The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1850-02-15
INSTRUCTIONS.

mails al all oces where no particular time is specified but
railroad and steamboat routes there be no more delay
than is necessary to deliver and receive the bags
2 The mail is to be conveyed in preference passengers
and TO their entire exclusion if its weight and bulk require
s. Post cfce blanks, mail bags, and the special agents of
the Department. on the exhibition of their credentials
be conveyed without further charge on mail lines admitting
| of such conveyance.
A. 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
ment by the Department and in that case separate apart
ment for the asserting and saekeepng Of the mail pro-
yded by the contractor under the direction the Department
o. In all cases there is to be forfeiture of the pay of the
trip when the trip is not forfeiture of easone-fouh
part of it when the running arrival far behind time
to lose The connection with depending mail and forfeiture
OF due proportion OF when grade of service rendered
inferior to tina, In the contract These oreues may be in
into penaeso higher amount according the
frequency of the failure and the importance the mail
D. Fines will be imposed unless the delinquency be salts
fac ory explained in due time, for failing to take FROM or
deliver at post Office the mail any part Of it for suffer-
ms to be wet injured, lost, destroyed conveying
in place that exposes depreciation loss or
injury for refusing after demand to convey mail by any
COACH railroad car or steamboat which the resu
larry on the route beyond the specified number
the contract and for not arriving at the time and for
setting up or running express to transmit commercial
telgence In advance of the mail penalty will be exaced
equal to quarters pay
T. The Postmaster General may annu the contract for re-
peated failures for violating the post office laws for dis
obeyng the instructions OF the Department for refusing
discharge carrier when required by the Department for
signing the contract without the the Postmaster
General or for setting up running express aforesaid
The Postmaster General may alter the contract and alter
the schedule he allowing pro increase aon
within the restrictions imposed by law, for the additional
vice required for the increased speed if the empoymenof
additional stock carriers rendered necessary but the
contractor may such case relnqush contract on timely
notice, he prefers 10 the change The Postmaster Gene
raj may annul the curtai the service and poy
when be wishes to dispense with the service whole or in
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route, he allowing one months extra pay the dis
pensed with.
g. The puymentswl be made through drafts on post offices
otherwise after the expiration of suarer-say in Feb
| ruary, NAV, August, and November
TO- The distances given according the best nfoma
tons but no increased will be allowed should
be than advertised if the places correctly named
H. The Postmaster General is prohibited by law from
knowingly making contract for the transportation of mail
with who shall have entered into any continuation
or proposed to enter into any combination prevent the
making of bid for mail contract by any other person or
persons, who shall have made any agreement shall
given or performed, promised give perform any con-
sdeiaton TO do, not to do any thing whatever induce
other person not to bid for mail Particular at
enton is called to the 2sh section of the of 1885, proh
biting combinations prevent bidding
IL bid received after time, wit the 9th April next nj
10 without the guaranty required by law or that COM
bnes several routes in of compensation cannot be
considered in competition with the regular proposal adj
judged to be exravagant.
in the advertisement difficult mpractcabe certain
sons to substitute inferior mode of conveyance to
ermit service specified number of days. weeks or months
He may propose to omit office that inaccessible,
the stage road the railway a steamboat landing
the 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
running time is asked and it is obvious that mail connex
ion or other public accommodation is preudced. He may
ask for running time the trip during specified num-
Der OF days. at certain Of peculiarly bad roads
beyond these changes, proposal for service different from
the advertisement will prevent being considered in compe
ton with regular bid aside for extravaganza and
where bid contains any of the above alterations their dsad
vantages will be estimated in comparing with other proposals
ID There should be but bid for in proposal
l5 The route, the service, the yearly pay, the bidders
name and residence and the of each member of the
hrm, where company offers, should be distinctly stated
also the mode OF conveyance if higher mode than horse
back is intended
l6 The bid should be sent under SEAL addressed to the
First Assistant Postmaster General, with email Proposals
in name the Slate territory, y written on the face Of the
letters and should be dispatched in time be received by
before the 10th April next, 10 o'clock A. NJ It should
be guaranteed and the sufcency of the guaanors should
| be duly certified. See forms
H. The conrats TO be executed by before the
July next.
s Pomasers at Offices situated upon or near railroads
but than eighty rods from depot will Immediately az
ter the lth May next report that fact the Department
stating their exact distance from the railroad depot and how
otherwise supplied with the mall enable the Postmaster
General to direct the proper supply TO be made from the rail-
road by mail messengers from and after the lt July next
49, Under the act Of March ls45 the route il to be let
to the lowest bidder rendering sufficient guarantees for faith
fol performance without other reference TO the mode of trans
portaton than be necessary provide the due eerty
| certainty, and security Of such transportation
When the lowest bid proposes mode of CONVEYANCE that
Is inadequate for the route IN respect the certainty security
and celebrity of the mails, aside from any accommodation for
travel, IT will not be entitled to the route
20. When the bid does name mode of CONVEYANCE II
will DO taken and understood for the lowest mode of
conveyance, to wit, horseback When il proposes 10
carry according TO the advertisement and no mode Of convey
ance is stated for the route in the advertisement il will be
considered as offering only for horseback CONVEYANCE
81 Since the passage Of the of March g. Is45 new
description OF bid has been received specifies no mode of
conveyance but engages carry the mail with certainty CO.
ery 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 "stdr bids" Il has been de-
clded after mature consideration that bid proposing spe-
enc mode OF conveyance Of high grade coach
transportation is to be preferred the bid The expert
ence OF the Department enables to lay down the following
rules viz
When the mail the route is not so large as n eou,a
two horse coach conveyance, star bid if the lowest, will be
preferred to the specific bid
81 When the mails Of such size and esbt nc IN ron
der necessary or expedent in reference TO them alone 10
provide twonose coach conveyance the specific bid though
INC highest VIII be preferred to the bid to the extent of
moderate Inference IN the compensation in case the differ
ence Is not such TO interfere with the policy Of the new law