Wednesday, June 5, 1940
The President EXECUTIVE ORDER
P rescribing R ules and R egulations for the Administration of the I nterbuild ing Mail and M essenger S ervice
By virtue of and pursuant to the au thority vested in the President by sec tion 5 of Reorganization Plan No. TV, transmitted to the Congress on April 11, 1940, I hereby prescribe the following rules and regulations governing the ad ministration by the Postmaster General of the Interbuilding Mail and Messenger Service transferred to and consolidated in the Post Office Department by the said section 5 of Reorganization Plan No. TV:
S ec. 1. There is hereby established in the Post Office Department a regularly scheduled pick-up and delivery service for the transmission of mail including regular mail between Government agen cies and the City Post Office, papers, documents, packages, and other articles to and from buildings occupied by Gov ernment agencies within the District of Columbia and within that portion of the State of Virginia lying within a radius of 3.5 miles from the southwest end of the Arlington Memorial Bridge. This serv ice shall be known as the United States Official Mail and Messenger Service and shall be under the direction and super vision of the Postmaster General.
S ec. 2. Vehicles used in this service shall bear the inscription "U. S. OFFI
CIAL MAIL AND MESSENGER SERV
ICE. No other Government agency shall use or display such inscription or words of similar meaning on vehicles.
S ec. 3. The Postmaster General, or such official as he may designate, shall, from time to time, prescribe and pub lish for the information of all con cerned suitable schedules for the per formance of this service with a fre quency of not more than one trip per hour to each point of contact, except that such additional trips as may be deemed necessary may be scheduled for the collection and delivery of regular
mail between Government agencies and the City Post Office.
Sec. 4. Unless otherwise directed, the messengers in this service shall call on their scheduled rounds at one desig nated point in each building or each group of contiguous buildings occupied by a Government agency. The head of each Government agency concerned shall establish contact with this service in each building or each group of con tiguous buildings under his supervision at a point easily and quickly accessible to a loading dock or street entrance.
Sec . 5. This service shall not be re quired to accept for transmission any article weighing more than 100 pounds or measuring more than 100 inches in length and girth combined, but it may in its discretion accept other articles if such acceptance is found practicable.
S ec. 6. The Postmaster General may prescribe such distinctive types of enve lopes, tags, and labels for use in the transmission of m atter by this service as may be necessary for efficient operation.
Each agency concerned shall provide such quantities of these envelopes, tags, and labels as may be necessary for its own needs.
S ec. 7. The Postmaster General may prescribe such regulations not incon sistent herewith as may be necessary for carrying out the provisions of this order.
S ec . 8. This order shall become effec tive upon the effective date of the said Reorganization Plan No. TV.

CONTENTS
THE PRESIDENT
Page Executive Orders:
C u s t e r Battlefield National Cemetery, revocation of Executive order concern in g ------------------------------ 2131
Interbuilding mail and messen ger service, rules_________ 2131
Reorganization Plans Nos. HI, IV, V, dates of effectiveness_____ 2132

RULES, REGULATIONS, ORDERS
T itle 7Agriculture:

Agricultural Adjustment Ad ministration:
Cotton marketing q u o t a s , 1940-41 marketing year, amended_____________ 2132
T itle 19C ustoms D u ties :
Bureau of Customs:
Airports of entry, redesigna tion__________________ 2132
T itle 31M oney and F inance:
T reasury:

Monetary Offices:
Foreign exchange transac tions, etc., General Li cense No. 4 amended___ 2132
T itle 36P ark and F orests :
National Park Service:
Lassen Volcanic National Park, subsidiary regula tions amended_________ 2133

NOTICES
Treasury Department:
T he W hite H ouse, Monetary Offices:
June 3, 1940.
Transactions in Foreign ex No. 84271
change, etc.:
General Ruling No. 3_____ 2133
F. R. Doc. 40-2231; Filed, June 4, 1940;
11:40 a. m.
General Ruling No. 4_____ 2133
Department of Agriculture:
Federal Surplus Commodities EXECUTIVE ORDER
Corporation:
R evoking E xecutive O rder N o. 6228 of Surplus Commodities Bulletin J uly 28,1933, as to Custer B attlefield No. 6________________ 2133
N ational C emetery Food and Drug Administration:
Condensed milk, report, etc., By virtue of the authority vested in correction____________ 2134
me by Executive Order No. 6166 of June Continued on next page 10, 1933, entitled Organization of Ex2131
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