The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1853-02-25
INSTRUCTIONS,

Wnen not otherwise 6peclheos Tor asserting tho maiss
railroad and steamboat there TO be no more oeay
than is sufficient for an exchange of the mail bags
q On where the mode of conveyance admits OF II
the special agents of the Department. also post office blanks
mail bags locks and keys to be conveyed whout extra
charge.
8. On railroad and steamboat lines British and Canada
mais when offered to be conveyed without aoduona
pays also the agents of the Department for whose
elusive use while travelling with the mails commodious car
OF apstmectn the centre Of car properly warmed
and furnished and adapted the convenient assortment and
due security of the ame be provided by the CONTRACTOR
under the direction of the Department.
4. No pay will be made for trips performed and for
eachof such omissions not satisfactorily explained three times
the pay of the trip msy be deducted For arrivals far be-
hind time break connexion with depending mails and
Sufficiently excused onefourh of the compensation for
the trip subject to forfeiture Deduction may also be
dered for grade of performance inferior that specified
the contract For repeated denquences of the kind herein
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, any
portion of them for the admission of passengers for being
concerned in setting up running express conveying
commercial intelligence ahead of the mail, quarters pay
may be deducted.
g. Fines will be imposed unless the delinquency be
promptly and satisfactorily explained by certificates of post
masters, the adavils of other credabe persons for
falling to arrive in contract time tor neglecting to take
the mail from, deliver into, post Office for suffer-
Ing it. lowing either to the unsuableness of the place
manner OF carrying it, to be injured, destroyed robbed
lost and for refusing, after demand convey the mail
as frequently the contractor runs concerned
running, coach, car, or steamboat, route
7. The Postmaster General may annuI the for
repeated failures to agree ably for dsobey
ing the post office laws the instructions of the Depart
men; for refusing to discharge carrier when required
by the Department to do for assigning the contract
without the of the Postmaster General for running
an express aforesaid; for transporting persons
packages conveying malable matter out of the mail
g. The Postmaster General may order of
vice on route by allowing therefor pro increase
the contract pay He may also order increase of speed
he allowng within the restrictions of the law, pro in
crease OF pay for the additional stock or carriers IT
The may however, the increase of speed
renqush the contract by giving prompt notice the Depart
ment that be prefers doing carrying the order effect
The Postmaster General may also curta discontinue The
service at pro rata decrease OF pays he allow one months
extra compensation he dispensed with, whenever,
In his opinions the public interests do require the same
or in he desires to supersede by different grade of
transportation.
Payments will be made for the service through drafts on
posmasters otherwise after the expiration of each quar-
ter-say in February, May, August, and November.
TO- The distances given according to the best nforma
ton but increased pay will be allowed, should they be
greater than advertised the points be supplied be
y stated
H. The Postmaster General is prohibited by law from
knowingly making contract for the transportation Of the mails
with any person who shall have entered into, proposed
enter nlo 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 to give PERFORM any consideration
whatever do not do any thing whatever order
to induce any other person persons bid for mail
Particular called to the 2sh of the
OF 1886, prohibiting combinations prevent bidding.
H. bid received after time, the 4th April 1853 at9
withouthe guaranty required by laws that combines
several routes fcompensaoR be considered
il competition with regular proposal reasonable in amount
49, bidder may offer, where the transportation called
for by the advertisements difficult mpractcabe certain
seasons substitute inferior mode of conveyance,
nterm service aspeced number of days. weeks months
lie may propose to omit inaccessible Office, not
on the stage railroad, steamboat landing, the
case may be- or he may offer to substitute inferior mode
OF supply such He may propose different times of
arrival and departure, provided running time is
asked, and mail connection preudiced He may ask ad
dona running time for the trip, during specified number
of days, in 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 pays 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.
To- The bid should be under SEAL addressed to the
Second Assistant Postmaster General, superscrbed Mail
and the suciency of the guarantos certified. (see fons)
and should be dispatched in time be received by before
9 A. M, OF the 4th April, 1883
II The contracts be executed and returned the
Department by or before the Isl of July, 1853.
1s. Pos,masters at offices railroads. but
than eighty rods from depot, will, Immediately after the
4h of April next report their distance from depot and
how they Otherwise supplied with the mail, to enable the
Postmaster General 10 direct mail messenger supply from
The LIST of July next
49, Under the act of March 3d. ls45 the to
be let to tho lowest bidders rendering sufficient guarantees
without other reference to the mode of transportation than
may be necessary for the due CELEBRITY ceanty and Sc
curly of such transportation. When the lowest bid pro-
poses mode of conveyance inadequate the due ceIer
y, certainty, and security of the mails will aot be &C
copied
20. When the bid does not specify mode of convey
ance, also when proposes TO carry sccoiding ad
veisement, but without such specifications will be
sdered as proposals for horseback service.
81. Since the passage of the of March 3d. Is45
description OF bid has been received does speci
mail each trip with celebrity, certainty, and security, using
the terms of the law These bids are styled, from the
which they designated the books of The De-
parmen " 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 require
twohorse coach conveyance, star bid, if the lowest will
always be preferred to the specific bid.
When the mails of such and weight render il
in them aone provide horse
coach the specific bid though the highest for
coach service, if adudged be entirely sufficient for the
route, will be preferred the bid in the difference
is not such interfere with the policy of the law of Is45
which looks reduction in the cost of transportation Ex
cepton however, may be allowed where the bid made
the of the stock no& used the the per
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