The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1853-01-21
INSTRUCTIONS,


Embracing conditions to be Incorporated IN The cd
tracts to The ezssnt the Department may deem propg
i. Seven minutes are allowed to each intermediste oi
when not otherwise specified, for asserting the maIs nut
railroad and steamboat there is to be no more oe
than is sufficient for exchange Of the mail bags
q On where the mode Of conveyance admits OF
the special agents Of the Department. also post office BLANK
mail bags locks and keys, are to be conveyed without en
charge.
g. On railroad and steamboat lines, British and Cana
mails when offered, to be conveyed without Addition
pay; also the agents of the DEPARTMENT. for whose
elusive use while travelling with tie mails acommodious
OF apsrtne IN the centre of properly lighted warme
and furnished and adapted the convenient assoItment
due security of The same be provided by tho consco
under the direction of the Department.
4 No pay will be made for trips not performed and
each OF such omissions satisfactorily explained three tim
ne pay OF the trip may be deducted For arrivals far
hind time as 10 break connexion with Depending mails,
not sufficiently excused efourth Ct the compensation
the trip is subject to forfeiture Deduction may also be
dered for grade Of performance inferior that specified
the contract For repeated denquences of the kind here
specified, enlarged penalties Proporoned the nature the
of and the importance the mail, may be made.
S. For leaving behind. throwing off the mails, or ar
portion Of them for the admission of passengers
concerned in setting up running express cenvey
commercial intelligence ahead of the mail quarters pa
may be deducted.
6. Fines will be imposed, unless the delinquency L
masters the adayits of other creditable persons f.
failing to arrive in contract time for negectng to tai
the mail FROM deliver it into, post Office fer SUITE
ing it lowing either to the unsuitableness of The place
manner of carrying it, to be injured destroyed, robbe
lost; and for refusing, alter demand, to convey the
as frequently as the contractor runs, is concerned
runEing, coach, car, or steamboat, on route.
q The Postmaster General may annu the contract f
repeated failures to agreeaby contracts for dsobey
ing the post office laws the instructions of the Depa
for
by the Department to do for assigning the contra
without the of the Postmaster General for runnn
express aforesaid; for transporting persons q
packages conveying mailable matter out of the mail
8. The Postmaster General may order increase of
vice on route by allowing therefor pro rata increase
the contract pay He may also order increase of speed
he allowing, within the restrictions of the law, apro rata
of pay for the additional stock carriers if any
The contractor may, however, the of increase of speed
relnqush the contract by giving prompt notice the Depart
ment that he prefers doing to carrying the order into
The Postmaster General may also cuail discontinue h
SERVICE at rata decrease of pays if he allow month
extra compensation the dispensed with, whenever
in bis opinion the public interests do require the
or in case he desires to superede by different grade
transportation.
g. Payments will be made or the service through drafts o.
postmastes otherwise after the expiration of each guar
ier-say n February, May, August, and November.
TO- The distances given according to the best nforma-
ton but increased pay will be allowed should they
greater than advertised if the points be supplied be correct
ly stated.
knowingly making contraction the transportation the mails
with any person who shall have entered no proposed
enter no 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 give perform, any consideration
whateve or to do not to de any thing whatever n order
to induce any ether person persons not bid for mail
tract Particular attention caedt the 2sth section of the
of 1886, prohibiting combinations to prevent bidding
r. bid received after time, the 4h April 1863
m, without the guaranty required by aw that combines
severaroaes ofcompenssos be considered
in competition with regular proposal reasonable in amount
b. bidder may Offer where the transportation called
for by the advertisement difficult mpraccabe certain
seasons, TO substitute inferior mode of conveyance to
inerm service specified number of days. weeks months
He may propose to omit inaccessible office, not
on the stage railroad at steamboat landing, the
may be- he may offer to substitute inferior mode
of supply in such He may propose different times of
arrival and departure provided more running time is
asked, and no mail connexon pejudiced He may ask ad
donal running time for the trip during specified number
of days. in of very bad roads but Beyond these
changes, proposal for service differing from that called for
by the advertisement will not be considered in competition
with regular bid reasonable in amount Where bid
contains any such alterations, their disadvantages will be
estimated in comparing it with other proposals.
IA. There should be but bid for in a proposal
l5 The route The SERVICE the yearly pay, the and
residence of the bidder aud those of each member of firm,
where company Offers should be distinctly stated also
the mode of if higher mode than horseback
be intended.
l6. The bid should be under SEAL addressed 10 the
Second Assistant Postmaster General, superscbed Mail
Proposals in The State OF . should be guaranteed,
and the sucency of the guarantos certified (see FORMS
and should be dispatched in time be received by before
9 A. M, Of the 4th April, 1858.
IT, The contracts be executed aid returned to the
Department by or before the LIST of July, 1858.
H. Poslmasters at offices railroads, but more
than eighty rods from depot will, Immediately after the
4h of April next report their distance from depot and
how they Otherwise supplied with the mail to enable the
Postmaster General 10 direct mail messenger supply from
the LIST of July next.
49, Under the act of March 3d. ls45 the routes to
be let to the lowest bidders rendering sufficient guarantees
without other reference to the mode of transportation than
may be necessary for the due celebrity certainty, and
cury of such transportation. When the lowest bid pro-
poses mode of conveyance inadequate the due ceeri
~, certainty, and security of the mails, it will not be
copied. ~nas
20. When the bid does specify mode of convey
ance also when proposes to carry according to the ad
but without such specification, it will be
sidered as proposals for horseback service.
81. Since the passage of the act of Mar.h Sd, ls45,
description OF bid has been received 1t does spec
mode of conveyance, but engages to take the entire
mail each trip with celebrity, certainty and security, using
The terms of the law. These bids styled, from the
manner which they designated the books of he De-
ment, "star bids" The experience of the Department
enables it to Jay down the following rules viz:
When the mail the is large require
woh horse coach conveyance, bid, if the lowest will
always be preferred to the specific bid
When the mails of such size and weight render
necessary, in them Alone provide twohorse
oach conveyance, the specific bid though the highest, for
oach service, if adjudged be entirely sufficient for the
oue will be preferred the bid the difference