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

! l. Seven minutes are allowed for opening and
closing the mails at all Offices where par ular
time is specified; but on railroad and steamboa,
routes there is to be more delay than is neces-
! sary to deliver and receive the bags.
=. The mail is TO be conveyed in preference to
passengers, and to their entire exclusion, If its
weight and bulk require it.
! g. Post Office blanks, mail bags, and the special
! agents Of the Department, on the exhibition OF
their credentials, are TO he conveyed Without fur
Their charge, on mail lines admitting Of such con-
veyance.
i. Mail agents are to n: conveyed without charge
the principal railroad and steamboat lines, he
the size of the mails and the humber Of the Offices
/ will require their employment by the Depart ncnt
and. in that case, separate apartment for the as
sorting and safe keeping of the mail is to be pro-
vded by the contractor, under the direction Of the
| Department.
| o. In all cases there is to be forfeiture OF the
pay OF the trip when the trip is not forfeure
OF at least ohc-fourth part Of 1t when The running
or arrival Is so far behind time 20 lose the
nexion with depending mail; ard forfeiture of a
Que proportion of itwhen grade of service is rem
dered inferior TO that in the contract These for
| textures may be increased into penalties of higher
amount according to the nature frequency of the
| failure and the importance OF the mail.
3. Fines will be imposed unless the delino uencv
be satisfactorily explained in time. for failing
TO take rom, Or deliver at. post Office the mail or
any part OF 1t for suffering 1t to be wet, injured,
lost, or destroyed; or conveying it in place or
manner that exposes it to depreciation, loss, or in
jury; for refusing after demand to convey mail
by any coach, railroad car, sts amboat which the
contractor regularly runs on the route beyond the
specihed number Of trips in the contract AID for
not arriving at the time set; and for setting up or
running an express to transmit commercial intelli-
gence i'll advance Of the mail, penalty will be ex.
acted equal to quarters pay.
7. The Postmaster General may annul the con-
tract Tor repeated failures for violating the post
ONCE laws for diSobeying the instructions of the
departments Tor refusing to discharge carrier
when required by the Department; for assigning the
contract without the consent of the Postma ster
General, or for setting up running an express as
afore said.
8. The Postmaster General may alter the con-
tract and alter the schedule, he allowing pro rata
increase Of compen alton, within the restrictions
imposed by law, for the additional service required
or Tor the increased speed, if the employment Of
additional stock or carriers is rendered
ou the contractor may. in such case, rehnquish the
contract, on timely notice, If he prefers it to the
change. The Postma ster General NAV annul the con-
aaet or curtaH the service and pay, when he wish
es to dispense with the service in whole or in part
or place higher or different grade OF service on
the route he allowing one month extra raw on the
amount dispeIed with.
.. The payments will be made through drafts on
on post offices or otherwise after the expiration Of
each quaFter-say in February, May, August, and
November.
10. The distances are given according to the best
lniornation; out no increased pay VIII be allowed,
shon'a thty prove, TO be greater than is advertised,
If the places are correctly named.
IL. The Postmaster General is prohibited by law
from knowingly making a contract for the trans
portation OF the mail with any person who shall
nave entered into any combination. proposed to
enter INTO any combination to ple vent the making Of
any tld tor mail contract by any other person or
persons, or VINO shall have made any agreement, or
shall have gwen or performed, or promised to give
or perform, any consideration to do, Or not Go,
any thlhs whatever to induce any other person NOT
to bid for mail contract. Particular attention is
prrt ho ~ &C
biting combinations TO prevent bidding.
II. A bid received after TING, to wit, the 18th
April next, at 10 nj, or without the guaranty re-
CURED by law, or that combines several routes in
one sum OF compensation, cannot be considered in
competition with the regular proposal no, adjudged
TO be CxtraVaSant.
ID. bidder may offer, where the Transportation
called Tor IN the advertisement is difficult I'M
practicable at certain seasons, to substitute All in
ierior mode OF conveyance, or TO intermit SER
vice specified number Of days, weeks, or months.
lie may propose to omit Office that is inaccessi
bie Or is not on the stage road, the railway, at
Steamboat landing, as the case may be; or he may
oHcf 10 substitute inferior mode OF supply in
soch cases. He may propose different days and
hours Oh departure and arrival, provided no more
running time is asked, and it is obvious that no
n''i' coaheXion or other public accommodation is
pfeludtced. 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. aproposa for service different from
'ne advertisement will prevent its being consider
ca IN competition with regular bid not set aside
TOT extravaganza; and where bid contains any Of
the ABOVE alterations, their disadvantages will be
estimated in comparing it with other proposals.
IA. mere SHOULD be but one route bid for in
proposal.
Is The route, the service the yearly pay, the
bidders name and residence, and the name of each
member the hrm, where company offers, should
be distinctly stated also the mode of con, eyance
If higher mode than on horseback is intended.
l6' The bid should be sent under seal, addressed
10 the Inst Assistant Postmas'e, General. y lth