Nebraska advertiser., 1858-03-04
INSTRUCTIONS.

1NSlOCllONO. |
Containing conditions to be incorporated in the con-
tracts TO the eIfenf the department. nGy deem proper. !
/. Seven minutes are allowed to each intermediate
Office, 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.
?. On railroad and steamboat lines, and other routes
where the mode Of conveyance admits of it, the special
charge.
;. 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, sn
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 Offices not more than SO rods from a station or land
ing. Proposals may be submitted for the performance
of all other side seryice-that is, for ofHces over eighty
rods from alanding OF station. tZ
Receipts will be required for mail bags conveyed in
charge ef 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
al bags. on the principal stage rouies likewise, receipts
will be required and way bills forwarded; the latter to
be examined By the several postmasters, to insure regu-
lariiy IN the delivery Of mail bags.
4 No pay viii be made for trips not performed; and
for each Of such omissions not satisfactorily explained,
three times the ray Of the trip may be deducted. For
d4tlNdls 30 ar 9ealnQ time as 10 break connection with
depending nails and not sufficiently excused ~one-fouFth
Of the compensation for the trip is subject 70 forfeiture.
Deduction will also be ordered for a grade Of performance
Inferior to that specified IA the contract Fr repeated
deliuquencies Of the kind herein specified, enlarged PEN
J allies proportional 10 the nature thereof and the impor-
/ tanee Of the mail, may be made.
3. For leaving behind or throwing OF the mails, or any
/ portion Of them for the admission Of passengers, OF for
being concerned in setting up or running an express con-
veying intelligence in advance Ct the mail, q quarters
/ pay may be deducted
s. Fines will he imposed, unless the delinquency Dc
promptly and satisfactorily explained By certificates O
postmasters, or the ahldavits Of other e~reditabie persons
Tor failing 20 arrive On contract time; for n~eglecunc q
take the mail from o. deliver u into a post uaces Ga
suffering Il lowing either 20 the unsuitabieness q The
( place or the manner Of carrying SO % be vet, injured
destroyed. robted or Iost; and for refusing, after demand.
@ convey the mail as frequently ~ the contractor runs
OriE concerned Ia running a coach, car OF steamboat on
route,
7. Tfs Postmaster 6rnsre' ~ a-."r7 AA1n'N~ ~
4 ferEaLea[Aiiai Is 90 SEA asFeoabiy 90 ooneraot3 foF Vioiat-
I lag the Post Once laws. OF disObeying the instructions OF
the department. for refusiaet % discharge a carrier when
! required By TIE department to do so; for assigning The
eontrart without the assent Of the Postmaster General
Ifar runniHg an express - aforesaids o. for transporting