The Santa Fe weekly gazette. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.T. [i.e. N.M.]) 1851-1854, 1854-03-18
INSTRUCTIONS.

Embracing conditions 10 be incorporated in the con-
hacts to The er,ent The Department may deem
proper.
/. Seven minutes are allowed to each inter-
mediate Office, when not otherwise specified, for
asserting the mails.
2. On routes where the mode OF conveyance
admits OF it, the special agents of the Department,
also post Office blanks, mai bags locks and keys,
are TO be conveyed without extra charge.
3. No pay will be made for trips not performed (;
and for each of such omissions mol tisfacforly
explained three times the pay of the trip may be
deducted. For arrivals so far behind time as 10
break connexion with depending mails, and not
sufficiently excused, one-fourth of the compensa
ton for the trip is suhie TO forfeiture. Deduc-
toh may also be ordered for grade of perform
ance inferior 10 that specified in The contract For
repeated deIinquences Of the kind herein specified
enlarged penalties, proportioued to the nature
thereof and the Importance Of the mail, may be
made.
A. For leaving behind or throwing off the mails
or any portion of them for the admission of pas
,engers or for beng concerned in setting up or
running an express conveying commercial mlelll'
geucP ahead Of the mail, a quarters pay may be
deducted
5. Fines will be imposed unless the delinquency
be promptly and satisfactorily explained by GER
tifcates of pC stmasters or the afidavlts of other
creditabe persons, for failing 10 arrive in contract
time for negecting 10 take the mail from, or de-
liver it into post Office for suffering it (elther
owing TO the unsuitabeness of the place or manner
of carrying it) 10 be nlured, destroyed, robbed or
lost and for refusing, after demand to conveS Sthe
mail as frequently as the contractor runs or iscon-
cerned in running coach or steamboat on a
route.
6. The Postmaster general may onnuI The con-
tract for repeated failures to run agreeably to
contract; for disobeyng the post office laws, or
the instructions of the Department; for refusing to
discharge a carrier when required by the Depart
ment to do so /; for assigning the contract without
the assent of the Postmaster General; for running
an express as aforesaid; or for transporting per-
sons or packages conveying mallabe matter out of
the mail
I. The Postmaster general may order an in
crease of service on ronte by allowing therefor
pro rata increase on the contract pay He may
also order an increase of pay for the additional
stock or carriers if any. The contractor may,
however, in the case of increase of speed, relln-
Quish the contract by giving prompt notice to the
Department that he prefers doing so to carrying
the order into effect The Postmaster General
may also curtai or dis ontlnue the service at pro
rata decrease of pay, if he allow one months
extra compensation on the amount dispensed with.
whenever IN his opinion the public interests do not
require the same or IL ease he desires to super EIDE
il by different grade of transportation. Ae may
also change the times of arrival and departure
(provided he does not curtall the running time)
without increasing the p'y.
s. Payments will be made for the service
through drafts on postmasters, or otherwise after
the expiration Of each quarler-say in February,
May, August and November.
9, The distances are given according to the
best information; but no increased pay will be
allowed should they be greater than advertised, If
the points 10 be supplied be correctly stated
10. 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, or proposed 10 enter into
any combination TO prevent the making OF any
bid for mail contract by any other person or
persons, or who shall have made any agreement,
or shall have given or performed, or promised 10
give or perform any consideration whatever, or to
do or not TO do any thing whatever, IN order 10 in
duce any other person or persons not to bid for
mail contract Particular attention is called to the
2Slh section Of the act of 1886, prohibiting combi-
nations 10 prevent bidding.
II A bid received after time, viz. 0A, NJ. of
the Sd April 1854 or without the guaranty re-
quired by law, or iht combines several routes IN
one sum of compensation, cannot be considered in
competition with regular proposal reasonable in
amount.
II. bidder may offer, where the transporta-
tion called for by the advertisement is difficult r
impraCtcable al certain seasons, to substitute an
inferior mode of conveyance, or 10 inlernt SER
wee specified number of days, weeks or months.
He nav propose to omit an inaccessible Office, or
one not on the stage or railroad, or at steamboat
landing, as the case may be or he may offer to