The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1853-03-11
INSTRUCTIONS,

Embracing conditions 10 BE- Incorporated he con-
tracts 10 the sxtsaf ue Department may deem proper
4. Seven minutes allowed each intermediate Office
when not otherwise specified for asserting the mails hut ca
railroad and steamboat routes there 10 be delay
Than "a sufficient foT exchange OF the mail bags
q Ga where the mode Of conveyance admits Of h
the special agents OF the Department also posi- office blanks
mail bags locks and keys, to be conveyed whou, e
charge.
). On railroad and steamboat lines, British and Cansd,
mails. when offered no conveyed without additional
pay also the route agents of the Department for whose
elusive while travelling with the mails commodousc,r
apartment ia the centre of car, properly lighted wamsl
and furnished and adapted the convenient and
due security Of the same is to be provided by the eonuae
under The direction Of the Department.
A. No pay will BIO made for trips not performed aud d,
each of such omissions atislacory explained three times
the pay of the trip may be deducted For arrivals 50 far Be-
hind time 10 break connection with depending nails and
not sufficiently excused onefourh Of the compensation for
the trip Is subject To forfeiture Deduction may te or
deed for grade Of performance inferior that specified in
contract, For repeated denquencies Of The kind herein
specified, enlarged penalties proportional the hsI
Of and tho importance the mail, may be made
s. For leaving behind, throwing off the nails or any
portion of them for the admission OF passengers ior beng
concerned in setting up running express conveying
commercial intelligence ahead OF the mail, quarters pay
may be deducted.
8. Fines will be imposed, unless the delinquency be
promptly and satisfactorily explained by certificates Of post
masters, ha adavs of other creditabe persons, Or
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the mail from, deliver into, post office for suffer-
ing it, lowing either the unsuitabeness Of The place
manner OF carrying IT, to be injured destroyed robbed
lost and for refusing, after demand to convey the mail
frequently The contractor runs, 10 concerned
runnng coach, car, steamboat ON q route.
7. The Postmaster General may annul tho contract iU
repeated failures agreeaby to contract; for discbey
ing the post Office laws OF tho instructions Of the Depart
ment; for refusing TO discharge Garner when required
by the Department to do for assigning the contras
without assent Of the Postmaster General for running
express aforesaid; or for transporting persons
packages conveying malable matter out Of the mail.
g. The Postmaster General may order increase Of ser
vice on route by allowing therefor pro on
the pay He may also order Increase Of speed
be allowing within the clons Of the law, pro in
Of pay for the additional stock carriers, if any,
The may however, the increase Of speed
renqush the by giving prompt notice to the Depart
that he prefers doing to carrying The order into effect
The Postmaster General may also cua or discontinue the
service, pro rata decrease OF pay If he allow one months,
compensation the amount dispensed with, whenever
in his opinion, the public interests do not require the
in he desires 10 supersede by different grade Of
transportation.
g. Payments will be made for the service through drafts
posmasers otherwise after the expiration Of each quar-
ter--say in February, May, August, and November.
TO- The distances given according s the best infoma
ton but increased pay will be allowed should they be
greater advertised, II the points be supplied be
ly stated.
H. The Postmaster General is prohibited by law fro n
knowingly making for the transportation Of the mails
with any person who shall have entered into or proposed
nlo any combination to prevent the making Of bid
for mail contract by any other Psrson or persons, vic
shall have made any agreement shall have given or per-
formed promised to give perform, any consideration
whatever do. not do, any thing Whatever in order
induce any other person persons not bid Tor mail
Particular attention is called to The Gath section hsa
Of 1886, prohibiting combinations 10 prevent bidding
L. bid received after time, the 4h Of April, ls53ds
M without the guaranty required by law, that combines
compensation cannot be considered
in competition with regular proposal reasonable in amount
49, bidder may offer. where the transportation called
for by the is difficult impraccabe certain
seasons substitute inferior mode Of conveyance, to
nermt service specified number Of days, weeks, months
He may propose to omit inaccessible office, or one mol
the stage railroad, at steamboat landing, the
may be he may offer to substitute inferior mode
Of supply such he may propose different times
arrival and departure, provided running time n
asked and mail connection pejudiccd He may ask al
dona running lime for the trip during specified number
of days, Of very bad rosds but beyond these
changes, proposal for service differing from that called a
by the advertisement will not be considered in competition
with a regular bid reasonable in amount. Where bid
contains any such alterations their Disadvantages will e
estimated in comparing j, with ether proposals
Ia. 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 firm
where company offers, should be distinctly stated also
the mode Of convey ance, higher mode than horseback
be intended.
10. The bid should be under seal, addressed 10 the
Second Assstan, Postmaster General superscbed Mad
Proposals in the State OF -" 1t should be guaranteed
and the suficiency Of the guasnors certified (see forms
and should be dispatched in time be received by before
"a NJ, OF the 4lh April, 1883.
IT. The contracts be executed aud returned to the
Department by before the LIST of July, 1889
ls. Posmas,ers offices railroads, but more
than eighty rods from depot will, Immediately after tie
4lh April next report their distance from depot and
how they otherwise supplied with the mail TO enable The
Postmaster General to direct mail messenger supply from
The LIST Of July next
10. Under the act Of March Sd, l845, the 10
be let to the lowest bidders rendering sufficient guarantees
without other reference the mode Of transportation thar
may be necessary for the due ceeriy cesniy and Sc
cury Of such transportation. When the lowest bid pro
poses mode OF conveyance inadequate the due cee
iy, oetsiny, and security Of the mails, it will sot be ac
cepied.
90 When the bid does not specify mode Of convey
also when il proposes TO cary according 70 the adj
vertsemen but without such specification, VIII be con-
sIdcred as proposals for horseback service
IL Since the passage Of tho aet OF March 3d. ls45
description OF bid has been received 1t does not spe
~ mode Of conveyance but enssscs 10 take the enne
mail each trip with CELEBRITY, certainty, and security, using
the terms OF the law. These bids styled, from he
manner which they designacd the books OF he dc
par.meni sor bd'." The experience Of the Department
enables il to lay down the following rules, viz
When the mail the route not largo as TO require
twohorse cosch conveyance, star bid, IL the lowest VII
always be preferred 10 the specific bid.
When the mails Of such and weigh, ss,o renderR
necessary in reference TO them sone, provide twohor
coach conveyance the specific hid though The highest f
coach service IL sdjudged TO be entirely sufficient TOT nc
route will be preferred the bid In the difference