The Minnesota pioneer. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn. Territory) 1849-1855, 1854-04-13
INSTRUCTIONS.

As TO rcsulA,i, numbered rontcs,
Embracing conditions 10 BE- rsed the acts
10 the tStsAt the DspEfEisst nay deem ,r9r-r.
!. Seven minutes allowed 70 each informed ate
ufce when not otherw Use spec fed, for asserting the
mails bot railroad and Steamboat there il
to be delay than is sufficient for exchange
Of the mail bags.
. On routes here the mode of conveyance admit.
of il the special agents Of the Department. also post
office blanks, mail bags locks and KEYS, are t. be
conveyed without extra charge.
3 On railroad and steamboat lines, British and
Cauala mails, when offered, to be conveyed with
out asiona! pay also, the route agents At The De-
partment, Tor whose exclusive while travelling
with the mails ii comnodious car or apaftn, nj IN the
centre Of car, property lighted, warned and fur
nishrd, and adapted 10 the Assortment and
due security OF the same, l. Ia be provided by the
CONTRACTOR, under the diIecon of the Department.
I. No paw viii b. made for tiips reformed :
and for each o! such omissions satisfactorily ev-
planned three tines the pay OF the trip ruaS bt ded
/ ed. For arrivals Ear behind time - to brcak
connection it'll Depending mails, and no; Efficiently
excused, oneourth Ol the compensation for the trD
| Is subject to forfeiture. Deduction Will also be o,
dored tor a grade Of pei tOrmance Inferior 10 ;n,l
specified in the contract. For repeated delnGuencies
OF the khd herein specified, enlarged penalties, pro.
portioncd the nature thereof and the Importance OF
the mail, may be made.
/ 5. For leaving behind. throwing off the mails,
all, portion Of them, for he admission OF passcn-
GERS for being concerned setting up or running
express conveying commercial intelligence ahead
of the mail, quarters pay may he deducted.
/ g. Fines viii be imposed, unless the delinquency
be promptly and satisfactorily explained by certificates
of postnasters the aidayits OF other Creditabe
persons, for failing arrive ia contract time for
nee 'ectng take the mail from. or deliver it into a
post-o!ce; for suffering it lowing either The I'M
suitableness of the place Of carving ID to
be injured, destroyed, robbed, lost; and for rei-
sing. after demand Convey the mail frequently as
mad
COACH car, steamboat, d route.
!. The Postmaster General may dnnul the contract
for repeated failures To coabiy contract for
disobcying the Pos-oiIce laws the Instructions Of
the Department; for refusing to discharge carrier
when required bv the Department TO do So; tor as
signing the contract without the assent of tie Post
master General; for running express aforesaid
or for transporting persons or packages conveying
iIailabe matter ont of the mail.
! S. The Postmaster General may order an Increase
Of service route by allowing therefor pro rata
increase on the contract pay. He NAV change the
schedule of arrivals and departures whou, increase
Of pay, provided he does not cn tail the amount of
running time. lie may also order increase Of speed
re allowing, within the restrictions Of the law, pro
rata increase OF pay fer the additional stock car
riers, If any. The contractor NAV, however 10 the
Of increase of Speed relnquish the cou,ac, by
giving pronI, notice to the Department that he pre-
fers doing to carrying the order into effect. The
Postmaster General may also curtail or discontinue
the service, at pro rata decrease OF pay allow ing
months extra compensation on the amount dispensed
with, whenever, his opinion, the public Interests
90 not require the same, IN he desires TO su-
percede it by different grade of transportation.
8. Payments will be made for the service by COL
lection Of or drafts on, postmasers, otherw ise
after the expiration Of each quar,ersay in February
Nav, August, and November.
10. The distances given according TO the best
information; but increased PAY will be allowed
should they Ike greater than advertised if the points
be supplied be correctly stated. Bidders mus, in
form themselves on this point.
IL. The Postmaster General ia prohibited by law
from knowingly making contract Tor the uanspoita-
ton OF the mails with any person who shall! have
entered into, proposed 10 enter into, an, combna-
ton to preyent the making Of any bid Tor mail con-
tract by any other person persons, or who shall
have made any agreement, or shall have given or
performed, or promised TO give perform, any
sideraton whatever, or to do, not TO do, ANYTHING
whaiever, ia order to induce other person per-
sons bid for mail contract Pai tcular a,ten-
ton is called the 2Sth section Of the act Of 1886,
prohibiting combinations TO prevent bidding.
u. bid received after time, viz: "A. ~, of th
10Th OF April, 1854, without The guarantee required
by law, that combines several In one sum OF
Compensation, cannot be considered in competition
with regular proposal reasonable in amount.
The words "wifh due eeerity, certainty and secu
rty," inserted here viii constitute ths bid .'star
sl"