The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1851-01-04
INSTRUCTIONS

all offices where particular time specified but
railroad and there be delay
than necessary deliver and receive the bags.
q The mail to be conveyed in preference To passengers
and to their entire exclusion if its weight and bulk require it,
g. Post office blanks mail bags and the special agents of
the Department. the exhibition of their credentials,
be conveyed without further charge, mail lines admitting
OF such conveyance.
4. Mail agents 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
ment by the Department. and that case, separate apart
men Tor the exclusive of the Department and agent for
the asserting and saekeepng Of the mail be provided by
the contractors under the direction of the Department
s. In all there is be forfeiture of the pay the
trip when the trip is not and of than three
times the pay the trip when the trip not run and SUI
hcen Tor the failure furnished forfeiture of least
one-fourh part of when the running arrival is beh
time lose the connexion with depending mail and for
einre OFF due proportion OF when grade OF service render
ed inferior that in the contract These oretures may be in
creased into enaeso higher amoun according to the nature
frequency of the failure aud the importance the mail
g. Fines will be imposed unless the delinquency be salts
factory explained in due time, for failing take FROM
deliver at post Office the mall any part of it for suffer
ing it to be wet, injured, lost, destroyed; conveying
place manner that exposes to depredaton loss
injury for refusing after demand to convey mail by
COACH railroad car steamboat which the contractor
ary the route beyond the specified number trips
the contract and for not arriving the time and for
setting up or running express to transmit commercial
tellgence In advance of the mall penalty will be exacod
equal to quarters pay
T. The Postmaster General may annul the for
peated aiuIes for violating the post Office laws for dis
obeyng 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 running express aforesaid
g. The Postmaster General may alter the contract and
the schedule, he allowing pro alton
within the restrictions imposed by law for the additional
vice required for the increased speed the employment
additional stock carriers is rendered necessary but the
contractor may in such case rcnqush the contract timely
notice, if he prefers to the change The Postmaster Gene
nd nav. vhe
he wishes to dispense with the service, in whole part
place higher different grade of service the route he al
lowing months extra pay the dispensed with
y The payments will be made through drafts post offices
otherwise after the expiration of each quarersay Feb
ruary, May, August, and November
TO- The distances given according to the best nlorma
ton but increased will he allowed should they prove
be greater than advertised if the places correctly
IL. The Postmaster General is prohibited by law from
knowingly making contract for the transportation of the mail
with person who shall have entered into any combination,
proposed to enter into any combination, prevent the
making OF any bid for mail by any other person
PERSONS or who shall have made agreement shall have
given performed, promised to give perform any
sheraton TO do, or not to do thing whatever to induce
other not to bid for mail contract Particular
enton called to the 2sh section of the of 1885, proh
biting combinations to prevent bidding
r. bid received after time, to wit the lst April next,
10 without the guaranty required by law, that
bnes several routes in of compensation he
considered in competition with the regular proposal adj
Judged to be exlravagant.
l3 bidder may offer, where the transportation called for
in the advertisement difficult impraccabc at
sons to substitute inferior mode of conveyance in
teml service specified number of days, weeks, months
lie may propose to omit office that inaccessible not
on 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 or other public accommodation is preudced He may
ask for running time to the trip, during specified num-
Der OF days. at certain of peculiarly bad roads but
bpV chs
the advertisement will prevent its being considered compe
uton with regular bid not set aside extravaganza and
where bid contains any OF the above alterations their dsa
vanages will be estimated in comparing with other proposals.
a. There should be but one route bid for in proposal
ID The route the service, the yearly pay the bidders
name and residence and the of each member Of the
firm, where company offers, should be distinctly stated
also the mode of conveyance, if higher mode than horse
back is intended
Is. The bid should be under seal, addressed the
First Assistant Postmaster General with Mail Proposals
in the State Territory of - the face of
letter and should be dispatched in time be received
before the lst April next, 10 o'clock A. M. 1t should
be guaranteed and the sucency Of the guaranors should
be duly certified. (Soe forms
IL The contracts be executed by before the Of
July
ls. Postmas'ers at offices situated upon railroads,
but more than eighty rods from depot, will Immediately af
ter the 18Th April next report that fact to the Department.
stating their distance from the railroad depot aud how
otherwise supplied with the mall to enable the Postmaster
General to direct the proper supply to be made from the rail-
10. Under the act of March 3, 1915 the be let
to the lowest bidder rendering sufficient guarantees for faith
u performance, without other reference the mode of
poaton than be necessary provide for the due CELEBRITY
certainty, and security of such transportation.
When the lowest bid proposes mode of conveyance that
inadequate for the route in respect the certainty security
and celebrity of the mails, aside from any accommodation for
ravc it will not be entitled TO the
20 When the bid does not mode of conveyance,
will be taken and understood be for the lowest
TO wit, horseback. When it proposes
according to the advertisement and mode of
,nce stated for the in the advertisement it will be
considered offering only for horseback conveyance
81 Since the passage the act of March 8 1916,
description of bid has been received 1t specifies mode of
conveyance but engages the mail with certainty,
e'y and security using the terms of the law These bids
called, from the which they designated
he books of the Department. sf0r bids. II has been de-
ded after mature consideration. that bid proposing spe
c mode of conveyance of as high grade coach
transportation is to be preferred TO HE bid The expert
,nce of the Department enables il 10 lay down the following
ules, viz
When the mail the is large as 10 require
wo horse coach conveyance bid if the lowest will be
preferred to the specific bid.
% When the mails of such size and weight TO rem
der II necessary expedicnt in reference them alone
provide twohoc coach conveyance the specific bid though
The highest, will be preferred to the bid the extent
moderate difference in the compensation, the differ
ence is not such TO interfere with the policy of the law
which looks To reduction in the cost Of transportation FIX
cepton however may be allowed where the bid
the present of the stock the route and man
fest that the for prceuing the specific bid not