Burlington hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1845-185?, 1850-04-11
INSTRUCTIONS.

l. Seven minutes allowed for opening and
closing the mails at all offices where no particular
time is specified; but on railroad and steamboat
routes there is to be no more delay than is neces
sary to deliver and receive the bags.
2. The mail is to be conveyed in preference to
passengers, and TO their entire exclusion, if its
weight and bulk require it.
3. Post Office blanks, mail bags, and the special
agents Of the Department, on the exhibition Of
their credentials, are to be conveyed Without fur
Their charge, on mail lines admitting Of such con-
veyance.
4. Mail agents are to be conveyed without charge
on the principal railroad and steambo at lines here
the size of the mails and the number of the Offices
will require their employment hy the Department !;
and, in that case, separate aItment for the as
sorting and safe keeping of the mail is to he pro-
vided by the contractor, under the direction Of the
Department.
s. In all cases there is to be forfeiture Of the
pay Of the trip when the trips not runs forfeiture
or at least onefourth part Of it when the running
or arrival is so far behind time to lose the
nexion with depending mail; and a forfeiture of a
due proportion of when grade Of service is
dered inferior 10 that in the contract. These for
FIXTURES may be increased into penalties of higher
amount according to the nature frequency Of the
failure and the importance OF the mail.
6. Zines will be imposed unless the delinquency
be satisfactorily explained in due time. for failing
to take fIom, Or deliver at, post Office the mail
any part OF 1t: for suffering it to be wet, in..e
1851, Or ceStroyedi or Conveying it in q place or
manner that exposes il to depredaion loss, or in
Jury; for refusing after demand to convey mail
by any coach, railroad car, steamboat, which the
contractor regularly runs the route beyond the
speelhed number of trips in the contract, and for
not arriving at the time set; and for setting up or
running an express to transmit commercial inteili-
gence III advance of the mail, penalty Will be ex-
acted equal to quarters pay.
T. The Postmaster General may annul the con-
tract for repeated failures; for violating the post
ONCE laws; for disobeying the instructions Of the
! Department; for refusing to discharge a carrier
when required by the Department. for assigning the
contract without the consent of the Postmaster
General or Tor setting UP or running an express as
| aforesaid.
| 8. The Postmaster General may alter the con-
tract and alter the schedule, he allowing pro rata
increase u compens alton, within the restrictions
imposed BY law, for the additional service required,
or Tor tive increased speed, if the employ mcnt Of
additional stock or carriers is rendered
ou' the contractor may in such case, relnqush the
contract, timely notice, if he prefers it to the
Change The Postmaster General may annul the con-
tract or curtaii the service and pay, when wish
esto dispense with the service, in whole in part,
| or place higher Or different grade Of service on
the route he allowing one months extra pay on the
| amount dIspened with.
9. The payments will be made thr ough drafts on
on post offices or otherwise, after the expiration Of
each quarter-say in February, May, August, and
| November.
10. The distances are given according to the be-
information; but no increased pay will he allowed
should they prove, to be greater than is
| II the places are correctly named.
II. The Postmaster General is prohibited by law
! from knowingly making contract for the trans
! porfaton OF the mail with any person who shall
| have entered into any combination, or proposed to
enter into any combination, to prevent the making of
any eld for mail contract by any other person Or
persons, or who shall have made any agreement, OF
Shall have given Or performed, promised to give
Or perform, any consideration to do, not to do,
any thing whatever to induce any other person not
TO bid for mail contract. Particular attention is
Cnrftn <cfh ~ pIc cohs
| biting combinations to prevent bidding.
II. bid received after time, TO wit, the 10th
April next, at 10 m, or without the guaranty Re-
CURED by law, or that combines several routes in
competition with the regular proposal not adjudged
| to be extravagant.
Is. bidder may offer, where the transportation
called for in the advertisement is difficult I'M
ferior mode Of conveyance, OF to intermit
vice specified number of days, weeks, or months
He may propose to omit office that is iuaccessi-
bic, or is not the stage road, the railway,
steamboat landing, as the may be- or he may
| offer to substitute an inferior mode Of supply in
| such cases. He may propose different days and
| hours of departure and arrival, provided no more
running time is asked, and it is obvious that no
mail connexion or other public accommodation is
| prejudiced. He may ask for more running time to
the trip during specified number Of days, at GER
tam seasons Of peculiarly bad roads; but beyond
these Changes, proposal FOR service different from
the advertisement will prevent its being consider
ca IN competition with regular bid not set aside
for extravaganza; and where bid contains any of
the above alterations, their disadvantages will be
estimated in comparing it with other proposals.
IA. lhere should be but one route bid for in
proposal.
10. The route. the service. the yearly pay, the
bidders name and esidence, and the name of each
| memoef Oh the hrm, where company offers, should
! be distinctly stated; also the mode of CONVEYANCE
| II higher mode than on horseback is intended.
l6. The bid should be sent under seal adore sed