The Cadiz Democratic sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1854-1864, 1860-02-22
Instructions,

| Containing conditions 10 be incorporated in tile
contracts to the extent tie department may deem
proper. .....- .-.
I. Seven minutes are allowed to each inter
mediate Office when not otherwise specified.
for asserting the mails; but on railroad and
steamboat routes there is to be no more delay
than is sufficient for an exchange Of the mail
bags.
2. On railroad and steamboat lines, and 9TH
er routes where the mode OF convey ance admits
of it, the special agents of the Post Office De-
partment also post Office blanks mail bags
locks, and keys, are to conveyed without extra
charge.
| 3 On railroad and steamboat lines the route
agents Of the department are to be conveyed
without charge, and for their exclusive use,
while travelling with the mails, a commodious
car, or apartment in the centre of a car, prop
erlv lighted, warmed, and furnished and adap-
ted to the convenient separation and due secu-
rity Of the mails, is to be provided by the con.
tractor, under the direction of the department.
Railroad and steamboat companies are requi-
red to take the mail from and deliver it into the
post offices at the commencement and end Of
their routes, and to and from all Offices not
more than eighty rods from station or landing
Receipts will be required for mail ba1 S. con.
Proposals may be submitted Tor the perform
ance of all other side service that is, for offices
over eighty rods from station or landing.
yeyed in charge of persons employed by rail,
road companies. There will also be "way bilts
prepared by postmasters, or other agents Of the
department. TO accompany the mails, specifying
the number and the destination Of the several
bags. On the principal stage routes, likewise
receipts will be required and way bills forward
ed; the latter to be examined by the several
postmaslers, to insure regularity in the dcllv-
cry Of mail bags
4. No pay will be made for trips not perfor-
med; and for each Of such omissions not sats
factcrily explained three times the pay Of the
trip may be deducted. For arrivals so far be-
hind time as to break connection with depend
ing mails, and not sufficiently excused ono
fourth of the compensation for the trip is sub
iect to forfeiture. Deduction will also be or
dered for q grade Of performance inferior to
that specified in the contract. For repeated de-
linauencies of the kind herein specified, enIar-
ged penalties, proportoned to the nature there
of and the Importance Of the mail, may be made.
5. For leaving behind or throwing off the
mails, or any portion of them, for the admis-
sion Of passengers, or for being concerned in
setting up or running an express conveying in-
telligencc in advance. Of the mail, quarters
pay m ay be deducted.
6. Fines will be imposed, unless the delin-
qnency be promptly and satiactorily explained
by certificates OF postmasters or the aftdavits
OF other credible persons, for falling to arrive
on contract time; for neglccting to take the
mail from or deliver it into post office for suf
Ering it to be wet injured, destroyed robbed,
sgr lost; and for refusing, after demand to con
vey the mail as frequently as the contractor
runs, or is concerned in running coach, car,
or steamboat on a route.
z. The Postmaster General may annu the
contract for repeated failures to run agreeably
to contract; for violating the Post Qffie laws, or
! di 3obeying the instructions Of the department;
for refusing to discharge carrier when required
by the department to do so; for running an ex-
press as aforesad;o or for transporting persons OF
packages conveying mailable matter out OF the
mail. 7.'a 74a 0i fs'-
s. The Postmaster General may order an in
crease OF service on a route by allowing therefor
uro rata increase on the contract pay. lie
NAV change schedules of departures and arrivals
in all cases; and particularly to make them con
forn to connexions with railroa1s, without in
/ crease Of pay, provided the running time be not
abridged. lie may also order an increase
speed, allowing, within the restriction ol the
! law, pro rata increase Of pay for the
additional stock or carriers If any. The con.
tractor may, however, in the case Of increase
speed, reinqush the contract, by giving promp
notice to the department that he prefers doinl
so to carrying the orderinto effect The Post
, master General may also curtaiI or discontinu,
1.-THE service, in whole or in part, at pro rata de-
I crease ofpay. allowing one months extra com
pensation on the amount dispensed with, when
ever, in hisopinion. the public interests require
the change, or in case he desires to supersede j
by different grads Of transportation. !,
! o. Payments will be made by collections from
or drafts on postmasters. or otherwise, after th
) expiration of each quarter-~say in February
May, August, and November .8~aa
a 10. The distances are given according to sth
best information; but no increased pay will b
4 allowed should they be greater than adEortlsed