Santa Fe weekly gazette. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 185?-1859, 1858-12-18
INSTRUCTIONS.

Containing conditions 10 be embraced IN the
contracts 10 the ezteat Me Department may
deem proper 0
l. No pay will bemade for the trips not por-
formed ana I or each Of such omissions, not
satisfactorily explained, three times the pay
of the trip may be deducted. For arrival so
far behind time us to break connexion with
depending mails, and not sufficiently excused,
one fourth of the compensation for the trip is
subject to forfeiture. Deduction will also be
ordered for grade Of performance inferior to
that specified in the contract. For repeated
dehnquencies of the kind herein specified, ell
larged penalties, proportional to the nature
thereUf and the Importance Of the mail, may be
made. iINi
2. For leaving behind or throwing of the
mails, or any portion Of them, for the admis.
sion Of passengers; or for being concerned in
setting up or running on express conveying
intelligence IN advance of the mail, quarter y
pay may be deducted
= 3. Fines will be imposed, unless the delin-
quency be promptly and satisfactorily explained
by certificates Of postmasters, or the aRdavits
of other credible persons, for failing to arrive
in contract time; for neglecting to take the
mail from or deliver into post office; and for
suffering it lowing either to the unsultableness
Of the place or manner Of carrying it) to be wet,
injured, destroyed, robbed, or lost.
L. The Postmaster General may annul the
contrast for repeated failures to run agreeably
to contract; for violating the post Office laws,
or diSobeyiDg the instructions of the department;
for refusing to discharge carrier wien roqui
red by the department to do so for assigning
the contract without the assent Of the Postmas.
ter General for running an express or for
transporting persons or packages containing
malable matter out Of the mail
s. The Post. Master General may order an
increase Of service on aroute by allowing there
for PRO RATA increase on the contract pay
lie may change schedules Of departures and
arrivals without increase Of pay, provided the
running time oe not abridged. lie may also
curtai or discontinue the service, in whole OF in
part, at PRO RATA decrease Of pay, allowing one
months extra compensation on the amount dis.
pensed with, whenever in his opinion the pub.
lie interests do not require the same, or in case
he desires to supersede it by different grade
Of transportation. io1 nat
G. Payments will be made for the service BY
collections from or drafts on postmasters, or
otherwise, after the expiration Of each quarter
say in February, May, August, and November.
I. The distances a.e given according to the
best information but no increased pay will be
allowed should they be greater than advertised,
if the points to be supplied be correctly stated.
BIDDERS MUST INFORM THEMSELVES ON THIS POINT
and also in reference to the weight Of the mail,
the condition Of roads, hills. streams, &c., and
all toll l-bridges, ferries, or distractions Of any
kind oy which expense may be incurred. No
claim for additional pay based on such grounds
can be considered, nor for alleged mistakes or
misapp pprehensions as to the degree Of services
nor for bridges destroyed, or other distractions
increasing distance occurring during contract
time. Offices established after this advertise.
ment is issued, and also during the contract
term, are to be visited without extra pay, il the
distance be not increased. .',, ...ls 4. i,
8. The route, the service, the yearly pay, the
name and residence Of the bidder, (that is his
usual post office address, and those Of each
member Of a firm where company offers,
should 6e distinctly stateds also the mode of
conveyance, il higher mode than horse back
be intended. The words "with due celebrity,