The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1850-02-16

ao'o naoo s'e suheeht and soe " msAe toou
Dated
INSTRUCTIONS.
Seven minutes allowed for opening and closing the
mails At all Offices where no particular time specified but
on railroad and steamboat there 10 b. no delay
than = necessary 70 deliver and receive the bags.
The mail = 70 D. conveyed preference passengers
Post Office blanks, msil bags and the special agents
the Department. The exhibition Of their credentials
% conveyed. without further charge, mail lines admitting
principal railroad and steamboat lines where tho Of the
mails and the number Of the offices will require their employ
ment BY the Department and, la that case separate apart
ment for the asserting and sakespng Of the mail is 10 be
provided BY the CONTRACTOR under the direction Of the Depart
menty tissf n Nst sy8 s
g. In all there to be- forfeiture Of the pay Of the
trip when the trip 10 not forfeiture Of least fourth
part Of when the running arrival IL far behind
q lose the connexion with adepending mail and forfeiture
Of due proportion Of when grade Of service Is rendered
inferior 10 that In the These foreures may
increased into penalties Of higher amount according to the
nature or frequency Of The failure and the importance Of the
mail Ss s NJ 48e .t s,lf as68
o. Fines will be imposed unless the delinquency be salts
factoriy explained in due time for failing take from,
deliver at post Office, the mail any part Of it for suffer
ing TO be wet, injured, lost, destroyed or conveying
10 place manner that exposes il to depedaton loss
injury oI refusing after demand convey mail by any
coach, railroad steamboat which the contractor regu
larry runs on the route beyond the specified number Of trips
10 the contract aud for not arriving the time and for
setting up or running express transmit commercial in
egeace In advance Of the mail penalty will be exaced
equal to quarters psy. 8s rbasft 6sa
r. The Postmaster General may annu the contract for rc-
peatcd failures for violating the post Office aws for dobey
ing the instructions Of the Department for refusing to dis
Charge carrier when required By the Department, Tor as
signing the contract without the consent Of the Poetma.te
General or tor setting up or running express aforesaid
g. The Postmaster General may alter the contract and alter
the schedule he allowing pro increase Of
within the restrictions imposed BY law for the additional SER
vice required or for the increased speed Of
additional stock carriers rendered necessary but the
contractor in such case rsnquish the contract on time
y notice, II he prefers TO the change The Postmaster
General may snnu the contract cus service and pay
when be wishes to dispense with the service in whole In
part Or place higher different grade Of service the
route he allowing months extra pay the amount dis
pensed with. asa a, HI rss8 .st&
O. The payments will BE- made through drafts ON post Offices
or otherwise after the expon Of each in Feb
ruary, May, August, and November, 8g'is8 a hsre
TO- The distances given according the norma
ton but increased pay will be allowed should they prove
to Dc greater than advertised II the places correctly
named a n VIII
H. The Postmaster General i probi6ited bv isv from
knowingly making contract for the Of the mail
with any person who shall have into any combination
or proposed to enter into any combination, prevent the
making Of any bid fos mail contract BY any other person
PERSONS who shall have made any agreement shall have
given performed, promised 10 give PERFORM any con
alteration to do, not to do any thing induce
any other person not to bid for mail contract Particular at
ention called 70 the 2sth Of the act Of 1885, poh
biting combinations TO prevent Kidding. .aaf 6ftH
H. bid received after time, to vii, the 18th April next al
lOa without the guaranty required by law or that
bines several routes in Of compensation cannot be
considered in composition with regular proposal mot ad
judged to be exravagant s agasA4tt
Is. bidder may oer where the transportation called for
in tho advertisement is difficult macticabe at certain Sea-
to substitute inferior mode Of conveyance or to in
erm service specified number Of DAVIS weeks or months
He hiatt
on the stage road, the railway steamboat landing as
the case may be he may offer substitute an inferior
mode Of supply IN such He may propose different
days and hours Of departure and arrival provided no more
running time u asked, and obvious that no mail connex
ion other public accommodation IL prejudced He may
ask for more running time TO the trip during specified
her Of days. at certain Of peculiarly bad roads,
beyond these changes proposal for service different from
the will prevent it, being consaered in comre
on with regular bud aside for extravaganza and
where bad contains Of the above alterations their dsad
'an'sses will Be estimated in comparing with other proposals.
II There should be but bid for In proposal
l5 The route, the service. the yearly pay the bidders
and RESIDENCE and the Of each member OF the
rm where company Offers should be distinctly stated also
the mode Of conveysncs, Il higher mode than horseback
Is intended. "
10. The bid should be ssnt under seal addressed /, 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 to be received by
before the 10Th April neJ ct 10 o'clock A. NJ II should be
guaranteed and the sscency Of the guarnors should be
duly certified. (See forms.)
H. The contracts 10 be executed by before the LIST
July next M ~ 8UstCt
49, Potmsserss Offices situated upon or near railroads. but
more than eighty rods from depot will imms dsey after
the 18th Msy next report that fact 10 the Department stating
their exact dssncs from the rsrpsd depot and how other
wise supplied with the mail. enable the Postmaster Gene
s 10 direct the proper supply TO be made from the railroad
mail messengers, from and after the frs, July ncxt
10. Under the Get OF March g. l6l5 the route u TO be let
TO the lowest bidder rendering sufficient guarantees for faith
u performance without other references the mode
pcston than be necessary provide for the due ceer
ty, certainty, and security Of such transportation.
When the lowest bid proposes mode Of conveyance that
inadequate for the route In respect the certainty security
and celebrity Of the nails aside from any accommodation for
travel, II will not be entitled 10 the route.
20. When the bad does name mode Of conveysnce,
conveyance, TO wit, horseback When l, proposes to
carry according TO the advertisement and no mode convey
stated for the Ia the advertisement II will be
considered offering only for horseback conveyance
81. Since the passage Of Tho act OF March s. ls45,
description Of bid has been received ID specifies mode Of
conveyance, but engages carry the mail with certainty,
efy, and security, using the terms Of the law These bids
called from the in which they designated
the books oil the Department. "n bids" II hes been de-
csd, she mature consideration, thst bid proposing spc-
cc mode Of conveyance Of high grade
transportation is TO be preferred the bid The expert
enee Of the DPatmsn, enables TO lay down the following
rules viz #aae& FsA fI4& tE p
When the mail the not 90 large o. 20 require
two horse coach conveyance, bid, II the lowest will be
preferred to the specific bid. atk3
~. When the mails Of such sine and weight
der necessary expeden In reference 70 them slone TO