The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1851-02-28
INSTRUCTIONS,
Embracing certain conditions, which WiA be


Embracing certain conditions, Uhich NtH b
incorporated ig the contracts.
l. Seven minutes allowed for opening and closing the
mails all Offices whore particular time is speciied but
railroad and steamboat routes there Is to be delay
than is necessary to deliver and receive the bags
O. The mail to be conveyed in preference to passengers,
and their entire exclusion, its weight and bulk require it.
Post Office blanks, mail bags, and the special agents OF
The Department, the exhibition Of their credentials are to
be conveyed without further charge, mail lines admitting
Of such conveyance.
A. 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 in that separate apart
ment for the exclusive Of the Department and agent for
the asserting and of the mail is 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 il not and Of than three
times the pay Of the trip when the trip not rum and no suf
cent excuse for the failure furnished forfeiture Of least
oneourh part Of when the running arrival a behind
time lose the connexon with depending mail and
tetue offs due proportion Of when grade of service render
ed inferior that in the contract These oures may be in
creased into penalties of higher amount according the
frequency Of the failure and the importance Of the mail
g. Fines will be imposed unless the delinquency be sais
facory explained in due time, 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
in place that exposes Depreciation loss
injury for refusing after demand to convey mail by any
coach, railroad steamboat which the egu-
arly the beyond the specified number trips in
the contract and for not arriving at the time and for
settng running express to transmit commercial in
tellgence in advance Of The mail penalty will be exaced
equal to quarters pay Ma
T. The Postmaster General may annu the contract for re-
peated failures 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
The Postmaster General may alter the contract and alter
the schedule be allowing pro rata increase OF
within the restrictions imposed by law, for the additional
fho
additional stock carriers rendered necessary but the
contractor may in such CASE rclnqush the contract timely
notice, he prefers to the change The Postmaster Gene
raj may annulAhe contract cua the and pay, when
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 amount dispensed WITH
g. The paymentswl be made through drafts post offices
otherwise after the expiration of each Feb
ruary, May, August, and November
TO- The distances given according the best informa
ton but increased will be allowed they
be greater than advertised if the 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 any continuation
proposed to enter into any combination prevent the
making of any bid for mail by any other person
PERSONS who shall have made any agreement shall
given performed, promised give perform, any
sderaton to do not to do thing whatever induce
any other person not to bid for mail contract Particular
tenion called the 28th section of the of 1885, poh
biting combinations to prevent bidding.
H. bid received after time, to wit, the LIST April next at
M without the guaranty required by law that
bnes several routes in Of compensation be
considered in competition with the regular proposal adj
Judged to be extravagant
49, bidder may offer, where the transportation called for
in the advertisement difficult mpraccable at certain
sons, to substitute inferior mode of conveyance to
term service specified number Of days. weeks months.
He may propose to omit Office that inaccessible
the stage road, the railway, steamboat landing
the case may be or 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 is asked and it is obvious that mail
ion or other public accommodation is preudiced He may
ask for running time to the trip, during specified num-
Der Of days. certain of peculiarly bad roads but
beyond these changes proposal for service different from
the advertisement will prevent its being considered in compe
on with regular bid not set aside for extravaganza and
where bid contains any of the above alterations their disad
vantages will be estimated in comparing with other proposals.
a. There should be but route bid for in proposal
l5 The route the service the yearly pay the bidders
and residence and the of each member of the
irm where company OFFERS should be distinctly stated
also the mode Of conveyance if higher mode than horse
back is intended.
l6. The bid should be under SEAL addressed to the
First Assistant Postmaster General with Mail Proposals
the State Territory of " written the of the
eer and should be dispatched in time to be received by
before the LIST April next at 10 o'clock A. M. 1t should
guaranteed and the sucency of the guarantos should
Do duly certified. (See forms
H. The contracts to be executed before the LIST Of
July next
49, Postrnasers at Offices situated upon or near railroads.
out more than eighty rods from depot will Immediately af
the 18th April next report that fact to the Department.
stating their exact distance from the railroad depot and how
otherwise supplied with the mail to enable the Postmaster
General to direct the proper supply to be made from the rail-
oad by mail messengers, from and after the LIST July next
49, Under the act Of March 8, l645, the be let
o the lowest bidder rendering sufficient guarantees for faith
u performance without other reference the mode Of
ooaon than may 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
md celebrity of the mails, aside from any accommodation for
ravel, it will not be entitled to the
90 When the bid does mode of conveyance, it
will be taken and understood be for the lowest mode Of
to wit, horseback When it proposes to
larry according the advertisement and mode convey
stated for the route in the advertisement will be
considered as offering only for horseback conveyance
81 Since the passage OF the act of March B. l945
description of bid has been received 1t specifies mode of
but engages carry the mail with certainty,
Gritty and security using the terms of the law These bids
called, from the in which they designated
he books Of the Department star bids" It has been de-
ded after mature consideration, that bid proposing spe
6c mode Of conveyance Of high grade coach
be preferred The bid The expert
of the Department enables it to lay down the following
ules, viz
When the mail the route is large q to require
wo horse coach conveyance star bid if the lowest will be
preferred to the specific bid.
30 When the mails of such and weight rem
Ter it necessary expedicn in reference to them alone
provide coach conveyance the specific bid though
he highest will be preferred the bid the Of
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