The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1850-02-08
INSTRUCTIONS.

INSTRUCTIONS.
l. Seven minutes allowed for opening and closing th
mails at all Offices where particular time specified bu
railroad and steamboat routes there 70 BE- delay
j than Is necessary to deliver and receive The bags.
The mail is TO be conveyed in preference passengers
and to their entire exclusion, if its weight and bulk require it
Post Office blanks mail bags and the special agents
the Department. the exhibition Of pr credentials,
be conveyed without further CHARGE 81 mail lines admitting
/ Of such conveyance.
A. Mail agents conveyed without charge on tb.
principal railroad and steamboat lines where the size Of the
mails and the number of the Offices will require their employ
msnt by the Department. and in that case separate apart
ment for the asserting and sae-keepng Of the mail b
provided by the contractor, under the direction Of the Depart
ment.
s. In all cases there is to be forfeiture Of the pay of tn.
trip when the trip is not forfeiture Of at least fourth
part OF when the running arrival far behind
to lose the connexon with depending mail and forfeiture
Of due proportion Of it when grade service rendered
inferior that in the contract These foreures may be
increased into penalties Of higher amount according
nature frequency of the failure and the importance Of the
/ mail.
g. Fines will be imposed unless the Delinquency be salts
actoriy explained in due time, for failing TO take FROM
deliver post Office the mail any part Of for suffer-
ing it to be wet, injured, lost destroyed conveying
place or manner that exposes to depreciation, loss
injury for refusing after demand to convey mail by any
COACH railroad car steamboat which the contractor egu-
larry the route beyond the specified number Of trips
In the contract and for not arriving the lime and for
teigeace in advance Of the mail, penalty will be exacted
| equal to q quarter pay
T. The Postmaster General may annu the contract for re-
peatcd failures for violating the post Office laws for dsobey
ing the instructions of the Department for refusing dis
charge carrier when required by the Department for
signing the contract without the Of the Postmaster
General or for setting up running express aforesaid
g. The Postmaster General may alter the contract and alter
the schedule he allowing pro increase of compensation
within the restrictions imposed by law for the additional
vice required or for the increased speed the employment Of
additional stock carriers is rendered necessary but the
contractor such case Teinqush the contract on time
~ notice, be prefers it to the change. The Postmaster
General may annu the contract cuta the service and pay
when he wishes dispense with the service in whole or in
part, or place higher different grade Of service the
route, he allowing months extra pay the dis
pensed with.
g. The payments will be made through drafts on post Offices
otherwise, after the expiration Of each qusersay in Feb
ruary May, August, and November
10. The distances given according the inorma
ton but increased pay will be allowed should they prove
to be greater than ADVERTISED if the places correctly
named.
III. The Postmaster General prohibited by law from
knowingly making contract for the transportation Of the mail
with who shall have entered any combination
or proposed to enter into any combination prevent the
making OF any bid for mail contract by any other person
persons, VITO shall have made any agreement shall
given performed, promised give or perform any con.
sdeation to do do any thing whatever 10 induce
any other person bid for mail contract Particular at
enon is called to the 18th section of the act Of 1896, proh
biting combinations to prevent bidding.
H. bid received after tme wit the 9Th April next at
10 M or without the guaranty required by law that
bnes several routes in of compensation be
considered in competition with regular proposal not adj
judged TO be exiravsgant
ID. bidder may Offer where the transportation called for
IN the advertisement difficult mpractcabe certain sea
sons to substitute inferior mode of conveyance in
tesmt service specified number Of days. weeks or months
He may propose omit Office that is or not
the stage road the railway at steamboat landing
the case may be- or ne may offer 10 substitute Inferior
mode OF supply in such He may propose different
days and hours Of departure and arrival provided no mole
running time is asked and it is obvious that mail
ion other public accommodation prejudiced He NAV
ask for more running time to the trip during specified
Der OF days. at certain OF peculiarly bad but
beyond these changes proposal for service different fro
the advertisement will prevent s being considered in compe-
tcu with regular bid not aside for extravagance and
where hd contains any of the above alterations their disad
vanages will be estimated in comparing with other proposals
H. There should be but route bid for in proposal
To- The route the service the yearly pay, the bidders
name and residence and the Of each member Of the
hrm where company offers should be distinctly stated also
the mode OF Conveyance, higher mode than horseback
is intended.
is. The bid should be under SEAL addressed to the
First Assistant Postmaster General with Proposals 10
name the State and Territory written on the face of the
letter and should be dispatched in time be received by
before the 18th April next at 10 o'clock A. NJ 1t should be
GUARANTEED and the sucency of the guaranors should be
duly certified. (See forms
IT. The contracts arc 10 be execu,ed bv or befors Tho lat
July next
H. Postmasiesst Offices situated upon near railroads but
more than eighty rods from depot will imme daely after
the h May next report that fact the Department stating
their exact distance from the railroad depot and how other
wise supplied with the mail enable the Postmaster Gene
raj TO direct the supply be made from the by
mai messengers, from and after the first July next
~ Under the act OF March g. 1885, the route is to be let
to the lowest bidder rendering sufficient guarantees for faith
fu performance without other reference the mode Of trans
porson than may be necessary provide for the due cee
ity, certainty, and security Of such transportation.
when the lowest bid proposes mode Of CONVEYANCE that
inadequate Tor the route respect the certainty security
and CELEBRITY Of the mails, aside from any accommodation for
travel, IT will not be entitled TO the route.
20 When the bid does name a mode of conveyance
Il will be taken and understood be for the lowest mode Of
conveyance to wi. on horseback When il proposes to
carry according to the advertisement and mode convey
aoce Is stated for the route in the advertisement il will be
considered as Offering only for horseback conveyance
IL Since the passage Of The OF March g. ls45 new
description OF bid has been received 1t specifies no mode Of
conveyance but engages to carry the mail with certainty CO.
IsIity and security using the Of the law These bids
are called, from the 10 which they designated on
the books OF the Department. star bids" has been de-
cided after mature consideration that bid proposing spe-
cc mode Of conveyance Of high grade coach
transportation is to be preferred the bid The expert
Of the Department enables lay down the following
rules, viz
When the mail The roue large as to require
two horse coach conveyance star bid the lowest, will be
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