The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1866-03-01
instructions 20 Bidders and Post
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masters:
Containing also conditions 10 Be Incorporated
az ul contracts 10 tie ertctt He Depart
algut may el1U proper.
J.. Seven minutes are allowed 90 each in
ieruaiiafe o.i.4, when NOS otherwise sprci-
fled. for asserting the mails but ON railroad
and steamboat routes there i7 % boz 10 more
delay than Is sufficient for an exchange OF
the mail pouches.
p. ON railroad and steamboat lines. and
other routes where the mode of conveyance
adm ts of 10, the special SCENTS of the Post
Office Department, also post Office blanks,
mail bags, locks and keys, are % be CON
yeyel without extra charge.
O.. ON railroad and steamboat lines the
route arau.s of the department are 20 be o.
yeyed without charge l'I .o- tIe use Of the
agents % comula.og- car. OBJ apartment in
the centre OF 81 car properly lighted
EARNED, and furnished, and adauteI 10 the
convenient separation and due securitv of
the mails, is % be provided by the c8utrac-
tor, under the direction oil the department.
Railroad ana steamboat companies are
required 90 take the mail from ard deliver
Dc INTO the post Offices at the beginning and
end Of thalr %r5utes, aud to and from all
offices not more than eighty rods from a sta
ton or landing. Proposals may be submit
tel by the companies for the performance Of
allUtIer side service-tla5 D.. inr Offices over
eighty rods from q station or landing.
There VIII De " way bills" prepared by
pI-.uu tiers, ur other a-altH of the depart
iHeur, o. accompany The mails conveyed on
railroads and steamers. spsciigiug the pun
Der and destination o.. the several bags.
On other principal rlIter, likewise, receipts
viii De required and way-5lL.s forward u 4.
the latter TO be examined by the several
p1stmasler7, TO insure regularity in the de-
livery of mails.
4. No pay viii be made for trips not per
formed and for each Of such omissions,
not satisfactorily explained, three timsstla
pay of the trip msy be deducted. For ar
rivals SD far behind time as 90 break con-
meet Gu with depending mails, aud not suf.
H~cIeutIg excused, one fourth q the COM
peus3t.0u Of the "trip Isl subject 20 forfeiture.
For repeated delirgu.Uc.es 1tthe kind here
10 specified, enlarged re1a.tiea, proportion
e5 To- he nature thereof and the Importance
OF the mai, may be made.
o.. For leaving behind or throwing of the
mails, or any portion Of them, for the adj
mission OF passenger, or ior being CON
c-rnel lu setting up or running an express
conveying intelligence ia advance OF the
ualI, 90 quarters pay may be dedllteI.
o. Fines VIII De imposed, uule the de-
Iuguaurv De promptly and satisis1t1rlyeE-
planned by e.rtiaeates OF -po.tmasters orthe
aiIlasIa g- o.ler credible persons, for iliI-
ms % arrive I'm contract time for neglect
ing % take the mail from, OF deliver DO into.
% post office Tor suffering 10 TO be wet, inc
lurld, destroyed, ROBBED, or LOST and ior
refusing ai,er demand % caAFe. ine mail
frequently as iAe a'l-ll..'' runs or IS
concerned ia fuAl---' at'a'-i CAP oftleam-
Lplt on % r.l-e-
o. -Le .'-Ms7--i may eALultGe
e2A.f-cl -'f i7 20 run sEree-
-t 20 COM tLe posi-
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