Nebraska advertiser., 1858-04-08

INSTRUCTIONS.
Confainina conditions to be incorporated in the con-
tracts to The erteRt the department. may deem proper.
l. Seven minutes are allowed to each ~intermediat
ONCE. 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 ssl.
2. On railroad and steamboat lines, and other routes
where the mode Of conveyance admits Of it, the special
agents Of the department, also post office blanks, mail
bags, locks and keys, are to be conveyed without extra
charge.
g.. On railroad and steamboat lines the route agents OF
the department are to be conveyed without charge and for
their exclusive use while travelling with the mails, an
accumulation 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,
is to be provided by the contractor, under the direction
Of the department
RailrOSd and steamboat companies are required 70 take
the mail from, and deliver it into, the post office at the
all Of1ces not more than so rods from a STATEN or land
ing. Proposals may be submitted for the performance
Of all other side service-that is, for Cfces over eighty
rods from alanding 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, s~pecifying thepHmber and destination Of the sever
will be required and way bills forwarded; the latter to
be e2aminedby she several pOstmasters, 70 insure regu-
larity in the d6Hvsry Of nail bags.
No pay with made for trips not performed; and
for each of such emissions not satisfactorily explained,
three times the pay Of the trip may be deducted. For
arrivals 80 far behind time as to break connection With
depending mails, and not sufficiently excused, ~One-fourth
Of the compensation for the trip is subject 70 forfeiture.
Deduction will also be ordered for a grade Of performance
inferior 70 taAt specified in the contract. For repeated
delinquencies Of the kind herein specified, enlarged pen.
alties proportiOned to the nature thereof and the inlpor-
tance Of the mail, may be made. r rr t
B. For leaving behind or throwing OF the mails, or any
portion Of them for the admission Of passengers, or fol
being concerned in setting up or running an express con-
veyins intellisenoe in advance Of the mail, q quarters
pay may be deducted
6. Fines viii BE- impcsed. unless the delip,uepcv b,
promptly and satisfactorily explained by certificates Of
postmasters, or the ahdavits Of other c~reditable persons
for failing to arrive in contract time for neflecting &
take the mail from or deliver il into a post lhoe; fol
suffering Il lowing either to the unsuitableness Of Tho
place or the manner Of carrying i) to be wet, injured
destroyed. robbed OF lost; and for refusing, after demand
% convey the mail as frequently as the contractor runs
oris concerned il running 3 coach, car or steamboat on
route
7. The Postmaste General may aunul thecontract f0
repeated failures torun agTeeably 70 contract; for viOlat
ing the Post once laws, OF d~isooeying the Instructions o.
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