The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1854-02-01
INSTRUCTIONS,

Gas to regularly numbered routes,)
Embracing conditions to be incorporated IN tn.
contracts to The trtent the Department MAJ
deem proper.
|. Seven minutes are allowed to each inter
mediate Office, when not otherwise specified, TO,
asserting the mails; but railroad and steam.
boat routes there is to be no more delay than is
sufficient for an exchange of the mail bags
g. On routes where the mode of conveyance
admits of it, the special ageAts Of the Depart.
nent, also post Office blanks, mail bags, locks
and keys, are TO be convened without extra
charge.
8. On railroad and steamboat lines, British
aud Canada mails, when offered, are to be con-
veyed without additional pay; also, the route
agents of the Department, for whose exclusive
.se while travelling it'll the mails commodi
Gus car, apartment in the centre Of car, prop.
erly lighted, warmed, and furnished, and pit
ed to the convenient assortment and due secu-
rity of the same, is to be provided by the con
tractor, under the direction of the Department.
4. No pay will be made for trips not pertorm +.
ed and for each # such sions not sat,s'actor'
lily explained times the pay ofthe lri p may be
deducted. For arrivals so far behind time as to
break connection with depending mails, and not
sufficiently excused, one fourth of tn compen-
sation for the trip is subject to forfeiture. De-
ducton will also be ordered for grade IF per-
torrance inferior to that spec fed IN the con-
tract. For rept ated delinGuencies OF the kind
herein specified, enlarged penalties, pr"portioned
to the nature there Of and the importance of the
mail, may be made.
5. For leaving behind, or throwing off the
mails, or any portion ut them, .,E the az mission
of passengers, for being concerned in setting
up or running express conveying commercial
intelligence ahead of the mail, a quarters pay
may be deducted.
q. Fines will be imposed, unless the dein-
euency be promptly and satisfactorily explained
by cert icates of pos.mas,ers, the afEitayits Of
OF other credilable persans, for falling to arrive
in contract time; for neglecting to take the mail
from, or deliver it into, post Office; for suffer
ing il lowing either to the unsuitableness Of the
place manner OF carrying it to De injured, &c
stroyed, robbed, or lost; aud for refusing, aft
demand, to convey the mail as frequently as the
contractor runs, or is cbncerned N running,
coach, car, or steamboat, on route.
T. The Postmaster General may anaul the
contract for repeated failures to run agrrexhly
to contract; for disobeyng ;he Post Office laws,
or the instructions OF The DEPARTMENT; FIR
fusing to discharge carrier when required by
the Department to do so; for assisnn the
tract without the assent Of the Postmaster Gen.
eral; for running an express aforesaid; or for
transporting persons or packages conveying
mallable matter out of The mall
B. The Postmaster General may order an in.
crease of service on a route by allowing therefor
a pro rata increase on the contract pay lie
may change the schedule Of arrivals and deplr-
lures, without increase OF pay, provided ne does
not curtail The amount of running time. lie
may also order increase of speed, he allowing
within the restrictions Of the law, pro rata
incteare ofpsy for The additional stuck o, car