The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1853-01-28
INSTRUCTIONS.

L. Seven minutes are allowed each intermediate Office
when otherwise specified, for asserting the mails hut
railroad and steamboat routes there to be no more delay
than Is sufficient for an exchange OF The mail bags
q Ga routes where the mode Of conveyance admits Of il
the special agents OF Department. post office blanks
mail bags, locks and keys, to be conveyed without
charge.
s. On railroad and steamboat lines. British aud Canada
nails when Offered are TO be conveyed without additional
pay also agents Of the Department. for whose
elusive while travelling with the mails commodiouscar
apartment IN the centre car properly lighted warmed
and furnished and adapted the convenient assortment and
due security of the same be provided by tho CONTRACTOR
under The direction OF the Department.
A. No pay will be made trips not performed and for
eachof such emissions not satisfactorily explained three times
the pay of the trip may be deducted For arrivals so lar be-
hind time as 10 break with depending mails, and
Sufficiently excused one fourth Of the compensation Tor
The trip subject forfeiture Deduction may also be
dered or grade OF performance inferior TO that pecsd IN
the contract For repeated denquencies OF the kind herein
specified enlarged penalties Propooned TO The nature heIe
of and the importance OF the mail, may be made
S. For leaving behind, throwing of the mails, any
portion them for The admission OF passengers. or Tor 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 satisfactorily explained by certificates OF post
masters the ahdavs OF other creditabe persons, for
failing in contract time Tor negectpg 70 take
The mail from, deliver it into post Office Ter suffer
ing IT, lowing either to the unsuiableness Of he place OF
OF carrying it, 40 be injured destroyed, robbed
lost aud for refusing, after demand, to convey the mail
frequently tho contractor runs, or - concerned IN
run.iDg, coach, car, steamboat, on . route.
r. The Postmaster General may annu The contract for
repeated failures ageeaby contracts iof disobey-
ing the post Office laws, the instructions OF tho Depart
men; for refusing to discharge carrier when required
by the Department do for assigning the Contract
without the Of the Postmaster General for running
express aforesaid for transporting persona
packages conveying mailabe matter out Of the mail
a The posuaser General NAV order an increase Of
vice a by allowing therefor pro rata increase
the pay. He may also order increase Of speed,
he allowing within the restrictions Of the law pro rata in
Of psy for the additional stock or carriers II any
The may however, 10 the opcrease of speed
reinqush the contract by giving prompt notice 10 the Dspa
men that he prefers doing carrying tho order into effect
The Postmaster General may also cural discontinue The
service, pro decrease Of pay he allow one months
extra compensation the amount Pensed With, whenever
in his opinion, the public interests do not require the
in he desires to supersede BY different grade
transportation
g. Payments viii be made for the service through drafts
postmas.ers otherwise after the expiration Of each guar
ter-say in February, May, August, and November
10. The distances given according Il the best informa
ton but increased pay will DO allowed, should they DO
greater than advertised the points TO be supplied be correct
y stated.
IL. 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 continuation to prevent the making Of any bid
for mail by any other person persons, who
shall have made any ageemen shall have given or per-
formed, promised 10 give perform, any consideration
waaiever do lot TO do thing Whatever 10 order
induce other or not 10 bid Tor mail con.
Particular attention called to the 2sh section Of The act
OF 1885, prohibiting combinations TO prevent bidding
H. bid received after time, the 4h Of April 1853 at
without The guaranty required by law, that combines
Compensatory cannot BE- considered
competition with regular proposal reasonable in amount
10. bidder may offer, where the transport alton called
for by the advertisement difficult impraccabe at certain
seasons substitute inferior mode Of conveyance TO
nlerm service specified number OF days, weeks, moths
He may propose omit inaccessible Office, not
the railroad, 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 pejudiced. He may ask ad
dioDal running time for The trip during specified number
OF days. 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
any such alterations their disadvantages will be
estimated in comparing ii with other proposals.
H. There should be but bid for in proposal
Is The route the service the yearly pay and
residence OF the bidder, aud those OF member oil firm
where company Offers should be distinctly stated also
the mode of convey anoe if higher mode than horseback
be intended.
l6 The bid should be under seal, addressed 10 the
Second Assistant Postmaster General superscbed " Mail
Proposals in the Stale Of -" Il should be guaranteed
and the suhccDcy OF the guaanors ccuhsd sce orms,
and should BIO dispatched be received by before
Q "A. NJ, OF the Alb April, 1883.
H. The be executed and returned to the
Department by or before the LIST Of July, 1863
ls Pos,masiers offices on near railroads, but
than eighty rods from depot, WILL Immediately alter tho
4ih OF April next report their distance from depot and
how they otherwise supplied with the mail to enable the
Postmaster General to direct mail messenger supply from
he LIST of July next.
10. Under the act of March 81. ls45, the routes to
be Jet TO the lowest bidders rendering sufficient gusran,c
without Other reference TO the mode Of transportation Than
may be necessary, for the due ceeriy certainty aod
curly Of such transportation. When the loves, bid pro-
poses mode Of conveyance inadequate 10 the due celer
y, certan'y, and security Of the mails, will Eot be
cepled
20. When The bid does not specify mode Of convey
ance also when proposes 10 carry according to the sd
vcremenf, but whou, such specification, will be con-
sidered as proposals for horseback service
I'll. Since the passage Of the OF March Sd, ls45,
description OF bid has been received docs not pec-
y mode Of conveyance, but engages TO take the entire
mail each TRIP with CELEBRITY, oerainy, and security, using
the terms Of the law These bids styled, from The
which they designated the books Of The De
psrlmen, star bids" The experience Of the Department.
enables it to lay down the following rules, viz
When the mail the is large as TO require
two horse coach convey ance, bid, the lowest, will
always be preferred to the specific bid.
When msiIs Of such and weight TO render
necessary in them sonc, provide twohoe
cosch conveyance tho specific bid though The highest, for
coach service, IL sdudgod be entirely sufficient for The
route, will he preferred the bid in the difference
81 cf hall IF