The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1853-01-07
INSTRUCTIONS,

INSTRUCTIONS,
Embracing conditions to be Incorporated an the corr
tracts TO The ersent the Department may deem proper
l. Seven minutes are allowed to each intermediate Office
when not otherwise specified for asserting the mais but on
railroad and steamboat routes there to be no more DELAY
than is sufficient for an exchange Of the mail bags.
O. On routes where the mode of conveyance admits OF 1t
the special agents of the Department. also post Office Blanks
mail bags locks and keys be conveyed without extra
charge.
g. On railroad and steamboat lnes British and Canada
mails when offered, to be conveyed without additional
pays also the agents of the Department. for whose
elusive use while travelling with the mails commodious ca
OF apartment IN the centre OF properly ghted warmed
and furnished and adapted the convenient assortment and
due security of the same be provided by tho CONTRACTOR
under The direction of the Department
T. No pay will be made for trips not performed and Tor
eachof such omissions not satisfactorily explained three times
the of the trip may be deducted For arrivals far be-
hind time as 10 break connexion with depending mails and
not sufficiently excused of the compensation for
the trip is subject forfeiture Deduction may also be
dered for grade of performance inferior specified in
the contract For repeated denquences of the kind herein
specified, enlarged penalties rropooned the there
of and the importance OF the mail, may be made
S. For leaving behnd throwing off the mails, OF any
portion of them for the admission of passengers being
concerned setting up running express conveying
commercial intelligence ahead of the mad, quarters pay
may be deducted
6. Fines will be imposed, unless the delinquency be
promptly and satisfactorily explained by certificates of post
masters the afdavis of other creditabe PERSONS for
failing 10 in contract time for pegecting to take
the mail FROM deliver it into, post Office for suffer-
ing it, lowing either the unsuitabeness of The place
Of carrying it, be injured destroyed, robbed
lost and for refusing, after demand convey the mail
as frequently the runs, concerned in
runRng coach, car, or steamboat a route.
q The Postmaster General may annuI the contract for
repeated failures to run agreeaby to contract for disObey
ing the post office laws, the instructions of the Depart
ment for refusing to discharge when required
by the Department to do for assigning the contract
without the of the Postmaster General running
an express aforesaid for transporting persons or
packages conveying mailabe matter of the mail.
The Postmaster General may order an increase of ser
vice route by allowing therefor pro increase
the contract pay He may also order Increase of speed
ne allowing, within the restrictions of the law, pro in
crease of pay for the additional stock carriers, if any.
The may, however, the oncrease of speed
enquish the by giving prompt notice the Depart
ment that he prefers doing carrying the order into effect
The Postmaster General may also cua discontinue the
service pro rata decrease of pays if he allow months
extra compensation the dispensed WITH whenever
in his opnon the public interests do require the same
or in ne desires to 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 ts the best infoma-
ton; but increased pay will be allowed, should they be
greater than advertised the points to be supplied be correct
ly stated
IL. The Postmaster General is prohibited by law from
knowingly making contraction the transportation of the mails
with any person who shall have entered ino proposed
enter nto any combination prevent the making of any bid
Tor mail contract by any other persons who
shall have made any agreement shall have given per-
formed promised TO give perform, any consideration
whatever do, dos any thing whatever, in order
to induce any other person persons not bid for mail
tract Particular attention called to the 2Sh section Of the
of 1886, prohibiting combinations to prevent bidding.
H. bid received after time the 4th of APRIL 1853 at
ms OF without The guaranty required by law, or that combines
everalroues IN compensaoR cannot be considered
E competition with regular proposal reasonable in amount.
ID. bidder may Offer where the transportation called
for by the advertisement difficult impraccabe at certain
seasons TO substitute inferior mode of conveyance,
inermt service specified number of days. weeks months
He may propose omit Inaccessible office,
on the stage railroad steamboat landing the
case may be he may offer to substitute inferior mode
of supply in such cases. He may propose different times of
arrival and departure, provided no more running time is
asked and mail connexion prejudiced He may ask adj
dtiona running time for the trip during specified number
of days, 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 route bid for in proposal
Is. The route, the SERVICE the yearly pay, the and
residence of the bidder and those of each member Of firm,
where company OFFERS should be distinctly stated also
the mode of conveyance if higher mode than horseback
be intended.
Is. The bid should be sent under SEAL addressed 10 the
Second Assistant Postmaster General, superseded "Mail
Proposals in the State OF ' Ii should be guaranteed,
and The sucency of the guaranors certified (see forns
and should be dispatched in time be received by before
ga NJ, of the 4th April, 1853
IL The contracts be executed, and returned to the
Department by or before the LIST of July, 1858.
Postmasters offices railroads, but
than eighty rods from depot will, Immediately after the
18th of 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 lst of July next
10. Under the act of March 3d. ls45, the to
be let the lowest bidders rendering sufficient guarantees,
without other reference the mode of transportation than
may be necessary, for the due CELEBRITY certainty and
curity of such transportation. When the lowest bid pro-
poses mode of conveyance inadequate to the due cee
ty certainty, and security OF the mails it will rot be
cepted.
90 When the bid does not specify mode of convey
ance, also when proposes to carry according the adj
vertisemen but without such specification, it will be
sidered as proposals for horseback service.
81 Since the passage of the act of March Sd, Is45,
new description of bid has been received 1t does not spec
y mode of conveyance but engages to take the entire
mail each trip with celebrity, certainty and security, using
the of the law These bids styled, from the
which they designated the books of the De-
parmen g star BIDS" The experience of the Department
enables it to lay down the following rules viz
When the mail the route is not so.large to require
twohorse coach conveyance, bid, if the lowest will
always be preferred to the specific bid.
When the mails of such and weight TO render
necessary ia reference them alone provide wohorse
coach conveyance the specific bid, though the highest for
coach service, adudged be entirely sufficient for the
route will be preferred the bid in the difference
such interfere with the policy of the law of lS45
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