The Cadiz Democratic sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1854-1864, 1860-02-08
instructions,

Confirming conditions to he Incorporated an the
contracts 10 the ertent the aeputnsea: 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 10 sufficient for an exchange OF the mail
bags
Q. On railroad and steamboat lines, and 9TH
er routes where the mode OF conveyance admits
Of it, the srecia! 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, 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 OF
their routes, and to and from all offices not
more than eighty rods from station or landing.
Receipts viii be required for mail baLs 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 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,
int III Iva pad md Iil1r
ed; the latter to be examined by the several
postmasicrs, % insure regularity in the deiv
cry OF mail bags.
4. No pay will he made for trips not perfor-
med and for each of such omissions not salts.
fac.crily 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
iect to forfeiture. Deduction will also be or
dered for grade Of performance inferior to
that specified in the contract. For repeated de-
linquencies Of the kind herein specified, enlar-
ged penalties, proportoned to the nature there
Of and the Importance Of the mail may be made.
g. For leaving behind or throwing off the
mails, OF any portion Of them, for the admis-
sion of passengers or for being concerned in
SClllIie up VI IhiHi'S an SAp piSoS bOhfCyiI III
telligence in advance Of the mail, quarters
pay m ay be deducted.
6. Fines will be imposed unless the delin-
qnency be promptly and satfactorily explained
by certificates OF postmasters or the affidavits
oil other credible persons, for falling to arrive
on contract time; Tor neglecting to take the
mail from or deliver it into post office, for suf
iering it to be wet, injured, destroyed, robbed,
or 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 route.
T. The Postmaster General may annul the
contract for repeated failures to run agreeably
to contract; for violating the Post Olfie laws, or
disobeying the instructions Of the department.
for refusing to discharge carrier when required
by the department to do so; for running an ex-
press as Aforesaid or for Transporting persons or
packages conveying maable matter out Of the
mail
s. The Postmaster General may order an in.
crease OF service on route by allowing therefor
a pro ratu increase on the contract pay lie
may change Schedules Of departures and arrivals
in all cases, and particularly to make them con-
form to connexions with railroaus, without in
crease OF pay, provided the running time be not
abridged. He may also order an increase ofI
speed, allowing. within the restriction OF the
law, "a pro rata increase of pay Tor the
additional stock or carriers, il any. The con.
Tractor may however, il,sthe case OF increase of
speed, relinquish the contract by gtvipgprompt
notice to the department. that he prefers doing
so tc carrying the order into effect. The Post
master General may also cuItai or discontinue
the service, in whole or in part at pro rata de-
crease ofpay allowing one nonth's extra COM
pensation On the amount dispensed with, when !
ever, in his opinion, ,tHe public interests require
the change, or in case lie desires to slpersede it
by different grade Of transportation,
|. 9. Payments will be made by collections from
or drafts op postnasters, or otherwise, after the
expiration Of each 1uarter--say in February,
May, August and November.
TO- The distances are given according to the
best information; but no increased pay will be
allowed should they be greater than advertised,