Nebraska advertiser., 1858-04-08
INSTRUCTIONS.

LNSlOCAIONO.
Containins conditions to be incorporated in the con-
tracts to The ertent the department may deem proper.
1. Seven minutes are allowed to each intermediate
Oh1ce- 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
nail bags tg.1.lH
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.
3. 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
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.
Railrosd and steamboat companies arc 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 uf1ceS 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 ~alanding or station. II
Receipts will be required for mail bags conveyed in
charge pfpersons 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, specifying thenumeer and destination of the sever
al bags. Onthe principal stage routes likewise, receipts
will be reqairedIlnd way bills forwarded; the latter to
be examined by the several postmasters, TO insure regu-
lsrity 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 DO deducted. Fol
arrivals so far oehlnd time as 70 break connection with
depending mails. and not sufficiently excused, ~one-fourth
Of the compensation for the trip is subject to forfeiture,
Deduction will also be orderedfor q grade Of performance
inferior 70 that specified in the contract. For repeatet
delinquencies Of the kind herein specified, enlarged pen,
alties pnoportioned to the nature thereof and the impor-
tance Of the mail, may be made. r Fl
g. For leaving behind or throwing OF the mails, OF any
portion of them for the admission OF passengers, or fol
being concerned in setting up or running an express con.
veying intelligence in advance Of the mail, q quarter,
pay may be deducted
6. Fines will be- imposed, unless the delinquency b,
promptly and Satisfactorily explained by certificates o
postmasters, or the afhdsvits Of other c~reditabie persons
for failing to arrive in contract time for neglecting Il
take the mail from OF deliver it into a post ONCE; fo
sudering It lowing either to the unsnitableness Of TIT
place or the manner Of carrying i) 70 be wet, injured
destroyed. robbed or lost; and for refusing, after demand
70 convey the mail as frequently as the contractor runs
or is concerned in running a coach, car or steamboat on
route tf sft
7. The Postmaster General may annul the contract 70
repeated faaiares porm agreesbly to contract; for yiolat
ing the Post once laws, or d~isooeying the Instructions 0
the department.; for refusing to discharge a carrier whel
required BY the department 10 do 50; for assigning tn
contrast without the assent Of the Postmaster General
tg runEing aH express - s~tctesssat e foE tssaSp~dH