Daily evening star. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1852-1854, 1853-10-18
INSTRUCTIONS.

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of it, the SPECIAL agents of the Department, also
post Office blanks, mail bags. locks and keys, are to
be conveyed without extra charge.
3. No pay will be made for trips not performed;
and for each of .uch ON ssions not satisfactorily
planned three times the pay of the trip may be
deducted. For arrivals far behind time 10 b. esk
connection with depending mails, and not sufficiently
excused oneuurth Of The compen> alton for the trip
is subject TO forfeiture Deduction may also be or
d"red for grade of performance inferior to that
spec fled in the contract For repeated dciinQucncies
of the kind herein specified, enlarged penalties, pro-
portioued t. the nature thereof and the importance
of the mail. NAV be made
1. For leaving behind or throwing off the mails or
portion of them for the admission of passengers,
or for heing concerned i'm setting up running an
express conveying commercial Intelligence ahead of
Il c mail q quarters pay may Ice deducted
). Fines will be imposed. unless the delinquency
be promptly and satisfactorily explained by cerif
Gates Of postmaster, the sfaavis Of other cred
itale persons for failing to arrive in contract time;
for neglecting to take the msal from, deliver it
ibto, post Office: suffering it lowing either to the
unsuitabeness of the place manner of carrying
it) to DE Injured destroyed robbed lost; and for
refu:ing after demand, To convey the mail rs fire.
quently as the contractor runs, is concerned in
running, coach or steamboat on a route.
8. The Postmaster General may anIul the contract
f,r repeated failures 10 run agrresbiy to contract:
for diSobcyiug the post Office laws, the instruc
tonS Of the Department; for refusing to discharge
carrier when required by he Department to do so;
Tor assigning the contract without the assent or the
Postmaster General Tor running express as atare
said: for transporting persons or packages con-
Veyu~ maable matter out III the mail
/. The Postmaster General III y order an increase
of service route by allowing therefor pro rata
increase on the contract pay. He may also order
increase of speed. he allowing, within the reStrir-
tons OF the law pro rata increase Of pay f'r the
additional stock carriers if any. The contractor
may, however, in the of increase of speed, re-
lnquish the contract by giving prompt notice to the
Department that he prefers doing to carrying the
order into effect. The PoStmaster General may aisO
rtail nP Al .c, he at rat
crease Of pay if he allow months extra CON-
p.nSation the amount diSI ensed with. whenever
in his opinion the public interests do not require the
vi III lac desires to supersede 1t by dlffer
eft grade of transportation lie may also change
the times of arrival and departure CROWDED he does
not curtail the running tine without increasing tie
pay.
S. Payments will be made for the service through
drafts postmastcr$, otherwise, after the cxpi-
ration of each quarter-say in February, May, Au
gust. aud November.
9 The distances are given according TO the best
reformation: bat no increased pay will he allowed
should they be greater than advertised, if the point.
10 ne supplied I've rr.cty stated.
10. The Postmaster General il Iroltibtcd by law
from knowingly making a contract Tor the transror
aton of the mails with any person who shall have
entered into propo., to enter into, ANY combna
tiou TO prevent the making Of any bid for mail
contract ty any other lerson or persons, or who
sha! have made any agreement. OF shall have given
performed, or promised To give or perform, any
consideration whatever, or to do or not t. do any
tfllig whatever. induce any UtDcr person
Iersons not tn bud for mail contract. Particular
ntou called tie 18th section Of the d; Il of
1886, prohibiting combinations to prevent budinR.
Ii. A bid received after time. Viz: III Of tn. Sd
April, 1854. without the gu raIty required 10y
Law. that combines several routes i'll one sum of
penSat;on, cannot be considered In competition
with regular proposal reasonable in amount
r. 4 bidder may offer, where the transportation
caltd for by the ady crtiscment Is difficult i'm
practicable at certain seasons to substitute in
ferior N" e of conveyance. or to inerinit sersire
Il specified humber of days weeks noaths. lie
may propose to omit an Inaccessible Office. not
on the stage railroad at Steamboat landing.
the may be: or he msy offer to substitute
inferior mode of supply IN such cases lie may pro-
pose different times OF arrival and DEPARTURE pro
Nided no mere running time IS asked, and no mail
connection prejudced. He may ask additional run
ming time for the trip, during specified number OF
days in seasons of very bad r'xds; but bryoud tn
changes proposal for service Offering from that
called for by the advertisement: will not be CONSIDER
ed in competition with Irregular bid reasonable in
amount Where a bid contains any such alterations
their disadvantages viii be estimated in comparing
ii with other proposals.
Is. There should be but route bid for in
proposal.
Il The route, the service, the yearly pay. the
name and residence OF the bidder and those Of each
member of firm. where a company offers should
Ike city stated. also the mode Of convey apcc If
higher mode than horseback be intended
10 The bid should be sent uader seal, addressed
to the Second Assistant Postmaster General, super
.cribed /" Mail Proposals in uIe State Of --"
1t should be GUARANTEED, and the sufiucncy of the
guaraniors certified, (sce forms and should lie dis
a'ched in time to be received by before A. NJ of
the ID of April, 1851
IL The contracts to he executed aud returned
to the Department by before the LIST OF July. 1851
II Tn Ter the act of March s. 1915 the routes are
to be let to the lowest bidders rendering sufficient
guarantees, vithout other reference to the mode of
transportation than may be necessary f'r the due
CELEBRITY certainty security of such transporta
ton. When the lowest bid proposes a mode of
pInf,yr
and security at the mails it will not DC accepted.
Is. When the bid does not specify mode Of Con-
veyance, also, when it proposes to carry 'atc ,dng
to the ADVERTISEMENT, but without such specf alton
1t will be considered proposal for horseback
( vice.
H. Since the iassag. Of the act of March 3, 1915.
u new description of iid has been received 1t does
not specify mode of conveyance but engages 10
take the entire Mail each trip with CELEBRITY, certain
ty, and security using the terms of the law. These
bids are styIel from the IN inner in which they
designated the books OF the Depart lent, STIR
bids. The experience of the Department enables it
to lay down the following rules, viz:
When the mail on the route is not so large to
require ohorse coach sta, bid if the
lowest, will always be preferei to tile specific bid
When the mails Of such size and weight a. to
render it necessary. in reference 10 them alone TO
provide twohorse coach convey arce, the specific bid.
though the highest for coach service if adjudscd to
he entirely sufficient for the route, will be preferred
tn the star bid IL the difference is such
to Interfere with the policy of the law Of lSi5, which
looks to reduction in the cost of transportation. Tx
cePtionS. however, may 'c allowed where the star
bid is made 10y The owner of the stOcs used
the route in The performance of coach service.
On routes of the highest class, where tourhorse
coach or steamboat transportation is required by the
size and the Importance of the mails and the specific
bid is adjudge1 sufficient for the the preference
for The specific hid will be, il necessary, carried to
greater extent OF difference than the inferior coach
routes. --,9....
20. A modfca ion of II bid, in any of its essential
terms, is tantamouHt new bid, and cannot be
received, u interfere with regular competition.
after the last hour set for resolving bids.
Il. Po>tmasterS To be careful not to certify
the suiiicency OF guaraD tors sureties without
knowing that they persons of sufficient respon
sibiity: and all bid ler guarantOrs and sureties
distinctly notified that u failure enter into
perform the contracts for the proposed for in
the accepted bids their legal liabilities will be
| forced against them.
p. The contracts will be substantially in the forms
! heretofore used in this Department, except in the
respects llrii.uiarlY mentioned iu these instruc