The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1853-01-21
INSTRUCTIONS,

INSTRUCTIONS,
Enbraetn9 conditions 20 be Incorporated IL he con.
tracts 10 The ertenl hs Department may deem proper
/. Seven minutes allowed TO each intermediate Office
when not otherwise specified for asserting the mails hu on
railroad and steamboat routes there 10 be more d
than is Sufficient for exchange OF the mail bags.
2. On routes where the mode Of conveyance admits of =
the special agents Of the Department. also posi- office blanks
mail bags, locks and keys to be conveyed without r
charge.
3. Ga railroad aud steamboat lines, British add Can.5
mails, when offered, TO he conveyed without additions,
pay, also the SCENTS of the Department whose 81
elusive while travelling with 4 mails eommodiouse,r
apartment 10 the centre OF properly lighted warned
and furnished and adapted the convenient assortment and
due security OF the same is to be provided by tho conae
under the direction Of the Department.
4. No pay will be made for trips not performed and for
each OF such omissions not satisfactorily explained three time,
the pay of the p may be deducted For arrivals far be-
hind lime break connection with depending ms and
not sufficiently excused oneiouIth ct the compensation r
the trip subject To forfeiture. Deduction msy also o.
dered ioI grade OF performance inferior TO that specified
the contract For repeated delnquencies Of the kind herein
specified, enlarged penalties Propoionedi The there
Of and the importance OF the mail may be made
s. For leaving behind, throwing of the mails any
portion Of them for the admission OF passengers, for
concerned in setting up running an express conveying
commercial intelligence ahead of tho mall quarters pay
may be deducted,
8. Fines will BIO imposed, unless the delinquency b
promptly and satisfactorily explained by certificates Of post
masters the adav of other crcditablo persons,
falling 10 contract time tor neglecng to take
the mail from, deliver it into, post office for suffer
ing IT, lowing either to the unsuiabcness OF The place
manner OF carrying IT, Ia be injured destroyed ros
or lost asd for refusing after demand, 10 convey the mail
as frequently The contractor runs, is concerned
running a coach, car, steamboat, route.
z. The Postmaster General may annu the contract p
repeated failures 10 run agreeabiy TO contract for dso
ing the post office laws, tho instructions Of the Depart
forr lt.,, a 4,
by the Department TO do for assigning the cn,nd
without the Of tho Postmaster General for running
an express aforesaid; for transporting persons
packages conveying maiIable matter out Of the mail.
8. The Postmaster General may order an increase Of SER
vice by allowing therefor pro rata increase on
the contract pay. He may also order 81 speed
he allowing, within the restrictions Of the law, pro rata Ia
Of pay for the additional stock carriers sny
The contractor may however, in The ofincrease speed
relinqush the contract by giving prompt notice to the D.
ment that be pre- fes doing to carrying the order ea
The Postmaster General may also curla discontinue t
service, pro rata decrease Of pay, if be allow month
extra compensation the amount dispensed with, whene
In his opinion the public interests do not require the
or in he desires supersede it by different grade
9. Payments will be made for the service through drafts o.
posmaslers otherwise after the expiration Of each quar-
ler--say in February, May, August, and November.
TO- The distances given according the best informs
ton but increased pay will be allowed should they
ly ta'ed
H. The Postmaster General is prohibited by law lioa
knowingly making contract for the Transportation Of the
with any person who shall have entered into proposed
enter no any combination prevent the making Of m
for mail contract by any other person PERSONS wh
shall have made nny agreement shall have given
formed, or promised 10 give PERFORM any considerable
whatever, or to do. do any thing whaiever order
TO induce any other person persons not to bid for mail
tract Particular attention called The 2Slh
OF 1888, prohibiting combinations 10 prevent bidding.
~ bid received after time the 4lh Of April, ls53as
without the guaranty required by law, that comn
in Of compensation be considered
iE competition with regular proposa reasonable in amount
ID. A bidder may offer, where the transportation called
for by the advsr,iseme difficult mpra able
seasons, Substitute inferior mode Of conveyance
inerm service specified number Of days. weeks, months
he may propose to omit inaccessible Office, nd
on tho stage railroad, at steamboat landing as t
case may be he may offer to substitute inferior mode
Of supply in such He may propose different times
arrival and departure, provided running time il
asked, and no mail connexion preudiced. He may ask
donal running time for The trip, during specified numbs
Of days. Of very bad roads but beyond lhts
changes, proposal for service differing from that called ia
by the advertisement will be considered in eompetN
with regular bid reasonable In amount Where a h
contains any such alterations, their disadvantages will
estimated in comparing il with other proposals.
H. There should be but route bid for in proposal
H. The route the service the yearly pay, the sD
resuehcc o me Diuucrs ana th1se OF each epe OF H
where COMPANY offers, should be distinctly stated ala
the mode Of convey If higher mode Than horsela
be int nded.
l6 The bid should be under seal, addressed 10
Second Assistant Postmaster General, superseded "Ns
in the State Of ." Ii should be guaranteed
and The suicency Of The guarsntos certified see forms
and should be dispatched in time be received by l
A. M, Of the 4th April, 1853.
IL. The contracts be executed, ard returned TO
Department by OF before the Isl Of July, 1853.
10. Pos offices near railroads, bot MOI
han eighty rods from depot, will Immediately alter
iih of April next, report their distance DEPOT
how they otherwise supplied with the mall enable
Postmaster General TO drec, mail messenger supply h
he LIST Of July next
10. Under the act Of March 81 ls45 the routes are
be let to tho loves, bidders rendering sufficient guaan
without other reference to the mode Of transportation
may be necessary, for the due celery certsniy atd
curity of such transpor alton. When the lowest BID
poses mode Of conveyance inadequate TO the due GELD
", ccrtainiy. and security Of the mails, it will not be
copied.
90 When the hid does not specify mode Of cow
ance, also when it proposes carry according 10 The
vertisempn,, but without such specification, il will be
s'dcred as proposals for horseback service.
IL Since the passage Of tho act Of March ID, 1875
new description Of bid has been received. II does not r.
fy mode of conveyance, but 10 take sls 90
mail each TRIP with celeri'y, certainty, and security %
the terms Of the iaw These bids styled, from
manner which hey designated the books Of he
star bids" The experience Of the Depume
enables it to lay down the following rules, viz:
Whom the mail on the route il not lsrse to req
twohorsc coach conveyance star bid. If tho lowest
always be preferred to the specific bid.
when the mats of such and weight as TO rno'
in reference them alone, provide twch
coach conveyance tho specific bid though the highest