NOTES.
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/ Seven minutes are allowed for opening . nd


closing the mails at all Offices where partt-
,ulsf time is speci6ed; but on railroad apd steam
boat routes there IS to be no more delay than is
necessary to deliver and receive the bags. ia


g. The mail 10 to be coBveye ed IN pre- eference to
passengers and to then entire exclusion, IL its
weight aud butk require il. s.3t. ),
s. Post office blAnks. d,ail-bags.. and the .spe-
ci.i agents Of the department, On the exhibition
of their crede nti sis, are be conveyed without
further charge on mail lines admitting Of such
conveyance.
ch,rpe on the principal raiiroad aud steamboat
lines where the size Of the malls and the ann'-
Der Of the officers will require their employ nsent
by the department; aad IN that cSse. = separate
apattne nj for the asserting aud safe Keeping OF
The mail 70 to be provided by the CONTRACTOR, un-'
der the direction OF the department ,f>t


8. In sll cases there 10 to be = forfeiture Of the
pav Of the trip, when the trip - not run; . tor
fsiturk Of At eaat one fourth psrt ofits when the
running or arrival so far behind time as to lose
the come iion With depending mil; and tors
feiture Of due proportions Of 4, when srade a
sefvlcs is rendered inferior to that in the c94-
tract II hese forfeitures may be Increased into
penalties OF higher suiount, according 70 the ns-
ture br frequency If the failure and she impor-
tance of tile mail.
s. Fines will be imposed, unless the delin.
auency be satisfactorily explainsd Ia due tine


tor tailiGg to iroa. deliver q. post once


the nail, or any part OF it; tor suner.ng i to oe
wet Injured. lost. destrosed ed; tor conveying i
in place Or manner ths( exposes il to deprsda'