The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1851-03-08
INSTRUCTIONS,
Embracing certain conditions, which ",
Incorporated IA the contracts.

Embracing certain conditions, uhieh -,
Incorporated IN the contracts
l. Seven minutes are allowed for opening and d..
mails at all offices whore particular time spees
on railroad and steamboat routes there is to be no
than Is necessary to deliver and receive the bags
g. The mail is to be conveyed in preference to p,.
and TO their entire exclusion, il IFS weight and bult -
s. Post office blanks, mail bags, and the special sS
the Department on the exhibition Of their cretent.'
be conveyed without further charge, on mail line, ~
Of such conveyance.
4. Mail agents are TO be conveyed without cha,,.
principal railroad and steamboat lines, where the e.
mails and the number Of the offices will require th
ment by the Department and, in that case a sen,,,
ment, for the exclusive use OF the Department and ,a
the asserting and saiekeepng OF the mail is to be proy
the contractor under the direction of the Depa,tmen,
s. In all cases there is to be a forfeiture of The n.
trip when the trip is not and Of not more Ill.,
times the pay Of the trip when the trip is not run ,,d
cient for the failure is furnished forfeiture
one-fourh part Of Il when tho running or arrival is
time $50 lose the connection with depending mail ana
eiture off due proportion Of il when grade Of
ed inferior to that in the contract These oreiures NAV
creased into penalties of higher amount according To h
or frequency Of the failure and the importance Of he mn
6. Fines will be imposed pnless tho Delinquency IA
faotory explained u due time, for failing to take f
deliver at, post office, the mail, any part Of "a, "
ing it to BIO wet, injured, lost destroyed or eopv
in place or manner that exposes II to depreciation II
injury for refusing after demand to convey mail h.
coach, railroad car steamboat, which the contractor
lary the route beyond the specified number ot
the contract, and for not arriving the time se III
setting up running express 70 transmit commerrg
tegence In advance Of the mail, penalty will be m,.
equal 10 a quarters pay.
7. The Postmaster General may annul the contract h,
peated failures for violating the post office laws r
obeyng the instructions of the Department for reun,
discharge carrier when required by the Department i
signing the contract without the consent of the Pon
General, or for setting up running express a asa
8. The Postmaster General niay alter the contract and w
the schedule be allowing pro rata increase Of compensate
within the restrictions imposed by law, for the additional
vice required, for the increased speed if the empoym
additional stock carriers is rendered necessary but 4
contractor may, in such case, renqush the contract on u
notice, if he prefers il to the change. The Postmaster Geo.
raj may annu the contract curta the service pay
he wishes to dispense with the service, in whole OF in p
place higher different grade Of service on the route
lowing one months extra pay the amount dispensed viii
8. The payments will be made through drafts on post Ofu
otherwise, after the expiration Of each quarterssy "a
ruary, May, August, and November.
TO- The distances are given according to the best nr
ton but increased pay will be allowed, oudheypvs
be greater than advertised if the places correctly nan
H. The Postmaster General is prohibited by law Ia
knowingly making contract for the transportation them
with any person who shall have entered into any comn
or proposed to enter into any combination to prevent
making of any bid for mail contract by any other RrN
PERSONS who shall have made any AGREEMENT shalt v
given pe,formes or promised to give or perform any COZ
sdeation to do, not to do, any thing whatever ns
any other person not to bid for mail contract Particulars
enon is called to the 18th section Of the act Of 1885, d
biting combinations to prevent bidding
IL. bid received after time, to wit the LIST Apd Rl
10 m, without the guaranty required by law, or hsoG
bnes several routes in sum of compensation, cannot
considered in competition with the regular proposal not "
Judged to be extravagant.
10. bidder may offer, where the transportation caam
in the advertisement is difficult mpracticable at censt
sons, to substitute inferior mode Of conveyance
ternit service specified number of days weeks or mo
He may propose to omit Office that inaccessible, ua
the stage road, the railway or at steamboat landing
the may be or he may offer to substitute inha
mode of supply in such cases. He may propose darrt
days and hours of departure and arrival provided
running time asked, and it is obvious that no mail snn
ion other public accommodation is prejudiced. He m
ask for running time the Tip during specfdnun
Der Of days. at certain of peculiarly bad roads
beyond these changes, proposal for service different n
the advertisement will prevent its being considered in comp
on with regular bid set aside for extravaganza an
where bid contains any Of the above alterations, Their da
vantages will be estimated in comparing with other proposs
Ia. There should be but route bid for in proposal
Is. The route, the service, the yearly pay, the bdh
and residence and the name of each member Of b
firm, where a company offers, should be distinctly Stand
also the mode Of conveyance If higher mode than on hons
back is intended.
I6. The bid should be sent under seal, addressed
First Assistant Postmaster General, with Mail PrPa
in the State Territory Of -" written on the face .
letter and should be dispatched in time to be received
before the st April next at 10 o'clock A. M. Il thCS
be guaranteed, and the sucency Of the guarantOn sboa
be duly certified. (See forms
II. The contracts are 10 be executed by or before the ID
July next.
ls. Postmasters at offices situated upon nluaa
but than eighty rods from depot, will immedaley
ter the 9Th April next report that fact to the DepaDd
stating their distance from the railroad depot and
otherwise supplied with the mail, to enable the Posmn
General to direct the proper supply to 10 made from the NJ
road by mail messengers from and after the Isl July n
TO- Under the act Of March g. ls45, the route Is to Be-
to the lowest bidder rendering sufficient guarantees m TAU
fu performance without other reference the mode Of tD
portaon than may be necessary to provide for the due c
certainly, and security Of such transportation.
When the lowest bid proposes mode Of Conveyance =
is inadequate for the route in respect to the certainty u
and celebrity of the nails aside from any accommodate
travel, il will not be entitled to the route.
20. When the bid does not name mode OF Conveyance
will be taken and understood be for the lowest moor
conveyance, to wit, on horseback. When 1t proPss"
carry Iing to the advertisement and mode Of ccnt
ance is stated for the route in the advertisement vii
consoetea az onefng only iot horsepaek Con'tJmoo
81 Since the passage OF the act Of March ), 1919,
description Of bid has been received. specifies no MODE
conveyance, but engages to carry the mail with certainty
erity and security, using the terms Of the law lbe~
are called, from the in which they are desgn'e0
the books Of the Department. "star bids" II has been
cided after mature consideration, that bid proposing
cifc mode Of conveyance Of high grade twohorS "
transportation is to be preferred to Me star bid The cry
ence Of the Department enables IL to lay down the o0"
rules, viz
When the mail the route Is not large as 10 Hl
twohorse coach conveyance, star bid If the lowest VIII
preferred TO the specific bid
%. When the mails Of such size and weight as 10 u
der it necessary e1pedient, III reference to them alone