The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1847-02-10

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Instructions
l. Seven minutes allowed for opening and closing the
mails nj all Offices where no particular time is specified
but railroad and steamboat routes there is TO be
delay than snecessary deliver and receive the bags.
| The mail is 10 be conveyed in preference passcn-
gers, and their entire exclusion II its weight and bulk
| require it.
Post office blanks mail bags and the special agents OF
The department. the exhibition OF their credentials
70 be conveyed without further charge ON mail lines admit
4. Mail agents TO be conveyed without charge the
principal railroad and steamboat lines, where the size Of
the mails and the number OF the officers will require their
employment by the department; and in that a sepa-
ma is to be provided by the contractor under the direction
of the department
"Trip, when the "trip is forfeiture of at least
fourth part OF when the running arrival far be-
hind time lose The with depending mail /;
and forfeiture of due proportion of when grade
of service rendered inferior that in the These
ioreitnes may be increased into penalties of higher
according the frequency OF the failure
and the importance of the mail.
isic,ory explained IN due time for FILLING TO take FROM
deliver post office, the mail, part OF it; for
veyng il in place that exposes il depreda-
tion loss injury for refusing after demand to conveys
mail by any COACH railroad steamboat, which the
contractor regularly runs the route beyond the specified
number of trips in the and for not arriving The
time and for setting up running express
NIT commercial intelligence in advance OF the n pen
I. The Postmaster General may annn the contract for
repeated failures for violating the post office laws for dis
discharge carrier when required by the department; for
assigning the contract without the consent OF the PoSmas-
said.
8. The Postmaster General may alter the contract and
pensaton within the restrictions imposed by law for the
additional service required for the increased speed
the employment of additional stock carrier, rendered
necessary but the contractor in such relnquish
the contract on timely notice if he prefers j, to the change
the service and pay when he wishes to dispense with the
grade service the route he allowing months
ira pay the amount dispensed with
fees or Otherwise alter the expiration Of each quarter say
in February, May, August and November
TO- The distances are given according to the best nfor-
but increased pay will be allowed, should they
prove be greater than is advertised If the places coz
IL. The Postmaster General is prohibited by law from
knowingly making for the transportation of the
mail with any person who shall have entered into any
binaon or proposed TO enter into any combinations pre-
the making any bid for mail by any other
person persons who shall have made any agreement
shall have given performed promised TO give or
perform. any consideration do, not do, anything
contract Particular the ash section
of the of 1886, prohibiting combinations prevent hid
ding.
r. bid received after ne the 7th of May next,
without the guaranty required by law, that
combines several routes in oil compensation,
be considered competition with regular proposal
adiudged to be
H. A bidder may offer where the transportation called
for in the advertisement is difficult mpacrcablc
seasons substitute inferior mode of conveyance
interm n specified number of days. weeks or
months He may propose to omit an office that nacces
sble, is not the stage road the railway, mt steam
boat landing the may be he may offer snbsli
inferior mode of supply in such He pro-
provided no running asked and it is obvious
that mail xon other public accommodation is
preuced lie may ask for running time the trip,
during specified number of days, certain of pc
cuiary bad roads but beyond these changes proposal
for service different from the will prevent its
being considered III competition with regular bid not set
aside for extravaganza and where bid contains any
the above alterations their disadvantages VIII be estimated
a. There should be but One route bid Tor In proposal
TO- The route the servce the yearly pay, the bidder
name and residence ana the name OF eacn member Oh the
trm where company offers, should be distinctly stated
also the mode of conveyance, if higher mode than on
horseback is intended.
To- The bid should be sent under sen addressed to the
First Assistant Postmaster General with Mail Proposals
in the state OF written on the lace OF le ietle ana
should be despatched in time TO be received by or before
the 7th OF May next, at o'clock, a. m.
H. The be executed by or before the lst
July next.
H. Under the of 81 March, 1915, the route Is to be
let to the lowest bidder rendering sufficient guarantees
for faithful performance without other reference 10 the
mode OF transportation than be necessary to provide
portation
When lowest bid proposes mode of conveyance that
s inadequate for the route in respects the certainty seen
y and CELEBRITY OF the mails, aside from any acconno-
it will be taken and understood to he for the lowest mode OF