, 1858-02-19
INSTRUCTIONS,

Containing eondions 10 be incorporated in e contracts
10 The trienf The Departiasnt may think proper.
l. Seven minutes are allowed to each intermediate
Office when not otherwise specified, Tor asserting the
mails.
2 Railroad and steamboat companies are required
to take the mail from. and deliver into, the post OIL
ut the commencement and end OF ther routes anu
to and from all Offices not more than % RODS from
station or landing. Proposals may be submitted Tor
the performance'Of all the side servce-that Is, for
Offices over eighty rods from a station or landing.
3, No pay viii be made for trips not performed
aud for each Of such omissions not satisfactorily ex
planned, three times the pay Of the trip may be de-
Quoted. For arrivals far behind time as % break
connection with depending mails and not sufficiently
excused one-fOurth of the compensation OF the trip
Is subject to forfeiture Deduction will also be or
dered for grade Of performance Inferior to that se
cAed In the contract For repeated dellnquencies Of
ths kind herein specified, enlarged penalties proper
toned to the nature thereof and the importance Of
/. For leaving behind or throwing Of the mails, or
any portion OF them for the admission OF passengers,
for being concerned In setting up or running an eX'
press conveying Intelligence in advance Of the mail,
quarters pay may be deducted.
8. Fines will be imposed, unless the delinquency
be promptly and satisfactorily explained by eertl-
Gates Of postmasters the aidavits Of other cred
he persons for falling to arrive in contract time; Tor
negiectng to take the mail from or deliver It into
post office; for suffering It lowing either 70 the unsni
ableness OF the place Or manner Of carrying ID 70 be
wet injured destroyed robbed, or lost aud Tor reu'
sing after demand to convey the mail As ireqnently
as the contractor runs, or Is concerned 10 running
coach, car, or steamboat on route.
@. The Postmaster General may annul the contract
for repeated failures 70 agreeably % contract; FOR
violating the post Office laws, disobeying the In
structios Of the department. orrefusng % discharge
carrier when required BY the department 70 % soi
for assigning tie contract without the assent OF the
Postmaster Genera for running an express as aore-
sad or for Transporting persons or packages convey
ink mailable matter out OF the mail.
l. The Postmaster General may order IN ineIeasl
Of service on route BY allowing therefor pro rata
increase on the contract pay. He may change sehed
ues Of departures and arrivals In all cases. and par
ticuary ~ make them conform TO connections win
railroads. without increase Of pay provided the run
increase Of speed allowing, within the restrictions
the law pro rata increase Of pay for the additona
stock or carriers u any. The contractor may, how
ever 10 the case Of increase Of speed relnqqsh th'
contract BY giving prompt notice 10 the department
that he prefers doing 50 TO carrying the order into ei
feet The Postmaster General may also curtail or dis
continue the service In whole or in part, at pro t'
decrease Of pay, allowing one months extra eompen
sation on the amount dispensed with, whenever, n
bis opinion, the public interests do not require th'
same or in case be desires TO supercede Il BY dher
ent grade Of transportation.
| q. Payments will be made for the service by col
Iectoas from, or drafts on POstmas'er. o. g.heEwe
after the expiration Of each quArtersay In February
Nay, August and November.
o. The distances are given according 10 the bes
information; but no increased pay VIII be allowed
should they be greater than advertised " the point
TO be supped be correctly stated. Bidders must n
form themselues his point and also In reference Z
the weight Of the mail. the condition OF roads, bills
streams &C., and all tolbrdges, ferries, or phstruc
tons Of any kind by which expense may be Incurred
No claim for additional pay based on such ground
can be considered; for alleged mistakes or mis-
apprehensions as to the degree Of service; nor 70
brdg destroyed other ObstruetonA Increasing dii
tance, occurring during the contract term. once
established afer this advertisement y issued, and a
80 during the contract term, are TO be visited Wthou
extra pay, II the distance be not increased.
10. A bid received amer the last day and hour na
med, or without the guarantee required BY law .
that combines several routes In one Of compeu
sation cannot he considered In ermVetition with
regular proposal reasonable In amount.
II. Bidders should frst propose for service strict
y according 10 the Advertisement and then u the,
DESIRE sspaTately for different service; and i the reg
uar bid re the lowest offered Tor the advertised ser'
ice the other propositions may be considered.
IL. There should be but one route bid for in pro
posal. f.I.IL LfNN.
l3. The route, the service, the yearly pay, th
name and residence Of the bidder, Chat Is bis nsaa
post Office address) and those OF each member o.
arm where company Oilers should be distlnctly sta
ted also the mode Of conveyance, II higher mod
than horseback be intended The words with dn
certainty, and security inserted 70 indicate tne moo
Of conveyance, will constitute "stT DID, When
star bidn is intended, no specific conveyance mas
be named.
~ Bidders are requested to nse as far as praeti'
able the printed form Of proposals. furnished by u
department to write out In full the sum OF their bio
and 10 retain copies Of them.
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