The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1850-01-19
INSTRUCTIONS.

INSTRUCTIONS.
l. Seven minutes allowed for opening and closing the
mails at all Offices where particular time specified but
railroad and steamboat routes there IL 10 be delay
than Is necessary 10 deliver and receive the bags.
q The mail is 10 be conveyed in preference passengers
and to their entire exclusion, is weight and bulk require IT,
g. 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.
e. Mail agents be conveyed without charge on the
principal railroad and steamboat lines where The 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 sakeepng Of the mail u 10
provided by the contractor under the direction Of the Depart
ment.
In all cases there is to be forfeiture Of the pay Of the
trip when the trip forfeiture Of at least fourth
part Of II when the running arrival is far behind time
to lose the connexon with depending mail and forfeiture
Of due proportion Of when grade Of rendered
inferior that In the contract. These foreures may be-
increased into penalties Of higher amount according 10 the
nature frequency Of tho failure and the importance Of the
mail.
g. Fines will be imposed unless the delinquency be salts
actory explained in due time for failing take from,
deliver at post office, the mail any part Of for suffer-
ing to be wet, injured, lost, destroyed conveying il
10 place or manner that exposes i to depreciation loss
injury foI refusing after demand to convey mail by any
COACH railroad car, steamboat which the regu
larry the route beyond the specified number Of trips
in the contract and for not arriving at the time and for
telgence in advance Of the mail penalty will be exacted
equal TO quarters pay.
r. The Postmaster General may annu the contract for re-
peatsd failures for violating the post Office laws for dsobey
ing the Instructions OF the Department for refusing to dis
charge carrier when required by the Department. for
signing the contract without the Of the Postmaster
General OF for setting up running express aforesaid
g. The Postmaster General may alter the contract and
the schedule, he allowing pro 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 NAV in such case enqush the contract
y notice. il be prefers to the change. The Postmaster
General may snnu the contract cua and pay
whom be wishes 70 dispense with the service in whole
part or place higher different grade Of service the
route, he allowing one months extra pay the amount dis
pensed with.
g. The payments will be made through drafts on post Offices
otherwise after the expiration Of each quarerssy Feb
ruary, May, August, and November.
TO- The distances given according the best informa
ton but no increased pay will be allowed should they
to 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 into any combination
proposed to enter into continuation prevent the
making Of any bid for mail contract BY any other person
PERSONS who shall have made any agreement shall have
given performed, promised to give perform amy
sdeTation to do not TO do any thing whatever induce
any other person not to bid for mail contract Particular
enon is called to the 26h section the act 1885, prohi-
\ i
H. bid received after timc TO wit the 10th April next
M or without the guaranty required by law that
bnes several routes in Of compensation be
considered in composition with regular proposal ad-
judged to bo .exiravsganL
Is. bidder may Offer where the transportation called Tor
in the advertisement difficult imprsccsbe certain
to substitute inferior mode of conveyance,
temt service specified number of days. weeks OF months
He may propose to omit Office that inaccessible or is not
the Stage road the railway. steamboat landing
the case may be- r he may offer 10 substitute inferior
At L.
days and hours Of departure and arrival provided no more
running time Is asked and is obvious that mail connex-
ion or other public accommodation prejudiced He may
ask for mote running time to the trip. during specified num-
Der Of days certain Of peculiarly bad roads; but
beyond these changes poposa for service different ron
the advertisement will prevent its being considered in comre
tion with regular bad not aside for extravaganza and
where bid contains Of the above alterations their sod
vanascs will be estimated In comparing with other proposals.
Il 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
firm. where company offers, should be distinctly stated also
the mode Of conveyance III higher mode than on horseback
b Intended
6 The bid should be scnt under seal addressed to the
First Assistant Postmaster General, with Mail Proposals in
name the State and Territory T. written the face Of the
letter and should be dispatched in time be received by
before the 6h April merit 81 10 o'clock A. NJ Il should be
guaranteed and the ssciency Of The guanior should be
duly certified (See forms.)
IL The be executed by or before the Is,
July next
H. Pomasenn Offices situated upon ornesr railroads. but
than eighty rods from depot will Immediately after
the 18th May next report that fact the Department stating
thsr exact distance from the railroad depot and how other
wise supplied with the mail enable the Postmaster Gene
raj TO direct the proper supply be made from The railroad by
mail messensers from and after the first July next
3D. Under the act OF March ls45 the route Il 10 be let
TO the lowest bidder, rendering sufficient guarantees for faith
performance without other reference mode OF trans
portaon than be necessary provide for the due ceer.
ny, certainty and security of such transportation.
When the lowest bid proposes mode Of conveyance that
inadequate Tor the route In respect the certainty security
and celebrity OF the mails aside from any accommodation for
travel, II will not be entitled 10 the route.
90 When the bid does not name mode of CONVEYANCE
will be taken and understood be for the lowest mode Of
conveyance TO wit, horseback. When Il proposes To
carry according 70 the advertisement and no mode Of convey
IL stated for the In the advertisement Il will BE-
considered offering only for horseback conveyance
81 Since the passage Of the act OF March Is45 new
description OF bid has been received II specifies mode Of
conveyance but engages carry the mail with certainty &C.
leiy and security using the terms Of the law These bids
are called, from the in which they are designated on
the books OF the Department, "ar bids" has been de-
cdcd aef mature consideration, that bid proposing spe-
cc mode OF conveyance Of high grade coach
transportation to be preferred the star bid The expert
ence OF the Department enables lay down the following
| rules, viz
When the mail The not so large as 10 REQUIRE
two horse coach conveyance, star bid II the lowest win be
preferred to the specific bid.
~ When the mails Of such and weigh, ss 10
der necessary expcden in reference 10 them alone TO
provide coach conveyance. the specific bid though