Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1843-03-08
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!. Seven minutes arc allowed for opening
aud ciusIug the mail, al a:l %uiiicc-, where no
particular time Is specified, but on railroad
and steamboat routes Tier. is 10 b.. no more de-
lay than is necessary 10 deliver and receive the
bags.
=. The mail is 10 be conveyed in preference
To passengers, and 10 their enlirc exc!usioIs IL
lis weight and bulk require it.
3. 4 preference Is 10 he gwen 10 passengers
brought IN the connecting mail lines over those
travelling in any other.
4. Post Office blanks, mail bags, and the
special agents Of Inc Department. on ex.
| hih!iion of their credentials, are to be convey.
ell without further charge OH mail lines admit
ting Of such conveyance.
5. Mail agents ARE 10 be coneeycl witnou,
charge OH the principal railroad aud steamboat,
| lines, where the size nItie mails and the mum.
Der of the Offices will require their employ.
ment by the Department, and in tina, case tt
separate apartment for the asserting and safe.
Keeping Of the mail, is to be provided by the
contractor under the direction Of the Depart
micnt.
q. In all cases, there is 10 be 4 forfeiture Of
the pay OF tho trip, when the trip is not run;
i forfeiture of NJ least onc-iour,i part OF il,
when tho running or arrival is so far behind
! time IS TO lose the connection with 7 depend.
ing mail and u forfeiture Of Il Guc proportion
OF il. when i grade Of service is rendered inle-
Tor TO that III the contract. These forlcilures
may be increased into penalties of higher
amount, according to The nature or frequency
OF the failure and the importance Of the mail.
!. Fines vii! be imposed. uulcss the ielin-
Guency be satisfactorily explained in due time,
for iai!ins to take from, or deliver at 4 pos: Of
flee. the mil. or any part OF il; for suffering
il 10 be wet, injured. lost, or destroyed; for Goa.
vcyins ii in Il place or MANNER that exposes 1t
10 depredltion. loss. ar injury for rc!usin: al
ter demand Ia convey 4 mail by any coach. rail-
rold cur. or steamboat. which III. contractor
regularly runs on The route. beyond the specl-
fed :IiniJcr Of trips IN the contract; and for
no, arriving NJ the time set. Aud for setting
up or running nm express TO transmit coinincr-
cial intelligence ia advance Of the mail. ] pen.
! atty will be cHacteJ equal TO u quarters pay.
:. The Postmaster General may annul the
contract for repeated failures FOR violating the
Pos, Office lfws: for disobeying the %i,istrnc-
Sons OF tho Department; Tor refusing to dis
, ciirrsc Il carrier wien required by the Depart.
rnent fur assigning the contract without the
cun.cn, of the Postmaster General. or ioI set
,ins up or running nh express n aforesaid.
Q. The Postmaster General may alter the
| contract, and alter the schedule. he allowing n
pro-rnta increase of compensation, within the
restrictions imposed by law, fu. the additional
| service required, or for the increased speed,
! il the employment OF additional stock or car
! rier5 is rendered Necessary, bnt The contractor
mny. in such case. rc.inIu:s'i H." contract. a.!
timely notice. il he prefers IL Il the change.
flc may a!to discontinue or cnita!l the -erTicc.
hu allowing o!c months cx'ry pay o.. IT,
a~inuiinl dispensed with.
10. The payments will be made through
drafts OH pos,oiiiccs or Otherwise. after the eS-
| pirnriun OF each quarter. say IN February,
May. August aud November.
ii. The distances arc givenaccoriIn 10 tic
best information; bIl no increased pay will
lc allowed, should they prove TO be greater
than is advertised, if Ia, places are correctly
named.
II. The Postmaster General is prohibited
by law from knowingly making n contract
for the Interpretations Of the mail with any
persou who shall have entered into any combs.
nation, or proposed To enter into any combina-
ton. 10 proven, the making ol any bid for Il
mail contract by any other person or persons,
who shall have made any agreement. or shall
have given or performed. or promised 10 give.
or perform, any consideration 10 do, or not 10
do, anything whatever. 10 induce any other
person no, to bid for n mail contract.
Is. On coach Ioutcs wlcIr the present con-
tractor shali be superseded by an underbidder.
v.io may NOT hare tire stage property requisite
for tho performance Of the con'rnc:. he shall
purchas. from the present contractor snci' ct
his coaches. teams, andharness be!unslns 10 tho
route rs shall be needed. and may be suitable
for the ~ser,ic.. at n fair rnluauon aud lnaEc
pnyment therefor by reasonable instruments. rs
his pay becomes due, unless the present con-
tractor shall continue TO run stages on the
ronte. Should they not agree US 30 the sul,a'
blcness of the property. the terms, or The secu'
riiy. each may chuosa Il person who may ap'
pointa third, and their decision shall be final
OF the Postmaster General will na'nr the nm
pirc. Should the rmlcrhiddcr fail Ia comply
his bid will be- offered To the contractor; bn'
| should he decline IL, the proposals "f tie un