landing, station, or place, whether by steamboat, railroad, private carrier for hire, or any other mode of conveyance, or in any way in violation of law, he shall immediately report such violation to the Postmaster General, with all the facts concerning it in his possession.

NOTE.-Railway postal clerks shall report to their superintendent.

Sec. 1279. Every railroad company carrying the mails shall carry on any train it operates and without extra charge therefor the persons in charge of the mails and when on duty and traveling to and from duty, and all duly accredited agents and officers of the Post Office Department and the Railway Mail Service and post office inspectors while traveling on official business, upon the exhibition of their credentials.

Sec. 1280. Whenever a railroad company finds it necessary to transfer at the place of a wreck or washout, its officials and employees shall see that the mails and railway postal clerks are promptly transferred and every possible convenience furnished the clerks for working their mails.

Sec. 1284. Offices at stations for the employees of the Railway Mail Service engaged in station work shall be lighted, heated, furnished, supplied with ice water, provided with toilet facilities (where such facilities are not easily accessible), and kept in order by the railroad company.

Sec. 1291. Whenever the mail on any railroad route arrives at a late hour of the night, or at a time when the Government messenger is not on hand to receive it, the railroad company must, if a representative is on duty, retain custody thereof by placing the mail in a secure and safe room or apartment of the depot or station until called for or until the following morning, when it must be delivered at the post office or to the Government messenger at as early an hour as the necessities of the post office may require. The department reserves the right, however, to require such service of the railroad company at times when the regular representative may not be on duty.

2. At points where there is no railroad representative employed or on duty and there is a railroad station or depot, and mail trains pass late at night, the railroad company shall, if deemed necessary by the Railway Mail Service, provide exchange of mails through a safe room in the depot or by means of a safe and suitable locked box at the station.

Sec. 1293. 2. Railroad companies shall furnish the men necessary to handle the mails, to load them into and receive them from the doors of railway post-office cars, and to load and pile the mails in and unload them from storage and baggage cars,

under the direction of the transfer clerk or clerk in charge of the car if one is on duty. (See sec. 1535.)

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Sec. 1294. A train shall not depart from a station and leave mails which are being loaded, or are being trucked from vehicies or some part of the station to the train, or are aboard a connecting train that has come to a stop in the same station: Provided, That where holding an important train for mails from a delayed connection would cause serious delay and there is subsequent available train service within a reasonable length of time, the department may authorize a time limit beyond which such train may not be held excepting to load first-class mail, daily newspapers, and foreign mail if necessary to insure steamer connection. If the application of this provision to any train is desired by a railroad company, request should be made to the superintendent of Railway Mail Service for same, specifying reasons and length of time beyond which it is thought impracticable to hold the train in question. If such request is approved by the superintendent of Railway Mail Service any delayed mail involved under such authority as may be given shall be carried on the subsequent train in lieu of service authorized on the first train to the extent of any unused space thereon, no additional pay to be allowed the company unless the quantity of mail carried in both trains is in excess of that which could have been carried in the space authorized.

2. Mail trains may not be held beyond their scheduled time of departure for mail originating in local post offices, terminal railway post offices, or offices of publication. The Railway Mail Service will fix and enforce an ample time limit in which mails shall be delivered to the railroad companies for dispatch.

3. At joint stations where mails are due to be transferred from a train of one railroad company to a train of another, the mail after being unloaded from the incoming train will be held to be in the custody of the company operating the train to which the mail is due to be dispatched, and the responsibility for the transfer will then rest with that company.

4. Whenever necessary to transfer passengers, baggage, or express from one train to another, for any reason, all mails shall be included in the transfer unless such transfer is a regular connection coming within the provisions of paragraph 1.

5. Division superintendents of Railway Mail Service may cause to be withheld catalogue, circular, parcel-post, and ordinary paper mails, in the order named, from dispatch to important trains if necessary and advisable to prevent delay to such

trains, and forward such mails in other trains in regular or emergency space.

Sec. 1295. At all points at which trains do not stop where the Post Office Department deems the exchange of mails necessary a device for the receipt and delivery of mails satisfactory to the department shall be erected and maintained; and pending the erection of such device the speed of trains shall be slackened so as to permit the exchange to be made with safety.

2. Where the department deems it necessary to the safe exchange of the mails, the railroad company shall be required to reduce the speed or stop the train.

3. When mails are caught at night from a crane, the railroad company shall furnish the lantern or light to be attached to the crane and keep it in proper condition, regularly placed, and lighted; also the light shall be so kept and displayed for the guidance of the clerks when delivery only is made, as well as when mails are caught. However, if the company has no agent or other employee at the station, the company shall furnish the light, which shall be cared for and placed by the department's carrier.

4. The engineer of a train shall give timely notice, by whistle or other signal, of its approach to a mail crane.

Sec. 1304. The compensation for transportation of the mails by electric and cable cars shall include the transportation, in cars carrying the mails or on trips designated by the Post Office Department, of such employees of the Postal Service as accompany the mails or are necessary for and actually engaged in distributing the same, and also post-office inspectors and other duly accredited agents of the department in the discharge of their duties.

Sec. 1306. No part of the space authorized in a full car or a mail apartment of a car, on an electric or cable car line, may be used for other than mail purposes. No person other than the duly authorized clerks, carriers, messengers, inspectors, or officers and agents of the Post Office Department shall be admitted thereto; and these may be admitted only upon exhibition of their credentials.

Sec. 1309. Where necessary for a safe exchange of the mails electric and cable car companies carrying the mails shall be required to stop their cars at such points as may be designated by the Post Office Department.

Sec. 1378. On routes on which steamboat or other power-boat service is performed the contractors shall provide boats which are safe, suitable, and satisfactory to the Postmaster General.

2. The contractor when required shall provide and fit up on each boat used in the service a room suitable for the distribution of the mail, with a sleeping apartment attached, for the exclusive use of the postal clerk, and furnish first-class board to such clerk, without additional charge.

Sec. 1379. All letters placed on a mail boat, on which the mails are in charge of a postal clerk, shall be delivered to such clerk; and on these letters the master of the vessel shall not be paid any compensation. None but letters on which at least one full rate of postage has been paid shall be received on such boat, and these shall be duly mailed.

Sec. 1418. United States sea post clerks in addition to one chief clerk, who shall receive pay at the rate of $3,300 per annum, and one assistant chief clerk, who shall receive pay at the rate of $2,800 per annum, shall be of two classes; clerks of class 1 shall receive pay at the rate of $2,400 per annum each; clerks of class 2, who shall be clerks in charge, shall receive pay at the rate of $2,600 per annum each. In addition thereto they shall be entitled to first-class board on the steamships to which they are assigned and to commutation for board and lodging while in foreign countries and possessions of the United States, at rates fixed by the Post Office Department. They are subject to the ship's discipline to the same extent as are passengers.

2. Vacancies in the sea post service shall be filled by transfer from the Railway Mail Service or from the classified personnel of first and second class post offices in accordance with the postal regulations and instructions of the second Assistant Postmaster General. Each unsuccessful applicant should renew his application at the expiration of one year. If the application is not renewed it will be taken for granted that the transfer is no longer desired. Employees receiving a salary of less than $2,100 per annum are not eligible for transfer.

Sec. 1419. United States sea post clerks shall give bond to the United States, with good and approved security, in the sum of $1,000 each. Each clerk shall pay the premium chargeable to himself. Bonds shall be filed with the Second Assistant Postmaster General.

Sec. 1424. A special report shall be made of the following cases:

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in each

(a) Mail carried by a person who has not taken the oath. (b) Mail carried by a person under the prescribed age.

(c) Carrier intoxicated on duty, or who calls for the mail when intoxicated.

(e) Mail arriving without a lock. *

(f) Mails left exposed to damage or depredation.

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(g) Failure weather. * * *

(h) Failure

* to properly protect mail from the

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to take all the mail on each trip.

(i) Mails unnecessarily thrown on the ground. Mail pouches or sacks (or contents) damaged by being dragged about or otherwise.

(k) Extraordinary failures, interruptions, or abandonment of service.

Sec. 1432. The term "mail bags" includes mail pouches and mail sacks. Mail bags shall be numbered 0 to 4, according to size; No. O indicating the largest, No. 1 the next smaller size, etc.

2. The several styles of mail bags are:

(a) Mail pouches, designed for locking, sizes 1, 2, 3, and 4. (c) Catcher mail pouches, designed for locking, and for use exclusively for the exchange of mails with moving trains by means of catchers and cranes; one size only.

(d) Canvas mail sacks, known as class D, for ordinary second, third, and fourth class domestic matter, sizes 1, 2, and 3, equipped with lacing cord and cord fastener. All size 1 class D sacks manufactured or repaired subsequent to July 31, 1922, are equipped with locking cord fasteners, and are used for parcel post.

(e) Canvas mail sacks, known as class E, for ordinary foreign mail, sizes 0 and 1.

(f) Canvas mail sacks, known as class F, for registered foreign mail, sizes 0 and 1.

(g) Special bags.

Sec. 1434. Mail bags shall be used only for the transmission of mailable matter while under the care, custody, and control of the Post Office Department, through its postmasters and other authorized agents * * *

2. Mail bags shall not be used for storing records, waste paper, etc., or for personal convenience.

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Sec. 1437. The seam of a mail bag may be opened to remove the mail where the lock attached to the bag is found to be defective and can not be opened with a regulation key. See section 1452.

2. Mail bags shall not be mutilated otherwise by postmasters or other post-office employees.