Pub. L. 86-682, tit. 39, pt. I, ch. 7, sec. 710
Making up mail
§ 710. Making up mail Letters brought for mailing to a post office half an hour before the time for the next forwarding mail shall be included therein unless, in the opinion of the Postmaster General, more time for making up the mail is required, they may be included in mail to be forwarded not more than one hour thereafter.