The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1851-03-15
INSTRUCTIONS,


Embracing ccrf0tn cOndut0US, uhtch ,.D II
incorporated in the contracts.
|. Seven minutes aro allowed for opening and ,l0.,
ma lis al all offices who're particular time is specified
ON railroad and steamboat routes there is 10 be no mo-
than is necessary deliver aud receive the bags
q The mail is to be conveyed in preference 10 p,s..
and TO their entire exclusion If It's weight aud ba
Post Office blanks, mail bags, and the special sssa'
the Department, the exhibition Of their credeut,
be conveyed without further charge mail lines ada
OF such convey ance.
A. Mail agents to be conveyed without cba,se J.
principal railroad and steamboat lines where the sa -
mails and the number Of the offices viii require their End
ment by the Department and, IN that case, separate M
ment for the exclusive Of the Department and ss
the asserting aud ping Of the mail is To be
the contractor under the direction OF the Department
s. In all there Is TO be forfeiture of the pay !,
trip when the trip 10 not and OF not more tbsn
times the pay Of the Tip when the Trip run and
fcien excuse for the failure is furnished forfeiture Of
one-fourih part Of il when the running arrival is 50
time as TO lose the xion with depending mail and ~
teturc ofa due proportion Of when grade Of service
ed inferior that in the contract These foretures NAV Nh
creased into penalties Of higher amount according 10 the
or frequency Of the failure and the importance OF the mai
g. Fines will DO imposed unless the delinquency b. ~
factony explained in due time, for failing TO take from
deliver at post Office, the mail, any part Of It. far IA
ing il be wet, injured, lost destroyed or conye
in place or that exposes it to depreciation o
injury for refusing after demand to convey mail bv
COACH railroad car, steamboat, which the contractor
lary the route beyond The specified number ofh
the contract and for not arriving at the time set and 4
setting up or running express to transmit commercial
tegence ia advance Of the mail, penalty will be e,aaJ
equal TO quarters pay
z. The Postmaster General may annul the contrsc, E
peated failures for violating the post office laws r a.
obeying the instructions OF the Department for refusing
discharge carrier when required by the Departments iu !,
signing the contract without the Of the postmas
far nninUa af,n I
8. The Postmaster General may alter the contract, and u
the schedule, he allowing pro rata increase Of compensate
within the restrictions imposed by law, for the additional m
required for the increased speed if the employment
additional stock carriers is rendered necessary b, II
contractor may in such case elinquish the contract on tn
notice. he prefers il to the change. The Postmaster a
raj may annul the contract cura the service and pay w
he wishes dispense with the SERVICE whole in pu
place higher different grade Of service the route be
lowing months extra pay on the amount dispensed wild
g. The payments will be made through drafts pos, o
otherwise after the expiration of each quar,er-say n
ruary, May, August, and November.
TO- The distances given according to the best infau
ton but increased pay will be allowed should they ot
be greater than is advertised if places correctly named
IL. The Postmaster General is prohibited by law hs
knowingly making contract for the transportation Of hm
with any person who shall have entered into any comLin
proposed to into any combination, prevent h
making Of any bid for mail contract by any other person
persons, who shall have made any agreement shall ~
given performed, or promised to give or perform any
sdeIation to do not to do any thing whatever TO ua
any other person not to bid for mail contract Particulars
tention is called to the 28th section Of the act Of 1885, prob
biting combinations to prevent bidding
IL. bid received after me to wit, the let April neIla
without the guaranty required BY law, thatc
bnes several routes in of compensation canna
considered in competition with the regular PROPOSE VI
judged to be extravagant.
49, bidder may offer, where the transportation called
in the advertisement is difficult imprncticabe at certain
sons to substitute inferior mode Of conveyance
termit service specified number of days. weeks, months
He may propose to omit Office that inaccessible
on the stage road, the railway, at steamboat landing
the may be; he may offer to substitute inka
mode Of supply inssuch He may propose differed
days and hours of departure and arrival provided
running time is asked, and it 10 obvious that mail
ion other public accommodation is prejudiced He may
ask for more running time to the tip during specified
Der Of days, at certain Of peculiarly bad roads bot
beyond these changes, proposal for service different iron
the advertisement will prevent s being considered cOmp+
lton with regular bid not set aside for extravaganza AMI
where bid contains any of the above alterations, then d
vanages will be estimated in comparing with other proposal
ID There should be but bid for in proposal
l5 The route, the service, the yearly pay, the bidder
name and residence and the Of each member Of h
firm, where company offers, should be distinctly stated
also the mode Of conveyance il higher mode than hos
back is intended.
l6 The bid should be under seal. addressed d,
First Assistant Postmaster General, with mail PrcPas
IN the State or Territory Of ' written on the face Of M
etter and should be dispatched in time be received
before the LIST April next, at 10 o'clock A. NJ Ii shOeA
be guaranteed, and the sucency Of the guaranton sioux
be duly certified. (See forms
IL The contracts to be executed by before shsls
July next.
is Postmasers a. Offices situated upon or near rsro,a
but more than eighty rods from depot, will Immediately
Ter the 10Th April next, report that fact TO the Departures,
stating their exact distance from the railroad depot and boz
otherwise supplied with the mail enable the Posimsc
General to direct the proper supply to be made from The @
road by mail messengers, from and after the LIST July ne
49, Under the Of March g. Is45 the route to be
to the loves, bidder rendering sufficient guarantees for in
fu performances, without other reference to the mode Of r,
porlson than may be necessary provide for the due ceen
certainly, and security Of such transportation
When the lowest bid proposes mode Of conveyance i'
IS inadequate Tor the route in respect to The certainty security
and celebrity Of the mails aside from any Accommodate
travel, II will not be entitled 10 the route.
20 When the bid does not a mode Of Conveyance
will be taken and understood TO be for the lowest mode
conveyance, to wit, on horseback When i, proposes
carry according to the ADVERTISEMENT and mode Of eon
ance is stated for the route in the advertisement, vii
considered as offering only for horseback Conveyance
IL Since the passage OF the act Of March B. ls45, a"
description Of bid has been received 1t specifies no mo's
conveyance, but engages to carry the mail with certainty
euty and security, using the terms Of the law. lhsse s
are called from the manner in which they desisn'ed
the books Of the Department "star bids" II has been az
cided, after mature consideration that bid proposing aT
c'c mode Of conveyance Of high grade twohor eao
transportation is to be preferred TO he star bid The er
enec OF the Department enables to lay down the following
rules, viz
When the mail the route is not SO large as 70 ef'
two horse coach conveyance star bid, If the lowest "Hs
preferred to the specific bid.
~ When the mails Of such size and weight IS p
der IT necessary erpedcnt, in reference to them alone
provide twohorse coach conveyance, the specific bid iho
the highest will be preferred to the star bid the extern
moderate difference in the compensation in case ibe a
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