Daily evening star. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1852-1854, 1853-10-25
INSTRUCTIONS.

INSTRUCTIONS.
Embracing conditions 10 be incorporated The con-,
tracts 10 The erte.t The Department may decm proper.
l. Seven minutes allowed to each int.rm.tii-
ate office, when not otherwise specifet, FIR asserting
! the mails
z On routes where the mode of conveyance Admits
of it, the special agents OF the Department, also
post Office blanks, mail has. Ia, ks and keys, 10
! be conveyed without extrn charge.
s. No pay will be made for trips not performed :
and for each of .uci s>ons not satisfactorily
| pIained three times the pay of the trip msy hr
deducted. For arrivals far behind time 10 b esk
conneXion with depending mails and not 81 iccnty
excused. oDetourth of is. compcn alton nr The trip
IL subject TO forfeiture. Deduction may also be
drred for grade of performance inferior to that
srcc;fedin the cantract. For repeated dcnq ucnres
of the kind herein specified enlarged penalties. pro-
pcrtioncd to the thereof and the Importance
I of the mail, may be made
T. For leaving behind or throwing of the mails
portion of them for the adm isson of passengers
or for being concerned in setting W or running nm
Express conveying commercial int, igerrc ahead Of
| {, mail. quarters pay may be deducted.
| s. Fines will he IMPOSED unless N" delinquency
be omptiy and satisfactorily explained by Ccrtifi-
Gates Of poStmastera the aflavits If other cred
itxtc persens for failing to arrive contract time:
| for negectiDg TAI take me mail from, deliver it
ibto post Office: suffering il (osins either to the
unsuitableness Of the place or manner of carrying
m to he injured, destroyed robbed, lost; ard for
refusing. after demand convey the mail as fire.
quenty "a the contractor runs, or is concerned in
! running, coach or steamboat on a route.
D. The Postmaster General may annul the contract
for rep a;e,i fixtures TO agrecaby to contract:
for disObeying the post Office laws. the nstruc-
tons Of the Department. for refusing to discharge
carrier when required by The department to do So;
for assigning the contract without the assent of the
Postmaster General for running EXPRESS ms atore
said; or for transporting persons packages con-
| yeying maiiable matter out of tho mail.
:. The Postmas ter General ru"y ordcr increase
of service route ny allowing therefor pro rata
increase on the contract pay. He may also order
increase Of speed he allowing, within the restric-
tons OF the law, pro rata ncreSs: of pay fpr the
additional stock carriers, if any. Tie contractor
may, however, in the ease of increase Of speed.
nqush the contract by giving prompt notice to the
Department that he prefers doing " carr, ing the
order into effect The Postmas' cr General may also
cura or discontinue the service, at pro rata de-
ere Ise If pay, if he allow months extra COM
pcnsation on the amount DISPENSED with, whenever
in his opinion the public interests do not require the
same. OF in he desires to Surersedc il by differ
eat grad" OF transportation. lie may also change
the times IF arrival and departure rovdcd he does
not curtsi the running tinr without iucrea ing the
pay.
s. Payments will lie made for the service through
drof's on rcstna>ers, otherwise. # cv the expi
ration OF each luarter-say in February, May, Au-
gust. ard November.
! g. Tn distances are given according 10 the best
information; bat 10 increased pay viii be allow ed
should they be greater than adrcrtsCd, ii the points
| to be supplied he correctly stated.
10. The Postmaster General is rohibitcd 10y law
| from knowingly making contract Tor the trauslor
tat,on of the mails with any person who shall Dave
entered int" propose 10 enter into. any conibiIa
! ton 10 prevent the making "f any bid for mail
contract by any other person or persons. or who
shall have made any agreements or shall have given
| or performed, promised To give perform, any
consideration whatever, to DO o not t, 10 any
thing whatever. in order To- induce other person
persons not [, b for mail contract Particular
attention Is called TO the 18th section Of the At OF
1855, prohibiting combinations TO prevent Diuding.
IL. bid received after time viz 9 IN "f the III
| April, 1854, without the gu ranty required 10y
law. or that combines several routes in sum of
compensation, cannot BE- considered in competition
/ with regr ar proposal reasonable in amount
L. bidd,' may offer, where the T. ansl crtation
called for fy the advertisement is difficult I'M
| practicable at rertain reasons. to suhtitutr ill.,
| ferior of conveyance, TO in'rrmit ser, ice
specified number Of days weeks or monthS. He
may propose to omit Inaccessible Office. not
on the stage railroad 1T q steamboat landing.
As the may be nr he may offer To substitute
! Inferior modc of supply IN such cases lie may pro
pose different times OF arrival AMI departure, pro
! vile, no mt rc running time is asked and no mail
conneAlon prelutIced. lie may ask tdtional run
ming lime Tor the trip, during specified number of
days. of very bad roads hut Beyond In
/ changes proposal for service iii eriBg from that
called for by the advertisement Will be consider
| ed in competition with irregular bld reasonable in
amount. Where a bid contains any such alterations
| their disadvantages will be estimated in comparing
| 1t with other proposals.
IL. There should be but rout: bid for in Il
| proposal.
! II. The route, the service, the yearly pay. the
name and resiienc" ofahr bidder, and those Of each
! member of firm, where company offers, should
he istircty statsd, aso the mode of conveyance
higher mode than hor- cback be INTENDED.
ID. The bid should he cent und.r seal, addressed
to the Second Assistant Postmaster General upper
tcrihel " Mail PROPOSE Is in the Stat. of -;
1t should be GUARANTEED. and the suflircncy of the
guaranrors certified, tsee forms) and should be- dis
acheI in time to he received Ivy before A. ~ of
/ the 81 Of April, 1854
il. The contracts are to bc executed AMI returned
to the Department by before the LIST OF Ju v, 1854
Il Tn Ter tbs set of Starch ), 1916 the routes are
to be let to the lowest oilers teIderng sufficient
guarantees ithout other ref renee ia the mode OF
: transportation than may b. necessary for the due
CELEBRITY. certainty, aud security of Srh Transports
/ ton. Whom the lowest bid proposes mode of
veyance ina lequAte to the due c.:erity, certainty.
and security Of the mails, it will not be accepted.
! Is. When the bid does not specify a mode of con-
vevanCe al-O, whrn it proposes to carry according
t. the ADVERTISEMENT, but without such specification
1t will he c,ns tered rs proposal for horseback
! vice.
10. Since the passage ef the act uf March ;, lsl'
description of III. has been received. 1t does
not specify mode of conveyance, but engages 10
take the entire mail each trip with reerty certain
ty, AMI security, using the terms nt The law. These
! bids are styici, from the in which they are
designated the books of the Depart ncnt. sto,.
butts" The experience of the Department enables il
to lay down the following rules, viz:
! When the mail on the is large as to
require two horse coach conve, star bid. if the
lowest, will always he prcicvcl to the specific bid
When the mails are of such size and weight rs to
render IL necessary in reference TO them alone. to
provide twuhor.r coach co3vryaIre the specific bid
though the chest. far cch service ii ali Judged to
he entirely sufficient for the ute viii he preferred
to the star bid, il, ire ditlrrr il such
to interfere with the policy ui the law of is -. which
looks to rcdc ION in tn, cost 81 tr.nsli taion. IN
ceftiOus. however. may lie allowed where the star
bill is made by he owner of the Stfc- used on
! the route iu lie performance Of coach service
! On rnut"s of the highest class. four morse
coach or seanho't tra"sr rtafion is required by the
size and the import of the mails. aud ttir specific
bid Is atudge; sufficient for the route the preference
for the specific rid will be, il ary carri, to
greater extent of difference than tie inf.riorc zach
routes.
/ 20. modifea ion of bid, in ANY OF its essential
/ terms, is tantamount 10 new bid. and cannot h..
received 50 Ms t" Interfere with regular competition
Sfter the last hour set for Receiving bids.
q. POstDlasters to be careful not IN certify
/ the sutic:ency OF gmarantors or su etieS without