Santa Fe weekly gazette. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 185?-1859, 1857-12-26
INSTRUCTIONS,


nag deem proper.
l. Seven minutes are allowed to each inter-
mediate Office, when not otherwise specified, for
asserting the mails.
2. Railroad and steamboat companies are rc
quirci to take the mail from, and deliver it in.
to, the post Offices at the commencement and
end Of their routes, and to and from all olico3
not more than eighty rods from u station or
lrnGmg. Proposals may be submitted lor The
performances of all tho seryiCe-that is, for
Offices over eighty rods from station OF Ian.
ding.
3. Nopay will be made for trips not perfor.
med and Tor each Of such omissions, not sa,
tistuctorlly explained, three times the pay Of
the trip may be deducted. For arrivals 50 fur
| behind time as to break Clnexlon with depending
mails, and no. sufficiently excused, JnlIourtA
Of the compensation for tho trip is subject, tJ
| forfeiture. Deduction will also be ordered for
grade Of performance inferior to chat speei.
ied in the contract. orrepeated deHnQueuciaa
of jhe kind herein ppccIied, enlarged penalties,
prop0rtloncl TO the nature thereof -anl the in
portauoo OF the mail, may be made.
1. For LEAVING behind or throwing of the
mails, or any portion Of them, for tho aims.
sion Of passengers, or for being concerned il
setting ~ or running an express conveying in
tul.ig9uJo in advance Of the mail, quarter
pay may be deducted.
). Fines will b. imposed, unless the deln
quency be promptly aud satisfactorily eXplaneD
BY certificates Of pos!mastors, or tho alsdaut
OF other credible persons, for failing to awig
in contract time for suffering it 10 sing oithc
to tho unsutaJ,ene5s Of the place or maunc
OF carrying i) to be wet, injured desroycl
robbed, or lost, and for refusing, after dcman
10 convey tho mail as frequently rs the con
: tractor uus, or is conc armed in running a coach
car, or steamboat on route.
&. The Postmaster General may annul tn
contract for repeated failures to run agreoabI
, to contract; for violating the post cIioe laws, %
lsobgyiug the instructions Of tha department.
Tor refusing to discharge carrier when reQuir
cd by the department to do SO; for assigning I'll
contract without the assent of the POstmast,
t General; forrunnng an express as aforesaid, {
Tor transporting persons or packages cOnveyiu
mailablo matter ous Of the mail.
Il. 7. The Postmaster General may order an il
crease Of service on route by allowing there
for pro rata increase GU tho contract pa
lie may change schedules Of departures Al
arrivals IN all cases, and particularly to MAJ
them conform to connexions with railroad
with cut increase Of pay. p,Oyidtd the rlnniI
time be not abridged. lie may also order
increase of speed, allowing, within the restri
tioas Of the law, q pro rata increase of pay f
the additional stock or carriers If any. TI
contractor, may, however, in the caso Of ncr
aso Of speed, roIinQuish the contract by giyil
prompt notice to the department that ho pr
fors doing so to carrying the order into eaeC
The Postmaster General may also curtaiI
discontinue the service, IN whole or in part,
pro rata decrease Of pay, allowing one month
extra compensation on the amount dispense
with, whenever, in his opinion, tho public i
tereSts do not require the same, or in ease
= desires to suporselo it by u different grade
transportation,
8. Payments viii be made for tho service
collections from, or drafts on postmasters,
otherwise, after the expiration Of each quart
!. say in February, May, august, and Mover
@ ber.
n Q. The distances aro given according to 1
=. best information; but no increased pay will
. allowed should thoy be greater than advertise
). il the points to bo supplied DO correctly state
Bidders mast inform themselves on this poia
and also in reference to the weight OF bridge
ferries, or distractions of any kind by whit
expense may be incurred. No claim for o
dtional pay based on such grounds con