The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1862-03-15
INSTRUCTIONS,

Containing conditions to be incorporated in the con
tracts tn The eTeRt the department mag deem proper
l. Seven minutes are allowed to each interme
date office, when not otherwise specified, for as
sorting the mails; but on railroad and steamboat
routes there is to be more delay than is suffi
cIent for an exchange of the mail bags. -
=. On railroad and steamboat lines, and other
routes where the mede of conveyance admits of it.
the special agents of the Post Office Department
also post office blanks, mail bags, LOCKS, and Keys
are to be conveyed without extra charge.
| B. On railroad and steamboat lines the route
agents of the department., also the British and
Canada mails, when offered, and the agents &C.
companying them, are to be conveyed without
charge. and for their exclusive use while travel
Ing with the mails, commodious car, or apart
nent IN the centre of car, properly lighted,
warmed, and furnished and adapted to the con-
venlent separation and due security of the mails
Is to be provided by the contractor, under the di
rection of the department
railroad and steamboat companies are required
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 De submitted for the performance of all other
sioe service that is, for offices eighty rods
| from station or landing JF45EA0
Receipts will be required for mail bags cor
yeyed In charge Of persons employed by railroad
companies. There will also be way bills - pre-
pared by postmasters, or other agents of the de-
partment, to accompany the mails, specifying the
number and1destination of the several bags. On
the principal stage routes likewise, receipts will
be required and way bills forwarded; the latter to
be examined by the several postmasters, to in
sure regularity 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
be deducted. For arriva Is so far behind time as
to break connexion with depending mails, and
not sufficiently excused onefourth of the compen-
sation for the trip is subject to forfeiture. De-
duction will also be ordered for a grade of per-
For repeated delinquencies of the kind herein
specified. enlarged penalties. proportional to the
nature thereof, and the importance of the mail.
may be made.
S. For leaving behind, or throwing off the
mails, or any portion of them, for the admission
of passengers. or for being concerned in setting
up or running an express conveying intelligence
In advance of the mail, quarters pay may be
deducted.
6. Fines will be imposed, unless the delin.
quency be promptly and satisfactorily explained
by certificates of postmasters the affidavits Of
other credible persons, for failing to arrive in
contract tme for negleeting to take the mail from
or deliver it into post Office; for suffering it to
be wet, injured, destroyed, robbed or lost and for
refusing, after demand to convey the mail as fire.
quently as the contractor runs, is concerned in
running, COACH car, or steamboat on q route.
z. The Postmaster General may annul the con-
tract for repeated failures TO agreeably to
tract; for violating the post Office laws, or DISC
beying the instructions of the department: for re-
fusing to discharge carrier when required by
the department to do SO; for running an express
as aforesaid; or for transporting persons or PACK
ages conveying mailsble matter out Of the mail.
8. The Postmaster General may order an in
crease Of service on route by allowing therefor
q pro SGfo increase on the contract paw. He may
change schedules of departures ard arrivals in all
eases, and particularly to make them conform to
connexions with railroads without Increase of paw
provided the running time be not abridged. He
may also order an increase of speed, allowing,
within the restrictions of the law pro rata in
crease Of pay for the additional stock or carriers
If any. Tie contractor may, however, in the
case of increase of speed, relnquish the contract
by giving prompt notice 70 the department that
he prefers doing 20 to carrying the order into ef
feet. The Postmaster General may also curtail or
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