diff --git a/scorn/anthony/passoffice b/scorn/anthony/passoffice
index 0501e52ba..49bc0760c 100644
--- a/scorn/anthony/passoffice
+++ b/scorn/anthony/passoffice
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ enter_x 5
 enter_y 8
 msg
 Created:  1998-12-28 Anthony Thyssen (anthony@cit.gu.edu.au)
-Modified: 2011-04-03 Nicolas Weeger
+Modified: 2012-01-07 Rick Tanner
 endmsg
 end
 arch woodfloor
@@ -507,7 +507,6 @@ arch sign
 name Office of Passes
 msg
 Office of Passes..
-
 Merchants trading with the city of Scorn may purchase entry/exit pass for either the port or main gate from either here or one of our representatives elsewhere.
 endmsg
 x 5
@@ -808,10 +807,7 @@ arch card
 name Port Pass
 slaying port_pass
 msg
-This is a merchants pass allowing paid access between the City of Scorn and the Port of Scorn, for the purposes of trade
-and commerce.
-
-Animal or plants entering the city of scorn must be quarantined in the Quarantine Warehouse in the port area.
+This is a merchants pass allowing paid access between the City of Scorn and the Port of Scorn, for the purposes of trade and commerce. Animal or plants entering the city of scorn must be quarantined in the Quarantine Warehouse in the port area.
 endmsg
 x 8
 y 3
@@ -840,9 +836,7 @@ arch card
 name Gate Pass
 slaying gate_pass
 msg
-The holder of this card is allowed free access into and out of the City of Scorn to the rest of the continent without further charges and penalties.
-
-The City of Scorn reserves the right to revoke said access at any time of its choosing without recompense or liability.
+The holder of this card is allowed free access into and out of the City of Scorn to the rest of the continent without further charges and penalties. The City of Scorn reserves the right to revoke said access at any time of its choosing without recompense or liability.
 endmsg
 value 800
 identified 1
@@ -851,10 +845,7 @@ arch card
 name Port Pass
 slaying port_pass
 msg
-This is a merchants pass allowing paid access between the City of Scorn and the Port of Scorn, for the purposes of trade
-and commerce.
-
-Animal or plants entering the city of scorn must be quarantined in the Quarantine Warehouse in the port area.
+This is a merchants pass allowing paid access between the City of Scorn and the Port of Scorn, for the purposes of trade and commerce. Animal or plants entering the city of scorn must be quarantined in the Quarantine Warehouse in the port area.
 endmsg
 value 2500
 identified 1
@@ -872,9 +863,7 @@ arch card
 name Gate Pass
 slaying gate_pass
 msg
-The holder of this card is allowed free access into and out of the City of Scorn to the rest of the continent without further charges and penalties.
-
-The City of Scorn reserves the right to revoke said access at any time of its choosing without recompense or liability.
+The holder of this card is allowed free access into and out of the City of Scorn to the rest of the continent without further charges and penalties. The City of Scorn reserves the right to revoke said access at any time of its choosing without recompense or liability.
 endmsg
 x 8
 y 7