The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1851-03-21
INSTRUCTIONS,
Embracing certain conditions, mhieI

INSTRUCTIONS,
| Embracing certain conditions, uhich s0N
incorporated in the contracts.
Seven minutes allowed for opening and closing the
mails ell offices whore particular time u specified; but
ON railroad and steamboat there 70 Be delay
than is necessary to deliver and receive The bags.
g. The mail is be conveyed in preference passengers,
and to their entire exclusion it weight and bulk require it.
s. Post Office blanks, mail bags and the special agents of
the Department. the exhibition Of their credentials to
be conveyed without further charge mail lines admitting
Of such conveyance. u
A. Mail agents are to be conveyed without charge the
principal railroad and steamboat lines, where the size of the
mails and the number Of the Offices will require their employ
by the Department and, in that case separate apart
ment for the exclusive Of the Department and agent Tor
the asserting and saiekeepng Of tho mail to be provided by
the contractor, under the direction of the Department
s. In all there forfeiture of The pay of the
trip when the trip is not and of not than three
times the pay OF the trip when the trip 10 rum and suf-
cen for the failure furnished forfeiture Of least
oneourh part Of when the running arrival far behind
time as to lose the connexion with depending mail and for
eure ola due proportion Of when grade render
ed inferior that in the contract These oeures may be
into penalties Of higher amoun according the
frequency of the failure and the Importance Of the mail
g. Fines will be imposed unless the delinquency be salts
facory explained in due ime for failing TO take from,
deliver at post Office the mail any part Of for suffer-
ing it TO be wet, injured. lost destroyed conveying it
in place that exposes TO depreciation, loss
injury for refusing after demand to convey mail by any
COACH railroad car steamboat which the egu-
ary the route beyond the specified number trips
the contract and for not arriving = tho time and for
setting up running expre 70 transmit commercial in
egence in advance Of the mail penalty will be exacted
equal to quarters pay.
r The Postmaster General may annul shs contract
peated failures; for violating the pos ooe laws; for dis
obeying the instructions of the Department for refusing
discharge carrier when required BY the Department for
signing the contract without the Of the Postmaster
General for setting up running express aforesaid
g. The Postmaster General may alter the contract and alter
the schedule be allowing pro Of alton,
within the restrictions imposed by law, for the additional
vice required for the increased speed if the employment of
additional stock carriers is rendered necessary but the
contractor may in such case elnquish the contract timely
notice. be prefers to the change. The Postmaster Gene
raj annu the contract curta the service when
he wishes to dispense with the service in whole part
place ahgher different grade Of service the route he al
lowing months extra pay the amount dispensed with
g. The paymenswil be made through drafts post offices
otherwise, after the expiration Of each quaresay in Feb
ruary, May, August and November.
TO- The distances given according to the best inorma
ton but increased pay will he allowed should they
be greater than advertised if places correctly named
H. 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
proposed to into any combinations prevent the
making Of any bid for mail any other person
persons who shall have made any agreement shall have
given performed promised to give perform, any
sderaton do, not to do thing whatever to induce
any other person not to bid for mail contract Particular
enion called to the 28h section Of the act of 1885, poh
H. bid received after time wit the LIST April next at
10 without the guaranty required by law, that
bnes several in of compensation, be
considered in competition with the regular proposal not adj
Judged to be exravagant.
49, bidder may offer where the transportation called
in the advertisement difficult mpractcabe at certain
sons to substitute inferior mode of conveyance, to in
enit service specified number of days. weeks months
He may propose omit office that is inaccessible,
the stage road the railway 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
running time asked, and it is obvious that mail
ion other public accommodation is pejudced He may
ask for running time to the trip during specified num-
Der of days. at certain of peculiarly bad roads but
beyond these changes, proposal for different from
the advertisement will prevent its being considered in compe
tton with regular bid aside for extravaganza and
where bid contains any of alterations their disad
vsnages will be estimated in comparing with other proposals.
a. There should be but bid for in a proposal.
b. 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
TO- The bid should be 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 be received by
before the LIST April next, at 10 o'clock A. M 1t should
be guaranteed and the sucency of the guarantors should
be duly certified See forms
IT. The be executed by before the of
July next.
ls. Posmasers offices situated upon railroads.
but more than eighty rods from depot will Immediately a
ter the 18th 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
General to direct the proper supply to be made from the rail-
road by mail messengers from and after the LIST July
49, Under the Of March g. ls45, the to be let
to the lowest bidder rendering sufficient guarantees for faith
fu performance without other reference 10 the mode of
portaon than be necessary provide for the due CELEBRITY
certainly, and security of such transportation
When the lowest bid proposes mode of conveyance that
inadequate for the route respect to the certainty security,
and celebrity Of the nails aside from any accommodation
travel, it will not be entitled to the
20. When the bid does mode of conveyance it
will be taken and understood to be for the lowest mode of
wit, horseback When it proposes
carry according the advertisement and mode of convey
is stated for the in the advertisement, will be
considered offering only for horseback conveyance.
81 Since the passage Of the act Of March 3, 1885,
description of bid has been received. II specifies mode of
but engages carry the mail with certainty
eriy, and security using the terms of the law. These bids
are called from the which they designated
the books Of the Department, "star Il has been de-
cided, after considerations that bid proposing spe-
cc mode Of conveyance of high grade horse coach
transportation is be preferred to The star bid The expert
Of the Department enables to lay down the following
rules, viz
When the mail the route is so large to require
two horse coach conveyance bid if the lowest will be
To he snpcifc