The republic., 1851-02-21
INSTRUCTIONS,
Embracing certain conditions, Nhich soiN be
isac0rn0r0fed IN The c0nlr0cfa

mails At ali Offices whsrs no particular time Is specified but
on railroad and steamboat there be delay
than is necessary to deliver and receive the bags.
The mail be conveyed ia preference passengers,
and their entire exclusion if ts weight and buIk require it.
Post Office blanks, mail bags and the special agents of
the Department. the exhibition Of their credentials
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 lne where the size of the
mails and the number of the Offices will require their employ
ment by the Department and in that case separate apart
men Tor the exclusive Of the Department and agent for
the asserting and saekeepng of the mail be provided by
the contractor under the direction of the Department.
5. In all there be forfeiture of the pay Of the
trip when the trip s not and Of not than three
times the pay of the trip when the trip not rum and suf
cient for the failure furnished forfeiture Of at least
onef0urh Of when the running arrival behind
time lose the connexon with depending mail and
eure of due proportion of when grade service render
ed inferior that in the contract These oeures may be in
into penalties higher amount according nature
frequency Of the failure and the importance Of the mail
Fines will be imposed unless the delinquency be sats-
actoy explained in due time, for failing take from,
deliver at post Office, the mail any part Of it for suffer-
ing it to be wet injured lost destroyed; conveying
in place that exposes it Depreciation oss or
injury for refusing after demand to convey mail by any
coach, railroad or steamboat which the contractor regu
ay on the route beyond the specified number ofrps in
the contract and for not arriving at the time and for
setting running express to transmit commercial in
tegence in advance Of the mail penalty will be exacted
equal to quarters pay.
peaed failures; for violating the post Office laws for dis
obeying the instructions of the Department for refusing
discharge carrier when required by the Department for
signing the contract without the consent of the Postmaster
General for setting running express aforesaid
g. The Postmaster General may alter the contract and alter
the schedule he allowing pro increase compensation
within the restrictions imposed by law for the additional
vice required for the increased speed the emp0ymento of
additional stock carriers is rendered necessary but the
may such case enqush the contract timely
notice, be prefers to the change The Postmaster Gene
raj annu the contract cua the service and pay when
he wishes dispense with the service whole in pur
place higher different grade of service the route he al
lowing months extra pay the amount dispensed WITH
g. The payments will be made through drafts post offices
otherwise after the expiration of each in Feb
ruary, May, August, and November
TO- The distances given according to the best noma
ton; but increased pay will be allowed should they
be greater than advertised if the places correctly named
IL. The Postmaster General is prohibited by law from
knowingly making contract for the transportation of the mail
with any person who shall have entered into any coknaon
proposed to enter into any combination, prevent the
making OF bid for mail contract by any other person
persons who shall have made any agreement shall
given performed promised give perform any
deraon to do, not to do, thing whatever to induce
any other person not to bid for mail contract Particular
nion called to the 2sh section of the act Of 1885, prohi
biting combinations to prevent bidding
H. bid received after time, wit the lst April next
without the guaranty required by law, that
bnes several routes in of compensation cannot be
considered in competition with the regular proposal ad
Judged to be extravagant.
49, bidder may offer, where the transportation called for
in the advertisement is difficult mpraccabe at certain
sons substitute inferior mode Of conveyance in
tenit service specified number of days. weeks, months
He may propose to omit Office that inaccessible snot
the stage road the railway, at steamboat landing,
the case may be he may offer to substitute 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
ion other public accommodation is preudiced He may
ask for running time the trip, during specified num-
Der Of days. at certain of peculiarly bad roads but
beyond these changes proposal for service different from
the advertisement will prevent its being considered in compe
ton with regular bid not set aside for extravaganza and
where bid contains any of the above alterations their dsad
vanages will be estimated in comparing with other proposals.
IA. There should be but route bid for in proposal
Is. The route the service, the yearly pay the bidders
and residence and the Of each member Of the
firm, where company offers, should be distinctly stated
also the mode Of conveyance, higher mode than horse
back is intended. Hsts tk
6. The bid should be sent under SEAL addressed the
First Assistant Postmaster Genera with Mail Proposals
in the State Territory of - written the face of the
letter and should be dispatched in time to be received by
before the lst April next, 10 o'clock A. M. 1t should
be guaranteed and the sucency of the guaranors should
be duly certified. (See forms J
H. The contracts to be executed before the st of
July next.
but than eighty rods from depot will Immediately af
ter the 10Th April next report that fact to the Department.
stating their distance from the railroad depot and how
otherwise supplied with the mail enable the Postmaster
road by mail messengers from and after the lst July next
10. Under the act of March g. s45 the is be let
the lowest bidder rendering sufficient guarantees for faith
u performance, without other reference the mode of trans
poaton than be necessary provide for the due ceer
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
rave, it will not be entitled to the route
90 When the bid does not mode of conveyance,
will be taken and understood to be for the lowest mode Of
to wit, horseback. When it proposes to
larry according the advertisement and mode Of convey
is stated for the in the advertisement it will be
considered offering only for horseback conveyance
81 Since the passage Of the act Of March B. lS45
description Of bid has been received specifies mode of
but engages carry the mail with certainty,
ey and security, using the of the law These bids
called from the manner in which they designated
he books of the Department "sor bids" II has been de-
ded after mature consideration, that bid proposing spe
c mode Of conveyance of high grade coach
transportation be preferred to the bid The expert
of the Department enables it to lay down the following
ules, viz
When the mail the route is not large require
wo horse coach conveyance star bid if the lowest will be
preferred TO the specific bid.
% When the mails of such and weight rem
Ter necessary expedicn in reference to them alone
provide wohose coach conveyance the specific bid though
he highest will be preferred to the bid the Of
moderate difference in the compensation in the differ
is not such 10 interfere with the policy of the law,
which looks reduction the of transportation Ex