The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1854-03-01
INSTRUCTIONS,


CAS- to regularly numbered routes,)
Embracing conditions to be Incorporate in the
contracts to the eztent the Department may
deem proper.
I. Seven minutes are allowed'to each inter
mediate Office, when not otherwise specified, for
asserting the mails; but on railroad and steam-
boat routes there is to be no more delay than is
sufficient for an exchange Of the mall bags.
2. On routes where the mode of conveyanc
admits of it. the special agents Of the DEPART
nent, also post Office blanks, mail bags, locks
and keys, are to be convened without extra
charge.
3. On railroad and steamboat lines, British
and Canada mails, when offered, are to be con-
veyed without additional pay; also, the route
agents Of the Department, for whose exclusive
use while travelling with the mails, commodi
Gus car, apartment in the centre of car, prop
erly lighted, warmed, and furnished, and adapt
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 perform
ed and for each of such omissions not satisfacter
lily explained 3 times the pay ofthe trip maybe
deducted. For arrivals SO far behind time as to
break connection with depending mails, and not
sufficiently excused, one. fourth Of the compen-
sation for the trip is subject to forfeiture. De-
duction will also be ordered for grade of per-
torrance inferior to that specified in the con-
tract. For repeated delinGuencies of the kind
herein specified, enlarged penalties, proportioned
to the nature thereof and the importance of the
mail, may be made.
S. For leaving behind, or throwing off the
mails, or any portion of them, for the admission
of passengers, or for being concerned in setting
up or running an express conveying commercial
al 0opco ahead IF tho mail orfor'u
may be deducted
6. Fines will be imposed, unless the delin.
quepcy be promptly and satisfactorily explained
by certificates of postmasters, the affidavts Of
Of other creditable persons, for failing to arrive
in contract time; for neglecting to take the mail
from, or deliver it into, post Office; for suffer-
ing it lowing either TO the unsuitableness of the
place or manner of carrying it) to be injured, de
stroyed, robbed, or lost; and for refusing, after
demand, to convey the mail as frequently as the
contractor runs, or is concerned in running,
coach, car, or steamboat, on a route.
T. The Postmaster general may annul the
contract for repeated failures to run agreeably
to contract; for disobeyng the Post Office laws,
Or the instructions Of the Department; for re-
fusing to discharge carrier when required by
he Department to do so; for assigning the con.
.ract without the assent of the Postmaster Gen.
,ral; for running an express as aforesaid; or for
transporting persons or packages conveying
nailable matter out Of the mail
g. The Postmaster General may order an in
,rease of service on route by allowing therefor
pro rata increase on the contract pay He |
nay change the schedule of arrivals and depar-
ures, without increase Of pay, provided he does
lot curtail the amount Of running time. He I
nay also order an increase Of speed, he allowing,
within the restrictions Of the law, pro rata
Increase Of pay for the additional stock or car