The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1852-12-17
INSTRUCTIONS.

| INSTRUCTIONS,
Enabraciag conditions to be Incorporated in Me
tracts 10 the ertsnt the Department may deem proper.
|. Seven minutes allowed each intermediate office,
when otherwise specified for ssorng the mails but on
railroad and steamboat there is u be delay
than is sufficient for exchanges Of The mail bags.
On where the mode Of conveyance admits Of II
the special agents the Department also post Office blanks
mail bags locks and keys to be conveyed without extra
charge t
g. On railroad and steamboat lines, British and Canada
mails when offered, be conveyed without add onsl
pay also the agents Of tn Department for whose
elusive while travelling with the mails commodious ear
apartment in the centre Of properly lgh ed warmed
and furnished and adapted the convenient ment and
due security Of the same be provided by the CONTRACTOR
| under the direction of the Department
A. No pay will be made for trips not performed and for
each of such omissions not satisfactorily explained three times
the pay Of the trip may deducted For arrivals far be
hind time break connection will depending mails, and
sufficiently excused, one-ouh Of the compensation for
the trip subject forfeiture Deduction may also be
deed for grade Of performance inferior that specified 10
the For repeated delinquences Of the kind herein
specified enlarged penalties propooned to the nature there
Of and the importance Of the mail, may be made
B. For leaving behind, or throwing of the mails any
portion Of them for the ams ion If passengers, for being
concerned in setting up running express conveying
commercial intelligence ahead of the mail quarters pay
may be deducted.
g. Fines will be imposed unless the delinquency be prompt
y and satisfactorily explained by certificates Of postmaster
The adayits of other cedable persons for failing
in contract time for negIecing 10 take the mail FROM
deliver into, post office for suffering IT, lowing either TO
the insult abepess Of the place carrying be
injured, destroyed robbed lost and for refusing after de-
msnd, to convey the mail frequently the
runs, is concerned in running coach, stem mboat
on route
r. The General may annul the contract
peated failures sgreeaby coutrsc; for soeying
the post Office laws, the instructions Of the Department,
for refusing discharge carrier when required BY the De
parnem to do for assigning the without the
of the Postmaster General for running an express as
aforesaid O transporting packages conveying
mailable matter out OF the mail
The Possuaster General may order service
BY allowing therefor pro rata increase the
contract pay He also order increase Of speed he
allowing, within the restrictions Of the law, pro rats in
OF pay for the additional stock carriers. any.
The may however, in the of increase Of SPEED
enquish the contract by giving prompt notice the Depart
that be prefers doing carrying this order into effect
The Postmaster General may also discontinue the
service, pro rata decrease of pay, be slow months
compensation the dispensed WITH whenever
10 his opion the public interests do require the same
Ia in he desires supersde Il by different grade Of
Payments will be made for the service through drafts
posmsstes oherwc after the expiration Of each quarter
say in February, May, August, and November
10. The distances given according to the best nfoma
tons bot increased psy win he allowed should be great
er than advertised u The prints TO be ruPPed be correctly
stated
IL. The Postmaster General s prohibited by law from
knowingly making contract for the transportation Of the mails
with any person who shall have entered into proposed
enter 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 per
formed, promised to give perform, any consideration
whstever, TO DO no, TO do, any thing whatever in
order induce any other person persons bid for
mail contract Particular attention Is called to the 2Ssh
on Of the act of 1885, prohibiting combinations TO prevent
bidding.
IL. bid received after time viz the 4h Of April, 1884,
at ga without the guaranty required by law ths
combines several routes In Of compensation, cannot be
in smount.
10. bidder may Offer where the transportation called for
by the advertisement difficult mpocticsble
to substitute inferior mode Of conveyance in
iermt service specified number Of days. weeks months
He may propose TO omit inaccessible Office,
on the stage ralroad at steamboat landing, %
the may be he may offer 10 substitute inferior
mode OF supply IN such He may propose different
times of arrival and departure. provided no RON
ming time is asked, and mail conpexion preudced He
may ask additional running for the UP, during speo
fed number Of days. 10 seasons ~ very bad rc.ds ss
beyond these changes propossl for service differing from
that called for by the advertisement will he considered
composition with regular bid reasonable Ia amount
Where bud contains any such alterations their dissdvsnta
ges will be estimated in comparing with ether prcpossls
Ia. There should be bu, route bid for In proposal
Is The route, the service, the yearly pay, the name
and residence Of the bidder and those Of each member Of
Arm, where company offers, should be distinctly stated
the mode Of conveyance " higher mode than horse
| back be intended.
le The bid should be under seal addressed to the
Second Assistant Postmaster Generals supe-crbsd Mail
Proposals the State of .n II should b. GUARANTEED
and the sciency Of the gua'an,ors certified (.ee forms
and should he dispatched in time be received BY before
Q A. Of the 4,h April, 1853.
H. The contracts TO be executed and returned the
Department by or before the lst Of July 1883.
| Is. Postmasters offices near RAILROADS. hut
than eighty rods from depot, will Immediately AZ
ter the 4h April NEXT report their distance from depot
and how they otherwise supplied with the ms en-
able the Postmaster General to direct mail messenger sup
ply from the LIST July nerl
49, Under the Of March 1s45 10 be e,
to the lowest bidders rendering sufficient guarantees without
other reference 10 the mode Of transportation an may be
ccsnry for the due CELEBRITY ceainy and security Of such
ansporston. When the lowest bid proposes mode con-
veyance inadequate TO the due celebrity, certainty and
| ry Of the mails il will not he accepted.
90 Whom the bid does not specify mode Of conveyance,
also when proposes carry sccording the
bot without such specification, win be considered
propessl for horseback service.
I'll Since the passage OF the act Of March g. Is45 new
description Of bid hss received II doe. not specify
mode Of conveyance hut engages TO take the entire mail each
trip with CELEBRITY certainty and security. using the
the law. These bids styled from the manner ia which
they are designated the books Of the Department "ar