The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1851-03-01
INSTRUCTIONS,
Embracing certain conditions, uhieh 81;
ineornaxaIed IN ILe cn.lI.1aa. -

1. Seven minutes allowed Tor opening and clo; .
mails all offices whore no particular time is specified @
railroad and steamboat routes there is to DO no
than is necessary to deliver and receive the bags v
2. The mail Is TO be conveyed in preference 10
and their entire exclusion II lis weight and bulk ,e
8. Post office blanks, mail bags, and the special s
he Department, the exhibition Of their eeden.i
be conveyed without further charge mail lines adm'v
OF such conveyance
4. Mail agents to be conveyed without change a. !,
principal railroad and steamboat lines where The a. - us
mails and the number Of the offices Will require the Ae
ment by the Department; and, in that case separate
ment. Tor the exclusive Of the Department and an
the asserting and sale keeping OF the mail Is TO be- M
the contractor, under the direction of the Department
g. la all there is 10 be forfeiture of The ma, !.
trip when the trip not and OF not more ihs, h '
times lhs pay OF the trip when the TIP not run and
ficent Tor the failure Is furnished forfeiture ~
one-fourh part OF when the running arrival is 50 m [
time lose the connexon with depending mail sd
fetue ola due proportion Of II when grade Of service
ed inferior to that in the contract These oreies NAV
creased into penalties Of higher amount according 10 th
frequency OF the failure and the importance OF the mail
8. Fines will DO imposed unless the delinquency h ~,
facorly explained IN due lime, for failing TO take from
deliver at, post Office, the mail, any part OF il for a
ing it to be wet, injured lost, destroyed or conyeaa
in place or manner that exposes il depreciation loo
injury for refusing after demand to convey mail bv ~
coach, railroad steamboat which the contractor
aIly the route beyond the specified number Of %
e..
setting up running express to transmit commercial j.
telligence in advance of the mail, penalty will be eY,
equal 10 quarters pay. y
z. The Postmaster General may annul the couac, f.,
peotcd aiures for violating the post office laws far A.
obeying the instructions OF the Department for relusn
discharge carrier when required by the Department
signing the contract without the of the Pos,m,
General for setting up running express as aforesaid
g. The Postmaster General may alter the contract and a
the schedule he allowing pro rata increase Of Compensated
within the restrictions imposed by law, for the additional m
vice required for the increased speed il the empovmr
additional stock carriers is rendered necessary bu, s
contractor may, in such renqush the contract on m
notice. be prefers il to the change. The Postmaster (ens
raj may annu the contract curta the service and nav wh
he wishes to dispense with the service whole or in part
place higher different grade Of service the route he Il
lowing months pay the amount dispensed with
g. The payments will be made through drafts on post o,
otherwise, after the expiration Of each quarersay in Feb
ruary, May, August, and November.
10. The distances given according to the best informs,
ton; but increased pay will be allowed should they prove
be greater than advertised if the places correctly named
IL. The Postmaster General is prohibited by law from
knowingly making for the transportation Of The m
with any person who shall have entered into any continuation
proposed to enter into any combination, to prevent he
making Of any bid for mail contract by any other person
persons, who shall have made any agreement shall ,
given performed promised to give perform any con-
deIation TO do not to do any thing whatever ndu
any other person to bid for mail contract Particulars
tention is called to the 28th section Of the act Of 1885, p
biting combinations TO prevent bidding
IL. bid received after tme to wit the LIST April ne1t
M without the guaranty required by law that cola
bnes several routes in sum of compensation, cannot b
considered in competition with the regular proposal a
Judged to be extravagant
10. bidder may offer, where the transportation called fa
the advertisement il difficult impraccabe at
sons to substitute inferior mode Of conveyance, or n
erDit service specified number of days, weeks month";
the stage road the railway, at steamboat landing
the 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 no more
running time is asked, and il is obvious that mail sonne1
ion other public accommodation is preudced He may
ask for running time to the tip, 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 come
tton with regular bid not set aside for extravaganza and
where bid contains any Of the above alterations Their dis
vantages will be estimated in comparing it with other popoak
ID. There should be but route bid for in q proposal
49, The route, the service, the yearly pay, The bidders
and residence and the Of each member Of Tic
firm, where company offers, should be distinctly stated
also the mode Of convey ance if higher mode than on ho
back is intended.
49, The bid should be sent under SEAL addressed the
First Assistant Postmaster General, with :" Mail Proposals
in the State Territory of -" written on the face Of The
letter and should be dispatched in time to be received BY
before the LIST April next, at 10 o'clock A. NJ 1t should
be guaranteed and the sucicncy of the guaranors should
DO duly certified. (see forms
H. The contracts are to be executed by before The Id
July next.
IT, Posmssters offices situated upon railroads.
but more than eighty rods from depot will Immediately a.
the 10Th April next, report that fact to The Department
stating their exact distance from the railroad depot and 10"
otherwise supplied with the mail, TO enable the Postmaster
General drec, the proper supply to be made from the a
roa1 Inv frnu,
49, Under the act Of March 3, ls45, the route to 10
the lowest bidder rendering sufficient guarantees iot ian
u performance without other reference TO the mode oil nS
poraon than may be necessary provide for the due c
certainty, and security Of such transportation.
When the loves, bid proposes mode Of conveyance 20"
inadequate for the route in respect to the certainty s
and celebrity of the mails aside from any accommodation
travel, il will no, be entitled TO the route
90 When the bid does not MODE OF conveyance
will be taken and understood to be for the lowest mo
to wit, on horseback. When II proposes
carry according the ADVERTISEMENT aud mode Of oon'
is stated for the route in the advertisement VIM
considered offering only for horseback conveyance
81 Since the passage OF the of March 3, ls4s INV
description Of bid has been received specifies no moo"
conveyance, but engages TO carry the mail with certainty
ority. aud security, using the terms OF the law ne
Called from the in which they are desgn'0
the books Of tho Department. sfar bids" 1t has been or
cided after mature consideration that bid proposing
cic mode Of convey Of high grade two-hors ~
is to be preferred to the star bid The sf
of the Department enables il TO lay down the following
rules, viz
When the mail the is not large as 70 Iequ.
two horse coach conveyance star bid II the lowest WIN
preferred TO the specific bid.
%. When the mails Of such size and weight a "'
der it necessary eIpedon in reference to them so
provide horse coach conveyance the specific hd n
the highest will be preferred to the star bid, to The ero
moderate difference in the compensation, in the dn
is such interfere with the policy Of the new -.
which looks reduction in the cost Of ransporaon h
cepons however, may be allowed where the star hid y m'
by the present Of the stock the route, and rm