The North-Carolina standard., 1847-01-20
INSTRUCTIONS.

1. Seven minutes allowed for opening and closing
the mails at all Offices where particular time isspec
fed but railroad and steamboat routes there is to be
no more delay than is to deliver and receive
| the bags.
2. The mail is to be conveyed in preference to pas
sengers, and to their entire exclusion if its weight and
s. Post Office blanks, mail bags, and the special agents
OF the department. on the exhibition of their credentials,
to be conveyed without further charge mail lines
admitting of such conveyance.
f. Mail agents TO be conveyed without charge on
the principal railroad and steamboat lines where the
size of the mails and the number of the officers will
quIre their employment by the department. and that
case, separate apartment for the asserting and safe
keeping of the mail is to be provided by the contractor,
under the direction ofthe department..
s. In all cases there to be forfeiture of the pay of
the trip, when the trip not run forfeiture of al least
onefourth part of it when the running arrival is so
far behind time as to lose the connexon with depend
ing mail and forfeiture Of due proportion OF it when
grade of service is rendered inferior that the
tract. These forfeures may bencreased into penalties
OF higher amount according to the nature frequency
of the failure and the Importance of the mail.
6. Fines will be imposed unless the delinquency be
satisfactorily explained in due time, for failing take
from, deliver att post Office, the mail any part of
it; suffering it to be wet injured, lost, destroyed or
conveying IT IN place manner that exposes to de-
predation loss injury for refusing after demand 10
convey mail by any COACH railroad car. steamboat
which the contractor regularly the route beyond
the specified number of trips in the contract for not
arriving he time set and for setting running an
express to transmit commercial intelligence in advance
OF the mall penalty will be exaced equal to quar-
ter's pay.
- T. The Postmaster General may annu the contract
for repeated failures for violating the post Office laws
for dsobeying the instructions of department for
refusing to discharge carrier when required by the de-
parmen for assigning the contract whoutthe consent
of the Postmaster General. setting upor running an
express aforesaid.
g. Tie Postmaster General may alter the contract,
add alter the schedule he allowing pro rata increase
of compensation, within the restrictions imposed by law
for the additional service required for the increased
speed, If the employment of additional stock of carriers
rendered necessary but the contractor may in such
on M ho
prefers 1T to the change The Postmaster General may
annu the contract curail the servce and pay when
ne wishes to dispense with the service in whole in
part, or place higher different grade of service
the route, he allowing months extra pay the
amount dispensed with ~ - s. 9
g. The payments will be made through drafts on post
Offices otherwise after the expiration of quarter
say in February, May, August, and November. 1
10. The distances given according to the best in
formation; but increased pay will be allowed should
they prove ODE greater than is advertised the places
are correctly named.
knowingly making contract for the transportation of
the mail with who shall have any
combination, proposed to enter into any combination
prevent the making of any bid for mail contract by
any other person or persons who shall have made
any agreement, or shall have given performed or
promised to give PERFORM any consideration to do or
not to do. thing whatever induce any other per-
son not to bid for mail contract Particular attention
called to the 2Sth section of the act of 1886 prohb
ing combinations to prevent bidding.
IL. bid received after time to wit: the 10Th March
next at m, or without the guaranty required by law
or that combines several routes in of compen-
saon, cannot be considered in competition with regu
lar proposal not adjudged to be extravagant sz5',
49, biddermay ofer where the transportation called
Tor In the advertisement is difficult mpractcable at
certain seasons to substitute inferior mode of con-
veyance, or to intermit service specified number of
days, weeks, or months. He may propose to omit an
oce that is on the stage road he
railway, or at steamboat landing as the case NAV be
or ne may offer to substitute inferior mode of supply
IN such cases He propose different DAYS and hours
OF departure and arrival provided no more running time
asked andit obvious that mail or other
public accommodation preudiced. may ask for more
running time to the trip, during specified number.
OF days at certain seasons of peculiarly bad roads but
6eyond these chan proposal for service different
ed in competition with regular bid not set aside for