The Cadiz Democratic sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1854-1864, 1860-02-01
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Coxfaining conditions 10 Je incorporated tn the
contracts to Me extent the department may deem
proper.
l. 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. ..r.
2. On railroad and steamboat lines, and 9TH
er routes where the mode OF convey vance admits
of it, the special agents Of the Post Office De-
partmcnt, 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 che department are to be conveyed
without charge, aud for their exclusive use,
while travelling with the mails, n commodious
car, or apartment in the centre of car, prop
erly 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 reau
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.
hcCC1pto Will bC lS'iulICu iIlull DdES CDH
Proposals may be submitted Tor the perform
ance of all other side service that is, for Offices
over eighty rods from station or landing.
ycyed in charge of persons employed by rail
road companies. There will also be sway bills''
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 I've required and way bills forward
ed; the latter to be examined by the several
postmasters, to insure regularity in the deliv-
cry of mail bags.
4. No pay will be made for trips not pcrfor-
med and for each of such omissions not salts.
iactcrily 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, one
fourth Of the compensation for the trip IS sub
ect to forfeiture. Deduction will also be or
dered for a grade Of performance inferior to
that specified in the contract. For repeated de-
lnquencies OF the kind herein specified, enlar-
ged penalties, proportoned to the nature there.
Of and the Importance of the mail may be made.
s. 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
telgence in advance Of the mall a quarters
pay IN ay be deducted a. ...
6. Fines will be imposed unless the dclin-
qnency be promptly and satfactorily explained
by certificates OF postmasters or the aflidaYits
OF other credible persons, for falling to arrive
on contract time; for neglecting to take the
mail from or deliver it into post office, for su
fering it to be wet, injured, destroyed, robbed
or lost; and for refusing, after demand, to con.
yey the mail as frequently as the contractor
runs, or is concerned in running a coach, car
or steamboat onia route.
7. The Postmaster General may annul the
contract for repeated failures 10 run agreeably
to contract; for violating the Post 0flie laws, OF
di3oheying the instructions of the department
for refusing to discharge carrier when required
by the department to do so; for running an cx-
press as Aforesaid; or for transporting persons OF
packages conveying malable matter out OF the
mail.
8. The Postmaster General may order an in.
crease OF service on a route by allowing therefor
a pro rata increase on the contract pay. He
may change schedules ofdepartures and arrivals
mall cases, and particularly to make them con
form to connexions with railroads, without in
crease Of pay, provided the running time be not
abridged. lie may also order an increase OF
speed, allowing, within the restriction Of the
law, pc yata increase Of pay for the
additional stock OF carriers, il any. The con.
tractor may, however, in the casc3oi increase OF
speed, relinquish the contract, by giving prompt
notice to the department that he prefers doing
so to carrying the order into effect. The Post
master General may also euftsilor discontinue
the service, in wiloleor in part, atpo rata de
crease ofpay, allowing one months extra COM
fpensation on the amount dispensed with, when
ever, in his opinion, the public interests require
tbs change, or in case be desires to supersede it
by different grade e.of transportation.
8. Payments viii be made by collections from
or draits0n postmsstcrs, or otherwise, after tho
expiration OF each guarter--say in February,
May, August, and November.
10. The distances are given according to the
best information; but no increased pay will be
allowed should they be greater than advertised,