Ordered, That in all cases where Contractors who have taken contracts at the letting
in October 1835 or since, shall fail to arrive at the terminating point of their Routes
in time to connect with the depending mails, the fact shall be stated in the weekly
Reports of the Assistants and the Accountant of the Post Office Department shall thereupon proceed to charge each failing Contractor with the price of a trip,
in conformity with the stipulations of their contracts, without any special order
of the Postmaster General.1
This Order will take effect from and after the 15th day of February next.
Handwritten Transcription, 1 page(s), Volume 1, 163 , RG 28, Entry 1: Records of the Post Office Department, Records of the Office of the Postmaster General, Records of the Immediate Office of the Postmaster General, Orders ("Journals"), 1835-1953