The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1854-04-05
INSTRUCTIONS,
(As to regularly numbered routes,)

(Asto regularly numbered routes,)
Embracing conditions to be tnt0rP0rated IN me
contracts to the eItent the Department may
deem proper.
T. seven minutes are allowed 10 each inter
nrdiat- office, when not otherwise specified, tor
as ring the mails; but on railroad and stean-
boat r. utes there is to be no more delay than is
sufficient for an exchange OF the mail bags.
2 On rout, s where the mode "t conveyance
ad nits If IL, the special agents of the DEPART
ment also post Office blanks, mail bags, locks
and keys, are TO be convened without extra
charge.
3 On railroad and steamboat lines, British
aud Canada mails, when offered, are tn be- con-
vry-d ", bout additional ply; ais, thu ute
agents OF the Department., tor whose exclusive
use wnle travelling 18th the mails comuiodi
nus car apartnie mt IN the cen re- OF car rr p
ery lished, warmed, ID furnished, aud adapt
ed t., the convenient assortment and due secu-
ritv of the SAM, is to b. provided by thu Con
Tractor, under the direction of the Department.
A. No pay will be made for trips MT perform.
ed; and fr each Of such ON s,ions not sat siactor
Ily explained 3 times the pay fthe rip may be
deducted For arrivals so lar behind tune as To
break conns xi,n wrh depending IN ills, and not
sufficiently excused, one fourth of tn Coupon
salon for the trip is subjec, 10 forfeit re. De-
ducllon will also br ordered for grade of per-
ornance inferior to that spec fled IN the con-
ract For repeated delinfuencies OF the Kind
herein specified, enlarged penalties, pr 'poruoned
to the nature thereof and the importance OF the
mall may be made.
5, Fur leaving behind or throwing of tn
mails, or any portion OF them, t'r the admission
of pas -engers or for being concerned IN -tling
I'D ar running express conveying commercial
intelligence ahead of the mail, a quarters pay
may he deducted.
8. Fines will be imposed, unless the delin-
qu-ncs be promp ly and satisfactorily explain d
by ertfcates If pos masters, or the aidavts +,
oi O her credtahl p, rsons, tor failing to arrive
N contract tune; FIR n-gectng To take tie mail
from, deliver 1t INTO, pos, olhce; tor suffer
ing il (owtnI ell her In tn" unsuta' leness OF the
place manner OF carrying ~ 10 br injured, de
struftd, robbed, or lost; aud tor refusing, ait r
demand, TO convey the mail as frequently as the
contractor runs, or rs .ncerned III !unnlii2,
coach, ear. or steamboat, on rou'e.
7. The Postmaster General may annul the
contract Tor repeated failures I" run agreeably
to contract; for disobeying the Post Othce laws,
or the instructions OF the Deptftneni; I'll re-
fusiny to discharge carrier when required by
the Department to d. so; f,r assigning the con
tract wit out the assent Of the Postmaster Gen
eral; for running an express aforesaid, or for
transporting persons or packages conveying
malabe matter out Of the mail
g. The Postmaster General may order an in
crease of service on route by allowing therefor
a pro rata increase ON the contract pay. He
may change the schedule of arrivals and depar-
lures, without increase OF pay, provided he does
not curtail the amount Of running time he
may also order increase Of speed, he allowing
within the restrictions of the law, pro rata
increase Of pay 70. the additional stock Of car