Nebraska advertiser., 1858-03-11
INSTRUCTIONS.

Containing conditions TO be Incorporated in the con-
tracts to The ertent the department. may deem proper.
1. Seven minutes are allowed to each intermediate
ofhce, when not otherwise specified for asserting the
mails; but on railroad and steamboat routes there is to
be- no more delay than is sufficient for an exchange Of the
mail bags
where the mode Of conveyance admits of it, the special
agents of the department, also post office blanks, mail
bags, lceEs and keys, are TO be conveyed without extra
charge.
8. On railroad and steamboat lines the route agents of
the department are to be conveyed withoutchaTge ana for
their exclusive use while travelling with the mails, an
acemmodation car, or apartment in the center Of q car,
/ properly lighted, warmed and furnished, and adapted to
tho convenient separation and due security OF the mails,
is 10 be provided by the contractor, under the direction
Of the department.
Railroad and steamboat companies arsrequired to take
the mail from, and deliver it into, the post office at the
conmenoemenr and end Of their routes, and to and from
all oGces notIaore ihan so rods from a station or land
ing Proposals may be submitted for the performance
Of al other side service-that is, for Offices over eighty
reds from a landing OF station.
Receipts will be required for mail bags conveyed in
ehurge ofpersons employed by railroad companies, There
viii also be way bills prepared by ostmasters, or other
agents OF the Post Office Department, 10 accompany the
mills, specifying the number and destination of the sever
viii be required and way bills forwarded; the latter to
be examined by the several ~postmasteTs, to insure regu-
larity in the delivery Of mail bags.
4 No pay will be made for trips not performed; and
for each OF such omissions not satisfactorily explained,
three times the pay of the trip may be deducted. Fo-
arrivals 50 far behind time as 70 break Connection with
II GGQeu41lk uiIie. "a oNIlNlGuttJ CAS4Stus out-IOuik J.
OF the compensation for the trip is subject to forfeiture
Deduction will also be orderedf for q gradeOf performance
inferior to that specified in the contract. For repeated
delinquencieS Of the kind herein specified, enlarged pen
alties proportioaed to the nature thereof and the imp0r-
tanee Of the mail, may be made.
8. For leaving behind or throwing Of themails, or aDy
portion Of them for the admission OF passengers, OF fol
beng ccncorned in setting up or running sn express con
veying intelligence in advance Of the mail, a quarters
pay nay be deducted
6. Pines viii be imposed, unless the delinquency b
promptly ard satisfactorily explained by certificates o
pOstnasters or the afi6avits Of other ere6itable persons
for failing to arrive in contract times for n~eglecting Z
take the nail from or deliver it into a post office; TO
suffering it lowing either to the unsuitableness Of thu
place or the manne- Of carrying III to &c wet, injured
destroyed. rUseed OF los.; and for refusing, after demand
to convey TIE mail as frequently as the contractor runs
or Is e1ncerned in running q coach, car or steamboat on
ro4te,
T. The Postmas.eT General may annul hecontract 70
repeated failures II run a~gFeeably 70 contract; for vioIat
ing the Post Once laws, OF d~iscbeying the instructions o
Chs department for refusing to discharge a carrier wte
required by ne department to do 50; for assigning th
%cOntTart without the assent Of the Postmaster General
for running an express as Aforesaid; ct for Transporting