The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1853-02-09

that they men OF property and able 10 make good he
guaranty.
Dated [Signedl
| INSTRUCTIONS,
Embracing conditions to be Incorporated the con-
tracts to the extent the Department may deem proper.
l. Seven minutes allowed to each intermediate Office
when not otherwise specified for song the mails bu.
railroad and steamboat routes there to be delay
than Is sufficient for exchange of tie mail bags.
q On where the conveyance admits of it
special agents of the Department also post office blanks
mail bags, locks and keys be conveyed without
charge.
g. On railroad and steamboat lines British and Canada
mails when offered, be conveyed without add onsl
pay also the route agents of the Department. for whose
elusive while travelling with the mails commodious car
or apartment in the centre of properly warmed
and furnished and adapted the ment and
due security Of the same be 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 explained three times
the pay of the may be deducted For arrivals SO far be-
hind time to break connexon with depending mails and
not sufficiently excused, oneouh of the compensation for
tho trip subject to forfeiture Deduction may also be or
deed for grade of performance inferior that specified
the For repeated delnquences OF the kind herein
specified enlarged penalties popotioned the there
of and the importance of the mail, may be made
5. For leaving behind, or throwing off the mails any
portion of them for the admis ion of Passengers for being
concerned in setting up running express conveying
commercial intelligence ahead of the mall a quarters paw
may be deducted
6. Fines will be imposed unless the delinquency be prompt
y and satisfactorily explained by certificates postmasters
the adavs of other cedabIe PERSONS for failing to ar
rive in contract time for negecing to take the mail FROM
deliver it into, post office for suffering it, lowing eli her
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 contractor
concerned in running coach, car mboa
route.
T. The Postmaster General may annu the contract for re-
peated aures agreeaby contracts for dsobeypg
the post office laws, the instructions of the Department
for refusing to discharge carrier when required by the De-
parment to do for gnng the contract without the as
sent of the Postmaster Generals for running express as
aforesaid for transporting persons packages conveying
nailabe matter out of the mail
The Postmaster General may order increase of service
route by allowing therefor pro increase on 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, the of increase of speed
enqush the contract by giving prompt notice the Depart
ment that he pres doing carrying the order into e
The Postmaster General may also cura discontinue the
service, at pro rata decrease OF be sllow months
extra compensation the amount dispensed WITH whenever
his opinion the public interests do require the sme
in in he desires to supesede it different grade of
transportation.
g. Payments will be made for the service through drafts on
posmastes otherwise after the expiration of each
say in February, May, August, and November.
TO- The distances given according to the best noma
on but no increased will be allowed shoudhey be great
er than ADVERTISED if the points TO be supplied be correctly
stated
IL. The Postmaster General prohibited by law from
knowingly making contract for the transportation of the mails
with any person who shall have entered into proposed
enter into, any combination prevent the making of any bid
for mail contract by any other persons, who
shall have made any agreement shall have given per-
formed, promised to give PERFORM any consideration
whatever, to do not to do, any thing whatever
order to induce other persons not to bid for
ton of the act of 1886, prohibiting combinations prevent
bidding
IL bid received after time viz the 4th of April 1853
at M or without the guaranty required by law, that
combines several routes in of compensation be
considered in competition with regular proposal reasonable
in amount.
49, bidder may offer, where the transportation called for
by the advertisement is difficult mpraccabe certain
sons, to substitute inferior mode of conveyance
tern service specified number of days. weeks or months
He may propose to omit inaccessible Office or one not
on the stage railroad, at steamboat landing as
the case may be- he may offer substitute inferior
mode OF supply in such He may propose different
times of arrival and departure provided no more rum
ming time asked and mail connexion prejudiced He
may ask additional running time for the trip during spec
fled number of days, in of very bad roads but
beyond these changes, proposal for service differing from
that called for by the advertisement will be considered in
competition with regular bid reasonable in
Where bid contains any such alterations their dsadvanta
ges will be estimated in comparing with ether proposals
To- The route, the service, the yearly pay 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 horse
back be intended
l6 The bid should be sent under SEAL addressed to the
Second Assistant Postmaster General superscrbed Mail
Proposals in the State of | 1t should be guaranteed,
and the suciency of the guarantors certified see FORMS
and should be dispatched in time to be received by before
8 A. M of the 4th April, 1858.
IL The contracts be executed and returned to the
Department by or before the st of July 1853.
lS. Postmasters at Offices or near railroads. but
than eighty rods from depot, WILL Immediately af
the 4h April next report their distance from depot
and how they otherwise supplied with the mail to en-
able the General direct mail messenger SUD-
ply from the LIST July next.
49, Under the act of 1885, the routes are to be let
the lowest bidders rendering sufficient guarantees without
other reference the mode of transportation than may
cessay, for the due celebrity, certainty and security of such
transportation When the lowest bid proposes mode Of con-
veyance inadequate to the due ceery certainty, and secu
rity of the mails, it will not be accepted
20 When the bid does not specify mode of conveyance
also when propsses carry according to the
but without such specifications it will be considered as
proposal for horseback service
81 Since the passage OF the act OF March - ls4o new
description of bid has been received does not specify
mode but to take the entire mail each
trip with CELEBRITY certainly, and security using the terms of
the law These bids styled from the in which
they are designated on the books of the Department "ar