Nebraska advertiser., 1862-01-09
#See act of Congress of March 3, 1845, section 10.
INSTRUCTIONS,
Containing conditions to be Incorporated
IN the contracts TO the ertent the de-
partment mdu deem proper.

Containing conditions to be Incorporated
In the contracts TO the ertent the de-
partment may deem proper.
/. Seven minutes are allowed to each interme1i-
ate Office, when not otherwise specified, for assort-
ing the mails; but on railroad and steamboat routes
there is to be no more delay than is sufficient for an
exchange Of the mail bags.
. On railroad and steamboat lines, and other
routes where the mode Of conveyance admits OF 1t,
the special agents Of the Post Office Department, al
50 post Office blanks, mail bags, locks, and keys, are
to be conveyed without extra charge.
3. On railroad and eambeat lines the route
agents of the department, also the British and Can
ada mails, when offered, and the agents accompany
ing them, are to be conveyed without charge, and
for their exclusive use, while travelling with the
mails. a commOdius car, or apartment In the centre OF
a car. property lighted, warmed, and furnished, and
adapted to the convenient separation and due secu-
rity 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 and deliver it into the post ofhces
at the commencement and end Of their routes, and
to and from aIl Offices not more than eighty rods from
a station or landing. Proposals may be submitted
for the performance of all other side serviee-that
is, for Offices over eighty rods from a station or
landing. .
Receipts will be required for mail bags conveyed
in charge Of persons employed by railroad compa-
MES. There will also be sway bills" prepared by
postmasters. or other agents of the department., to
accompany the mails, specifying the number and
destination 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 insure regularity IN the
delivery Of mail bags.
4. No paw will be made for trips not performed
and for each of such omissions not satisfactorily eX-
planned, three times the pay Of the trip may be de-
| ducted. For arrivals so far behind time as to break
connection with depending mails, and not sufficiently
excused. one fourth CT the compensation Tor the trip
Is subject to forfeiture. Deduction will also be or
dered for a grade Of performance inferior 70 that
specified in the contract. For repeated dellnquen'
cies Of the kind herein specified, enlarged penailes,
proportioned to the nature thereof, and the import
ance of the mail, may be made.
s., For leaving behind, or throwing on the mails, or
any portion of them, for the admission OF passen-
gers. or for being concerned in setting up or running
an express conveying intelligence in advance OF the
mai, a quarters pay may be deducted.
6. Fines will be imposed, unless the delinquency
be promptly and satisfactorily explained by eertlh-
Gates of postmaters or the afidayits of other credible
persons, for failing TO arrive IN contract time Tor
neglecting to take tn mail from or deliver 1t into a
post Office; for suffering it to be wet, injured, des-
troved. robbed, or lost and for refusing. after de-
mand, to convey the mail as frequently as the con-
tractor runs. or is concerned in running, a coach, car,
or steamboat on the route.
Z. The Postmaster General may annul the con-
/ tract for FgneAteU talluIeS 10 run aSE6odDt3 W JUL
tract : for violating the post Office lsws, or disobey-
inc the instructions Of the department; for refusing
to discharge q carrier when required by the depart
ment to do so; for running an express as aforesaid
or for transporting persons or packages conveying
mailable matter out OF the mail.
g. The Postmaster General may order an increase
Of service on a route by allowing therefor a pro rata
increase on the contract pay. lie may change
schedules of departures and arrivals IN ell cases, and
particularly to make t5em conform to concessions
with railroads, without increase Of pay, provided
the running time be net abridged. he may also or
der an increase of speed, allowing, within tina re-
%strictions of the law, ; pro rata increase OF pay for
the additional stock or carriers, if any. The con
tractor NAV, however, in the case Of increase o;
speed, relinuuish the contract, by giving prompt no
tee 10 the department that be prefers doing 50 TO
carving the order into effect. The Postmaster Gen
eraI nav also curtail or discontinue the service, in
whole or in part, at pro rata decrease Of pay, allow
ing one months extra compensation on the amount
diSoeused with, whenever, in his opinion, the public
the public interest require the change, or in case he
desires to supercede it by a different grade Of trans
p~ortatiOn.
g. PAYMENTS will be made by collections from OF
drafts on postnasters, or otherwise, after the expirs-
ton Of each quarter-say, in February, May. Au-
gust, and November.
10. The distances are given according TO the best
information but no increased pay win be allowed
should the points be greater than advertised, if th'