Nebraska advertiser., 1858-03-25
INSTRUCTIONS.


containing conditions TO be Incorporated in the rOn-
tracts TO the eztsntt tie department mag deem proper
l.. Seven minutes axe allowed to each intermediate
nice whea not otheI wife s~pecffed for asserting the
ben no more delay than is fa:ient for an exchange Of the
mail bags,
2. On railroad and steamboat lines, and othef routes
where the m de Of c inveyance admits Of it the special
agents OF the department also post IN e blanks. IN ill
bags locks aud keys, are e. be conveyed without extra
charge.
, On railroad and steamboat lines the route agents Of
toe department are TO be c nveyed without charge and for
their exclusive use while travelling with the mails. an
acomm dItiUn car O-aP ufment in the cen;er ef.a car,
prupe IL lighted WARMED and Furnished and adapted to
the Convenient eepa- alton and dne security Of The mails,
Is TO be provided BY the contractor, under the direction
VI the department. 1.T :
Railroad and Steamboat companies are required to take
the mail from and deliver II intO-the post ufhce at the
enhancement and end e their routes. and to and tom
all 'moes n1tmore than 50 rods from a sta;fIh or land
ing Proposals may be submitted for The performsnce
uf all othe, side seryiee-ihat is, for Sfises over eighty
rods from q ltnding or sta in. H..
Receipts will be requi, ed. for mail bags elnveyed in
charge pfpe ~sons employed by railroad companies. There
will also be way bills p-eps-ed By ostmasters. OF other
agents Of the psf ON e Department to accompany the
al bigs. On the principal STAGE rOu'es likewise receipts
will be required and way bills forwarded; the latter 20
be ex lmined by the several postmasterS, 70 insure regu-
lariTy In the delive y o. mail bags.
4-No psy viii be mlde fer trips not performed; and
for each OF such Omissions not satisfactorily explained
three times the pay Of the trip my be deducted. For
aAfd ~ q tulnu NldG > % " az CountONlOu VIII
depending nails and not srfa ieptly excused o~ne-fourth
Of the conpensatiOn fJr the trip is subject to forfeiture
Dedue in VIII also be ordered for a grade Of pc formancS
Inferior tothat specified in the ~cTntracf. F I repeatet
Ideiinquencies Of the kind herein specified, ENLARGED pen.
alttes proportJned 70 the nature thereof and the impor
lance OF the mail my DO m de. it
B For le tving behind or throwing OF the mails, or ans
poru n OF them for the admission Of passengers. or fU
being c peerned In setting mp or running an exp, ess con.
veying intelligence in advance Of the mail, q quarter
! pFy msy be deducted
6. Pines will be imposed unless the dslinqueney b
promptly AMI satisfactorily explained by certificates q
pnstmasters az the sfndavite Of other c-editsble persons
for failing 10 arrive in oIntract time; for neEIecing q
take the mail from or deliver IL into q post 1fhce; 70
suffering Il (Owipg either % the nnsultablensss o. IL
place or the manner Of elrTying - 70 be vet. Injured
destroyed robbed OF lost and for refusing after demand
70 convey the mail as frequently 40 the c ntraetor runs
or ise Incerned 10 running q coach, car or steamboat on
route,
2. The P IstmaEter General may a-nul the contract %
repeafed failures % run agreeably tOeOntract for violat
ing the Post once laws or disobeyiuE the Instructions 9
the deprtmen for refusing 70 discharge a carrier whe
reouired by the department to do 81; for assigning IN
contrart without the assent Of the Postmaster General
fO- running an express IS afOTessidi or for transpoFtin