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

mails all offices where no particular time specified but
railroad and steamboat there is be delay
than Is necessary TO deliver and receive the bags.
q The mail TO be conveyed in preference passengers
and 10 their entire exclusion, if its weight and bulk require it,
Post office blanks, mail bags, and the special agents of
the Department. the exhibition Of their credentials
be conveyed without further charge mail lines admitting
| Of such conveyance.
4. Mail agents TO be conveyed without charge the
principal railroad and steamboat lines where the of the
mails and the number of the offices will require their employ
men by the Department. and in that case separate apart
men for the asserting and saekeepng the mail is to pro-
vded by the contractor under the direction of the Department
S. In all cases there is to be forfeiture of the pay of the
trip when the trip is not forfeiture of at leastoneouh
part of when the running arrival far behind time
to lose the connection with depending mail and forfeiture
of due proportion Of when grade of service is rendered
inferior To that in the contract These eures may be in
into penalties of higher amount according the
or frequency of the failure and the importance of the mail
6. Fines will be imposed unless the delinquency be salts
ory explained in due time, for failing take from,
deliver at, post Office the mail, any part Of it for suffer-
Ing it to be wet injured, lost desroyed conveying
in place that exposes depreciation oss or
injury for refusing after demand to convey mail by any
coach, railroad steamboat which the reau
ay the beyond the specified number trips
the contract and for not arriving at the time and for
setting running express to transmit commercial in
egence in advance Of the mail penalty will be exacted
| equal TO a quarters pay.
T. The Postmaster General may annul the contract
peaed failures for violating the post Office laws for dis
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discharge 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 rata aton
within the restrictions imposed by law for the additional SER
required for the increased speed if the employ
additional stock carriers rendered necessary but the
contractor may in such renqus the contract timely
notice. if he prefers TO the change The Postmaster Gene
raj may annu the contract cua the service and pay
when he wishes dispense with the SERVICE whole or in
part, place higher different grade of service on the
route, he allowing months pay the dis
pensed with.
g. The payments will be made through drafts on post offices
otherwise after the expiration of each Feb
ruary, May, August and November
TO- The distances given according to the best nforma
ton but increased pay will be allowed should they prove
be greater than advertised if the places correctly named
III. The Postmaster General is prohibited by law from
knowingly making contract for the transportation of the mail
with any person who shall have entered into any combination
or proposed to enter into any combination prevent the
making Of bid for mail by any other person or
persons who shall have made any agreement shall have
given or performed, promised to give perform, any
sdeaon TO do, not to do, thing whatever induce
any other person not to bid for mail contract Particular
tenon called to the 2Sh section Of the of 1885, proh
biting combinations to prevent bidding
H. bid received after time, wit the 18th April next
10 or without the guaranty required by law that
bnes several routes in of compensation be
considered in competition with the regular proposal not adj
judged to be extravagant
Is. bidder may oe where the transportation called for
in the advertisement difficult mpractcabe certain
sons, to substitute inferior mode of conveyance
term service specified number of days. weeks or months
He propose 10 omit office that inaccessible not
on the stage road the railway steamboat landing
the may be be may offer substitute inferior
mode Of supply in such He may propose different
days and hours Of departure and arrival provided no more
running time asked, and it is obvious that mail
ion other public accommodation is preudced. He may
ask Tor more running time to the np during specified num-
fdava sam hal,
beyond these changes, proposal for service different from
the advertisement will prevent its being considered in compe
tton with regular bid aside for extravaganza and
where bid contains any Of the above alterations their dsad
vanage will be estimated in comparing with other proposals
H. There should be but one route bid for in proposal
Is The route, the service the yearly pay, the bidders
name and residence, and the OF each member Of the
firm, where company offers, should be distinctly stated
also the mode conveyance, higher mode than horse
back is intended.
le The bid should be under SEAL addressed to the
First Assistant Postmaster General, with Mail Proposals
in name the Slate territory y written on the face of the
letter. and should be dispatched in time be received by or
before the 18th April NEXT, at 10 o'clock A. NJ Il should
be guaranteed and the sucency Of the should
be duly certified. (See forms
H. The contras 10 be executed by before the ls
July next
ls. Postmasers at Offices situated upon or near rairoads
bat more than eighty rods from depot will Immediately at
ter the lth May next report that fact the Department
stating their exact distance from the railroad depot and how
otherwise supplied with the mail enable the Postmaster
General to direct the proper supply be msde from the rail-
road by mail messengers, from and after the lst July
49, Under the act Of March g. 1885, the be let
to the lowest bidder rendering sufficient guarantees for faith
fol performance, without other reference 10 the mode OF fns
Poaon than may be necessary provide for the due CELEBRITY
certainty, and security Of such transportation
When the lowest bid proposes mode Of conveyance that
inadequate for the respect TO the certainty security
and celebrity Of the mails, aside from any accommodation for
travel, il will not be entitled 10 the route
90. When the bid does name mode Of conveyance IL
will DO taken and understood be for lowest mode Of
conveyance TO wit, horseback when il proposes 10
according to the advertisement and no mode Of convey
is stated for the in the advertisement IL will be
considered as offering only for horseback conveyance
81 Since the passage Of the act Of March g. ls45 new
description Of bid has been received II specifies no mode Of
conveyance, but engages carry the mail with certainty CO.
lerty and security using the terms Of the law These bids
are called from the which they arc designated on
the books OF the Department "dar bids II has been de-
cided, after mature consideration that bid proposing spe
chic mode OF conveyance Of high grade coach
transportation Is TO be preferred the star bid The erpe,
ence OF the Department enables lay down the following
rules, viz
When the mail the route is not go large as 10 ,eops
two horse coach conveyance star bid II the lowest will h
preferred to the specific bid
~ When the mails Of such size and weigh, as 10
der necessary expedcn in reference to them alone N
provide twohoc coach conveyance the specific bid thougb
the highest will be preferred to the bid to the extent If
moderate difference in the compensation in case the ;,
not such 10 interfere with the policy of The nan L.
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