Nebraska advertiser., 1862-01-02
Containing conditions to be Incorporated
In the contracts to the ertent the de-
partment mag deem proper.


partment mag deem proper.
1. Seven minutes are allowed to each intermeNi-
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.
2 On railroad and steamboat lines, and other
routes where the mode Of conveyance admits Of it,
the special agents Of the Post Office Department, al
so post Office blanks, mail bags. locks, and keys, are
TO be conveyed without extra charge.
3. On railroad and steamboat lines the route
agents of the department, also the British and Can
ada mails. when offered, and the agents accompany
ing them, are 10 be conveyed without charge, and
for their exclusive use, while travelling with the
mails, 3 commodius car, or apartment in the centre of
a car, properly lighted, warmed, and furnished, and
adapted TO the convenient separation and due secu-
riiy 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 il into the post Offices
At the commencement and end of their routes, and
to and from Sl Offices not more than eighty rods rom
= station or landing. Proposals may be submitted
for the performance Of all other side serviee-that
is, for Offices over eighty rods from = station or
landing.
Receipts will be required for mail bags convey ed
in charge of persons employed by railroad cOmpa-
MES. There will also be "Way bills" prepared by
postmasters, or other agents Of the department, to
company 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 nav 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 De de-
Quoted. For arrivals go far behind time rs 70 break
cOnnexiOn with depending mails, and not suticlently
excused, one fourth CT the compensation for the trip
is subject to forfeiture. Deduction will also be or
dered for a grade Of performance inferior to that
specified in the contract. For repeated d%elinquen
eies Of the kind herein specified, enlarged penalties,
proportioned to the nature thereof, and the import
anee If the mail, may be made.
5, Fer leaving behind, or throwing of 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
NALL quarters pay may be deducted.
8. Fines will be imposed, unless the delinquency
be romptly and satisfactorily explained by eertif
Gates of ~postmaters or the afidavits Of other credible
persons. for failing 70 arrive in contract time for
negIeeting to take the nail rom or deliver IL into a
post Office for suffering it to b wet, injured. des-
| troyed, robbed, OF lost and for refusing. after de-
mand. TO convey the mail As frequently rs the con-
tractor runs, or is concerned in running, = coach, car,
OF steamboat on the route.
Z The Postmaster General may Gnnul the con-
tract for repeated failures to run sgreeably TO con-
tract for violating the post office law or disJbey-
ing the Instructions Of the department; for Kefusing
10 discharge a carrier when required By the depart
ment TO do so for running an express a. aforesaid
or for transporting persons or packages conveying
nailable matter out 0f the mail.
8. The Postmaster General may order Al increase
Of service on q route By allowing therefor a pro rata
increase on the contract pay. de may change
schedules of departures and arrivals in all eases, and
particularly to make them conform 90 connections
with railroads, without increase Of pay, provided
the running time be not abridged. He may slsC or
der an increase Of speed, allowing. within tha re-
s~trictions Of the law, = pro rata increase Of pay for
the additional stock OF carriers, IT any. Thu con-
tractor nav, however, in the case IL increase Of
speed, r~elinQuish the contract, by giving prompt no.
tice TO the department that be prefers doing so "a
carving the order into effect. The Postmaster Gen
eral 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
dispensed with, whenever, in bis opini, n, the public
the public interest require the change, or in case be
desires to supercede it By a different grade Of trans
p~ortatioO.
9. Payments win be made by collections from OF
drafts on postmasters, or otherwise. after the expira-
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 viii be allowed
should the points be grsztsr than advertised, If thu