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OFFICE REGULATIONS. 753
nected with the line or not, and must not be the topic of comment or conversation by those whose duty it is to transmit, receive, or deliver them.
5th. Should any person employed in the offices of this company divulge
or use for his own benefit, or for the benefit or information of any other
person or persons whomsoever, the contents of any dispatch to which he
may be privy; or should any person at stations other than the one receiving, read, use, or divulge the contents of such dispatch, said person or
persons shall be considered as unworthy of trust and confidence, be
forthwith dismissed from service, and not again employed on the line.
CASHIER.-The cashier of the office shall have absolute charge of all
matters concerning all departments of business of said office.
Ile shall receive all dispatches to be transmitted, and the moneys for
the same, keeping proper check and account thereof.
He shall see to the copying of all dispatches, and their prompt delivery.
Ite shall be the only authorized officer to issue orders for the purchase
of material, and all bills are to be paid by him or by his order.
lie shall keep an account of all expenditures under the respective
heads contemplated in the monthly reports, specifying for what line
moneys are used.
When the operator of any line reports that the same is out of order,
he shall provide all the means and necessary material to effect its immediate repair.
lIe shall be the sole manager of the book-keeping, registration, and
preservation of all books and papers of the office, belonging to the united
lines therein terminating.
He shall make out the regular weekly, monthly, or other reports of his
office, according to the forms adopted or authorized by each line respectively.
lIe shall deposit with the company's bankers all moneys accruing in
his office, whenever the sum exceeds twenty-five dollars.
In case an operator is sick, or otherwise hindered from keeping his
business up square, according to rule, he shall provide all necessary aid
to effect the same.
Ile shall employ all clerks, battery-keepers, and messengers required
in the office, and to dismiss the same at his pleasure.
tie shall make payments to operators according to their respective
salaries, in such manner as may be directed by the law of the line.
OPERATORs.-The operator of each line shall have sole charge of his
register, magnet, and other connections of line in his office.
He shall send and receive all messages transmitted over his line.
lIe shall be the inspector and repairer of his section of line, and has
power to employ all aid necessary to secure its speedy repair, when a out
of order."
In case any new material is needed to secure the better working of the
line, he shall report the same to the cashier, who will provide it without
delay.
CLERKs.-Clerks employed in the office shall assist in receiving dispatches, and see to the proper spelling and address of all names for whom
messages are received.
Each shall hold himself in readiness to assist in the performance of any
duty in the office or on the line, as may be judged by the cashier,
BATTERY-KEEPER.-The battery-keeper shall have charge of the battery
of each line, and see to its construction, according to the adopted system,
and have it in readiness at the required working hour in the morning.
MESSENGERs.-The messengers employed shall promptly deliver all
messages intrusted to them, without partiality as to line or person.