Nebraska advertiser., 1858-04-01
INSTRUCTIONS.


Containing conditions to be incorporated In The con-
tracts 0fhe eEteHS the department. mayhem proper.
1. Seven minutes are allowed to each intermediate
office. when not otherwise specified for asserting the
mails; but on railroad and steamboat routes theFetis to
benO more delay than is sufficient for an exchange of the
mail
2. On railroad and steamboat lines, and ether routes
where the mode Of conveyance admits Of it, the special
agents Of the department, also post once blanks, mail
bags, locks and keys, are 70 be conveyed without extra
charge.
the department are to be conveyed withoutcharge and for
their exclusive use while travelling with the mails, an
accommodation car, or apartment in the center Of a car,
properly lighted warmed and furnished, and adapted to
the convenient separation and due security Of the mails,
Ss to be provided by the contractor, under the direction
Of the department.
Railroad and steamboat companies are required to tshe
the mail from, and deliver it into, the post once at the
commencement and end Of their routes, and to and from
ala Ofaces not more han 80 rods from a station or lano-
ing. Proposals may be submitted for the performance
Of all other side service-that Is, for Offices over eighty
rods from a landing or station.
Receipts will be required for mail bags conveyed in
charge Of persOns employed by railroad companies. There
will also be way bills prepared by ostmasters, or other
agents Of the Post Once Department, to accompany the
mails specifying the nunlber and destination of the sever
al bags, On the principal stage routes likewise, receipts
will be required and way bills forwarded; the latter tc
be examined by the several postmasters, to insure regu-
larity in the delivers Of mail bags.
4 No pay will be made for trips not performed; and
for each Of such omissions not satisfactorily explained
three times tAe pay Of the trip may be deducted. Fol
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depending mails. and not sufnciently excused, ~one-fourtl
Of the compensation Cor the trip is subject 70 forfeiture
Deduction will also be ordered for . grade Of performance
inferior to that specified in the contract. For repeates
delinquencies Of the kind herein specified, enlarged pen
altes prOportioned to the nature thereof and the impor
lance Of the mail, may be made.
b. For leaving behind or throwing Of the mails, OF an,
portion Of them for the admission of passengers, or f0
being concerned in setting up or running an express con
veying intelligence in advlnee Of the mail, . quarter
pay may be deducted
6. Pines Will Be imposed, unless the delinquency b
promptly and satisfactorily explained by certificates o
postmasters. or the afldavits Of other ereditable persons
for failing TO arrive in contract time; for neglecting 4
take the mail from or deliver IL into q post once, 70
suffering il towing either 10 the unsuitableness Of tn
place OF the manner Of carrying it, to be wet, injured
destroyed, robbed or lost and for refusing, after demand
to convey the mail IS frequently as the contractor runs
orts eSncerneA N rounsng a coach, car or steamboat on
route.
I. The Postmaster General may annul the contract 70
repeated failures 70 run agreeably 70 contrast for violat
ing Tue Foat Oface laws, or d~isObey1ng the Instructions Q
me apartment for refusing 70 discharge . carrier The
required by the department TO DO &C; for assigning IN
| eontrhft without the assent Of the Postmaster General
Ter rushing N OEprSas - aforesaid eF for trsnpestln