The daily Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1841-1845, 1844-12-31
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NOTES.
Seven minutes are allowed for opening and
closing the mails at all Offices, where particular
time is specified but railroad and steamboat
routes, there is to be delay than is neces-
sary to deliver and receive the bags.
The mail is to be conveyed in preference 10
passengers, and to their entire exclusion If its
weight and bu k require it.
3 preference is to be given to passengers
brought in the connecting mail lines lover those
travelling in any other.
4. Post Office blanks, mail bags and the special
| agents OF the Department on the exhibition Of their
credentials, are to be conveyed without further
charge on mail lines admitting OF such convey
| snce.
5. Mail agents are to be conveyed without charge
on the principal railroad and steamboat lines where
the size of the mails and the number of the offices
will require their employment by the Department
and IN that case, separate apartment for the assert
ing and safe keeping of the mail to be provided by
the contractor, under the direction of the Depart
ment.
9. In all cases, there is to be forfeiture Of the
pay of the trip, when the trip is not run forfeiture
OF at least one-iourth part Off, when the running
arrival Is so far behind time to lose the connec ton
with depending mail, and n forfeiture Of due
proportion OF 1t, when grade ofservice is rendered
inferior TO that in the contract These forfeitures
may be increased into pen,lties Of higher amount,
|
and the importance of the mail
7. Fines will be imposed, unless the delinquency
bs satisfactorily explained in due time, for fshng
to take from, deliver Mt post Office the mail or
any part Of It, for suffering to be w.t injured
lost, or destroyed; for conveying it in a place or
manner that exposes II to depreciation or injury:
for refusing after demand to convey a mail by any
coach, railroad car, or steamboat, which the con-
tractor regularly runs on the route. beyond the
specified number of trips in the contrsc.; and
for not arriving at the time set. And for setting
up or running an express to transmit commercial
intelligence in advance OF the mail, penalty will
be exscted equal TO a quarters pay.
8. The Postmaster General may annul the con-
tract for repeated failures, for violating the Pos,
Office laws, for disobeyin the instructions of the
Department; for refusing to discharge a carrie,
when required by the Depsr men,, for assigning the
contract without the consent Of the Postmaster Gen.
eral, or Tor setting up or running an express as
| aforesaid.
9. The Postmaster General msy alter the contract,
and alter the scho dule, he allowing pro rata In
crease of compensation, within the restrictions i'm
posed by law, for the additional service required
or for the increased speed, if the employment of
additional stock or carriers is rendered necessary.
but the contractor may, in such case reinqu .h tn.
contract, on timely notice, If he prefers il to the
change The Postmaster General may also discon-
inue or cursil the service, he al owing one months
| extra pay on the amount dispensed with
10 The payments will be made through draft,
on post Offices otherwise after the expiration Of
each quarter, say in February, May, August, and
November.
H. The distances az, given according 10 the best infor
nation but no increased pay wiH be aic,oed should sy
prore 10 be greater han advertised v< place, are cor
reofiy naned
II. The Postmaster General is prohibited by Law
from knowingly making contract for the transpor-
tation of the mail with any person who shall have
entered into any combination, or proposed to enter
into any combination to prevent the making of any
bid for mail contract by any other person or per