The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1850-03-16
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their guaranty.
Dated
INSTRUCTIONS.
l. Seven minutes allowed for opening and closing the
mails all Offices where particular time specified but
railroad and steamboat routes there s be delay
than Il necessary to deliver and receive the bags
The mail be conveyed in preference 10 passengers,
and their entire exclusion If s weight and bulk require it,
g. Post Office blanks mail bags. and the special agents Of
the Department the exhibition Of their credentials are TO
be conveyed, without further CHARGE mail lines admitting
Of such conveyance.
A. Mail agents are to be conveyed without charge the
principal railroad and steamboat lines where the size Of the
mails and the number OF the Offices will require their employ
men by the Department and in that case separate apart
for the asserting and safskeeping Of the mail is to be
provided by the contractor under the direction Of the Depart
ment
s. In all cases there is to be forfeiture Of the pay Of the
trip when the trip is not run forfeiture Of fourth
part Of when the running arrival IL far behind time
to lose the connexon with depending mail and forfeiture
Of due proportion Of it when grade Of service is rendered
inferior TO that in the contract These foetures be
increased into penalties Of higher amount according to the
nature frequency Of the failure and the importance Of the
mail
g. Fines will be imposed unless the delinquency be salts
factorly explained In due time for failing take from,
deliver at post office, the mail any part Of for suffer
ing II to be wet injured, lost, destroyed conveying
In place that exposes 1t 10 Depreciation loss,
injury for refusing after demand 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 set and for
setting up running express to transmit commercial In.
cgeAce In advance OF the mail penalty will be exaced
equal to quarterspay.
4 The Postmaster General may annu the contract for
peated failures for violating the post Office laws for dsobey
ing the instructions Of the Department for refusing to dis
csage carrier when required by the Department; for as
signing the contract without the consent Of the Postmaster
General for setting up running a. aforesaid
The Postmaster General may alter the contract and alter
the schedule. be allowing pro increase Of compensation
within tho restrictions imposed BY law, for the additional
vice required for the increased speed If the employment Of
additional stock carriers 10 rendered necessary but the
y notice, be prefers 1t TO the change. The Postmaster
General may annu the contract cus the service and pay
when he wishes dispense with the service in whole In
part, place higher different grade Of service the
route be allowing one months extra pay on the amount dis
pensed with
The payments will BE- made through drafts on post Offices
otherwise after the expiration Of each quarersay in Feb
ruary, May, August and November
TO- The distances given according to the best norma
ton but increased pay will be allowed should they
to be greater than Is advertised the places are correctly
named.
IL. The Postmaster General Is prohibited by law from
knowingly making contract for the transportation Of the mail
with who shall have entered into any combination
proposed to enter into any combination to 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. any
deraton to do not to do, any thing whatsoever TO induce
any other person not to bid for mail contract Particular at
biting combinations to prevent bidding
H. bid received after time, to wit the 10th April next at
0a M or without the guaranty required by law that COM
bnes several routes In Of compensation. cannot be
considered In competition with regular proposal not adj
judged to be exravagsnt
H. bidder may offer, where the transportation called for
in the advertisement Is difficult mpacticabe certain
sons substitute inferior mode Of conveyance
termt service specified number Of days. weeks months
He may propose to omit Office that Inaccessible 10 not
the stage road the railway . steamboat landing,
the may be, he may offer to substitute an inferior
mode Of supply in such He may propose different
days and hours Of departure and arrival provided
running time is asked and IL obvious that mail
ion other public accommodation Is peudced He may
ask for running time 70 the trip during specified num-
Der OF days. ct certain Of peculiarly bad roads, but
beyond these changes proposal for service different from
the advertisement win prevent it, being considered in compe
ion with regular bad aside for exsvagsnce and
where bid contains any Of the above alterations their dssd
vasiages will BE- estimated in comparing with other proposals
II. There shouid be but route bid for In proposal
Is. The route the service the yearly pay, the bidders
name and residence and the name Of each member Of the
firm, where company Offers should be distinctly stated also
The mode Of conveyance III higher mode than horseback
10 intended
10. The bid should be sent under SEAL addressed to the
First Assistant Postmaster General with Mail Proposals. in
name the State and Territory ]" written on the face Of the
letter and should be dispatched In time be received by
before the 18th April neI ct 10 o'clock A. NJ II should be
guaranteed and the sscsncy Of the guarantos should be
duly certified. (See forms.)
IL. Ths contracts be executed by or before the Is,
July next
Is. Postmasnst Offices situated upon ornssr railroads. but
than eighty rods from depot win immediately after
the lh May next report that fact the Department. stating
their exact distance from the railroad depot and how other
wise supplied with the mail enable the Postmaster Gene
raj direct the proper supply be made from tho railroad by
mail messenger from and after the first July merit.
10. Under the oct Of March g. ls45 the be let
TO the lowest bidder rendering sufficient guarantees for faith
full performances, without other references the mode Of
portaton than may be necessary provide for the due ceer
iy, 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 malta ssde from any accommodation for
travel, u will not be entitled TO the route.
20. When the bid does not name mode Of conveyance
will be taken snd understood be for the lowest mode Of
conveyance, to wit horseback When Il proposes TO
carry according TO the advertisement and no mode
b stated for the In tho advertisement Il viii be
considered - offering only for horseback convcysnce.
~. Since the passage Of tho oct of March ls45 new
description OF bid has been received II specifies no mode
conveyance but engages carry the mail with certainty,
ler, and security, using the Of the law These bids
are called, from the In which they ere designated
the books Of the Department "aa bids" has been do.
clded ahef mature consideration, that bid proposing spe-
cc mode Of convsysHce Of high grade
transportation TO be preferred the star bid The expert
ence OF the Department enables to lay down the following
rules, viz
When the mail tho route not 90 large a. 10 require
two horse coach conveyance, star bid II the lowest viii be
preferred TO the specific bid.
~ When the mails Of such sine and weight A. 10 rem
der necessary or expedsn in reference 10 them alone
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