Nebraska advertiser., 1858-02-25
INSTRUCTIONS.

LNOlOCIAONS.
Containing conditions to be Incorporated in the con-
tracts to the ertsnt the department mag deem proper.
l.. Seven minutes are allowed to each intermediate
ONCE, when not otherwise specified for asserting the
beno more delay than is suficient for an exchange Of the
mailbags.
2. On railroad ard 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 ard 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
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,
is to be provided by the contractor, under the direction
Of the department.
Railroad and steamboat companies are required to take
the mail from, and deliver it into, the post office at the
commencement and end Of their routes, and to and from
all ohhces not more than so rods from a station or land
ing Proposals may be submitted for the performance
Of all other side service-that is, for offices over eighty
rods from a landing OF station.
Receipts will be required for mail bags conveyed in
charge Of persons employed by railroad companies. There
will also be way bills prepared by1 ostnasters, or other
agents Of the Post Office Department, to accompany the
mails, specifying the number aud destination OF the sever
al bags. On the principal stage routes likewise, receipts
will be required ana way bills forwarded; the latter to
be examined by the several postmasters, 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. For
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depending mails, and not sumcientIy excused, ~one-fourth
Of The compensation for the trip is subject 20 forfeiture.
Deduction will also be ordered for q grade Of performance
inferior to that specified in the contract. For repeated
delinquencies q the kind herein specified, enlarged pen
alUes propOrtioned 20 the nature thereof and the impor-
lance Of the mail, may be made.
S. For leaving behind or throwing Of the mails, or any
portion Of them for the admission Of passengers, or for
being concernedin setting up OF running an express con-
veFing Intelligence in advance Of the mail, a quarters
pay may be deducted
6. Fines will be imposed, unless the delinquency be
promptly and satisfactorily explained by certificates oil
p0stmasters, OF the aliiayits OF other creditsble persons
for failing 10 arrive in contract time for neglecting t.
take the mail from or deliver it into a post office; fOI
suffering il towing either to the unsuitableness Of the
place or the manner OF carrying i) to be wet, injured
destroyed, robbed or lost; and for refusing, after demand
to convey the mail as frequently as the contractor runs
oris concerned in running a coach, car or steamboat on
route,
J. The Postmaster General may arnul the contract fol
repeated failures To run agreeably 10 contract for violat-
ing the Post O0lce laws, or d~iso5eying the Instructions o.
the department for refusing 10 discharge a carrier wheI
required by the department to do so; for assigning th'
~cHutrsct without the assent Of the Postmaster General
J for running an express as Aforesaid; or for transporting