Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1843-02-22

]. Seven minutes arc allowed for opening
and closing The mails q, al! Offices, whcrs no
particular time is specified. bur OIL railroad
aud steamboat routes there is 10 be no moro dc.
lay Than is necessary z deliver aad receive the
bags.
2. The mail is TO be conveyed in preference
to passengers, and TO their entire exclusion, If
its weight and bulk require Ii.
3. A preference is to be given 10 passengers
brought III the connecting mail lines over those
travelling in any other.
4. Post Office blanks, mail bags, and the
special agents Of the Department. on cx.
hibition Of their credentials, are 10 be convey.
ed without further charge on mail lines admit
,iag OF such conveyance.
5. Mail agents ure TO be Conveyed without
charge on the principal railroad aud steamboat
lines, where the size ofthe mails and The nun.
Der OF the offices will require their employ
mont by tho Department, and in that case u
separate apartment for the asserting and safe
keeping OF the mail. is to be provided by the
contractor under the direction oc.he Depart
mont.
6. In oil cases, there is to be G forfeiture OF
the pay OF the trip, when the trip is not run ;
a forfeiture Of NJ least onc-fonrth part OF il,
when the running or arrival is 30 far behind
time Is 10 lose the connection with q depend.
ing mail ; and n forfeiture OF 4 due proportion
OF il. when a grade of service is rendered Infe-
rior TO that in the contract. These iorieimres
may be increased into penalties of higher
amount, according to the nature or frequency
Of the failure and the importance Of the mail.
Z. Fines will be imposed. unless the deiin.
quency be satisfactorily explained in due time.
Tor failing TO take from, or deliver ri Il poe, Of
ticc. the mail, or any part Of il; for suffering
ii 10 be- wet. injured, lost, or destroyed; for con-
veying II IN n place or manner that exposes i;
TO depreciation, loss, Or injury for refusing at
ter demand to convey n mail by any coach. rail-
road cur, or steamboat. which the contractor
regularly runs on the route. beyopd the speci-
fed number Of trips in the contract; and for
not arriving a, the time set. Aud for setting
up or running an express TO transmit CONNER.
cial intelligence in advance Of the mail, \ pen
atty will be exac,ed equal 10 4 quarters pny.
D.. The Postmaster General may annul the
contract for repeated failures; for violating In.
Post Office laws; for disoheying tho %iustrnc-
lions Of The Department; for refusing to dis.
charge n carrier when required by the Depart.
ment for assigning The contract without the
consent OF the Postmaster General. or for sell
tiUG ut' Va aii'i 'u EAI'tVso dS OICS$iiu
3. The Postmaster General may alter the
contract, aud alter the schedule. he allowing Il
pro-raia Increase Of compensation, within the
service required, or for r,c increased speed,
il the employment Of additional stock or car
riers is rendered necessary, bat The contractor
mny. in such case. rclinquisi, the contract, on
timely notice. it he prefers il 10 the change.
He may also discontinue or cuitnil the service,
he allowing one months eIiry pay OF the
amount dispensed with.
10. The payments will be made through
drafts OH postofiices or Otherwise. after the cx-
pira,ion Of each quarter, SAY in February.
May. August and November.
ii. The distances are given according 10 the
best %iniormaiion; but no increased pay will
be allowed. should they prove 10 he greater
than is advertised, If tho places arc correctly
AIMED
II. The Postmaster General is prohibited
By law from knowingly making 4 contract
Tor tic 'ransporaI!pns OF the mail with ans
person who shall have entered INTO any conbi.
nation. or proposed to enter into any combina'
tiuc. 10 prevent the making of any bIi for i
mail contract, by any other person or persons,
who shall have made any agreement. or shall
have given or performed. or promised to give,
or perform, any consideration to do, or no, to
I do. anything whatever. to induce any other
person mol 10 bid for q mai contract.
Is. On coach routes where the present COT
tractor shall be superseded by an dnderbidder
WHO may no, hare the stage properly requisite
for the performance Of tho contract, he shall
purchase from the prescn, contractor such Ell
his coaches, teams, andharncss belonging to III"
route as shall be needed, and mag be suitable
for the service, 4, n fair ralualion and make
payment therefor by reasonable instruments, rs
bis pay becomes due, unless the present con.
tractor shall continue To run stages on the
route. Should they no, agree as TO the suita.
blcncss Of the property, the terms, or the secn'
ri,y. each mag choose a person who mag ap'
point n third. ond their decision shall be hnal
or the Postmaster General will name the um.
pire. Should the underbiddcr fail to comply
his bid will bs offered to the contractor; but
| should he decline it, the proposals Of the un.