Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1853-02-17
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INSTRUCTIONS,


Embracing condthOnS 10 be incorporated IN The
contracts 10 The ertent the Department may deem
proper.
l. Seven minutes allowed each intermediate Office,
when NOT otherwise specified, for asserting the mails but
rihoad aud steamboat routes there Is be delay
than u sufficient ior exchange Of the mail bags.
Onrutes where the mode Of conveyance admits Of it,
the special Of The Department, also post Office hanks
| charge.
3 On railroad and steamboat lines, British and Canada
mails when offered uhe conveyed without additional pay;
ao the route agents ohe Department. Tor whose exclusive
use while travelling with the mails commodous
phen ~ the centre oiu car property ghtcd warmed and
furnished and adapted the npd due
security Of the sane l. to be provided by the contractor,
der the direction ct the Department.
l. No pay will he made for trips performed and for
each Of such omissions satisfactorily explained. three
tunes The pay Of the TIP may be deducted For arrivals far
behind time To break connection with depending mails,
and not sufficiently excused fourth of the compensation
Tor the tp Is subject to forfeiture Deduction may also he
ordered for grude of performance inferior specf IN
the contract For repeated douqucncies Of kind
specified enlarged penalties propouoned to the
Of and the importance ofthe mail may be made.
o. For leaving behind. throwing Oft the mails, any
portion OF them for the admission Of passengers being
concerned 10 setting up running express conveying com
meieiai intelligence ahead Of the mall quarters pay may
/ e. Fines will be imposed. unless the delinquency he
promptly and satisfactorily explained by post
mastes, the adavits OF other cedte persons for fail
ng TO arrive 10 contract time Tor nesectag take mail
from, OF deliver it INTO, post Office u suffering it, lowing
either to the nnsuaheness tho place manner Of carving
tfo be injured destroyed robbed, and Tor refusing
after demand, 10 convey the mail frequently he con-
tractor concerned in running coach cat or team.
he Postmaster General may annu the contract for re-
peaod ures agocnbly to contract tor disobc ing
the post office laws, the Instructions the Department;
for refusing 10 discharge when required BIZ the De
partnen do The contract without the as
sent of tho Postmaster Gcuera for running express
uoresdi or for transporting persons packages conveying
mail bic matter out ofiho mail
p Ih9 Postmaster General order on Incense of ser.
vice route by allowing ereofa pro uctcaso m
the contract paw he may also order an inrrens. of si m
allowing, within the restrictions the law a pro rata in
OF pay Tor the additional carers any, The
contractor may however 10 the case of ncre,sa ofeed re-
] r4ff o., fIa ID
The Postmaster General ma, also ~, c,iS ,s
service at pro rata decrease of pay 1low months
extra compensation Che dispensed with whenever
opinion public interests do not require tdc same or
IN case be desires TO supocedo 1t by different grade OF
o Payments viii he made for the service through dr0s
on posimaers or Otherwise, after the expiration of
qunuer-say 10 February, May, August and November
TO- The distances are riven ccoo,e 10 Inc b.s, irf,,,
tons but no increased pny will be allowed should they
greater than advertised If the points to be supplied
Il. The Postmaster General is prohibited BY law from
knowingly making for the transportation Of the
mails vi any person whu sh ~ have Into, propos-
ed to enter ino any combination prevent the making OF
bid ior mail by any Other person pesuns
who shall have made any agreement shall given or
peoimcd, promised PERFORM consideration
whlteTer, or to d. Or not to do thing whatever
TO induce any Other person or persons no, to bid for mail
contract Particular attention called tho section Of
The act Of 1856 prohibiting combinations prevent bidding.
II A bid received after time, the Alb Of April 1855
at or without the guaranty required by law, thai
combines seveft routes in cannot
be considered competition with regular proposal reasopa
/ bic
49, bidder may offer, whero the transportation called
for by the advertisement /, d5enit ar ~.
seasons to substitute inferior mode conveyance or 10
ntofmu service specified number days weeks or months
lie may propose TO omit ON oire o1 one nv, ~,
the stage or railroad steamboat lnding as the case
may be he may offer substitute an inferior mode of
supply such cases tie NAV prpos, tn,es of
val and departure, provided running time T. asked
and no mail ceaneNion preudiced. Tie may additional
running time tn the IMP DUNG specified number days.
in ssons ct voy bad tods beyond these changes mo-
poss for service differing tom that called for y tie adver
tsemen W'iino be considered in competition with regular
lid
ing II with other proposals
- There should but one route bid for in a prono.al
ID Inc route the service, the yearly pay the aud
residence OF The bidder, and those OF each member frm
where company oilers, should be distinctly also the
mode Of ii higher mode than horseback
It. The bid should be sent under seal addressed 10 I'M,
second Assist fnt Postmaster General, supescIhed Mail
Fopo'als IN the state -" 1t should be qua raniied
ana me suheen1y OF The guaran,ors cerfrd, otms
aud should be dispatched received by or before
9 A. NJ. of the An Of Apnl, 1883
H. The be executed and returned To the
Department by before the lst OF July, Isl3
Is. Poslmas'ers at offices railroads, hut
more IMAM tgh rods from de ct, Will Immediately after
the ih OF Apn ueNt, report their distance the
pot, and how they ave Otherwise supplied with mail
supply from the lst Of July mex.
10 Under The act OF March 3d. lsi5 the routes are to be
lei to the lowest bidder. rendering -uhcieut guarantees
other reference the o ian than NAV be
necessary for The due celebrity, ecainy, and security Of
Of conveyance Inadequate the celebrity certainty und
security Of the mails, II viii accepted.
@,
also when poposes 10 carry according advertisement
but without such specifications will DO considered pio-
> losal for horseback service.
a. Since The passage Of The of March 3D. 1916 new
description Of bud as been received /, does specify
F WIN esisy' certainty and security, using The terms Of
me law These bids styled, from the ia
they designated the books OF the department star
ne eApeienSe ct the department enables to lay
down the following rules,
When the mail on the large as TO require
tW0hoe coach convey bid, the lowest, will
l. always be preferred 80 the specific bad.
When the malls Of such weight render 1t
Necessary 10 reference to them aoIe, TO provide twooo
coach vance, the specific hid though the highest for
eoaeh service u adudsed to be entirely sufficient for the
iVu' VIII ne preferred 10 the star hid, the difference
Is not such Interfere with pcy of the law of 1876
Mon o'' TO reduction ~ the cost Of transportation Ia
e'pns' ho"eNeI may De allowed where the star bid -
made by The owner Of stock used the the
y performance of coach service
On routes Of the highest class whore fourhorse coach or
steamboat transportation required by ,he size impor-
lance oil 1he mails ADD The see'hc bid Is adudged sufficient
u the route The preference for the specific bid will be,
necessay carried 10 greete eSoni Of difference
the nie,iot coach routes
~ modification OF bid IN any of It's essential teTms,
ta'amounl 10 new bid aud cannot be received,
interfere WIN regular competition after the last hour for
% Postmaster, be careful not to certify the sufi.
cheney OF gulrantosor sueties without knowing that they
are persons sufficient responsibility and all bidders,
tors aud sueies distinctly notified that failure
ter INTO or peorm the contracts M he proposed Tor
Ia me accepted bids then legal liabilities Will be enforced
against them.
"a The contracts viii be substantially il the form. here
loore used 10 this department Ia the respects paIc
uafy mentioned these Instructions and all railroad
steamboat will be required to deliver
me mails ino the post offices at the ends of the and
into al the Intermediate post Offices than eighty
9 roads from the iailroad OF landing,
Present contractors and persons known the Depart
must equally with others procure guaranors and cor
iio Of th, sufHeieney substantially the above
prescribed The certificates Of suiciency be signed by
a postmaster, a Judge or clerk OF d court uf record
d :. -. HUBBARD, POSTMASTER Gtneral
PosI orF'or Dsr.Hrsrsr, De IS, 1852. iilaw,
The White Slave.
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