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PUBLIC LAW 86-000—MMMM. DD, 1960
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PUBLIC LAW 86-513-JUNE 11, 1960

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Public Law 86-513 June 11, 1960 [H. R. 6830]

Publications. P o s t al requirements.

Penalty.

AN ACT To provide for uniformity of application of certain postal requirements with respect to disclosure of the average numbers of copies of publications sold or distributed to paid subscribers, 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 paragraph of section 2 of the Act of August 24, 1912 (37 Stat. 553), as amended (39 U.S.C. 233), is amended to read as follows: "The editor, publisher, business manager, or owner of a publication entered as second-class mail shall file with the Postmaster General and publish in the second issue thereafter of the publication to which it relates a sworn statement on forms furnished by the Postmaster General on or before the first day of October of each year setting forth— "(1) the names and post office addresses of the editor and managing editor, publisher, business managers, and owners; "(2) the name of the corporation and the stockholders thereof if the publication is owned by a corporation; "(3) the names of known bondholders, mortgagees, or other security holders; and " (4) the average number of copies of each issue of the publication sold or distributed through the mails or otherwise distributed to paid subscribers during the preceding 12 months. The sworn statement need not include the names of persons owning less than 1 per centum of the total amount of stock, bonds, mortgages, or other securities. The Postmaster General shall deny the privilege of second-class mail to a publication which fails to comply with the provisions of this paragraph within ten days after notice by registered mail of the failure. This paragraph is not applicable to religious, fraternal, temperance, scientific, or similar publications. "Editorial or other reading matter contained m publications entered as second-class mail and for the publication of which a valuable consideration is paid, accepted, or promised shall be marked plainly 'advertisement' by the publisher. Whoever, being an editor or publisher, prints in a publication entered as second-class mail editorial or other reading matter for which he has been paid or promised a valuable consideration, without plainly marking the same 'advertisement', shall be fined not more than $500." Approved June 11, 1960.

Public Law 86-514 June 11, 1960 [H. R. 8713]

P o r t Hueneme, Calif. Conveyance.

AN ACT To authorize the Secretary of the Navy to convey certain real estate to the Oxnard Harbor District, Port Hueneme, California, 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 Secretary of the Navy is authorized to convey to Oxnard Harbor District, Port Hueneme, California, an instrumentality of the State of California, all that tract or parcel of land situate, lying and being in the United States Naval Construction Battalion Center, Port Hueneme, California, comprising wharf numbered 1, and contiguous area, consisting of twenty-two and seven-hundredths acres, more or less, and being more particularly described as follows: