The daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1848-1851, 1851-02-14

| INSTRUCTIONS,
E7a6ractng certain conditions aeict aUtN be incol
| pOfate6 IN tie contracts
L. Seven minute, allowed for opening ard closing the
mails at all offices where particular specified but
| than is ms to deliver and receive the bags.
The mail 70 be conveyed in preference passengers and
the bepamea n e hfs q f1g sr TIE ptc1
be conveyed without further CHARGE mail lines hitting
Mail agents to be conveyed without charge on the
e railroad 1a steamboat Pe where the size of the mails
u haef o. inc oihces wll require their employment by
the exclusive use OF the Department AGENT lie as,
contractor, and under the direction Of the W w
o. In all e es there 10 be forfeiture of the pay of the
time. the pay of the trp when the "Trip not run sul.
least fourth part Of when running or arrival 50 far
behind ine as TO lose the connection with depending mail
rendered inferior tiat il the contract These Grfeture
may be increased INTO penalties OF CHER amount, according
e nane or frequency or the failure and the
G. Fines will be imposed unless delinquency be sa sfae
priy explained in due time. failing 10 ake from or de-
liver at post Office the mail, part Of it; for su ring
place or manner thar exposes tito peda,on loss injury
raroad car or steambost which the cSntractor "g SusTy
the beyond te specified number OF trips IN The
up running ansmit commercial intelligence
IN advance OF the mail, penalty will be exacted equal
T. The Postmaster General may annul the contract for e
ooeying the instructions OF the Department for refusing 10
ocnarse carrier when required by the Department for
'ene or Tor setting up or running an express aforesaid
The Postmaster General alter the contract and alter
te scheue he al owing pro rata increase of
tom within the restrictions imposed by law for the additional
required or Tor the increased speed the
OF additional stock rendered but the
contractor may IN such case relirqun the contract,
General may annual the contract cuta the service and
Psy when ne wishes to dispense with the in whole
ronie ne allowing one months extra pay on the amount dis
The payments will be made through drafts on post Of
Eh U aer INC EXPIRATION OF each quarer-say in
TO- The distances given according to the best nforma
on but no increased pay will be should they prove
to be greater than Is advertised II the places correctly
II. The Postmaster General is prohibited by law from
mail with any who shall have entered into any com
vent the making OF any bid or mai contract by any other
peph or persons or who shall have made any agreement
a nave given peflormed or promised to give perform,
any consideration to do, not to do, thing whatever
cnar attention is aed to he 18Th secon Of the act Of 1ss
proihb,ting combinations TO prevent bidding.
10 A. NJ, or without the required by law or that
combines several routes N one sum of compensation
De considered in competition with the regular proposal
10 bidder may offer where TIE Transportation called for
in the advertisement difficult or impractcabe al Certain
seasons to substitute an inferior mode Of conveyance
lie may PROPOSE TO omit an office that is inaccessible
not on the stage road the railway steamboat landing
Of supply IN such cases He may propoe gr0
s sn "byons s no
u9n or other public accommodation prejudced lie may
her of days, certain of peculiarly bad roads but
beyond these changes proposal for service different from
ton with regular bid not set aside for extravaganza;
where bid contains any OF the above alterations their dis
advantages VIII be estimated In comparing it with other pro-
posals.
a. There should be but route bid for in proposal
TO- Inc route the ervce, The yearly pay, the bidders
6a qm sha residences ana he name Of each member of the
hs2 me mo 10 Ct conveyance ii higher than horse
10 The BIDS should be undo rsea dressed to The First
A.ss'ant Postmaster General, with Mail Proposals in the
STATE or Territory of - written the face Of the letter
and should be dispatched time 10 be received by or before
The lst April next at 10 O'Clock 1t should be gnaran.
ned and Inc sulciency OF the guaranors be duly certified
n The contracts to be executed by or before the i of
Is. Poslmasies at offices situated upon or near railroads.
bn more Than eighty rods from a depot will Immediately
after tue iSth OF April next, that fact depart
ana how Otherwise supplied with the mail, to enable the
from the railroad by mail messengers from and after the LIST
of July next.
" Under the act Of March 1885, the to be to
e lowest bidder rendering sufficient for faithful
performance without other the mode Of ranspor
csInty and security OF such iranspoIaiion O''''
When the lowest bid Proposes mode of conveyance that
and CELEBRITY OF the mails aside from any Accommodation for
travel, i will mol he entitled to the route.
VIII be taken and understood for the lowest mode OF
veIance to wit horseback When proposes
stated for the the ADVERTISEMENT will he considered
as Offering only for horseback conveyance.
description Of bid has been sceived Ii specifies no mode Of
Sonveyane but engages the mail with certainty
eS ana security, usng the terms oil the law These bids
are fed from the manner in winch they designated on
eded. after mature consderation that bid processing
peeG mode OF conveyance of as high grade two horse
experience Of the Department enables 10 lay down the fol-
When the mail the route is not so large as to require
be preferred to The specli. bid. ' ~
dor Mneh the mails are Of such size and weight as
uef necessary eNpedsn reference TO them Alone to