Nebraska advertiser., 1858-04-15

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tracts to The erfentthe department may deem proper.
/. Seven minutes are allowed to each intermediate
oh1ce, when not otherwise specified for asserting the
mails; bet on railroad and steamboat routes there is TO
beno more delay than is sufficient for an exchange of the
mail bags.
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.
8. 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
acOInmodatiOn1Scar 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, AMI deliver it into, the post o1nce at the
commencement and end Of their routes, and to and from
all ofnces notInore than so rods from a station or land
ing Proposals may be submitted for the performance
OF all other site service-that is, for ofhces over eighty
rods from a landing CT station.
Receipts Will be requiied 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 Office Department, TO accompany the
mails, specifying thenumter and destinatiopof the sever
/ al lrlgs. On the principal stage routes likewise, receipts
will be required aud way bills forwaTded; the latter to
be examined by tie several postmasters, 10 insure regu-
larity in the delivery OF mail bags.
a No pay viii be made Tor trips not performed; and
foreach Of such omissions not satisfactorily explained,
I three times the ray Of the trip may be deducted. For
] arrivals SO FAR behind time as to break connection with
a. ~ A-@A@r 4-
Of the compensation for the trip is subject TO forfeiture.
Deduction VIII also be ordered for a gradeOf performance
inferior to that specified in the contract. For repeated
delinquencies Of he kind herein specified, enlareed pen
alties pTopoEfiGned 10 the nature thereof and the impOr-
lance Of the mail may be made.
5. For leaving behind OF throwing OF the mails, or any
4 portion Of them for the admission OF PASSENGERS, or foT
being concerned in setting up or running an express con-
reying intellisenue in advance Of the mall, q quarters
pay may be deducted
s. Pines win be imposed, unless the delinquency be
promptly and satisfactorily explained by certid,ates Of
postmasters, or tie af1davhs OF other c~reditable persons,
for falling to arrive in contract time; for ~neglecting e
take the nail from OF deliver il into a post ofice; foI
suffering II lowing either to the unsuitableness Of the
place or the mEner Of carrying i9 to be wet, injured
destroyed, robbed or lost; ana for refusing, after demand
70 convey the mail as frequently as the contractor runs
ori eoncsEned in ruhnfrg . eossh, car or steamboat on
route, -
Z. The Postmaster General may Ennul thee0ntraet soI
repeated failures to run agreeahly to~eOntraet; forTioiat'
ing the Post Once laws, OF d~isObeying the instructions Of
the department. 4or refusing to discharge a carrier wher
required by the department to 60 so for assigning the
eontrart withsat The assent of the Postmaster General
tor running m express 81 ahoressidi or for iEaBfpsriinl