N.Y. Railroad Law § 87: Mails

§ 87. Mails. Any railroad corporation shall, when applied to by the

postmaster-general, convey the mails of the United States on its road,

and in case such corporation and the postmaster-general shall not agree

as to the rate of transportation therefor, and as to the time, rate of

speed, manner and condition of carrying the same, the commissioner of

transportation shall fix the prices, terms and conditions therefor,

after giving the corporation reasonable opportunity to be heard. Such

price shall not be less for carrying such mails in the regular passenger

trains than the amount which such corporation would receive as freight

on a like weight of merchandise transported in their merchandise trains,

and a fair compensation for the post-office car. If the

postmaster-general shall require the mail to be carried at other hours,

or at higher speed than the passenger trains are run, the corporation

shall furnish an extra train for the mail, and be allowed an extra

compensation for the expenses and wear and tear thereof, and for the

service to be fixed as herein provided.

Every railroad corporation refusing or neglecting to comply with any

provision of this section shall forfeit to the people of the state one

hundred dollars for every day such neglect or refusal continues.