{"identifier":"/us/usc/t39/s5603","title":39,"num":"\u00a7\u202f5603.","heading":"Transportation of mail by vessel as freight or express","text":"\u00a7\u202f5603.\nTransportation of mail by vessel as freight or express\nThe Postal Service may require that mail be transported by freight or express when\u2014\n(1) there is no competition on a water route and the rate or compensation asked is excessive; or\n(2) no proposal is received.\nA common carrier by water that fails or refuses to transport the mail when required to do so under this section shall be fined not more than $500 for each day of refusal.","url":"https://projectusc.org/usc/t39/s5603.html","content":[{"t":"sec","id":"/us/usc/t39/s5603","children":[{"t":"num","text":"\u00a7\u202f5603."},{"t":"heading","text":"Transportation of mail by vessel as freight or express","tail":"\n"},{"t":"chapeau","text":"The Postal Service may require that mail be transported by freight or express when\u2014"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t39/s5603/1","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(1)"},{"t":"content","text":" there is no competition on a water route and the rate or compensation asked is excessive; or","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t39/s5603/2","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(2)"},{"t":"content","text":" no proposal is received.","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n\n"},{"t":"continuation","text":"A common carrier by water that fails or refuses to transport the mail when required to do so under this section shall be fined not more than $500 for each day of refusal.","tail":"\n"},{"t":"text","text":"\n"},{"t":"text","text":"\n"}]}]}