Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (Charles City, Iowa) 1861-1864, 1862-02-06

C,aiaiag es,dioss 10 tc incorporated he na,tr,sts
ths crteat the dept ts,e1a nay deem Ifoqee,
l. Seven minutes are allowed to each intermediate Of
hce when not otherwise specified for asserting the mails
but railroad and steamboat routes there l. to be ~
delay than Is sufficient Tor exchange Of the ma
bags.
= On railroad and steamboat lines and other routes
where the mode Of conveyance admits Ut IL. the specia
agents uf the Post Omce Department. aise post elict
blanks mail bags, locks, aud Keys, are 10 be conveyed
without extra charge.
s. TN Railroad aud steamboat lines the route agents oi
the department, also the British and Canada mails, when
offered and the agents accompanying them, are To be
conveyed without charge, and for Their exclusive Use,
while travelling with the mails, commodotiS car II
APARTMENT IN the centre Of properly lighted, warm
d and frn he'd and adapted to the CONVENIENT separa
tion and due security the mails 10 be- provided by
the contractor under the direction Of the department
Railroad aud steanluat companies are required u
,asn The ma II from and deliver mto the post offices al
the commencement and end 1T their routes, ana to and
from all Offices than eshs r"ds ICON stttnn
or landing Proposals may Dc shpmitted Tor the peroi IN
uc al ali other side seryicethat Is Tor Offices
eighty rods from a station or landing.
pscapts will be required Il r mail bags conveyed In
heseP,s 'rans smp,nyed by railroad cnn,naui.s
There will ai~o be way bills, prepared by postasters
ar other agents OF the Department. 10 accompany the
mails specify ing the number and destination al the
eraI bags. On the principal stage routes, likewise,
ceipts will be required, and way bills Forwarded the
latter be examined by the several postmasters u i'll
sure regularity In the delivery II mail bags.
l. NJ pay will be matte Ter trips mot performed, and
for each vl such omissions not satisfactorily explained
three times the pay OF the "Trip may be deducted foI
depending mails, and not sufficiently excused one forrt
of the COMPENSATION for the trip subject To forfeiture
deduction will also be ordered for grade Of perform
anee Inferior Il al specified in the contract For repeated
delnaaences the kind herein specified enlarged pen
al,ies portioned TO the th.reof and the lor
lance Of the mail, may he made
o. For leaving behind throwing on the mails, or
any portion of them tuf the admission 81 passengers or
for being concerned setting up or running an express
conveying intelligence in advance e the mall quarter
pay may be deducted. -
j. Fines will be- imposed unless the delinquency be
nromp. and satisfactorily explained by certificates oi
,im.strs or the aidavits III other credible persons
for failing 10 arrive in contract time for negicag 10
take the mail from deliver into post .1ce LOT sui.
tering be wet, injured, destroyed, robbed or lust
and for refs NJ after demand TO convey the ~ as ire
aently the contractor runs or i concerned III run
ming a coach car. or steamboa, gu q route
l. The Postmaster General may annui the contract Tor
repeated failures 70 run agreeably 10 contract for sioat
ing post office laws dsobayng the instructions IT
the department for refusing To discharge eafrfir
when required by the department to do 50 for running
an express aforesaid OF Tor transporting persons or
packages conveying malabe matter out Of the mail.
g. The Postmaster General may order an increase OF
service on a route by allowing therefor pro rata in.
The contract ray, lie ma! change echoauea of