Washington telegraph., 1850-02-06
INSTRUCTIONS.

tiaie ~ spec tied; but railroad aud steamboat
routes there is to more delay Than Is
sary IL deiWrr anG receive the bags.
z. lac mai is 10 be conveyed IA preference to
p sseDgers, AID 10 Their eu'ire eaciuson' u Us
weight and bulk require II.
3 Post office blanks, mail bags, and the special
agents OF tue Department., the -xI bition oi
their Credentials, to be conveyed, without
further charge, on mail lines adm!ttins oi such
cVnveyaDce.
4. Moil agents are TO be conveyed, without
charge, the principal railroad and steamboat
lines wheIe the size OF the mails and The number
Of the offices will require Their employment by the
Department; aud, in that case, Separate apart
ment Tor the asserting and sate-keePing OF the
mail to be provided by the contractur, under the
direction of The Department.
). In all cases there is to be n forfeiture OF the
pay Of the trip w1en the trip is not run for
ieture OF al least one-iourth part OF it when The
running arrival IS go FAR behind time as 10 lose
the counexion with depending mail; aud Tor
leiure OF due proportion oil II whea grade OF
seIvice rendered inferior to that in the contract
These forietores may be increased into penalties
of higher amount according to the nature or fire.
quency 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
to take from deliver at, post oitice, The mai,
any part OF it: or suffering It to be wet, injured,
lost, destroyed; or conveying It in place or
manner that exposes 1t to degradation, loSs or IN
jury; for refusing after demand to convey u mail
by any coach, railroad car, or steamboat, which
The contractor regularly runs on the route beyond
the specified number of trips in the contract, aud
for arriving at the time set; and for setting up
running an express to transmit commercial IN
telIigence IN advance of the mail, penalty will
be eXactei equal 10 aquarter's pay.
Z. The Postmaster General may annul the con-
tract for repeated failures; for violating the post
Office laws; for disobeyng the Instructions of the
Department; for refusing to discharge carrier
when required by the Department; for assigning
The contract without the consent OF the Postmaster
General, for setting up or running all express as
aforesaid.
g. The Postmaster General may alter the con-
tract, and alter the schedule, he allowing pro
rata increase of compensation, within the resric-
tons imposed by law, tor the additional service
required OF for the incre ased speed if the employ
meni of additional stock carriers is rendered
necessary; but the contractor may, III such case,
r.inQuisn the contract, timely notice. ii he pre-
fers il to tn. change The Postmaster General
may annu the contract or curtall the service and
paw when he wishes to dispense with the service
IN whole or in part, o" place higher or different
grade of service Oh the route, he allowing one
months extra pay Oh the amour, dispensed with
y.
post Offices or otherwise, after the expiration
OF eacn quauer-say in February, Nay, August
aud November.
40. ne distances are given according to the
best Information: but no increased pay will be al
lowed should they prove TO be- greater than is ad-
vertsrd, flhe places are correctly named
IL. TIE Postmaster General is pr1hibiiad b.
law from knowingly making contract for the
transportation Of the mail with any person who
<h; IN wa. fprp, in IN u;,tin
posed 10 enter ioo auy con5uaton, to preven
The king OF a.y bid Tor IN all contract by any
other person peIso :, who sbal have made any
agie-neDt, or shall have given or performed, or
promise 10 give or PERFORM, any consideration 10
do, or mol 10 do, anything Whatever TO induce any
other person not 10 bud or mail cOatract Par
tIcuar attention is cal ed to he 2-th section o the
act II 1896, prohibiting combinations t. prevent
bidding
~. A bid received after time, to wit the 10Th
April next at iO III, without the guaranty
qured 10y law, or that combines several routes IN
ohe SUN oi compensation, cannot he considered
IN competition with IA regular proposal not ud-
judged 10 b. rXtrdvagant
l3. y bdder may Offer, where the iransprr.
atlon called ."r IA The adverliSeme is d fiicult
or inpTdcticahl- al certain seasons, TO subs not.
an inferior nude of conveyance, or 10 mterInij
service specified nanber of days, weeks ct
mouths Tie may propose I" omit office
that is Inaccessible, or Is not on the stage ROAD.
th- railway, or at steamboat lan.inl as the
case may be; or he may offer 10 substitute an
I"ierior mode oi supply IA such cases lie may
propose different days and hours OF departure
aud arrival, provided more running lime is
asked, and IL Is obvious that no mail connex on
other pubic accommodation is pseJudiceG -
lie may ask ior more running Tune 10 the trip,
during Il specified number OF days. at certIIn
of peculiarly bad 70 .ds; but beyond these
changes proposal Ior service tf-rent rom the
advertisement viii prevent It's being considered
in competition with regular bid not set gside
tor extravaganza; and where bid costains any
of the above alterations. their disadvantages
will be estimated in comparing it with other
proposals.
IA. There should be but one route bid for in
proposal.
10. the route the service, the yearly pay,
the bidders Lame and residence, ana the name
OF each in"mber of the firm, where a company
offers, should be distinctly stated; also the mode
of conveyance, if higher mode than on horse.
back is intended.
l6 The bid should be sent uuder seal, sddres-
sed to the First Assistant Postmaster General,
with Mall Proposals in name the State aud
1errtory,p written on the face of the letter; and
should be dispatched in time to be received by or
before the 10th April next, at 10 o'clock A. NJ.
IL should be guaranteed, and the sufficency of the
guarantors should be duly certified (See forms.)
IL. The contracts are to be executed by or be-
fore the LIST July next.
lS PostInasters at Offices situated upon or near
railroads, but more than eighty rods from depot,
will immediately alter the Ilth May next, report
that fact to the Department. stating their exact
distance from the railroad depot, aud how other
wise supplied with the mail. to enable The Post
master General TO direct the proper supply 10 be
made from the railroad by mail messengers, from
and after the lst July next
49, Under the act OF March 3, ls45. the route
is TO be let to the lowest bidder rendering sufficient
GUARANTEES for faithful performance, without other
reference to the mode of transportation than may