Daily evening star. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1852-1854, 1854-04-03
INSTRUCTIONS.
(As to regularly numbered ro,

l. Seven minutes are allowed TAI each iuterm~d
ate ofce when not otherwise specified for asserting
the maize; but on railroad and steamboat routes
tn. re is to be more delay than is SUFFICIENT for sn
exchange OF the mail bags
2 On routes where the mode Of CONVEYANCE admits
eff it, the special agents Of the Department, ,lso
post Office blanks, mail bags, locks aud KEYS are 20
be conveyed without extra charge
3. On railroad and Steamboat lines, British ana
Canada mails when offered are 20 b. conveyed with
out additional pay slso the route agents of the De-
partment for whose exclusive use while travelling
with the mails, a comDodious car, apartment in
the centre Of a car, properly lighted. warmed snd
furnished ard adapted to the convenient assortment
and due security OF the same, is TO he provided by
the contractor, under the direction Of the Depart.
meut.
L. No pay will be made for trips not performed,
and for each of such omissions not satisfactorily ex
planned three times the nav Of the trip nav n.
deducted. For arrivals far behind time 81 90 break
conneXion with depending mails. and not sufhcieptly
excused, one fourth of the compensation for the trip
is subject to forfeiture Deduction may also be or
dered for grade of performance inferior to hat
specfediu the contract For repeated delinquencies
of the kind herein specified enlarged penalties pro
poroBed to the nature The reof and the importance
Of the mail, may be made.
D. For leaving behind or throwing of the mails or
any portion of them for the admission Of passengers
or for being concerned in setting up running AN
express convey ing commercial intelligence abe al Of
tse mail, quarters pay may lie deducted
b. Fines will be imposed, unless the delinquency
be promptly and satisfactorily explained by certif
liable persens for failing arrive in contract time
for neglecting to take the mail FROM or deliver II
into, post office; Suffering II lowing either to the
unsuitabeuess of the place or manner Of CARVING
it to be jurea destroyed robbed or lost: and for
refusing after demand. 10 convey the mail as fire.
4uentiy as the contractor runs, is concerned in
running, a coach, car. or steamboat a route.
4. The Postmaster General NAV annul the contract
for repeated failures to agfeeably TO contract
for disobeying the post Office laws or the ipstrue-
TONS RI the Department; for refusing to discharge
a carver when required by the Department to doso;
for assigning the contract without the assent Of the
Postmsster General for running Lrcss sfore-
said; or for transporting persons packages con-
veying nailable matter out of the mail.
5. The Postmaster General may order an increase
ct service on route by allowing therefor pro rita
increase on the contract pay. He may change
the schedule Of arrivals and departures, without
increase of pay, provided he does not c;rtsjl the
increase Of speed, he allowing, within the r.stric-
uoEs OF the law pro rata increase Of pay for the
adi'ionai stock or carriers, if any The contractor
may, however, in the of increase of sIeed, re-
nquish the contract by giving prompt notice TO the
Department that he prefers doing carrying the
order into effect. The Postmaster eneral may also
curtail or discontinue the service, at pre- rata de-
crease of pay, allowing one months extra
pensHtion on the amount dispensed with. whenever
in his opinion the public interests do not require the
same or In case he desires 10 suersede il ya differ
ent cSade of TRANSPORTATION
9. Payments will be made for the service by collec-
ten OF, OF crafts on postmasters otherwIe after
the expiration of each quarter-say in - ruary,
May, AuguFt AMI November.
IL. The distances are given according to TIE beet
iEicrlnation but no increased pay will be allowed
SHOULD tho be greater than advertised IL the points
70 he supplied be correctly stated. Bidders ust In
form themselves on this point.
H. The Postmaster General is prohibited by law
from knowingly making contract for the transpOr.
tston OF the mails with any person who shall have
entered into, or propose TO enter into, combnR
ton 10 prevent the making of any bid for q mail
contract by any other person persons, who
hall have made any agreement, or shall have given
or Performed or promised to give perform, any
consideration whatever, CT TO do or not t. do any
thing Whatever in order TO induce ANY other person
9r persons not to bid for mail contract Particular
attention is called to the 2sth section Of the Of
1857. prohibiting combinations to prevent bidding
II. bid received after time viz: 9 IN ofthe 10th
April. 1854, or without the guaranty required by
law, or that combines several routes in SUN l..
compensation, cannot he considered ia eUI etitCa
with regU ar proposal reasonable in amount.
IL. Bidders should. in all cases, first prcpcse for
service strictly according to the advertisement and
then if they desire, separately FOR different service;
ami il th" regular bid be the lowest offered for tie
advertised service, the other bids may De considered
if the alterations proposed are recommended BY the
postmaster AMI citizens interested, il they shall
sppear H.anfeStiy right AM proper.
IL. There shenii be but one route lii for In o
proposal
Is. The route, the rr;ce. the yearly paw, the
name and resi-eIee of the bidder sGd tbse Of each
member OF hrin, where q company oilers, should
be distinctly stated also The mote % conveyance.
a higher no!e than horseback be Intended. The
words with Sue CELEBRITY. certainty. and security,
inherited to in1icHte the mode 81 C nyeyance, will
constitute a :. stcr bid"
16. The bid should be sent under seal, addressed
10 the Second Assistant: Postmaster General, super
scribed :" Mail Propose Is in the stated -"
1t should be guaranteed, and the sufciency Of the
guarantors certified, (see forms, and should be dis
PATCHED in time TO be received by before A. NJ OF
the 10th of April 1854.
Ii. The contracts to be executed and returned
by or hpfOr he ST of
Is. Postmasters at Offices near railroads, hut
more than eighty rods from a station, Will imme-
lately after the 10th of April next. report their
exact distance from the nearest station, and how
they otherwise supplied with the mail to enable
the Postmaster General to direct a mail messenger
supply from the LIST Of July next
Is. Section Is Of act of Congress, approved
March B. lSl5 provides that contracts for the
portion of the mail shall lie let, in every case 10
the lowest bidder rendering sufficient GUARANTEES,
FOR faithful performance, Without other reference to
the mode Of such transportation than may be peces
AIRY tn provide for the due CELEBRITY. certainty, ard
security of such ira Importation" Under this law
a description OF Kids hiss been received. Ii does
not sIecfy a mode of convey sEce, but engages 10
AXE the entire mail each trip with CELEBRITY certain
ty and security. using the terms Of the law. These
bids styled, from the manner in which they ere
designated on the books of the Department, " ssdr
bids" and they will be construed providing for the
entire mail, h0Deper large and uhoterer may De
the mode Of c0ureyaRcs necessary 10 STe as ccIeT7y,
certainty, aid security"
Slcn DDS Will, therefore, tccrpttu pTecienoo
n HIGHER bids for specific modes of conveyance on
routes where the lowest mode OF CONVEYANCE THAT II,
on horseback. } is known to be insufficient
In all cases where the lowest grade Of service 10
believed 10 be sufficient the lowest bid will be acceI
ted, if duly GUARANTEED in preference toa"star or
specific bid.
When the lowest bid is not q star bid, and specifies
either no mode inadequate mode OF conveyance,
ii will not be accepted but set aside for specific bad
proposing the necessary service.
When the bid does not specify q mode Of con-
veyance, also, when it proposes to carry according
t. the advertisement" but without such specification
1t will be considered proposal for horseback ser.
vice.
90 modification Of bid, in any of its essential
terms, is tantamount to Q new bid, and cannot b
received TO interfere with regular competition,
after the last hour set for receiving bids.
q. Postmasters to be careful not TO certify
the suffc;ency Of guaranto-s sureties without
Knowing that they persons Of sufficient respon-
sbty; and all bidders, guarsntors, and sureties are
distinctly notified that failure TO enter into or
perform the contracts for the service proposed for IN
the accepted bids their legal liabilities viii be en-
forced against then,.
p. The contracts will be substantially In the forms
heretofore used in this Department, except In the
respects particularly mentioned in these instruc-
tions and all railroad and steamboat routes tne
contractors will be required To deliver the mails INTO
the post Offices ct the ends Of the routes and INTO All
the immediate post offices, not more than eighty ros
from the railroad or landing.
D. Present contractors and persons known at the
Department, must, equally with others procure
;fesf of