Burlington hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1845-185?, 1850-03-21
INSTRUCTIONS.

!. Seven minutes are allowed for opening and
closing the mails at all offices where particular
time is specified; but on railroad and steamboat
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, II itl
weight and bulk require it.
,. Post office blanks, mail bags, and the special
agents OF the Department., on the exhibition o!
their credentials, are to be conveyed without FUR
Their charge, on mail lines admitting Of such con-
yeyance.
/. Mail agents are 70 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
and, in that case, seiarate apartment for the as
sorting and safe keeping nf the mai, 10 to be pro-
vidcd by the contractor, under the direction Of the
Department.
s. In all cases there is 10 be forfeiture Of the
pay OF the trip when the trip is notrun forfeiture
OF at least one-fourth part OF when the running
or arrival is so far behind time as to lose the con-
ncxion with depending mail; and forfeiture Of
due proportion Of when grade Of service is rem
dered inferior 10 that in the contract. These for.
textures may be increased into penalties Of higher
anount according to the nature frequency Of the
failure and the importance OF the mail.
s. Fines will be imposed unless the delinq uency
be satisfactorily explained in due time for failing
to take fom, or deliver a., post Office, the mall or
any part Of it: for suffering it to be wet injured,
lost, or destroyed; or conveying it in = place or
manner that exposes 1t to depreciation, loss, or in
jury; Tor refusing after demand to convey q mail
by any cnach, railroad car, steamboat, which the
contractor regularly runs the route beyond tho
specaaed number Of trips in the contract aud for
running an express TO transmit commercial inteli-
gence in advance Of the mail, penalty will Be ex-
sctsd equal to = quarters pay.
=. 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 q carrier
when required by the Department; for assigning the
contract without the consent Of the Postmaster
General, or for setting up or running express a
aforesaid.
8. The Postmaster General may alter The cons
tract and alter the schedule, he allowing pro rata
increase u compensation, within the restrictions
imposed BY law, for the additional service required
or TOT the increased speed, il the employment Of
additional stock or carriers is rendered sary
ou the contractor may. in such case rcllnquish the
contract, on timely notice, if he prefers II TO the
cnange. The Postmaster General nay annu the con-
sract or curtaii the service and pay, when he wish
IS 70 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.
.. The payments will be made through drafts on
ON post oihces or otherwise, after the expiration Of
esch quarter-say in February, May, August, and
November.
10. The distances are given according to the bes.
information; but no increased pay will be allowed,
Xrc3tef &Qver0Seu.
II the pfaceS are correctly named.
II. The Postmaster General il prohibited by Law
from knowingly making contract for the trans
pof'ason 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
any bid Tor mail contract by any other person or
persons, or who shall have made any agreement, or
snaH nave gwen or performed, or promised to give
OF perform, any consideration to do, not 10 do,
any ching whatever to induce any other person not
rfi cn -
called to the 2sth section Of the act of 1885, prohi
oiting combinations to prevent bidding.
IL. A bid received after time, to wit, the 18th
April next at 10 m, or without the guaranty re-
quifeo oy law, or that combines several routes in
one sum or compensation, cannot be considered in
composition with the regular proposal not adiudged
to be extravagant.
-. A bidder may offer, where the transportation
practicable at certain seasons, to substitute an in.
terror mode Of conveyance, or TO intermit SER
vice specified number Of days, weeks, or months.
he may propose to omit Office that is inaccessi-
oe or is not on the stage road, the railway, at
steamboat landing, as the case may be; or he may
oncr to substitute an inferior mode of supply in
sucn cases. He may propose different days and
nonrs OF departure and arrival, provided no more
running time - asked, and it is obvious that no
man connection or other public accommodation 10
preiudiced. He may ask for more running time 10,
sne uiP, curing specified number Of days, at Ger
. .in seasons Of peculiarly bad roads; but beyond
changes, aproposal for service different from
ed in competition with regular hid not set aside
TOT extravaganza; and where bid costain, any of
the above alterations, their disadvantages will be
Estimated IN comparing it with other proposals.
proposal. - -o' -
10. The route, the service, the yearly pay, the
bidders name and residence, and the name Of each
member ofthe firm, where company offers, should
oe distinctly stated; also the mode Of conveyance
II higher mode than on horseback is intended.
1s. The bid should be sent under seal, addressed
70 the First Assistant Postmaster General, with