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 768 Tr·rr.r: xr.vr.—T1-IE POSTAL SER.VICE.—C1—r. 8-9. 1bid.,s. 258. preceding] section, notice thereof shall be given and proceedings had thereon t c same as at the letting of Ol'lg1ll8·l contracts. _ Payment on con- SEC, 3959. No person whose brd for carrying the mail is accepted shall [PPV ___ _ receive any pay until he has executed his contract according to law and Ibid.,s. 259. the regulations of the Department. _ _ _ _ _ Payferadditipn- Sec. 3960. Compensation for· additional service in carrying the mail QF€€¤l§{_¤<§¤‘}¢¤; shall not be in excess of the exact proportion which the original compen- Ib;d__,_g60_ sation bears to the original service: and when any such at ditional service is ordered, the sum to be allowed therefor shall be expressed in the order. and entered upon the books of the Department and no compensation shall be paid for any additional regular service rendered before the issuing of such order. Aixpwance for Sec. 3961. No extra allowance shall he made for any increase of expe-
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B“'1_ x - stock and carriers is made necessary. and in such case the additional Ibidns- 261- compensation shall bear no greater proportion to the additional stock and carriers necessarily emplodyed than the compensation in the original contract bears to the stock an carriers necessarily employed in its execution. Fi¤i¤€m¤il·°¤¤· Sec. 3962. The Postmaster-General may make deductions from the pay tw""' of contractors, for failures to perform service according to contract. and Ibid., s. 266, p. impose iines upon them for other delinquencies. He may deduct the 319 price of the trip in all cases where the trip is not performed; and not exceeding three times the price if the failure be occasioned by the fault of the contractor or carrier. Mail-con tracts Sec. 3963. No contractor for transporting the mail within or· between Ibid., s. 271. contract, and all such assignments or transfers shall be null and void. CHAPTER NINE. CARRYING THE HAIL. Sec. Sec. 3964. What are post-roads. 3982. Private expresses prohibited; pen- 3965. Provisions for carrying the mail. alty. 3966. Mail to every court-house. 3983. Carrying person acting as express; 3967. Carrying the mail on canals. I penalty. 3968. Carrying the mail on plank-roads. 3984. Sending letters by private exprem; 3969. Carrying the mail on waters of thepenalty. United States. _ _ _ 3985. Carrying letters out of the mail over 3970. Carrying home-mail in steamships. post-route; penaltv. 3971. Erétending line of posts; compensa- 3986. Carrying letters outof the mail on ron. b d · l; lt. 3972. Selecting postfroads. 3987. Forgigln leistzers nldtllih de carried, ex- 3973. Change o post-road terminus. cept; oath. 3974. Discontinning service on post-roads. 3988. Vessels to deliver letters at post- 3975. Contracts for service over routes not office; oath; nalt. established by law. 1 3989. Searching vessel); for letters. 3976. Unitpld Stateitvessels to carry mails;  ieizing pn? detaining letters. oa ; pens y. · . 1. isposa o seiz . 3977. Del1very)O<;£tl)etter's gycmaster of 2 3992. Conveying lettelrfs without compenpos m r., t' . 3978. Magpirrying by vessel not in mail-3993. I4e?|`;rii·)sni1£tan1pe?}pnv·e1olpes may s * e.t t 1. 3979. Clgtmtipg fol be capiers of United ’ 3994. Separidirlilg lgtlteilmaii id; expedia _ mai ; pens ty. tion. 3980. Prepaid way—letters to be received. 3995. Obstructin the mail; penalty. 3981. Illegal carrying by carriers and 3996. Delaying tI1e mail at a ferry; penothers; penalty. alty. allihat me post- Sec. 3964. The following are established post-roads: {‘Q;____ All the waters of the United States, during the time the mail is carried 8 June, 1872, e. thereon. ' 7 " ll l ‘ I l • . $25, ¤¤ $205 \ _ All rar roads or parts of railroads which are now or hereafter may be · PP' · 30** in operation.
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