The Iowa transcript. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1858-1866, 1862-02-06
MAII. MATTNRS
(Continued from last week.
Instructions.

Containing conditions to be incorpora
| ted in the contracts TO the extent tho
department may deem proper.
/. Seven minutes are allowed to each
intermediate office, when not otherwise
specified, for ABSORBING the mails !: but
IN railroad ard steamboat routes there
I is to be no more delay than is sufficient
for an exchange OF thc'mail bags.
Q. On railroad and steamboat lines
ma other routes were the mode Of fcon-
vcyancc admits oft, the special agents
Of the Post Oiii'.e Department, also
post office blanks, mail bags, locks, aud
KEYS are to be conveyed without extra
charge.
| 3. On railroad and steamboat lines
the route agent Of the department, also
the British and Canada mails, when
offered, and the Agents accompanying
them. are to be conveyed without charge
and for their exclusive use, while ira
yelling with the mails, commodious
car, or apartment in the centre OF 4 car
properly lighted, warmed and furnished
! and adapted to the convenient Ocpara-
ton and due security Of the mails. is TO
be provided by the contractor under
the direction Of the department.
D>:1
arc required to take the mail from and
deliver it into the post Offices at the
commencement and end Of their routes.
and to and from all Offices not more than
eighty rods from station Or landing
Proposals may be submitted for the
performance OF al! other side service
that is, for offices over eighty rods from
A station or landing.
Receipts will be required for mail
bags conveyed in charge "f persons
employed b. railroad conranies There
will also be "wav bills prepared by
roS.masters. or other agents Of the dc
part,ncr', to accompany tie mails.
specifying the number and destination
Of The several bags. On the principal
stage roates. likewise, receipts will be
required and way bills forwarded; the
later to he examined by the several
postmasters to insure regularity in the
delivery or mail bags.
4. No pay will be made for trips not
performed, and for each Of such omis
sions not satisfactorily explained three
times the pay Of the trip may be de-
lnctcd.-For arrivals SO far behind
time a. to break connection with de-
pending mails and not sufficiently cx.
cused, one fourth Of the compensation
for the trip is snhjcct to forfeiture.
Deduction will also be ordered for q
grade Of performance inferior to that
specified IN the contract. For repeated
delinqnrncies the kind herein specified
enlarged penalties proportioned to the
nature thereof and the Importance ofthc
mail, may he made.
$. For leaving behind or throwing
off the mails. or any portion Of them for
the admission Of passengers, or for
being concerned in setting mp or run
ming an express conveying intelligence
in advance of the mails, quarters pay
may be deducted.
6. Fines will be imposed unless the
delinquency be promptly and satisfac-
to,ily explained by certificates Of post
masters or the afiilavits Of other Gre
dible persons, for failing to arrive in
contract time; for neglecting to take
the mail from or deliver it into post
office; for suffering it to be wet, in
jurred, destroyed, robbed, or lest; and
for refusing, after demand, to convey
the mail as frequently A. the contracto
runs, or orisconcerned in running coachl
car or steamboat on route.
Z. The Postmaster General may
annul the contract for repeated failures
to run agrceably to contract; for vio-
lating the post Office laws, or disobcying
the instructions Of the department; for
refusing to discharge carrier when
required by tho department to do 50 ;
for running an express as aforesaid; or
for transporting persons or packages
nveying mailablo matter ont Of the
mail.
8 The Post Master may order mn
increase Of service on 3 ronte BY allow
ing therefor . pro rata increase on con.
tract pay. He may change, schedules
Of departures and arrivals in all cases
and particularly to make them conform
TO connections with railroads, withou,
increase Of pay. provided tho running