Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1865-01-27

with the above guarantors. and knows
them to be men OF property, and able to
make good their guarantee.
Dated (Signed
i The above certificate must have affixed to it n
five cent revenue stamp, cancelled, as the law
requires.
Instructions to Bidders and Post
ss,asscrs.
Conflaiay also conditions to be Incorporated IN the
contracts 40 the erteat the Deyarfmeat may deem
JroPcr
|. Seven minutes are allowed to each
intermediate office, when not otherwise
specified for asserting the mails; but on
railroad and steamboat routes there is to
I've no more delay than is sufficient for an
exchange of the mail pouches.
.. On railroad end steamboat lines.
and other rautes where the mode Of con-
vcyance admits Of it, the special agents of
the Post Office department. also post Office
blanks. mail bags, locks ana keys, are to
be conveyed without extra charge.
3. on railroad and steamboat lines the
route agents OF the department, also the
British 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, a com
modious car. or apartment i'll the centre OF
a ear, properly lighted, warmed, and fur
nishel, aud 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
FolIices not more than eighty rods IRON a
station or landing. Proposals may be
submitted by the Companies for the per-
tormance OF all other said serviee-that is,
for Offices over eighty rods from a station
or landing.
Receipts will be required for mail bags
conveyed in Charge OF persons employed
by @ailroad companies, There will also be
way -bills," prepared by postmasters, or
other agents OF the Department. to ac-
company tue 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 seve III
postmastcrs, to insure regularity in the
delivery of mails.
i. 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 he deducted. For
arrivals SO far behind time as to break con
nexion with depending mails, and not suf-
iicienty excused. ouc-iourth of the cont
pensaton for the trip is subject to forfeit
: ure. Deduction will also be ordered for
II grade Of performance inferior to that
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lin4ueHeies OF the kind herein specified.
enlarged penalties, proportional to the
nature thereof, and the importance OF the
mil, may be made.
). For leaving hctiHd or throwing off the
mai!s, Ut any portion Of them. for stc al.
+ mission OF passengers, Or far beia% con
crrHed II setting Up0r rauHipg al express
/ conveying Intelligence in adyaurr al the
mai, q q,astar pH! may lie deducted.
q. Fines Mi.l 10 imposed, unless llie de
! lia4drnef IL promptly ami satisfactorily
/ eArlHlnrt b certificates of poStnasteys
Of the ;stidailts ui other creii;;tiI,r persons
/ For falling to arrive III contract time; for
neg!rctd% it IA be wet, injured, destroyed
robhrd a. last; and iur refusing. after de
maud, 10 Convey the Mail as frequently as
/ the contractor runs, or is concerned in
running, Il coach, car, or steamboat on II
route.
:. The Postmaster General may annul
/ thr contract for repeated failures 10 run
agreeable to contract; for violating the
post Office laws, or disuheying the instruc-
! tioHS of the department; for refusing to
discharge Il carrier when required by the
! department tn do so, for running an ex-
press as aforesaid OF for transporting
/ persons or packages conveying mailablc
matter DAT Of the mail.
/ :. The Postmaster General may order
an increase of service on Il rcute by al
lowing therefor pro rata increase on the
contract pay. He may change schedules
OF departures and arrivals in all cases, and
particularly to make them conform to
connexions with railroads, without in
crease oI pay, provided :he running time
be not abridged. He may also increase of
speed. allowing, within the restrictions of
the law, pro rata increase Of pay for the
additional stock or carriers, if any. The
contractor may, however, an tie case oJ in
crease Il speed, relinquish the contract, by
giving prompt notice to the department
that he prefers doing so to carrying the
order into effect. The Postmaster cen
eral may also discontinue or curtail the
service, in whole or in part, in order to
place on the route n greater degree of SER
vice, or whenever the public interests, in
his Judgment shall! require such discontinue
ance or curtailnent for any other cause;
he allowing as IA foil indemnity to contract
or one months extra pay on the amount
of service retained and continued.
| 9. Payments will be made by collec-
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