The daily union., 1852-12-29
INSTRUCTIONS,

Dated (sisnsdl
INSTRUCTIONS,
Embracing conditions 30 Je incorporated ia the con
traas 70 tie szseaf fA< DspurSsf may dssra proper
l. Seven inmates allowed each insesIosdlsie office
when Otherwise specified for asserting the mSil tu
railroad snd steamboat routes there is u he della,
than is sufficient for exchange Of tie maIl bags
2 On routes where the moce " admits OF i
the special Of the Department also pest Office blanks
mail hsgs ccks and KEYS be conveyed without
charge.
3. On rsr rad and steamboat lines British and Cansa.
mails. when offered be conveyed uhou, add ions
pay sso the agents Of the Department, for whose
elusive while travelling with tie mails conmoous car
apartment in The Of car, properly high al, warmed
and furnished, snd adapted 10 the
due security Of the 10 be provided by the contractor,
under the dirscsioa of the Dspartsncnt
A. No pay Will be msde for trips reformed AID .or
each OF soch omissions satisfactorily explained three
The pay q The irP may e deducted For arrivals far be
bind time break conneIicn with depending mails and
not sufficiently excused, onefourf Of The compensation
The trip subject forfeiture Daduc m NAV also be or
dered for grade Of performances Efelior thu, spt cel
the contract For repeated denquencses the kind
specified enlarged rensies prorooned to tie there
of and The importance OF the mail may be made
g. For leaving behind throwing of tie mails on sDy
portion Of them for the adms II sssenge for being
concerned in setting up running express conveying
commercial intelligence ahead Of The mail quarters pay
nlsy be deducted.
g. Fines viii be imposed, unle1s the delinquency be prompt
y and satisfactorily explained by certificates Of postmsste
CT The sdavits OF ober csedtsbe persons, fr failing
IN c,nisc, lime for nesiecng lake the nail fro
deliver nto post Office for suffering it, lowing sihsr
The unsui abieness OF hs place Of Carrying he
injured destroyed, robbed, lost and ff refusing after
msnd, TO convey The mail frequently the
route.
The Postmaster General may snnu the contract fos
eated failures asfeeabiy for d.sobeylng
the post office laws, the nstrucoss Of the Department
-.
psrtent do s assigning te without he s
Of the Postmaster General for running an express
Aforesaid f transporting persons packages conveying
maable out Of the mail.
g. The Postmaster General may order service
route by allowing therefor pro rata The
contract pay He may also order incfesse Of speed be
slowng within the restrictions OF the law pro
crease OF pay for the additional stock earriers
The may however the of se~
renqush the contract by svrg prompt notice the d.
that be prefers doing Carrying the order into
The Postmaster General also cura discontinue the
service, at rata dscrease OF pay, tc allow mou
extra compensation the dispensed with, wb<nev~r
ia his opinon the pubic do require ths s,c
10 10 he desires 10 suPs~ede by different grade Of
/ trars station.
Payments will be made the service through draf. on
o'rnaers osherwise after the expiration Of each quarter
say in February, MAY, August and November
TO- The distances given according to the best njosms
but increased pay will he allowed should they
er than sdversd, II the inis 10 be supplied be correctly
stated.
IL. The Postmaster General prohibited by law from
Knowingly making the transportation Of the mail.
with any Yerscn who ss have entered propo~d
enter nto combustion prevent the making Of had
for mail contract by airy other person persons who
shall have made agreement shall hsvs given PET
formed prom,scd 20 perform, any considers
whatever, TO DO, not to do thing whaever in
order TO induce any other person persons bid
mail contract Particular attention is called the 2s,h
ton Of The oct Of 1896. prohibiting combinations prevent
bidding.
IL hd received after time VIZ the lh of Ap 1854
al ss without The guaranty required by law, ths
combines scvcrn rouies Of compensation cannot
considered IN competition with regular proposal reasonable
/ in smOunt
49, bidder may offer where the tans,or,son called To-
by the advertisement difficult mpracsrabe certain sea
sous to substitute nfeor mode Of conveyance in
tenit specified number of days weeks or month.
He may Propc~ 10 omit inaccessible oKoc, one no
90 the stage or railroad, At steamboat landing q
the csse may be be may offer Substitute nfcrio
mode Of supply IN such cases He may propose dlcren
tunes OF arrival and departure. provided morc run
ming time s shed, and mail conner ION prend,ccJ HI
may SIX additional running time for the trip, during spcci
bed number Of dsys, Of very bad roads hu
beyond he~ changes, Psnpo~s fos s~svis~ avos frcu
hs called tcv BY the advertisement will he considered
competition with regular bid reasonable in amount
where bid contains any such alterations disad van,a
Er. ~h bs esns'ed IN comparing II with ether proposals.
-. There should be bot route bid for in propose.
10. The route, the servcs, the yearly pay the nam
and residence Of the bidder. and those Of each msn, Of
hrm where company offers, should lie distinctly stated
s"o the mode Of conveyance II higher mode than horse
| back i~ intended.
10. The md should b~ under seal addressed 10 III
Second Assistant Postmaster Gsnersl sup-rscr,bsd "Ma
Proposals In the Htsi~ of -" should be guaranteed
spd The so1<ney n the certified (see FORMS
sod should h dispatched IN time he rsccsvsd nv bcor
Isk. N ~ u. 1,b hrriI, 1853.
~ The contracts ~ srecutsd and returned 10 IN
Department ty cst~tcrs tbs ia ot Jpiy 1888.
~. Fostnsssvs st offices near raiIyoads, bu
,oes n'.n eighty rods from depot will imne,stey Al
'f he fh April nsr report their distance detSos
sad how they ere osher~iae supplied with The mail
nhs lbs Postmaster General 10 drc mad messenger sup
ply from The LIST Iuly D~rt
~. Under The Of March 3 ls45 the routes are 10 he \
% The lowest BIDDER. rendering sufficient GUARANTEES hou
other reference 10 the mode of transportation ,hsn
css.v for the d"e celebrity, certainty and security of sac
transportation. When the lowest bid proposes mode f con
veysncs inadequate to the due CELEBRITY certainty and .u
rrty cf the mails, u viii not h- scc.p,~d
70. When the bid does specify of conveyancs
s'-o when p~opsss to carry sccorne the advertisement
but without such specification vii he considered A.
proposal for hcr~hsck service
II Since the passage ot the sct of March q la45 ne,
description cf bd hiss h~n received II dos no, specify
mode ~ ccnv~yance hu engages take entire mail -,
p With celet certainty, and security pa,ns The terms
me lsw These BIDS styled. from manner IN whs
they are designated the books Of the Department ~