The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1853-02-16
INSTRUCTIONS,


En,Jracnq conditions to be Incorporated IN the con-
tracts TO the ertept the Department may deem proper
L. Seven minutes arc allowed each intermediate office,
when otherwise specified for asserting the mails but
railroad and steamboat there is t, be delay
than is sufficient for an exchange OF the mail bags
q On where tbs mode Of conveyance admits OF il
the special agents of the Department also post Office blanks
mail bags locks and keys to be conveyed without extra
charge.
g. On railroad and steamboat lines, British and Canada
nails when offered, be conveyed without additional
pay also the agents of the Department. for whose
elusive while travelling with the mails commodous
apartment in the centre of properly lighted, warmed,
and furnished and adapted to the convenient ment and
due security of the same to he provided by the contractor,
under the direction of the Department
A. No pay will be made for trips not performed and for
each of such omissions not satisfactorily xpaned three times
the pay of the trip may deducted For arrivals far be-
hind break conneIion with depending mails and
not sufficiently excused fourth Of the compensation for
the trip subject to forfeiture. Deduction may also be
dercd for grade of performance inferior that specified in
the For repeated denquencies the kind herein
specified enlarged penalties proPooned to the nature there
of and the importance Of the mall may be made.
For leaving behind, throwing of the mails, any
portion of them for the adms ion of passengers for being
concerned in setting up or running an express conveying
commercial intellgen ahead of the mail quarters pay
may be deducted.
g. Fines will be imposed unless the delinquency be prompt
aud satisfactorily explained by certificates Of potmaers,
the adav.s Of other credtsbe PERSONS for failing to
deliver ino post office for suffering it, lowing either to
the uDsuabeness of the place Of carrying it, to he
injured destroyed robbed lost and for refusing after de-
mand to convey tho mail as frequently the contractor
runs concerned in running, coach, mboat
a route.
The Postmaster General may annu the contract for
peated failures ssreeaby to contract for dsobeying
the post Office laws the instructions of the Department
for refusing discharge carrier when required by the De-
partment to do for assigning the contract without the
OF the Postmaster General for running express
aforesaid for transporting persons packages conveying
maable matter out Of the mail
The Postmaster General order increase oil service
by allowing therefor pro rata increase the
contract pay. He may also order increase OF speed he
allowing within the restrictions OF the law, pro in
Of pay for the additional stock carriers, If any
The contractor may however in the of increase OF speed
renqssh the by giving prompt notice the Depart
that be prefers doing carrying the srder into effect
The Postmaster General also cuni discontinue the
service at pro rata decrease Of be allow month
extra compensation the amour, dispensed with whenever
10 his opinion the public interests do no, require the same
10 in he desire. to supersede il by different grade of
transportation.
g. Payments will be made for the service through drafts
pos'mssters otherwise after the expiration Of ench
say in February, May, August, and November.
TO- The distances given according to the best norna
ton, but increased pay will be allowed should be great
er than advertised II the points to be supplied be correctly
stated.
H. The Postmaster General prohibited by law from
knowingly making for the transportation Of The nails
with any person who shall have entered into, proposed
enter into, combination to prevent the making OF bid
for mail by any other person persons, who
shall have made any agreement or shall have given per-
formed, promised to give PERFORM any consideration
whatever, do, not 10 do, any thing Whatever in
order 10 induce any other not 10 bud for
mail contract Particular attention is called 10 the 2sh
ton Of the Of $780, prohibiting combinations prevent
bidding
IL A bid received after time, viz The 18th of April, 1859
Gam, or Without the guaranty required by law, that
combines several routes in compensation cannot
considered In competition with regular proposal reasonable
in amount.
H. bidder may offer, where the transportation called 70,
by the advertisement difficult impraccabe certain
sons substitute inferior mode Of conveyance
ernit service specified number Of days, weeks months
He may propose to omit inaccessible office, MOI
on the stage rsrosd, at steamboat landing, a,
the may be he may offer 10 substitute inferior
mode Of supply in such He may propose dieren
times Of arrival and departure. provided run
ming time is asked, and ms copnexion prcjudiced II.
may ask additional running time for the trip during spcc
fed number Of days, IN OF very bad roads bu
beyond these changes proposal for service differing from
that called Tor by the advertisement will not he considered
composition with regular bid reasonable in amount
Where bid contains any such alterations. their dsad
ge. will be estimated in comparing with ether proposals.
ID. There should be bu, bid for in a proposal.
is. The route, the service, the yearly psy the nam
and residence Of the bidder and those Of each member Of
firm, where company offers should be distinctly stated
also the mode Of conveyance, IL higher mode than horse
back he Intended
l6 The bid should be sent under seal addressed th
Second Assistant Postmaster General superscrbed "Ma
Proposals in the State Of -" II should be gusrann,d
and the suciency OF the gusanors certified see FORMS
and should be dispatched in time to be received by beor
. A. Of the ath April, 1853.
H. The contracts TO be executed and returned to ID
| Department by or before the LIST Of Jolly 1853.
IL. Postmssters At offices or near railroads, bu
more than eighty rods from depot, will Immediately
ter the 4h April merit report their distance from depot
and how they otherwise supplied with the mail to
able the Postmaster General direct mail messenger sup
ply from the LIST July next
10. Under the act Of March ls45 the route. TO be
TO the loves, bidders rendering sufficient guarantees whou
other reference TO the mode Of transportation than be ne
oessary for the due celebrity, certainty and security OF suc
transportation When the lowest bid proposes mode OF con
vcyance inadequate TO the due CELEBRITY, certainty and secu
rty Of the mails, il will not be accepted
20. When the bid does not specify mode OF conveyance
also when proposes carry according 10 the advertisement
but without such specification, il win be considered as
| proposal for horseback service
al Since the passage Of the act Of March 2, ls4h ns'
description Of bid hiss been received. does not specify
mode Of but engages to take the entire mail esc
trip with CELEBRITY certainty and security using the term.
tbs Law. These bids styled, from the manner IN whe
they de-gnsted the books Of the Department, "an