The Cadiz Democratic sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1854-1864, 1860-01-25
Instructions,


l. Seven minutes are allowed to each inter
mediate office, when not otherwise specified,
for asserting the nails but on railroad and
steamboat routes there is to be no more delay
than is sufficient for an exchange OF the mail
bags.
2. On railroad and steamboat lines, and 9TH
er routes where the mode OF conveyance admits
of it, the special agents of the Post Office De-
partment, also post office blanks, mail bags,
locks, and keys are to conveyed without extra
charge.
3. On railroad and steamboat lines the route
agents of the department are to be conveyed
without charge, and for their exclusive use,
while travelling with the mails, a commodiouS
car, or apartment in the centre of q car, prop
erly lighted, warmed, and furnished, and adap-
ted to the convenient separation and due secu-
rity of the mails is to be provided by the con-
tractor under the direction of the department
Railroad and steamboat companies are requi-
red TO take the mail from and deliver it into the
post offices at the commencement and end Of
their routes, and to and from all offices not
more than eighty rods from station or landing
Receipts will be required for mail baas con.
veyed in charge Of persons employed by rail.
road companies. There will also be "way bills"
department, to accompany the mails, specifying
the number and the destination of the several
bags. On the principal stage routes likewise,
receipts will be required and way bills forward
ed; the latter to be examined by the several
postmasters, to insure regularity in the dcliv-
cry of mail bags
4. No pay will be made for trips not perfor-
med; and for each Of such omissions not salts.
factcrily explained three times the pay of the
trip may be deducted. For arrivals so far be-
hind time as to break connection with depend
ing mails, and not sufficiently excused, one
fourth of the compensation for the trip is sub
iect to forfeiture. Deduction will also be or
dered for a grade Of performance inferior to
that specified in the contract. For repeated de-
linquencies of the kind herein specified, enlar-
ged penalties, proportoned to the nature there
of and the Importance of the mail may be made.
5. For leaving behind or throwing off the
mails or any portion of them, for the admis-
sion of passengers, or for being concerned in
setting up or running an express conveying in
telligence in advance of the mail, a quarters
salary may be deducted.
g. Fines will be imposed, unless the deln-
qnency be promptly and satfactorly explained
by certificates of postmasters or the affidavits
VI pOlp W aillNS
on contract time for neglecting to take the
mail from or deliver it into post office, for suf-
fering it to be wet, injured, destroyed, robbed,
or lost; and for refusing, after demand, to con-
vey the mail as frequently as the contractor
runs, or is concerned in running coach, car,
or steamboat on a route.
7. The Postmaster General may annul the
contract for repeated failures to run agreeably
10 for uinlatipn tho Post nfffo In ov
disobeying the instructions of the department;
for refusing to discharge carrier when required
by the department to do so; for running an ex-
press as aforesaid; or for transporting persons or
packages conveying mailabe matter out of the
mail.
8. The Postmaster General may order an in
crease ofservlce on a route by allowing therefor
pro rata increase on the contract pay. He
may change schedules ofdepartures and arrivals
in all cases, and particularly to make them con-
form to connexions witk railroads, without in
crease Of pay, provided the running time be not
abridged. He may also order an increase o
speed, allowing, within the restriction of the
law, a pro rata increase Of pay for the for the
additional stock or carriers, If any. The con-
tractor may, however, in the case OF increase o
speed, relinquish the contract, by giving prompt
uUtiCt W ucpdlI LtldJ llS piCICIo uOluS
so to carrying the order into effect. The Post.
master General may also curtai or discontinue
the service, in whole or in part, at pro rata de-
crease ofpay, allowing one months extra com.
pensation on the amount dispensed with, when
ever, in his opinion, the public interests require
the change, or in case he desires to supersede it
by different grade Of transportation.
8. Payments will be made by collections from
or drafts on postmastcrs, or otherwise, after the
expiration of each quarter--say in February
May, August, and November.
10. The distances are 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 nausi inform themselves on this point, ant
also in reference to the weight of the mail, thu
condition OF the roads, hills, streams, &c, ant
all toll ll-bridges, ferries or distractions of any
kind by which expense may be incurred. M
claim for additional pay, based on such ground
can be considered; nor for alleged mistakes o.
misapprehension as to the degree OF service; no
for bridges destroyed, ferries discontinued o.
other distractions increasing distance, occurring
during the contract term. Offices established
after this advertisement is issued, and also du
ring the contract term, are to be visited with
out extra pay, if the distance be not increa
sed.
II. A bid received after the last day an(
hour named, or without the guaranty requir
ed by law and certificate as to the sufficienc,
ofsuch guaranty, cannot be considered in com
petition with regular proposal reasonable il
amount.
10. Bidders should first propose for servic
strictly according to the advertisement, ant
then. if they desire, separately for different ser
vice, aud if the regular bid be the lowest o7ereC
for the advertised service, the other proposition
may be considered.
13. There should be but one rout bid for il
proposal. Consolidated or combination bid
("proposing one sum for two or more routes'
are forbidden by law, and cannot be considered
IA. The rout, the service, the yearly pay, tn
name and residence of the bidder, Chat is, hi
usual post office address,) and those of eacl
member ola firm, where a company offe rs
should be distinctly stated.
Is. Bidders are requested to use, as far a
practicable, the printed form of proposal fur
nished by the department, to write out in ful
the sum Of their, and to retain copies of them
| Altered bids should not be submitted no
should bids once submitted be withdrawn
No withdrawal Of a bidder or guarantor will b
| allowed unless dated and received before tn
last day for receiving proposals.
Each bid must be guaranteed by two respon
sible persons.
General guarantees cannot be admitted. TIL
bid and guaranty should be signed plainly wit
the full name Of each person.
The department reserves thessright to rejec
any bid which may be deemed extravagant, an
also to disregard the bids of falling contractor
and bidders.
16. The bid should be sealed, superscribe
"Mail Proposals, State Of" addresse
Second Assistant Postmaster General, Con
tract Office" and sent by mail, not by or to a