The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1851-02-15
INSTRUCTIONS.

INSTRUCTIONS,
Eu6roc;nr certain conditions, uhieh win i
Incorporated IN the contracts.
Sevsn minutes are allowed for opening and eIo.,n. A
mails 1t al offices where no particular tune Is specified H.
on railroad and sssamboat routes there 10 be no more 49,
than is necessary to deliver and receive the bags.
Tho mail Il TO be conveyed in preference 10 pas.s.
I n their entire exclusion II its weight and bulk rso
q Pos. Office blanks, mail bags, and the special .seD
he DEPARTMENT on the exhibition Of their cedents. 49,
bs conveyed without further charge on mail lines sduiu
OF such conveyance
a Mail agents are to DO conveyed without charge o. i
principal railroad aud steamboat lines where the she 6 ~
mails and the number Of the offices vii, require their enn
mont by the Department and, in that csse, separate ss
men for the exclusive Of the Department ageu, i
the sssorng and keeping Of the mail Is be puoys :
the contractor under the direction Of the Department
g. In all cases there is to be forfeiture Of the pay Of a.
Trip when the trip is not and of than ,b
times the pay OF tho p when the trip not rum and no !.
cient excuse for the failure Is furnished forfeiture Of al y.
part OF when the running arrival 50 s h
time AS to lose the with depending mail and IL
teiture OF due proportion OF il when grade of sn
ed inferior 10 that in the contract These foreues NAV HAN
creased into penalties Of higher amount according the MAIN.
or frequency Of the failure and the importance Of the mai.
g. Fines will be imposed unless the delinquency bs ,.t
factory explained in due time, for failing take from
deliver at post office, tho mail, any part Of ior su
ing it to DO wet injured lost, destroyed conveying
IN place manner that exposes It TO depreciation Io
injury for refusing after demand to convey mail by py
COACH railroad car, steamboat which the rs
lay runs ON the beyond the specified number trim
the contract and for not arriving at the time and n
setting up or running express to transmit commercial in
tegence in advance Of the mail, penalty will be sIlad
equal to a quarters pay.
T. The Postmaster General may annul the contract for n
peated failures for violating tho post office laws; for M
obcyng the instructions Of the Department for refusing
discharge carrier when required by the Department for =
signing the contract without tho consent Of the Pomas
General for setting up or running an express Aforesaid
g. The Postmaster General may alter the contract aud sx
the schedule he allowing pro rata increase Of compensa
within tho restrictions imposed by law, for the additional a.
vice required for the increased speed the empoymeud
additional stock carriers rendered necessary but u
contractor may in such rcnqush the contract my
notice, if he prefers it to the change The Postmaster G
raj may annu the contract curta the service and wA
he wishes to dispense with the service, in whole pant
place higher OF different grade Of service on the rou
lowing month extra pay the amount dispensed with
g. The paymentswill be made through drafts post office
otherwise, after the expiration Of each quartersy Feb
ruary, MaS, August, and November.
10. The distances given according to the beat informs
ton but increased pay will be allowed they os
be greater than is advertised if the places correctly named
II. The Postmaster General is prohibited by law tsa
knowingly making contract for the transportation Of The MI
with any person who shall have entered into any combination
proposed to enter into any continuation to prevent n
making Of any bid for mail contract by any other person
persons or who shall have made any agreement shall
given performed, promised to give or perform, any
sderaon to do, not to do, any thing whatever 70 indus
any other person to bid for mail contract. Particulars
tention called the 26th section Of the act Of 1885, prob
biting combinations TO prevent bidding.
H. bid received after time, to wit the LIST April mex.
10 m, without the guaranty required BY law or that con
bines several routes in sum Of compensation, cannot
considered in competition with the regular proposal not
Judged to be extravagant
ID. bidder may ofe where the transportation caIsdfa
in the advertisement il difficult mpaccabe at certain
sons, to substitute inferior mode of Conveyance or b
erm service specified number Of days, weeks or moOhk
He may propose omit Office that inaccessible, na
the stage road the railway or at steamboat landing
the may be he may offer to substitute an inle0
mode of supply in such He may propose ddsrsa
days and hours of departure and arrival provided
running time asked, and il is obvious that mail
ion or other public accommodation is prejudiced. He my
ask for running time to the trip, during spec6ednu
Der of days. certain Of peculiarly bad roads M
beyond these changes proPoea for service different iron
the advertisement will prevent liz being considered in comp
on with regular bid not set aside for exavagance and
where bid contains any of the above alterations their d
vantagcs will be estimated in comparing with other proPoak
IA. There should be but route bid for in proposal
Is. The route the service, tho yearly pay the hddnf
and residences, and the name Of each member Of hs
firm, where company OFFERS should be distinctly stated
also the mode Of convey ance higher mode than on hOn
back il intended.
l6 The bid should be sent under SEAL addressed 10 he
First Assistant Postmaster General with :" Mail PROPOSAL
the State Territory of - written on the face Of h
letter and should bo dispatched in time to be received y
before the LIST April next, at 10 o'clock A. M II should
be guaranteed and the efficiency Of the guarantors should
be duly certified (see forms
IT, The contracts to be executed by or before the IN
July next
ls. Postmasters Offices situated upon rsiosd.
but than eighty rods from depot will immedlssey
ter the 10Th April next report that fact to the Department
stating their exact distance from the railroad depot and nov
otherwise supplied with the mail to enable the Postmaster
General to direct the proper supply to be made rom the %
road by mail messengers from and after the LIST July next
10. Under the act Of March 3, l845, the route to be
the lowest bidder rendering sufficient guarantees tor 'n
u performance without other reference TO the mode oil sn
poson than be provide for the due ceen
certainty, and security Of such transportation.
When the lowest bid proposes mode Of conveyance M"
inadequate for the in respect to the certainty seeu
and celebrity Of the mails aside from any accommodation %
travel, il will not be entitled TO the route.
20. When the bid does not mode Of conveyance
will be taken and understood to be for the lowest mods
conveyance, to wit, horseback. When II proposes
carry according to the advertisement and mode convey
is stated for the route in the advertisement vii
considered offering only for horseback conveyance
81 Since the passage OF the act of March 3, lsAo new
description Of bid has been received II specifies no mode
conveyance but engages carry the mail with certainty o.
lery, and security, using the terms Of the law These @
Called from the in which they desgn'sd %
the books of the Department sar bids IL has been 40
cded, after mature consideration, that bid proposing T
chc mode of conveyance Of high grade
transportation to be preferred TO HE star bid The erp
Of the Department enables it TO lay down the following
rules, viz
When the mail on the is large to requ''
two horse coach conveyance, star bud, the lowest wiz
preferred to the specific bid.
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