The Cadiz Democratic sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1854-1864, 1860-02-29
Instructions.

.....s.. -- Instructions,
Containing conditions to he incorporated IN The
contracts to The erteatAte department may deem
proper. -..E Sf.s .s
J.. 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 ... .-.7 s....r5 s-s r.fft h.ss % .'.a.
g. On railroad and steamboat lines, and 9th
er routes where the modc OF conveyance 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. . z. -r .f.
g. 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 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 requi-
red to take the mail from and deliver it into the
post offices at the commencement and end o.
their routes. and to and from all offices not
moro than eighty rods from astation OF landing.
Receipts will be required for mail ba.s con.
Proposals may be submitted for the perform
ance Of all other side service that is, Tor offices
over eighty rods from station or landing.
veyed in charge Of persons employed by rail
road companies. There will also be "way bills"
prepared by pestmasters, 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
postmasters, to insure regularity in the dellv,
cry of mail bags. is.,r. r.aa e.sr.a.
4. No pay will be mads for trips not perfor-
med; and for each of suchomissions not satis-
actcriy explained three times the pay Of the
trip NAV 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 SUBJ
iect to forfeiture. Deduction will also be or
dered for grade of performance inferior to
that specified in the contract. For repeated de-
lnquencies OF the kind herein specified, enlar-
ged penalties proportionedt to the nature there
Of and the importance Of the mail, may be made.
5. For leaving behind or throwing off the
mails, OF 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 mail, quarters
pay m ay be deducted.
8. Fines will be imposed, unless the delin-
qnency be promptly and satfactorily explained
by certificates OF postmaSters or the affdavits
OF other credible persons for falling to arrive
on contract time; for neglecting to take the
mail from ordeliver il into post office, for suf-
ferng 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 coach, car,
or steamboat on afeutc.
7, The Postmaster General may annu the
contract for repeated failures to run agreeably
to contract; for violating the Post 0ffie laws, or
disobeying the instructions of the department;
for refusing to odischarge carrier when required
by the department to do SO; for running mex.
press as aforesaid; for transporting persons or
packages conveying mailable matter out OF the
mail. .-a a@s qA5 as an t- .s@s
8. The Postmaster General may order an in
crease of service on route by allowing therefor
a pro rata increase on the contract pay. He
may change schedules OF departures and arrivals
form to connexions with railroaus, without in
CTbdS6 VI pdyt ttlO tlIiC 10 IlOL
abridged. He may also order an increase OF
speed, allowing, within the restriction Of the
law, pto rata increase of pay ior the
additional stock or carriers, if any. The con-
tractor may however, in the case OF 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 curtail or discontinue
Y,ar of a.
crease ofpay, allowing one months extra COM
pensaton on the amount dispensed with, when
ever, in his opinion, the public interests require
the change, or in case he desires to supersede it
by different grade of transportation. ~
8. Payments will be made by collections from
or drafts on postmasters, or otherwise, after the
expiration of each quarter7-say in February,
May, August, and November, s
10. The distances are given according to the
best information; but no increased pay will be
allowed should they be greater than advertised,
if the points to be Supplied be correctly stated.
Bidders must intum hentselues on this point, and
also in reference to the weight of the mail 1.-The
condition ofthe roads, hills, streams, &C., and
all toll-bridges, ferries or distractions of any
kind by which expense nay be incurred. No
claim for additional ipay;- based on such ground,
can be considered; nor for alleged mistakes or
misapprehenson as to the degree OF service; nor
for bridges destroyed. ferries discontinued. or
other obstructions increasing distance, occurring
during the contract term. Offices established
after this advertisement is issued and also du.
ring the contact term, are 10 be visited with
cut extra pay, il the distance be not increased.
IL. A bid received after the last day and hour
named, or without che guaranty required by
Law and certificate as 10 the suflciency Of
such guaranty cannot be considered in competi-
ton with regular proposal reasonable in
amount