The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1850-02-09
Firm ef Certificate. 49,.
Ths undsrsgnsd postmaster q .csstfss that he
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INSTRUCTIONS.

| Dated asao IS NJ ll..a ala aaA $50 4 sals
ia INsTRucTIoNs s~easN ~
!. Seven minutes sllo~sd o. opening and closing hs
mails u al Offices whsss psziealsr ms y spsci6sd b0
railroad and steamboat soutst hss 10 - 10 more delay
= The ns q b conveyed G pssSsssncs j passengers.
and their entire sxcluon Ne wsght and buk require IT.
3. Pest oics blanks mail bags and tbs special agents d
the Department. the exhibition Of hsr crsdsnss are u
hs conseyed without further ehsss on mad lines admitting
A. Mail agents are 10 b. conveyed without charge. on The
principal railroad and steamboat lines whsrs tbs sxs Of the
mails ard ne number Of the ocss Will squis their employ
msnt By the Department and 10 thst case separate apart
ment for tbs song and ssfskssping Of the mail Is 10 BE-
provided BY The conacio under tho direction Of he Depart
mont Sgs tesAnfs ~ 4a g sspAsls 4a pf
trip when The trip h not forfeiture " a least one fourth
part Of Il when the running arrival lar behind time N
lose tho connection with depending mail and oseiturs
due proportion Of IL whom grade Of service Il rendered
increased into penalties Of higher amount according to
nature or frequency Of the failure and the Importance Of the
mail. A salIu ssid M ~ stassrgi 7f'N msn7 ENfs
g. Fines will be imposed aness the denqusncy be sa,is-
facory explained in due time, for falling 70 take fom,
deliver At post Office, tho mail any psH Of Il for suffer
ing 70 be wet injured lost, destroyed conveying
in place manner that exposes 10 dspredaon loss
injury fo refusing after demand 10 convey mail by any
COACH railroad car Or ssssmboa which the contractor regu-
larry the byond the specified number of trips
in the contract and for arriving the ims set and for
setting up running express transmit commercial in
selgeacs 70 advance Of the mail penalty will be exacied
equal 70 quarter'spay. aea sIa VIVA fa5aA fpls
Il The Postmaster General may annul Inc contract for re-
pested failures os violating the post Office iaws o dsobey
ing ths instructions Of the Department os refusing % dis
charge carrier when required by tho Department.; Cor
signing the contract without tho consent of tbe Postmaster
General or for setting up running express aforesaid
g. The Postmaster General may alter tho contrs and alter
within tho rescions imposed BY sw for the additional
vice required fer the increased speed If the employ
additional stock carriers Il rendered necessary but Tho
contractor NAV in such reinqush The contract ms
notice. be prefers 10 the change. The Postmaster
General may annu the contract cuta the service and pay
when be wishes dispense with the service Ia whole 81 ID
part place higher different grade 81 service on the
route ne allowing one months exraPay on Tho amount dis
The payments will b made through drafts on post Offices
otherwise, after the expiration Of each quaesy in Feb
ruary May, August, and November. ss1sH s83a
TO- The distances given according 10 the best informa
ton but increased pay will be allowed should they prove
named. q sast s@ am8'AaN t'aaS s&
IL. The Postmaster General Is prohibited BY law from
knowingly making contract fos the Of the mail
with amy psrson who shall have entered into any combination
proposed 70 enter into any combination 10 prevent the
making Of any bid Tor mail contract By any other person
PERSONS who shall have made any agreement shall have
given performed promised give PERFORM any
sderation to do not do any thing whstovss TO induce
any other person bid for mail contract Particular
senon = csei 2 the ast sscen q the act proh
H. bid received after time TO wit the 18Th next
without the guaranty required by law or that
bnes several routes 10 Of compensation cannot be
oonsds,ed 70 composition with regular proposal not adj
Judged to Be- extravsgant fH ,a41SasFaH ~
IS. bidder may os whcrs the transportation called for
10 the advertisement difficult impsccsbs q csrain
sons to substitute inferior mode Of conveyance on
term service specified number Of days. weeks or months
He may propose to omit Office that inaccessible Or not
the stage road. the railway stesmbost landing
the case may b rr he may offer 10 substitute inferior
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days and hours Of departure and arrival provided no more
running time Il sksd and h obvious that no mail connex-
ion or other public accommodation IL preudicsd He may
ask Tor more running tins % the TIP during specified num-
Der Of days q certain Of peculiarly bad roads but
beyond these ehsnges proposal for service different from
the advertisement will prevent IT, bsing considered In copc-
ton with regular bid sids for sxtfsvsgsncs and
where bid contains any Of the above alterations their disad-
van'ages will b estimated 10 compansit with other proposals
"a. There should be but bid for In proposal
10 The route, ths ssrvics the yearly pay, thr hddsrs
mans and resdenc and the Of each member Of the
6n where company osr should be distinctly stated; also
the mode Of convsysncs, higher mode than horseback
Il intended. f18aa7n fg l&AsS4tta Ger
49, The bid should be .su. under SEAL Addressed to the
First Assistant Postmaster General with Mail Proposals. In
name the Stats and Territory, T. written on the face OF the
letter and should Be dispatched in time be rscved by
before the 10th April ner ct 10 o'clock A. NJ should be
guaranteed and the sscsncy Of the guasnors should be
IL The contracts are 70 b executed By or before The LIST
July nsrt. 31sss 6 II agtl1bs. WN9tf
10. Postmssmat Offices situated upon or near railroads. but
more than eighty rods from depot, will immedsely after
the 18th Msy next report ihst fact 70 the De- stating
their exact distance from the railroad depot other
wse supplied with the mail TO enable the rostsasr Gene
s 70 direct tho proper supply 10 b ma1s from tbs railroad by
mail messengers. from and after the 6rs JAY merit
10. Undsr the act Of March g. 1885, the route ID let
10 the lowest bidder, rendering sufficient guarantees for faith
u performance, without other reference The mode trans
PcAon than may be necessary To provide for the due cee
ny. cerainsy, and security Of such transportation
When the lowest bid proposes mode Of conveyance that
inadequate for the routs in respect the certainty, security
and cssiy Of the mails aside from any accommodation for
travel 4 will not be entitled 10 the route. t
20 When the bid does not name Z mode Of conveyance
will be taken and understood b for the lowest mode Of
conveyance. TO wit horseback When Il proposes to
carry according 10 the advertisement and mode convey
ance stated for the route in the advertisement will be
considered ~ offering only foe horseback conveyance
~ Since the passage Of thu Of March g. ie46 nav
description OF BID has been recsived Il specifies no mode
conveyancs, but engages TO carry the mail with certainty
e', and security, using the Of the law Thee bids
are called from the manner In which they ass designated
The books Of the Department. star bidsr II has been
ccd amer mature consideration that bid proposing sps-
cc mode Of conveyance o high grade ~ cosch
transportation TO be preferred the bid The expert
enco Of the Department enables IL lay down the following
rules. viz m IN ~. --a 7'-
Whom the mail the route not no large a. 70 require
two horse coach conveyance, bid IL the lowest viii be
preferred to tho specific bid. sgN Y n 80 ~
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