Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1856-02-09
INSTRUCTIONS.

Containing conditions to be porated in the CON.
tracts to the extent the department deem prop2r.
]. Seven minutes are allowed TO each inter mediate
Office when not otherwise specified. for asserting the
mails; but on railroad or steamboat routes there il
to be no more delay than is su ;ent for exchange
/ of tie mail.
Of it. the special agents Of the dep srtmen ais, post
office blsnks, mail bsys, locks and keys are To be
conveyed without extra charge.
g. On rsilrcai and steamboat lines, British and
Canada mails, when offered, to be conveyed with
out addition pay; also, the route az -uts Of the de-
partment for whose exclusive us., lie travelling
with tbs mails, commodious car, or apartm Is 10
the centre of car, properly lighted, warmed and
furnished and adapted the convenient
and due security of the ais is 10 be provided by
the contractor, unde. tbs direction Of the depart
ment.
Railroad and steamt oat companies are requireI 20
take the mail from, and deliver inio, the pest oHc
at the end and commencement Of their routes and
to and from all Offices no. more than eighty rods from
. station or landing Proposal! may be submitted
for the performance Of ell the SIDE ssryice that
for offices over eighty ro:s from station or handbag
4. No pay will be made fer tips not performed; and
for each Of such omissions not sa isfactorly exp lined
three times the pay OF the trip may be deducted For
arrivals far behind time as to break coun.x on
with depending mails and not sufficiently excu. sd
one fourth the compensation for the trip Is subject TO
for FIXTURE Deduction will also be ordered for grade
Of performance inferior to that specified in the con
tract For repeated delinquencies of the kind herein
specified, enlarged penalties profortioned to the
nature thereof and the mpo .tanee Of the mail, may
be made. -"
S. For leaving behind on thro ~ing off the mails
or any pori of them, for the duissoa of passen-
gers for being concerned in setting up or running
an express conveying cemmercial intelligence in
advance Of the mail, quarters pay may be dedu ted
8. Fines will be imposed, unless the DELINQUENCY
be promptly and satisfactorily xplained by certif
Gates Of posmastrs, or tbs sfidsvts Of other credit
abs person. for failing to arrive in contract time
fJr neglscting TO take the mail from, or deliver il
into, post office; for suffering it lowing either TO
the manufacturers Of the place of carving
i to be wet injured, dc troyed robbie, lost and
for refusing after demand to convey the mail as fire.
quently as the contractor runs or is concerned in
running coach, car, or steamboat on a route
Z. The Postmaster General may annul the contract
for repeated failures 10 agreeaby TO contract for
violating the Post Office laws, dsobeying the in
structons of the Department. for refusing to discharge
carrier when required by the Department to do 40:
for assigning the contract without the assent of the
Postmaster General for running an sxpress as afore
said; or for transporting persons or packages con.
veying maalable matter out Of the mail.
3. The Postmaster General msy order an increase
OF service ON route by allowing therefor pro rata
increase on the contract pay. He may change seized
ue OF departures and arrivals, and make them con-
form in all cases to connections with railroads with
out increase of pay, provided the running time
DC not abridged: lie may also order an increase
of speed, allowing within the restrictions of the
law, a pro rata increase Of pay for the sddi.
tional stock or carriers, If any. The contractor
may, however, IN the case Of increase of speed re.
tno CoutIact ny prompt notice TO the
Department that he prefers doing so to carrying the
order into effect The Postmaster General NAV also
eurta or discontinue the servicein whole or in part
at pro rata decrease of pay allowing one months ex
ira compensation on the amount dispensed with.
Whenever In his opinion, the public interests do not
require the same In he desires to supersede II
by different grade Of transportation.
o. Payments Will be made for the service by colleo
lions FROM or drafts on, postmssters, or otherwise
after the expiration Of each Quarter-say In Febru-
sry, May, August, and November.
10. The distances are given according to the best
information; but no Increased pay viii be allowed
should they be greater than advertised il the points
to be supplied be correctly stated. Bidders must ia
form fhsmseisss on this point; and also in reference
70 the weight Of the mail, the condition OF re ads
oils, streams, &C., and ell toll bridges. ferries, OBJ
structions OF any kind by which expsnss may be in.
CURED. No claim Tor additional pay, based on such
grounds, n be considered for bridges destroyed
OF other obstructions Increasing distances occurring
during the contract term. 0ffi.es estsb he'd after
the advertisement Is issued and also during the con-
tract term, are to be supplied without extra pay If
the distance bs not increased.
III. The postmaster General Is prohibited by Law
from knowingly making q contract for the transpor
tation OF the mails with any person who shall have
entered into, or proposed 70 enter into any
tion to prevent the making Of any bid for mail
contract by any other parsen or persona or who
shail paVe Ssds any agreement, or shall have eiysn