The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1851-02-01
INSTRUCTIONS,
Em5rocing esrsaia conditions, rhieh 1iu

INSTRUCTIONS,
Embracing esrsaiR conditions. rhieh uu
Incorporated in the contracts.
L. ssvsn miaslss are allowed fos opsans and clo.i0.
mails Il al offices where particular time is specified H.
on railroad and steamboat lLtre be no more A.
than Is necessary 10 deliver and receive the bags,
3 The mail be conveyed in preference pas.su,
aud 10 their entire exclusion il is weight and bulk rsou
s. Posr Office blanks mail bags, and the special sreo
the Department on the exhibition Of their credentials =,
be conveyed without further charge, mail lines adu;
Of such conveyance.
4. Mail agents arc to BE- conveyed without ehax. q. A.
principal railroad end steamboat lines, where the size n ~
mails and the number Of the Offices viii require the, .m,
ment by the Department and, in that case, separate ~,
men for the exclusive Of the Department and sgso -
the asserting aud sss-keeping Of the mail is be poy
the contractor, under the direction Of the Department
S. In all there il 70 DO forfeiture Of the paw d A.
trip when the trip il not and Of not more than lb
times the pay OF the trip when the trip run and no
cient for the failure is furnished forfeiture Of Al L
oneiourh part Of when the running arrival so a I
time as TO lose the with depending mail and M
TEXTURE ofa due proportion Of when grade is e
cd inferior 10 that in the These oreures NAV ~
creased into penalties of higher amount according to The u
frequency Of the failure and the importance OF the mail
8. Fines will be imposed unless the delinquency e IN,
factory explained in due time for failing take from
deliver at post Office, the mail any part Of for su
ing to bs wet, injured lost destroyed; conveying
in place that exposes it to depreciation To-
injury for refusing after demand to convey mail by u,
coach, railroad car steamboat, which tho contractor s
ary runs the beyond the specified number Of %
the contract, and for not arriving at the time vet and &
setting up or running express transmit commercial
ellgence in advance Of the mail, penalty will be erst
equal TO quarters pay.
T. The Postmaster General may annul The contract ie n
peated failures for violating the post Office laws; b d.
obeying the instructions Of the Department for refusing
discharge carrier when required by the Department. c i
signing the contract without the consent Of the Posnsz
General or for setting up running express aforesaid
g. The Postmaster Generalmsy alter the contract and ,lr
the schedule, he allowing pro rata increase Of compensa
within the restrictions imposed by law for the additional ",
vice required, for the increased speed if the empoymed
additional stock carriers rendered necessary but IN
contractor may, in such rcnquish the contract on u
notice. If he prefers to the change. The Postmaster G
raj may annu the curta the service and paw VIII,
he wishes dispense with tho service, in whole or in pa
place higher different grade Of service the route he
lowing months extra pay the amount dispensed viii
o. The payments will be made through drafts post oh.
otherwise after the expiration Of each quartersy Feb
ruary, May, August, and November.
TO- The distances given according to the best inform.
tons but increased pay viii be allowed, should they psos
be greater than advertised if The places correctly named
H. The Postmaster General is prohibited by law ha
knowingly making contract for the transportation Of enl
with any person who shall have entered into any COMMUNISM
proposed to enter into any combination to prevent as
making Of any bid for mail contract by any other person
PERSONS who shall have made any agreement shall hsw
given performed promised to give perform, any con-
deaton to do not to do, thing whatever to nuu
any other person not 10 bid for mail contract Particulars
enon called to the 2sh section Of tho Of 1885, prob
biting combinations to prevent bidding.
H. bid received after time, wit, the ls April nexa
10 M without the guaranty required by law hstc
bines several routes in of compensation,
considered in competition with the regular proposal DO. ID
49, bidder may osr, where the transportation caledf
in the advertisement il difficult impractcablo At ceran
sons, to substitute inferior mode of conveyance,
ernit service specified numher Of days, weeks month";
He may propose 10 omit a that Is inaccessible sDu
the stage road, the rawaE at steamboat landing
the may be be may offer to substitute an infa
mode Of supply in such cases. He may propose dfsru
days and hours of departure and arrival provided
running time is asked, and is obvious that mail
ion other public accommodation is prejudiced He mg
ask formore running time to the trip during specfednup
Der Of days. at certain Of peculiarly bad roads M
beyond hsso changes, proposal for service different a
the advertisement will prevent its being considered com
on with regular bid not set ssds for extrsvassnce m
where bid contains any of the above alterations their dsa
vantages will be estimated in comparing with other proposal
IA. There should be but route bid for N proposal
10. The route, the service, The yearly pay, the hdd'
name and residence and the name Of each member Of s
firm, where company offers. should b distinctly STATED
also the mode Of conveyance, higher mode than hO~
back Is intended.
l6. The bid should be sent under seal, addressed &
First Assistant Postmaster General, with Mail PrpaA
in the State Territory Of @ written the face Of
letter and should be dispatched in time Be received
before the LIST April next 10 O'Clock A. NJ 1t sioux
be guaranteed and the suicency Of the gusanors houE
be duly certified. (See forms
IL. The contracts to be executed by before The
July next.
is. Postmasters at Offices situated upon or near lros
but than eighty rods from depot, will Immediately
ter the 10Th April next report that fact 10 the Depsrne
stating their distance from the railroad depot and @
otherwise supplied with the mail to enable The Posmi
General to direct the proper supply 70 be made from The M
road by mail messengers, from and aer the LIST July nett
10. Under the oct Of March 3, ls45, the route to he
to the lowest bidder rendering sufficient guarantees for @
ful performance without other reference TO the mode Of sr+
poston than may be necessary provide for the due ceen
certainty, and security Of such transportation
When the lowest bid proposes mode Of conveyanes s
is inadequate for the route in respect to the certainty u
and celebrity OF the malta aside from any accommodated
travel, it will not be entitled TO the
20. When the bid does not name mode Of Conveyance
will be taken and understood be for the lowest mod
conveyance, 10 Wit, horseback. When it propose
carry according to the advertisement, and mode Of eon,
is stated for the route in the advertisement, Wilt
considered offering only for horseback conveyance
81. Since the passage Of the Of March g. ls45, M
description Of bid has been received Il specifies mode
conveysnce, but engages TO carry the mail with certainly
lery, and security using the terms Of the law. TbsS 10
called, from the which they desisnsied
the books Of the Department. nr bids" II has been D.
cdcd, after mature consideration, that bid proposing sT
c6c mode OF of high grade coca
transportation is to be preferred hs bid The eiYf
Of the Department enables 70 lay down The following
rules, viz
When the mail the route is not large as to qur
two horse coach conveyance, bid, II the lowest VII
preferred to the specific bid
~. When The mails Of such size and weight TO @
der Il necessary expcdient, in reference to them ALONE
provide two hoc coach convcyancs. the specific hd sh0