The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1853-02-11
INSTRUCTIONS.

l. Seven minutes allowed to each intermediate otf
when NOT otherwise specified Io asserting the mails bu,
railroad aud steamboat routes there is be no more AZ
than is sufficient, for an exchange Of the mail bags.
O. On routes where the mode Of CONVEX snce admit. 81
the special agents Of the Department. also post office bO
mail bags locks and keys to be conveyed without
charge.
3. On railroad and steamboat lines British aud CANA
mails, when offered, TO be conveyed without addio
pay also the route agents Of tho Department for whose -
elusive while travelling with tue mails eomnodious en-
or apartment in the Of car properly lighted wsa
aud furnished, and adapted he convenient assortment
due security OF the same Is to be provided by tho eoa.ac
under The direction Of the Department.
A. No pay will be made io TRIPS not performed and q
each of such omissions not satisfactorily explained three inns
the pay Of the tip may be deducted For arrivals SO far h.
hind time break connexon with depending mails ~,
Sufficiently excused, one-buh Of tho compensation d
the trip is subject forfeiture Deduction may a Ue a.
dered Tor gIadeof performance inferior to that specified
the contract For repeated denquencies of the kind As
specified, enlarged penalties Proporionedo the s
Of aud the importance OF the mail, may be made.
g. For leaving behind, throwing of the mails, OF any
portion Of them for The admission OF passengers, Tor b
concerned in setting up running express ,ene,n,
commercial intelligence ahead OF the mail, quarters "a,
may be deducted
8. Fines will be imposed, unless the delinquency BE-
promptly and satisfactorily explained BY certificates Of post
masters or the afdaviis OF other creditable persons m
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the mail from, deliver it into post Office for suffer
ing it, lowing either to the unsuabeness OF The place al
OF carrying h) 10 be injured, destroyed. rotted
lost and for refusing, after demand, 10 convey the NAL
frequently the contractor runs or is concerned NJ
running, coach, car, or steamboat on route
7. Tho Postmaster General may annul tho contract al
repeated failures agreeably to contracts for dsoL
ing the post Office laws. tho instructions Of the D
men; for refusing to discharge carrier when Iequa
by the Department to do SO for assigning tho cnta
without the assent Of the Postmaster General for running
an express aforesaid; for transporting persons al
packages conveying mailable matter out Of the mal.
8. Tho Postmaster General may order increase of or
vice by allowing therefor pro rata increase M
the contract pay lie may also order increase Of speed
no allowing, within the restrictions Of the law, pro
Of pay for the additional stock or carriers, if
The contractor may, however, in The Of increase Of
relnqush the contract by giving prompt notice to the Depart
that he prefers doing to carrying the order into e
The Postmaster General may also curta OF discontinue M
SERVICE pro decrease Of pay, he allow one month";
extra compensation The amount dispensed WITH WHENEVER
his opinion, the public interests do not require The same
or in case he desires supercde it by different grade d
transportation.
o. Payments will be made for the service through drafts
posastes otherwise, after tho expiration OF each
ter--say in February, May, August, and November.
TO- The distances given according u the best inom
ton but no increased pay will be allowed, should they be
greater than advertised the points to DO supplied BE- correct
iy stated.
. H. The Postmaster General 10 prohibited by law from
knowingly making contract for the transportation Of the ma
with any person who shall have entered into, proposed
into, any continuation to prevent tho making Of any
for mail contract by any other person or PERSONS who
shall have made any agreement or shall have gwen or
formed, promised TO give or PERFORM any consideration
Whatever, do to do, any thing whatever in order
induce any other person persons not 10 bid for mail
tract. Particular attention called to the 28th section he
of 1895, prohibiting combinations to prevent bidding
Is bid received AFTER time, the 4th Of April 1858
without the guaranty required ny law, or that combines
roates in ocompcnssoR, cannot be CONSIDERED
in competition with regular proposal reasonable in amount
l3. bidder may offer, where the transport alton called
for by the advertisement difficult impaccable at certain
seasons, substitute inferior mode Of conveyance, 70
intmit service specified Iumbef OF days. weeks months
He may propose to omit inaccessible office, or one moi
the stage railroad, at steamboat landing, as lhs
may be lac may offer to substitute inferior mode
of supply in such He may propose different times
arrival and DEPARTURE provided no moro running time
asked and mail connection prejudced. He may ask 3D.
aonal running time for the trip, during specified numbs
Of days, Of very bad roads but beyond lhes
changes proposal Tor service differing from that called a
by the advertisement will be considered in competn
with regular bid reasonable in amount. Where I'D
contains any tuch alterations, their disadvantages will
in comparing it with other proposals.
a. There should be but route bid for in proposal
l5 The route, the service, the yearly pay, the name and
residence Of the bidder, and those Of each member OF h
where company offers, should be distinctly stated slO
the mode of convey nce, higher mode than horseback
be intended.
6 The bid should be sent under seal, addressed 10 The
Second Assistant Postmaster General, superscribed Mail
Proposals in the State OF -" II should be guaranteed,
and the suiciency OF the gusran,on certified see fo'n
and should be dispatched in time be received by beos
9 A. M, Of the 4th April, 1883.
H. The contracts to be executed and returned TO b'
l,.,, haC.xa ia .to I,l.
than eighty rods from depot will, Immediately alter tn,
4h Of April next report their exact distance from depot and
how they otherwise supplied with the mail TO enable 'bs
Postmaster General to direct mail messenger supply from
the LIST of July next,
10. Under the ACT Of March 81. Is45, the routes are
be let the lowest bidders rendering sufficient guarantee
whou, other reference the mode OF thai
may he necessary, for the due CELEBRITY certainty, and 70
cunly OF such transportation. When the loves, bid pro
poses mode Of conveyance inadequate to the due eeen
y, oetsiny, and security Of the mails, il will not be &C
cepied.
30. When The bid does no, specify mode OF convey
ancc ako when proposes to carry according to toe 90
vcrcment but without such specification, It will be con
sdersd as proposals. for horseback service.
IL. Since the passage Of the Of March Sd, ls45
description OF bid has been received II does no, spec
mode Of conveyance, but engages Ia take The en''
mail each trip with CELEBRITY, certainty, and security, u"e
the terms Of the law. These bids tyed from lb'
manner which they designated the books Of The De
psr,rnent bid," The experience Of the Deparms
enables il to lay down the following rules, viz
When the mail the route Is not 40 large as 10 requ
twohorse co,ch conveyance, star bid. II the lowest VII
always I've preferred TO the specific bid.
When the mats of such and weight TO render
uere in In hpg