Preface

This book contains the rules and regulations constituting Title 39, revised

as of December 31, 1955. Included herein are all rules and regulations,

general and permanent in nature, duly published in the Federal Register

on or before December 31, 1955, and effective as to facts arising on or after

January 1, 1956. It replaces the volume published in 1949 entitled Title

39-Postal Service, and becomes an integral part of the Code of Federal

Regulations. This revised book reflects the reorganization and simplifica-

tion of the Postal Regulations accomplished during 1954 and 1955.

This book is provided with a pocket for the insertion of annual cumulative

supplements. Current regulatory material appearing in the daily issues

of the Federal Register follows the numbering system used herein and

serves as a daily supplement hereto. The book contains a subject index.

It also contains a list of sections affected since the publication of the 1949

volume. This list furnishes Federal Register citations to all changes in the

material since January 1, 1949, including changes which are no longer in

effect.

This book is published pursuant to Part 2 of the regulations of the Ad-

ministrative Committee of the Federal Register, approved by the President

October 11, 1948 (13 F. R. 5935; 1 CFR Part 2), under the authority con-

tained in section 11 (f) of the Federal Register Act as amended (67 Stat.

388; 44 U. S. C. 311 (f)). The contents of the Federal Register and of

the Code of Federal Regulations are by law prima facie evidence of the text

of the original documents and are required to be judicially noticed (49 Stat.

502, 67 Stat. 388; 44 U. S. C. 307, 311 (e)). The approved citation of the

Code is "CFR." Thus the citation "39 CFR 1.1" refers to Section 1.1

of this Title.

A General Preface to the Code of Federal Regulations appears in the

volume containing Titles 1-3 and also in the General Index volume.

January 31, 1956.

B. R. KENNEDY

D. C. EBERHART

List of Revised Volumes

The following volumes of the Code of Federal Regulations have been revised since publication of the 1949 Edition. The list indicates the latest revision date, and includes volumes revised as of December 31, 1955:

Table of Titles and Chapter Headings

Chap.

Title 1-General Provisions

I Administrative Committee of the Federal Register

Appendix A Guide to record retention requirements

Title 2-The Congress

Table of statutory authorities and statutes interpreted or applied

Title 3-The President

I Proclamations (tabulation)

II Executive orders (tabulation)

III

Presidential documents other than Proclamations and Executive

orders (tabulation)

Title 4-Accounts

I General Accounting Office

Title 5-Administrative Personnel

I Civil Service Commission

III Foreign and Territorial Compensation

IV The President's Committee on Government Employment Policy

V International Organizations Employees Loyalty Board

Title 6-Agricultural Credit

I Farm Credit Administration

II Rural Electrification Administration, Department of Agriculture

III Farmers Home Administration, Department of Agriculture

IV Commodity Stabilization Service and Commodity Credit Corpora-

tion, Department of Agriculture

V Agricultural Marketing Service, Department of Agriculture

Title 7-Agriculture

SUBTITLE A-Office of the Secretary of Agriculture

SUBTITLE B-Regulations of the Department of Agriculture

I Agricultural Marketing Service (Standards, Inspections, Market-

ing Practices), Department of Agriculture