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PUBLIC LAW 86-682-SEPT. 2, 1960

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work, in which mail from station boxes may be distributed if additional space is not required therefor. (b) Railway post office cars or parts thereof used for mail transportation and distribution must be of such construction, style, length, and character, and must be equipped in such manner as the Postmaster General requires. They must be constructed, equipped, maintained, heated, lighted, and cleaned by and at the expense of the railroad. The Postmaster General may not pay for full and apartment railway post office car service unless the car furnished therefor is sound in material and construction, equipped with sanitary drinking water containers and toilet facilities, and regularly and thoroughly cleaned. He may not accept or pay for service by a full railway post office car unless the car is constructed of steel, steel underframe, or equally indestructible material. (c) A railroad shall place cars used for full or apartment railway post office car service in stations at such times before the departure of the trains as the Postmaster General directs. § 6205. Changes in service The Postmaster General may authorize, according to the need therefor, new or additional mail transportation service by railroad at the rates or compensation fixed pursuant to this chapter. H e may reduce or discontinue service with pro rata reductions in compensation. The Postmaster General may not pay for additional service which he has not specifically authorized. § 6206. Evidence of service A railroad shall submit evidence of the performance of mail transportation service, signed by an authorized official, in such form and at such times as the Postmaster General requires. Mail transportation service is considered that of the railroad performing it regardless of the ownership of the property used by the railroad. § 6207. Fines and deductions (a) For refusal to perform mail transportation service required by the Postmaster General at rates or method of compensation established under this chapter, the Postmaster General shall fine— (1) an electric urban or interurban railroad, $100; and (2) any other railroad, $1,000. Each day of refusal constitutes a separate offense. (b) The Postmaster General shall fine a railroad an amount he deems reasonable for— (1) failure or refusal to transport mail, equipment, and supplies on any train it operates when required by the Postmaster General; (2) failure or refusal to furnish cars or apartments in cars for distribution purposes when required by the Postmaster General; (3) failure or refusal to construct, equip, maintain, heat, light, and clean cars or apartments in cars for distribution purposes; (4) failure or refusal to furnish appliances for use in case of accident, as required by the Postmaster General, in cars or apartments in cars used for distribution purposes; or (5) other delinquencies in mail transportation and the service connected therewith. (c) The Postmaster General may make deductions from the compensation of a railroad for failure to perform mail transportation service as authorized and, if the failure to perform is due to the fault of the railroad, he may deduct a sum not exceeding three times the compensation applying to such service.

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