Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1851-01-08

INSTRUCTIONS.
Embracing certain conditions, aohch oiu be Incorporated
in the contracts

INSTRUCTIONS.
Embracing certain conditions scich ,ciu he copoyot.d
IN the contracts
l. Seven minutes allowed for opening closing mai
all offices where no particular time specified but railroad
and steamboat routes there be delay than eces
sary deliver aud receive the bags.
10 their entire exclusion is weight and bulk require it.
B. Post office blanks mail bags and the special Of the
Department. on the exhibition of their credentials 10 be
conveyed without further charge mail lines admitting such
conveyance.
Mail agents to conveyed without charge the prnci
pal railroad and steamboat lines where the mails and
tho number OF the offices will require their empoymeutby the
Department. and in that case, separate apartment for the
exclusive use Of the Department aud agent for the asserting and
keeping OF the mail is to be provided by the contractor
der the direction of the Department
s. In all cases there is to be forfeiture Of the pay Of the trip
when the trip not and Of not than three times the
Of the trip when the trip and sufficient
Tor the failure furnished forfeiture OF at least one-fourh
part oft when the running arrival far behind time
lose the connection with depending mail and forfeiture of
due proportion of when grade OF service rendered inferior
that the These oreures may be increased into
penalties amount according the frequency
Of the failure and the Importance OF the mail.
Fines will be imposed unless the delinquency be satsfacto
ry explained due for failing to take FROM deliver
post Office, the mail part for suffering to be wet,
injured lost destroyed conveying 1t in place or manner
that exposes TO loss or injury r refusing aer
boat which the contractor regularly on the route beyond
the specified number Of the contract and for irving
the time set and Tor setting up running an TO
NIT commercial intelligence In advance OF the mall penalty
will be cxacted equal quarters pay.
The Postmaster General may annul the contract for repeat
ed aures for violating the post office laws for dsobeying
the instructions of the Department. for refusing discharge
when required by the Department. for assigning the
contract without of the Postmaster General for
setting up running express as aforesaid
g. The Postmaster General alter the contract and alter
the schedule he allowing OF
within the restriction imposed by law, for the additional
required the speed the empoymentof
additional stock rendered necessary the
tractor may such renqush the contract on timely
notice. prefers the change Postmaster General
may
wishes dispense with the service whole part place
higher or different grade OF service On the route he allowing
! months pay the amount dispensed with.
The will be made through drafts post Offices
Otherwise after the expiration of each quarter-say Feb
, ruary May, August, and November.
TO- The distances given according the best information
but increased pay will be allowed should they to be
greater than advertised II the places correctly named
H. The Postmaster General prohibited by law from know
ngy making for the transportation Of the mail with
any who shall have entered into combination pro-
posed into any combination the making Of
bid for mail contract by other persons or
who shall have made agreement or shall have given or
d. not do any thing to induce any other
bid for mail contract Particular attention called
The 18th section the act Of 1885, prohibiting combinations
prevent bidding.
IL, bid received after time, wit, the LIST April next at
biues several compensation cannot be
sdered competition with the regular proposal not sudged0
be exravagant.
49, bidder may offer where the transportation called for
in the advertisements difficult or impractcable certain
substitute inferior mode of conveyance ntermt
propose emit Office that is inaccessible, the
stage road the railway at steamboat landing the case
be he may offer 10 substitute inferior mode sup
ply such he may propose different days and hours
departure and arrival provided running time asked
and is obvious that mail connexion other public accom-
mediation prudced He may ask for running timo
the trip during specified number Of certain OF
different from the advertisement will prevent being
CONSIDERED in competition with regular bid not set aside for
their Disadvantages will be estimated in comparing
with oih'r proposals.
10. he the service the yearly pay, the bidders
AID rsdrBse and the of each ber Of the 6 where
company Oilers should be distinctly stated also the mode Of
higher mode than horseback 10 intended
IG The bid should be under SEAL addressed to the First
Assistant, Postmaster General with Mail Proposals in the State
u Territory of written the face Of the letter; and
be- dispatched by before the st
April next at 10 O'Clock, A. M should be GUARANTEED and
efficiency OF the guarantor should be duly certified (See
ivrms.)
H. The be by before the July
is Poasers at Offices situated upon or near railroads. but
than eighty rods from depot will Immediately after the
18th April next report that fact the Department stating their
Piled mall enable the Postmaster General to direct
The proper supply be made from the railroad BY mail
49, Under the March g. 1885, the route is to be let to
the lowest bidder rendering sufficient faithful per
ormance without other reference the mode OF transportation
than may be provide for the CELEBRITY
and security Of such trans poraton
When the lowest bid proposes mode Of that
quate for The route in respect the certainty security
celebrity OF the mails, aside from any accommodation for travel
II Will mol be entitled 10 the route.
90 When the bid does mode ofconvey ancc il will
be taken and understood be for The lowest mode
wit horseback When proposes carry according ID
the and mode stated for tho
in the advertisement, will be considered offering only
for horseback conveyance
81 Since the passage Of the act Of March s. 1885, new de-
scrpon Of bid has been received specifies mode Of con-
vyance but engages to carry the mail with certainty CELEBRITY
and security using the Of the law These bids called
from the which they designated the books
the Department sar 6ds il has been decided after
that bid proposing specific mode Of conveyance
tered the bid The experience Of the Department
| bes it to lay down the following rules, viz:
When the mail the large require two
horse coach conveyance, star bid the lowest will be prefer
! red 10 the specific bid
D. When the mails of such size and weight rende,
cxpedien them alone 10 provd,
be preferred TO the bJ difference
in case the difference NOT such 10
with the policy Of the law, which looks reduction il
the cost OF transportation Exceptions however may be allow
ed where the bid ade by the present the stock
The rcute and manifest that the preeDg the
specie b,d DO net exit in his case.
% On CT the highest class where horse coach
steamboat required by the size and importance
OF the nas the preference Tor the specific bid 10 be-
ry carried greater extent OF difference than the inferior
coach routes subject However ohe exceptions above stated
a. mobilization Of bid in Of its efehtia terms is
bid and be received inter
ere with regular petition, after the last hour set fer recev
ing bids.
5 Pcstmasers are CURED he careful and net TO cer,
the Efficiency without knowing thahe,
persons o,ucen responsibility and all bidders guaran
furcte distinctly notified that failure ene
into perform the for the service proposed The
pied bids their legal liabilities will be enforced against the
90 The will be substantially in the forms heretoor
pscd in this Department. except the respects particularly
nentiontd hee instructions and condton and all rail
read and eanbcat the will required dc
liver the mails noihe post ces the EDS Of the rcues an
into all the pest css than eighty rods from the rail
! read or landing. N X. HALL, Postmds1 Gtn10e'
PosT OFFICE DEPARTMENT, December 10, 1850
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