Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1865-02-10
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Containing also conditions be Incorporated tn N,
contracts to the orient the Deyartmtat may deem
proper.
l. Seven minutes are allowed to each
intermediate office, when not otherwise
specified, for asserting the mails: but Oh
railroad and steamboat routes there is to
be no more delay than is sufficient for an
exchange of the mail pouches.
2. On railroad and steamboat lines.
and other routes where the mode of con-
veyancc admits of it, the special agents OF
the Post Office department., also post Office
blanks. mail bags, locks and keys, are to
be conveyed without extra charge.
3. On railroad and steamboat lines the
route agents of fife department, also the
Hitish and Canada mails, when offered,
and the agents accompanying them, are to
he conveyed without charge, and for the
use of the United States agents, II com
modiouS car. or apartment i'll the centre o!
ear, properly lighted, warmed, and fnr-
nished, and adapted to the convenient
separation and due security Of the mails,
is to be provided by the contractor, under
the direction of the department.
Railroad and steamboat companies are
required to take the mail from and deliver
it into the post Offices at the beginning and
end of their routes, and to and from all
offices not more than eighty rods from a
station or landing. Proposals may be
submitted ny the companies for the per-
Torrance OF all other said service that is,
for Offices over eighty reds from station
or landing.
Receipts will be required for mail bags
conveyed in charge OF persons employed
by railroad companies, There will also be
" way-bills." prepared by postmastcrs, or
other agents OF the Department, to ac-
company the mails, specifying the NUM-
Der and destination of the several bags.
On the principal routes, likewise, receipts
will be required and way-bills forwarded !;
the latter to be examined by the seveal
postmasters. to insure regularity in the
delivery of mails.
4. No pay will be made for trips not
performed; and for each of such omissions,
not satisfactorily explained, three times
the pay of the trip may be deducted. For
arrivals 50 far behind time as to break con
nrxion with depending mails. and not suf-
iieienty excused, one-four,h of the COM
penSatlon for the trip is subject to forfeit
ure. Deduction will,also be ordered for
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