Burlington hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1845-185?, 1850-02-28
INSTRUCTIONS

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I. Seven minutes are allowed for opening and
closing the mails at al! Offices where no particular
| time Is specified; but on railroad and steamboat
routes there is to be no more delay than is
| saiy to deliver and receive the bags.
| 2. The mail is TO be conveyed in preference to
passengers, and to their entire exclusion, IL its
| weight and bulk require il.
| 8. Post Office BLANKS, mail bags. and the special
| agents Of the Department, on the exhibition of
their credentials, to be conveyed without fur
Their charge, mail lines admitting of such con-
Yeyance.
| 4. Mail agents are to be conveyed without charge
on the principal railroad and steamboat lines where
the size of the mails and the number OF the offices
Will require their employment by the Department ;
ana, IN thai case, separate apartment for the as
sorting and safe keeping of the mail is to be pro-
vlaco 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 run; forfeiture
Oh at least one-oufth part of it when the running
or arrival is SO far behind time as to lose the con-
nexioE with depending mail and forfeiture of
due proportion Of ii when grade OF service is rem
dered inferior 10 that in the contract. These for
textures may be increased into penalties Of higher
amount, according 20 the nature frequency Of the
failure and the Importance OF the mail.
b. tines VIII be imposed unless the DELINQUENCY
DC satisfactorily explained in due time. for failing
20 TAKE iIom, Or deliver at post Office the mall or
any part OF 1t: for suffering it TO be wet, injured,
1851, or destroyed; OF conveying it in place or
manner that exposes il to depreciation, loss, or in
jury for refusing after demand to convey mail
by any coach, railroad car, or ST. antoat, which the
contractor regularly runs on the route beyond the
specified number of trips In the contract, aud for
not arriving at the time set; and for setting up or
running an express to transmit commercial intei-
gence III advance Of the mail, penalty viii be ex-
acted equal to a quarters pay.
Z. The Postmaster General may annul the con-
tract for repeated failures; for violating the post
Office laws: for disobcying the instructions of the
Departments. rtfp Ia .faY,n
when required by the DEPARTMENT. for assigning the
contract without the consent of the Postmaster
General, or fer setting up running an express as
aforesaid.
8. The Postmaster General may alter the con-
tract and alter the schedule, he allowing pro rat,
increase 81 compensation, within the restrictions
imposed by law, for the additional service required
or ior the increased speed, if the employment of
aadltonai stock or carriers is rendered ne sary
oui the contractor may. in such case re,nquish the
contract, on timely notice, if he prefers it to the
change. The Postmaster General may annul the con-
tract or curtai 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 months extra nav on tho
amount dispened with.
9. The payments viii be made through 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 best
Information; but no increased pay viii he allowed,
ttey 10 be greater than advertised.
II the places are correctly named.
IL. The Postmaster General is prohibited by law
from knowingly making contract for the trans
portaaoh OF the mail with any person who shall
nave entered into any combination. or proposed to
enter into any combination, to prevent the making of
ola ior mall contract by any other person Or
PERSONS or who shall have made any agreement or
sha! nave gwen Or performed, or promised to give
OF perform, any consideration to 10, or not 10 do
any thihg whatever to induce any other person not
firIl at ton sei
called 10 the 28th section Of the act of 1896, prohi-
oaihg COMBINATIONS to prevent bidding.
IL. ca received after time, to wit, the 10th |
april next, at 10 m, Or without the guaranty re-
quifeo oy law, or tiat combines several routes in
one sum OF compensation, cannot be considered in
competition vita the regular proposal not adudged
to be extravaoaat.
IS. bidder may offer, where the transportation |
called Tor In the advertisement is difficult or I'M
practicable at certain seasons, to substitute an in
IerIor mode Of conveyance, or TO interuit SER
vice a speciled number OF days, weeks, or months.
he mag propose to omit Office that is inaccessi-
'le, or IS moi on the stage road the railway, or a,
steamboat landing, as the case may be; or he may
onef TO substitute an inferior mode of supply in
Aneh cases. He may propose different days and
hours oi departure and arrival, provided no more
runnin5 Time is asked, and it is obvious that no
haii Connexion or other public accomm ndatiou is
pfejudiced. He may ask for more running time 10
ne Trip, during specified number OF days, at GER
Iath seasons OF peculiarly bad roads; but beyond
hese changes, proposal for service different from
me advertisement will prevent its being consider
"a IN competition with regular bid not set aside
or eAtfa'asance; and where bid contains any of
ne ABOVE alterations, their disadvantages will be
stlmated IN comparing it with other proposals.
II. There should be but one route bid for in
proposal.
10. The route, the service: the yearly pay. the
idder's name and residence, and the name of each
lember ofthe firm, where company offers, should
6 oistinctiy stated; also the mode Of conveyance,
higher mode than on horseback is intended
IS. The bid should be sent under seal, addressed
the FIRST Assistant Postmaster General, with