The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1862-02-15
INSTRUCTIONS,

Containing conditions to be Incorporated in tie con
tracts to the extent the department. mag deem proper.
l. Seven minutes are allowed to each inferno
date Office, when not otherwise specified, for as
sorting the mails; but on railroad and steamboat
routes there is to be no more delay than is suff
cient for an exchange of the mail bags.
Z On railroad and steamboat lines, and other
routes where the mode 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.
8. 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 WithOa
charge. and for their exclusive use while travel
ing with the mails, commodious car, or apart
ment IN the centre of car, properly lighted.
warmed, and furnished and adapted to the con
VenIent separation and due security of the maids
Is to be provided by the contractor, under the di
reetion of the department
Railroad and steamboat companies are 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 q station or landing. Proposals.
may be submitted for the performance of all other
side service - that is, for Offices over eighty rods
from station or landing.
Receipts will be required for mail bags cor
veyed in charge of persons employed by railroad
companies. There will also be I" way bills " pre-
pared by postmasters, or other agents of the de-
partment, to accompany the mails, specifying thu
number and destination of the several bags. Or
the principal stage routes, likewise, receipts viii
be required and way bills forwarded the latter t.
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 az
to break connexiOn with depending mails, and
not sufficiently excused, one-foHrth of the eonpen
sation for the trip Is subject to forfeiture De.
duction will also be ordered for grade Of per
formance inferior to that specified in the contract
For repeated delinquencies Of the kind herein
specified, enlarged penalties, proportioned 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.
G. Fines will be imposed, unless the delin.
quency be promptly and satisfactorily explained
by certificates of postmasters or the affidavits OF
other credible persons, for falling to arrive in
contract time; for neglecting 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 tc convey the mail rs fire.
quently as the contractor runs, is concerned in
running, coach, car, steamboat on q route. -
T. The Postmaster General may aBnul the con-
tract for repeated failures TO run agreeably to
tract; for violating the post Office laws. DISC
beying the Instructions Of the Department. for re.
fusing to discharge carrier when required by
the department to do 30; fog running an express
a. 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
pro TGfs increase on the contract pay. He may
change schedules of departures and arrivals in al
cases, and particularly to make them conform to
connexions with railroads without increase of pay
provided the running time be not abridged. He
may also order an increase Of speed, GLOWING,
within the restrictio1s Of the law, pro sass IN
crease Of pay for the additional stock or carriers
II any. The conf actor may, however, In the
case Of increase of speed, relinqush the contract
by giving prompt notice to the department that
he prefers doing 50 to carrying the order into eff
feet. The Postmaster General may also surtail ar