The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1853-02-09
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INSTRUCTIONS,

| lNSIhUCIlONS,
Embracing conditions to be Incorporated IN the con-
tracts TO the extent the Department may deem proper.
|. Seven minutes allowed each intermediate Office
when not otherwise specified for asserting the mails tu,
railroad and steamboat routes there is be delay
than is sufficient for an exchange Of the mail bags.
q On routes where thu mode Of conveyance admits of IL
the special agents OF the Department also post office blanks
mail bags, lccks and keys be conveyed without
charge.
3 On railroad aud steamboat lines British and Canada
mails when offered, to be conveyed without, additional
pay also the route agents of the Department for whose
elusive while travelling with the mails commcdous ar
or apartment in the centre Of car properly gh ed warmed
and furnished and adapted the mebt and
due security of the to be provided by the contractor,
under the direction of the Department.
A. No pay will be made for trips reformed and for
each OF such omissions not satisfactorily explained three times
the pay Of the trip may be deducted For arrivals far be-
hind time as TO break connexon with depending nails and
not sufficiently excused fourth Of the compensation for
the trip is subject forfeiture Deduction may aso be
dered for grade of performance inferior tina, specified in
the contract For repeated denquences the kind herein
specified, enlarged penalties popotoned TO the there
OF and the importance the mail, may be made.
g. For leaving behind, throwing of the mails OF any
portion of them for The admis ion 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 prompt
y and satisfactorily explained by certificates of postmaers,
or the aidavits of other cedabe persons for failing
I've in contract time for negecing take the mail from,
deliver It into, post office for suffering it, lowing ether TO
the unsuiabeness Of the place of carrying it, to be
injured destroyed robbed lost and for refusing after do
mand, to convey the mail as frequently the
runs or is concerned in running coach, steamboat
on route.
T. The Postmaster General may snnul the for
peated failures sgreelby contrsc for dsobeyipg
the post office laws, the instructions of the Department;
for refusing to discharge caue when required by the De-
parment to do for assigning the contract without the
of the Postmaster General for running express
aforesaid for transporting persons packages conveying
nalsble matter out OF the mall
g. The Postmaster General may order increase OF service
on route by allowing therefor rata increase the
contract pay He may also order increase of speed he
allowing, within the restrictions Of the law, pro rata in
Of pay for the additional stock carriers, if any
The contractor may however, in the of increase of speed
ronqush the contract giving prompt notice to the Depart
that be prefers doing Carrying the order into ec
The Postmaster General may also curni discontinue the
service al pro rata decrease Of pay, if be slow months
extra compensation the amount dispensed WITH whenever,
in his opinion the public interests do not require the same
il in he desires to supersede il by different grade Of
trsnspo ta,ion.
Payments will be made for the service through drafts
pomsse otherwise, after the expiration of each quarter
say in February, May, August, and November.
TO- The distances given according to the beet noma
ton but no increased pay will be allowed be great
than advertised if the points TO be supplied be correctly
stated
IL. The Postmaster General is prohibited by law from
Knowingly making contac, for the transportation of the mails
with any person who sbn have entered into, proposed to
into, any combination proven, the making Of any bid
for mail contrac, by any other person persons, who
shall have made any agreement shall have given per
formed, promised give perform, any consideration
whatever, TO do, not TO do any thing whatever, in
order TO induce any other person persons not to bid for
mail contract Particular attention called to the 2Sh sec
ton of the act Of 1886, prohibiting combinations to prevent
bidding.
IL bid received after time, viz, the 4th Of April 1853,
at ga M or without the guaranty required by law, or that
combines several in Of compensation cannot be
considered in competition with regular proposal reasonable
| in amount
H. bidder may ofer where the transportation called for
by the advertisement is difficult mpraccabe at certain
to substitute inferior mode of conveyance, or TO IN
tern service specified number Of days. weeks months
He may propose omit inaccessible Office, or one not
on the stage railroad, or Mt steamboat landing 81
the may be be may offer to substitute an inferior
mode OF supply in such He may propose different
times Of arrival and departure, provided no more run
ming time il asked, and mail connection prejudced he
may ask additional running time for the Tip during aspect
fed number Of days. in Of very bad roads bu
beyond these changes proposal Tor service differing IRON
that called for by the advertisement will no, be considered
composition with a regular bid reasonable in amount
Where bid contains any such alterations, their disadvans
ges will be esmsied in comparing it with ether proposals
ID. There should be but route bid for in proposal
Is. The route, the service, tho yesry pay, the nam
and residence Of tho bidder and those Of each member Of
hrm where company offers, should be distinctly stated
also the mode Of conveyance if higher mode than horse
back be intended.
I6 The bid should be sent under seal, addressed to th
Second Assistant Postmaster General, superscribed "Ms
Proposals in the State of -" II should be guaranteed
and the efficiency Of the guarantors certified, see forms
should be dispatched in Time to be received by or beor
"A. NJ Of the ath April, 1858.
IL The contracts be executed, and returned to ID
Department by or before the lst Of July 1883
ls. Postmssters offices railroads, bu
moro than eighty rods from depot, will, Immediately al
the ah April next report their exact distance from depot
and how they otherwise supplied with the mail to en-
able The Postmaster General direct mail messenger sup
ply from the LIST July NEXT.
49, Under the act Of March s45, the routes are to be
to the lowest bidders rendering sufficient guarantees, withos
other reference the mode Of transportation than may be NJ
cesssy, for the duo CELEBRITY certainty and security OF sue
transportation When the loves, bid proposes mode Of cor
vcyanoe nsdequs,o to the due CELEBRITY certainty and seot
rity Of tho mails ii will no, be accepted
10 When the bid does not specify mode OF conveyance
also when proposes carry according to the advertisement
but without, such specification, will be considered as
proposal for horseback service.
al Since the passage Of the act Of March B. lss5, ne
description Of bid has been received II does not specify
Of conveyance but engages to take the entire mail
trip with celebrity, certainty and security using the terms
the law These bids styled from the manner in whis
they desans>d the books Of the Department. "sfo