The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1856-02-15
INSTRUCTIONS.

Continuing conditions 10 be incorporated In
the contracts, to The eGtent lie department may
deem proper.
]. 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 f5ran exchange ofthp mail bags.
>. On routes where the mode of conveyance
admits OF il, the special agents OF the depaft-
ment, also post office blanks, mail bags, locks
and keys, are to be conveyed without extra
charge.
3 On railroad and steamboat lines, British
and Canada mails, when offered, are 10 BE- con-
veyed without additional pay also, the route
agents OF the department, for whose exclusive
use, while travelling with the mails, commo-
dous car, or apartment IN the centre OF car,
properly lighted, warmed, and furnished, aud
adapted to the convenient assortment and due
security Of the mails, is 10 be provided By the
contractor, under the direction of the depart
mtnt.
Railroad and steamboat companies are re-
quirrd to take the mail from, and deliver it iR-
10. the post offices at the commencement and
end of their routes, and TO and from all Offices
not more than eighty rods from station or Ian
ding. Proposals NAV be submitted for the per-
tormancp of all the side srrvlce--that is, for Of
ices over eighty rods from a station or landing.
J.. No paw viii be made for trips not per-
formed and for each of such omissions not sat-
istactorily explained three times the pay of the
trip NAV be deducted. Fer arrivals 50 far be-
hind time as to break conneXon with depend
ing mails, and not sufficiently excused, one-
fourth of the compensation for the trip is sub
lrct to forfeiture. Deduction will also be Or
drred for grade oil performance inferior to that
specified in the contract. For repeated dein-
quences OF the kind herein specified, enlarged
penalties, proportioned to the nature thereof
and the importance of the mail, may be made.
,. 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
Intelligence 10 advance Of the mail, quarters
pay may be DEDUCTED.
s. Fines will b. imposed, unless the dein-
quency be promptly and satisfactorily explain
ed by certificates OF pos-masterS, or the alhda-
wits Of other credabe persons, fer failing 10 ar
rive in contract time; for neglecting to take
the mail from, or deliver 1t into, post Office ;
for suffering it lowing eIther 10 the unSultabir-
ness OF the place or manner OF carrying 1T Ia
be wet, injured, destroyed. robbed. or lost; and
for refusing, after demand, 10 convey the mail
as frequently as the contractor runs or is con-
cerned in running, coach, car, or steamboat,
on route.
7. The Postmaster General NAV annul the
contract for repeated failures 10 run agreeably
to contract for violating the Post Office laws,
or disobeving the Instructions of the department ;
for refusing 10 discharge 4 carrier when required
by the department 10 do so fer assigning the
contract without the assent of the Postmaster
General for running express as aforesaid );
or for transporting persons or packages convey
ing mailable matter out OF the mail.
s. The Postmaster General may order an in
crease of service on route by allowing therefor
a pro gato increase on the contract pay. He
may change schedules of departures and arri-
va!s, and make them conform in all cases 10
connexions with railroads, without increase OF
pay, provided the running time BE- not abridged.
He nav also order an increase OF speed, allow
ing, within The restrictions OF the law a pro raf1
increase Of pay for the additional stock or car
riers, if any. The contractor may, however,
Z in the case of increase OF speed, rrlinquish the
contract by giving prompt notice TO the depart
ment that he prefers doing so to carrying The
order INTO effect. The Postmaster General
may also curtal or discontinue The service, in
whole or in part, at pro rata decrease of pay,
allowing one months extra compensation on
the amount dispensed with, whenever, in his
opinion, the public interests do not require the
same, or 10 case he desires TO supersvde II by a