The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1851-02-22
INSTRUCTIONS,
Embracing certain conditions, phieh min
;ae0yDOrafed in The contracts

incorporated an the contracts
l. Seven minutes allowed for opening and eIo,iD,
mails at all offices whore particular time is specified We
on railroad and steamboat routes there be no more Ss
than Is necessary 20 deliver and receive the bags
O. The mail is 10 DO conveyed in preference to pass,
and 10 their entire exclusion IL lis weight and bulk reou
Post = mail bags and the special agsps
be conveyed without further charge mail lines ADMIT
OF such conveyance
A. Mail agents are be conveyed without charge On A.
principal railroad and steamboat lines where the ze If Nv
mails and the number Of the offices will require their emu
mept by the Department and, in that case, separate I'M,
ment for the exclusive OF the Department and aoen
the asserting and keeping OF the mail is TO be poy
the contractor under the direction Of the Department
s. In all cases there is to be forfeiture of the pay If A.
trip when the trip is not and Of not more than th
times the pay Of the trip when the trip is run and ma ~
fcient excuse for the failure is furnished forfeiture of
one-fourh part Of when the running arrival SO far b
time as to lose the connexon with depending mail and M
fixture ola due proportion OF when grade of service
ed inferior that in the contract These oreure NAV e
creased into penalties Of higher amount according the MAIN,
or frequency of the failure and the importance of the mail
g. Fines will be imposed unless the delinquency Be ,,S.
factory explained in due time for falling to take from
deliver at post office, the mall any part of for aa
ing it be wet injured, lost destroyed; conveying
in place or manner that exposes 1t to depreciation loss q
injury for refusing after demand to convey mail BY av
COACH railroad car, steamboat which the contractor e
Iay runs on the beyond the specified number ops
Lv
setting up running express to transmit commercial H.
tegence in advance Of the mail penalty will be e1ac
equal to quarters pay.
7. The Postmaster General may annul the contract for "a
peated failures for violating the post office laws for ds
obeyng instructions Of the Department for refusing
discharge carrier when required by the Department for A.
signing the contract without the consent of the Posmn
General for setting up running express Aforesaid
8. The Postmaster General may alter the contract and alter
the schedule he allowing pro rata increase Of compensation
hy law all
vice required for the increased speed if the employment
additional stock carriers is rendered necessary but a
may in such relnquish the contract mey
notice. if he prefers il to the change The Postmaster Gene
may annu the contract cua the service pay when
he wishes dispense with the service in whole part
place higher different grade of service the route he al
lowing months extra pay on the amount dispensed with
g. The payments will be made through drafts on post Offices
otherwise, after the expiration OF each quaersay in Feb
ruary, May, August, and November.
TO- The distances given according to the best noma
ton but no increased pay will be allowed should they
be greater than is 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 into any comsna
or proposed to into any combination prevent The
making of any bid for mail contract by any other person
persons who shall have made any agreement shall have
given performed promised to give perform, any
sdeation do to do any thing whatever induce
any other person not to bid for mail contract Particulars
enon is called to the 2sh section of the act of 1885, p
biting combinations to prevent bidding.
~ bid received after time to wit, the ls April merit
M without the guaranty required by law hacc
bines several in Of compensation, be
considered in competition with the regular proposal M
Judged to be extravagant
Is. bidder may offer, where the transportation caIdfa
in the advertisement is difficult mpractcable at certain
sons substitute inferior mode of conveyance in
temit service specified number Of days, weeks months
He may propose omit Office that is inaccessible nd
the stage road, the railway, at steamboat landing
the may be; he may offer to substitute an inferior
mode of supply in such He may propose different
days and hours Of departure and arrival provided
running time asked and il is obvious that mail conner
ion other public accommodation is pejudiced He may
ask for running time to the trip, during spcciednun
Der of days. at certain of peculiarly bad roads, but
beyond these changes, proposal for service different from
the advertisement will prevent its being considered in com
tton with regular bid not set aside for extravaganza and
where bid contains any of the above alterations their dad
vantages will be estimated in comparing with other proposals.
ID There should be but route bid for in proposal
Is. The route, the service, the yearly pay, the bidders
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 on horse
back is intended
49, The bid should be sent under SEAL addressed TO The
First Assistant Postmaster General with Mail Proposals
in the State Territory Of =" written the face Of The
letter and should be dispatched in time to be received C
before the LIST April next 10 o'clock A. NJ 1t should
guaranteed and the sucency of the guarantor should
be duly certified. (See forms
H. The be executed by before the Id
July next.
L. Postmasters at offices situated upon railroads
but than eighty rods from depot, will immedatogf
the 18th April next report that fact to the Department
stating their distance from the railroad depot and how
otherwise supplied with the mail to enable The Postmasa
General to direct the proper supply to be made from the rail-
road by mail messengers from and after the l July next
49, Under the act Of March g. s45, the route is TO be
to the lowest bidder rendering sufficient guarantees for faith
fu performance without other reference the mode Of n-
portaon than may be necessary provide for the due ce
certainly, and security Of such transportation.
When the lowest bid proposes mode Of conveyance h
inadequate for the route respect the certainty security
and celebrity Of the nails aside from any accommodated
ravel, it will not be entitled to the route.
20. When the bid does a mode Of conveyance,
will be taken and understood to be for the lowest mode
to wit, horseback. When it proposes
carry according to the advertisement and mode OF convey
ance is stated for the route in the advertisement VIII
considered offering only for horseback conveyance
81 Since the passage OF the act Of March B. ls45 new
description Of BID has been received II specifies no mode
but engages to carry the mail with certainly CT
Gritty, and security using the Of the law. These BIOS
are called, from the in which they designated 90
he books OF the Department. "fnr bids" II has been aT
cided, after consideration, that bid proposing sP
c mode OF conveyance Of high grade horse coach
transportation is to be preferred The star bid The erP
ence of the Department enables 10 lay down the following
rules, viz
When the mail the route is not large as to require
two horse coach conveyance a star bid If the lowest vii"
preferred to the specific bid.
~ When the mails Of such size and weight as to en
der Il necessary expcdent in reference to them alone
provide two horse coach conveyance, the specific bid though
the highest, win he preferred the bid to the er'en"
moderate difference in the compensation in case The d
n with thp