The Cadiz Democratic sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1854-1864, 1860-02-15

CoHia'D>ag conditions 10 be Incorporates! in the
contracts to the srtent Ne department mag 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.
2 On railroad and steamboat lines, and 9TH
er routes where the mode 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.
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, orapartment 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 Ieou
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 ba. s con.
Proposals may be submitted Tor the perform
ance of all other side scrvice-thatis Tor offices
over eighty rods from a station or landing.
veycd in charge Of persons employed by rail.
road companies There will also be "wav bl,s'
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 he required and way bills forward
ed; the latter to he examined by the severa
postmastcrs, to insure regularity in the dely
cry Of mail bags.
4. No pay will be made for trips not pcrfor
med; and for each of such omissions not satls
hctcrily 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 tt
that specified in the contract. For repeated de
lnauencies of the kind herein specified, enlar
gcd penalties, proportioned to the nature there
Of and the importance OF the mail, may be made
5. For leaving behind or throwing off tn,
mails, o" any portion Of them, for the admis
sion of passengers, or for being concerned il
setting up or running an express conveying in
teigcncc in advance Of the mail a quarter
pay III ay be deducted.
s. Fines will be imposed, unless the deln
qnency be promptly and satlactorily explained
by certificates OF postmasters or the affidavit
OF other credible persons, for falling TO arriv
on contract time; Tor neglecting TO take tn
mail from or deliver it into post office, for SUI
ferng it to be wet, injured, destroyed, robbed
or lost; and for refusing, after demand, to con
vey the mail as frequently as the contracto
runs, or is concerned in running coach, car
or steamboat on a route.
z. The Postmaster General may annul tn
contract for repeated failures to run agreeabl
to contract; for violating the Post Qffie laws, o
d;obeying the instructions Of the department
for refusing to discharge a carrier when require,
, by the department to do so; for running an ex
press as aforesaid or for transporting persons 0
, packages conveying mailable matter out Of til
mail
II 8. The Postmaster General NAV order an in
crease Of service on route by allowing thereto
pro rata increase on the contract pay. II
5 NAV change schedules Of departures and arrival
in all cases, and particularly to make them cor
form to cohnexions with railroads, without in
4 crease Of pay. provided the running time be nc
abridged. lie may aiso "itfi IN ihcieaoc
speed allowing, within the restriction OF tn
i law, pro rata increase Of pay Tor tn
: additional stock or carriers, il any. The cor
tractor may, however, in the case ol increase {
speed, relnquisll the contract, by giving promI
notice to the department that he prefers doin
SO to carrying the order into effect. The Pos
4 master General may also curtail or discontinu
the service. in whole or in part, at pro rata do
crease ofpay, allowing one months extra con-
pensation on the amount dispensed with, wher
ever, in his opinion the public interests requir
the change, or in case he desires to supsrsedei
by different grade Of transportation.
8. Payments will be made by collections froI
, or drafts on postmastcrs, or otherwise, after th
J expiration of each quarter--say ia February
May August, and November.
10. The distances are given according to tb
best information; but no increased pay will b
allowed should they be greater than advertised