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<br />the course of his cmploy►nent, , ' m I';'Vc nu grcatrr rightw, tl►c railway
<br />company than if he were an cmplovcc." flowevcr. .► ,Imc requiring
<br />through mail trains to turn aside from tllc inlerst;ttr rctutr so as to stop at a
<br />particular station operatcs as an interference will► Elie mails and is therefore
<br />invalid.16
<br />The validity and effect of regulations relating to various particular mat-
<br />ters," and the enforcement of regulations," arc considered in subsequent
<br />portions of the article.
<br />§ 8. Post roads.
<br />Congress has established the following as post roads: the waters of the
<br />United States during the time the rnail is carried thereon; railroads or parts
<br />of railroads and air routes in operation; canals during the time the mail is
<br />carried thereon; public roads, highways, and toll roads during the time the
<br />mail is carried thcrcon; and letter -carrier routes established for the collection
<br />and delivery of mail." The states cannot interfere with the control of post
<br />roads and routes by the Fcdcral Goycrnmeni, and its power to select, establish,
<br />and declare such roads and routes." Thus, it has been held that a state
<br />cannot impose a toll on wagons, carriages, stages, or other modes of convey-
<br />ances carrying United States mail;'* nor can a state restrict the numhcr of
<br />conveyances which tfte Federal Governrttent may see fit to cmploy in the
<br />transmission of mail within and through the state.' I:yen the operation of
<br />the telegraph on or along post roads comes within the exclusive control of the
<br />Federal Government as against hostile state legislation," although federal stat-
<br />utes which authorize the construction of telegraph lines along post roads do
<br />not affect the right of a landowner to the damage to which he is entitled for
<br />the additional burden on the fee caused by the erection of telegraph poles
<br />upon a public highway which is a post road.'
<br />Local highway or traffic regulations as applicable to vehicles employccl in
<br />the transportation of the mail arc discussed under another title.'
<br />9. Fiscal matters; revenues, funds, ctc.
<br />There arc several specific provisions with respect to the revennes and other
<br />funds of the Postal Service. aniong which are those dealing with the collection
<br />and adjustments of debts.° the collection of postal -relined rcx'cnucs! the
<br />14. Martin v Pitt%lmrR & 1.. F. R. Co. 2M
<br />US 284. 51 1. Ed 104, 27 S Ct 100: Price
<br />v Pennsylvania R. Co. 113 US 218. 28 1. Ed
<br />980, 5 S Ct 427.
<br />15. Illinois C. R. Co. v Illinois, 163 US 142.
<br />41 L Ed 107. 16 S Ct 1096.
<br />16. See sections relating to particular mat-
<br />ters and subjects.
<br />17. As to criminal prosecutions, see 11 122
<br />et seq., infra.
<br />18. 39 USC 15003.
<br />18. Chicago, M. & St. P. R. Co. v United
<br />States, 198 US 385, 49 L Ed 1094, 25 S Ct
<br />665; Luxton v North River Bridge Co. 153
<br />V3 525, 38 L Ed 808, 14 S Ct 891 ; Cal.
<br />ifornia v Central P. R. Co. 127 US 1, 32
<br />L Ed 130. 8 S Ct 1073; Ex parte Jackson,
<br />96 US 727, 24 L Ed 877; Kohl v United
<br />States, 91 US 367. 23 L Ed 449.
<br />to
<br />20. Scaricht v Stoke%, 3 ffnc,• (EIS) 151.
<br />11 t. Ed 337.
<br />1. Neil v Oltio, 3 lil.w (US) 720, 11 1. Ed
<br />800.
<br />2. Pensacola Tel. Co. v Western U. Tel. Co.
<br />96 US 1, 24 L Ed 708.
<br />Generally, as to the use of post roads for
<br />the constructinn, maintenance, and operation
<br />of telegraph lines, see TEI.rcoMMCNICATIONa
<br />(I it ed if 22 et seq.).
<br />3. See 26 Am Jur 2d, EMINENT DOMAIN
<br />1214.
<br />4. See 7 Am Jur 2d, APTOMOat1.ES AND
<br />li1014WAY TRAFFIC 1 171.
<br />S. 39 USC 12601.
<br />As to money order funds, see 128, infra.
<br />6. 39 USC 1 2401.
<br />62 Am (ttr
<br />prcpl , t .t t tt it,
<br />Irpotl" .i"tf:
<br />audit,►* the•
<br />and agrec•oirt:
<br />against Elie• I'
<br />funding of (h.
<br />§ 10. Gencrall)
<br />Under the P
<br />of the Postal
<br />Governors rct r
<br />Advisory Cour
<br />from a Postal
<br />§ I I- Board of
<br />The control
<br />Governors, 9 t
<br />• for 9-year tern
<br />the Postmaster
<br />by such 9 Go%
<br />Hoard of Goy(
<br />consent of the
<br />these 9 mend:
<br />General." ,N
<br />Governor."
<br />Prior to tht
<br />provisions cxi-
<br />of postage .In I
<br />authority to c
<br />and cquitahle
<br />tions that thr ,
<br />Postal Service i
<br />tain and coati
<br />adapted to if
<br />revenue to in -
<br />Postal Scryicc
<br />of the Postal
<br />7. 39 USC 1 2(
<br />8. 39 USC fi 21
<br />9.:19 USC 1 2(
<br />to. 39 USC 1 :
<br />11. 39 USC 1 '
<br />12. 39 LtSC ;
<br />13. 1 11. infra.
<br />14. 12. infra.
<br />l5. 1 13. infra. 1
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