The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1853-01-16
INSTRUCTIONS,

INSTRUCTIONS,
Embracing conditions to be Incorporated an The con
tracts 10 The extent the Department may deem proper
L. Seven minutes are allowed each intermediate office
when otherwise specified for asserting the msis but OF
railroad and steamboat routes there is t, be delay
than is sufficient for an exchange of the mail bags
q On routes where tho mode Of conveyance admits OF
the special agents Of The Department also post Office blanks
mail bags locks and keys 10 be conveyed without extra
charge
g. On railr ,ad and steamboat lines British and Canada
mails when offered, ara to be conveyed without additions
pay also the agents Of the Department for whose
elusive while travelling with tho mails connections
apartment in the of pe' igh ed warmed
and furnished and adapted the convenient meht and
due security of the same to be provided by the contractor,
under the direction of the Department.
A. No pay will be made for trips not performed ard for
each Of such omissions not satisfactorily explained three times
the pay of the trip may be deducted For arrivals far be
hind time to break connection with depending mails, and
not sufficiently excused, oneourh Of the compensation for
the trip subject to forfeiture Deduction may also be
deed r grade OF performance inferior to that specified in
the For repeated delnquences OF the kind herein
specified, enlarged penalties proportoned to the nature here
Of and the importance Of the mail, may be made.
For leaving behind, throwing of the ma Is, any
portion Of them for the adms ion Of passengers, for being
concerned in setting up running express conveying
commercial intelligence ahead Of the mail, quarters pay
may be deducted
Fines will be imposed unless the delinquency be prompt
y and satisfactorily explained by certificates Of postmastes
the adavits Of other credabe persons, for failing to
in contract time for neglecng TO take the mail from,
deliver il into, post office; for suffering it, lowing her to
the unsuiabeness Of the place of carrying it, be
injured destroyed robbed, lost and for refusing after de-
mand, to convey The mail frequently the
runs concerned in running coach, car, mboa
on route.
Z. The Postmaster General may nnnu tho contract for re-
peated aures sgreeaby for disobeyng
the post Office laws, the instructions of the Department
for refusing to discharge carrier when required by the De
psment to do for assigning the contract without the
of the Postmaster General for running esps IS
aforesaid or for transporting packages conveying
mailable matter out of the mail
The Postmaster General order increase oil
route by allowing therefor pro rata increase the
contract pay He may nlso order increase of speed he
allowing, within the restrictions of the law, pro in.
of pay for the additional stock carriers If
The contractor may, however in the of of speed
renqush the contract by giving prompt notice 10 the Depart
that be prefers doing Carrying the eder eff
The Postmaster General may also curta discontinue the
service, at pro rata decrease OF be allow month
compensation the dispensed with, whenever
ia his opinion, the public interests do require the s,me
il in he desires to supesede by different grade
trans POI tation.
Payments will be made for the service through drafts on
posmasors otherwise, after the expiration Of each quarter
say in February, May, August, and November.
TO- The distances given according TO the hest norma
ton but no increased pay will be allowed should they be great
than advertised, II the n,s TO be supplied be correctly
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
encr n,o combnaonto prevent the making of bid
for mail contract by any other person persons who
shall have made any agreement shall have given per
formed promised 10 give perform, any consideration
whatever, to do, to do any thing whatever in
order TO induce any other persons not TO bid for
mail contract Particular attention called TO the 2slh sec
ton Of the net Of 1886, prohibiting combinations prevent
| bidding.
~ bid received after time viz, the Alb Of April 1859
LAT On m Tho mir Inv Ra
combines several routes Of cannot h
considered in competition with regular proposal Ieasonab,
in amount.
Ia bidder may Offer where the TRANSFORMATION called f
by the advertisement difficult impractcabe certain
to substitute inferior mode Of conveyance or TO in
term service specified number of days. weeks or months
He may propose to omit inaccessible Office OF one no
ON the stage railroad, at steamboat landing Al
the may be he mny offer to substitute an inferior
mode OF supply in such He may propose diasren
times Of arrival and departure. provided more run
ming time is asked and no mail ion preudced II.
ask additional running time for the Tip during speo
fed number Of days, in Of very bad roads bu
beyond these changes, proposal for service differing from
that called for by the advertisement will be considered ia
composition with regular bid reasonable in amount
Where bid contains any such alterations, their dssdvsna
ges will be estimated in comparing with ether proposals
ID There should be but route bid for 10 proposal.
Is. The route. the service, the yearly pay, the
and residence Of the bidder and tho.e Of each Of
firm where company offers, should I've distinctly stated
also the mode OF conveyance If higher mode than horse
back be intended.
l6. The bid should be sent under SEAL addressed III
Second Assistant Postmaster General supescribed " Mai
Proposals in the State Of -" II should be puatant,t
and the sufcency of tho guaanors certified sce FORMS
and should be dispatched in time be received by or beor
ga of the 4th April, 1859
H. The contracts to be executed and returned to ID
| Department by or before the LIST of July 1853
| H. Postmastcrs at Offices near railroads. bu
more than eighty rods from depot WILL Immediately Al
ter the dh April next report their distance from depot
and how they are otherwise supplied with the mall
able the Postmaster General TO direct mail messenger sup
| ply from the LIST July next.
49, Under the act Of March s45 tho routes arc to be
to tho lowest bidders rendering sufficient guarantees whou
other reference TO the mode Of transportation than may be
cessay for the due celebrity, certainty and security Of suc
transportation When the lo~est bid proposes mode Of
vcyancc inadequate the due CELEBRITY, certainty, and
| ny OF the mails, II will not be accepted
20. When the bid docs specify mode Of convey
also whom proposes carry according the advertisement
but without such specification il will be considered
| proposal for horseback service.
a. Since the passage Of the act Of March B. ls45,
description Of bid has been received does specify
mode Of conveyance. but engages take the entire mail
trip with CELEBRITY certainty and security using the
the law. These bids styled from the in whic
they designated the books of the Department .sia