The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1853-02-04
INSTRUCTIONS.

Ena6rGcing conditions to be Incorporated IN the COZ
tracts 70 the extent the Department may deem prepr.
Seven minutes allowed to each ntermediats oic
wnen not otherwise specified for asserting the mais hot
ana Steamboat routes there TO be more deli
man u suthcaent for exchange of the mail bags.
on routes where the mode of conveyance admits Of
the special agents of the Department also po Office blank
ma Days locks and keys, to be conveyed without
charge.
8. On railroad and steamboat lines British and Cans.
mails when offered, to be conveyed without addition
pay also the route agents of the e2atmen for whose
elusive use while travelling with tie mails commodous ca
or apartment the centre Of car properly lighted
and furnished and adapted to the convenient
cue security OF the sae to be provided by tho contrac
under The direction of the Department
No pay will be made for trips not performed and I'd
eacnoi such omissions not satisfactorily explained three tim
the pay OF the trip may be deducted For arrivals so far
nna ume as TO break connection with depending mails
not sufficiently excused onefouIh of the compensation
the trip subject forfeiture Deduction NAV also be
dercd for grade Of performance inferior to that specified
the contract For repeated denquences Of the kind here
specified, enlarged penalties Propooned the nature there
of and the Importance Of the mail, may be made
S. For leaving behind, throwing off the mails or an
portion of them for the admission of passengers for ben
concerned in setting up running express
commercial intelligence abe ad of the mall quarters pa
may be deducted.
6. Fines will be imposed, unless the delinquency 81
promptly and satisfactorily explained by certificates of pos
hdstefs or OF cfeoNaDie
failing to arrive in contract time for negectng tax
the mail from, deliver it into, post office for suffe
ing it, lowing either the unsuabeness of he place d
manner Of carrying it to be injured, destroyed, robbed
lost; aad for reusing after demand convey the
as frequently the contractor runs concerned il
running, coach, car, or steamboat, route.
r. The Postmaster General may annuI the FOL
repeated failures to agreeaby for disobey
ing the post Office laws, the instructions of the Depart
ment; for refusing to discharge carrier when required
by the Department to do for assigning the CONTRACT
without the of the Postmaster General for running
express aforesaid for transporting persons o]
packages conveying maiabe matter out of the mail.
g. The Postmaster General may order Increase of
vice on route by allowing therefor pro rata increase o
the contract pay He may also order increase of speed
he allowing within the restrictions of the law, pro
crease OF pay for toe additional stock carriers if
The contractor may however, the ofncase of speed
rednquish the contract by giving prompt notice TO the Depart
men that be prefers doing carrying The order Ct
The Postmaster General may also curtail discontinue the
service pro decrease of psy be allow month
extra compensation the dispensed with, whenever
in bis opinion, the public interests do require the same
in be desires supersede it by different grade of
transportation.
g. Payments will be made for the service through drafts on
posmasers otherwise after the expiration of each quar-
ter-say in February, May. August, aud November.
TO- The distances given according the best nforma-
ton but increased pay will be allowed should they be
greater than advertised the points be supplied be correct
ly stated.
H. The Postmaster General is prohibited by law from
knowingly making for the transportation the mails
with who shall have entered no proposed
enter into, 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 10 give perform, consideration
to do, do, any thing whatever order
induce any other person persons MOTTO bid for mail
tract Particular attention called to the 2Sh section the act
of 1886, prohibiting combinations to prevent bidding
r. bid received after time the 4th of April 1853 at
without the guaranty required by Iaw that combines
severaroees in compensation be considered
IN competition with regular proposal reasonable in
49, bidder may ofer where the transportation called
for by the advertisement difficult impraccabe certain
seasons, to substitute inferior mode of conveyance
lnermt 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 running time is
asked and mail connexion prejudced He may ask adj
donal running lime for the trip, during specified number
of days. Of very bad roads but beyond these
changes proposal for service differing from that called for
the advertisement will 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 shoeId be but route bid for in proposal.
49, The route the SERVICE the yearly pays the name and
where company offers, should be distinctly stated also
the mode of convey if higher mode than horseback
be intended.
l6. The bid should be under SEAL addressed 10 the
Second Assistant Postmaster General superseded " Mail
Proposals in the State OF -" Ii should be guaranteed
and the suhciency of the guerantors certified see orns
and should be dispatched time be received by before
A. M, OF the 4h April 1853.
II The be executed aid returned to the
Department by or before the LIST of July, 1853
lS. Pos masters at offices on railroads. but more
han eighty rods from depot, will Immediately after the
4h OF April next report their exact distance from depot and
how they oherwse supplied with the mall to enable the
Postmaster General to direct mail messenger supply from
he lst of July next.
10. Under the of March 3d. ls45, The routes are to
be let to the lowest bidders rendering sufficient guarantees
Without other reference the mode of transportation IMAM
may be necessary for the due CELEBRITY certsny ana Sc
cury of such transportation. When the lowest bid pro-
poses mode conveyance inadequate to the due ceer
y, cetainy, and security of the mails, will rot be ac
copied
20. When the bid does not specify mode oil convey
lnce also when proposes carry according TO lhe so
but without such specification, will be con-
sdered as proposals for horseback service
81. Since the passage of the act of Marh Sd, ls45
new description OF bid has been received does not sPeci
~ mode of conveyance, but engages te take Inc entire
mail each trip with celeriy certainty, and security, using
the terms of the law These bids are styled, from me
which they designated the books OF The De-
oarment, star bids The experience of the Department
enables it to lay down the following rules, viz
When the mail the is not so large as to require
wohorse coach conveyance star bid, If the lowest VIII
lways be preferred to the specific bid.
When the mails of such size and weight to render
ecessary reference them alone, provide two horse
zach conveyance the specific bid though the highest for
zach service, if adudged be entirely sufficient for the
oue will be preferred the bid in the difference
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