, 1858-12-24
INSTRUCTIONS,

C0nfGnRg conditions 10 be eabruccd IN The contracts
TO The srtet The Department may deem proper
!. No pay will be made for the tripsnot performed;
and for each Of such omissions, not satisfactorily cN
planned, three times the pay Of the trip may I've de
Quoted. For arrivals so far behind time To break
connection with depending nails and not sufficiently
excused, oneonrth of the compensation for the trip
il subject TO forfeiture. Deduction will Aso be ordered
for grade of performance inferior 10 that specified
in the contract For repeated delinquencies Of the
kind herein specified enlarged penalties, proportioned
to the nature thereof and the Importance Of the mail
may he made.
2. For leaving behind or throwing off the mails or
any portion of them for the admission Of passengers
or for being concerned in setting up or running an
express conveying intelligence in advance Of the
mail, quarters pay may be deducted.
3. Fines will be imposed unless the delinquency be
promptly and satisfactorily explained by certificates
Of postmaster the adavits Of other credible per-
sons, for failing to arrive in contract time; for neg
cctng to take the mail from deliver it into post
Office; and for suffering it lowing either to the
sableness OF the place manner Of carrying it to
be wet, injured, destroyed. robbed, or lost.
4. The Postmaster General may annul the contract
for repeated faues to agreeaby to contract; for
violating the post Office laws, or dsobeyng the in-
structons of the department. for refusing 10 discharge
carrier when required by the department TO do SO
for assigning the contract without the assent of the
Postmaster General; for running an express; or for
transporting persons packages conveying mailable
matter out of the mail
5. The Postmaster General may order an increase
OF service on route by Allowing IheteOf pro Tdd
increase on the contract pay. He may change sched.
ules Of departures and arrivals without increase Of
pay provided the running time be not abridged lie
may also crtail discontinue the service in whole
or in part at pro rata decrease Of pay, allowing one
months extra compensation on the amount dispensed
with whenever in his opinion the public interests do
not require the same, or in case he desires To super
sede it by different grade Of transportation.
9. Payments will be made for the service by colec
tions from drafts pOstmasers otherwise after
the expiration Of each quartersay in February May
August and November,
Z. The distances are given according to the best in
formation; but no increased pay will be allowed
should they be greater than advertised il the points
TO be supplied be correctly stated. Bidders must in
form Mcnsflpes this point; and also In reference to
the weight of the mail the condition Of roads, hills
streams &C., and all toll-bridges ferries obsruc
tiOns of any kind by which expense may be incurred
No claim for additional pay based on such grounds
can be consdered nor for alleged mistakeS msap-
prehensions to the degree Of services; nor for
bridges destroyed, or other distractions increasing
distance occurring during the contract time Offices
established after this advertisements issued and also
during the contract term, to be visited without
extra pay, II the distance be not increased.
8. The route. the SERVICE the yearly pay, the
and residence of the bidder hat is his usual post
Office address,) and those Of each member Of firm
where company Offers should he distinctly stated;
also the mode Of conveyance, if higher mode than
horse back be intended. The words " with due
erity, certainty and security" inserted TO indicate
the mode Of conveyance will constitute star bid
When star bid' is intended no specific conveyance
must be named