The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1866-02-25
Instructions TO Bidders and Post
masters:

masters:
Containing also conditions 10 Be incorporated
tu tie contracts 10 the Cgtclt tie Depart
ment may deem proper.
l.. Seven minutes are allowed 20 each in
termediate office, when not otherwise speci-
fed, for asserting the mails but ON railroad
and steamboat routes there is 10 be no more
delay than is sufficient for an exchange OF
the mail pouches.
2. On railroad and steamboat lines, and
other routes where the mode Of conveyance
admits of it, the special SCENTS Of the Post
Office Department, also post Office blanks.
mail bags, locks and keys, arc TO be con
veyed without extra charge.
3. On railroad and steamboat lines the
route agents Of the department are 20 be con
veyed without charge, and Tor the use Of the
agents q c0mmOdIOu5 car, or apartment in
the centre of a car, properly lighted,
warmed, and furnished, and adapted 10 the
convenient separation and due security oil
the mails, IS to be provided by the c~ontrac-
tor, under the direction OF the department..
Railroad and steamboat companies are
required to take the mail from and deliver
it into the post Offices at the beginning and
end of their rOntes, and to and lom An
Offices not more than eighty rods from q sta
ton or landing. Proposals may be s1bmit-
ted by the companies for She performance Of
all other side servIce-tlat b., for Offices over
eighty rods from a station or landing.
There viii be way bills" prepared by
p0stIuasiers, or other agents OF the depart
ment. 90 accompany the mails conveyed ON
railroads and steamers, specifying The Dum-
Der and destination of the several bags.
On other principal routes, likewise, receipts
will be required and way-buls forwarded /
the latter To be examined boy the several
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livery Of mails.
4. No pay VIII be made for trips not per-
formed and Tor each Of such omissions,
not satisfactorily explained, three times The |
pay Of the trip may be deducted. For ar
rivals 50 far behind time as 90 break con-
uection with depending mails, aud not suf-
GcIeutly excused, oue-i fourth of the COM
pensatIOn Of thc trip is subject to forfeiture.
For repeated deliGqueucIes otthe kind here
IN specified, enlarged penalties, proportion
ed To the nature thereof and the Importance /
Of the mail, may be made
8. For leaving behind or throwing Off the 4
mails, or any portion Of them, for the adj /
mission Of passengers, or for being CON
cerned in setting up or running an express
conveying intelligence in advance OF the
mail, Q quarters pay may be deducted.
e.. Fines viii be imposed, unless The de-
liuqueucy be promptly and satsiact9rIvex-
planned by certificates of postmasters or the
sflidavit5 Of other credible persons, for fail
ing to arrive ia contract time for NEGLECT
ing TO take the mail from, or deliver IL into,
a post office for suffering 10 to be wet. in
jured, destroyed, robbed, or lost and for
refusing, after demand, 10 convey the mail
az frequently as the contractor runs, or is
concerned Iu running, ac0ach, ear, 0r steam
boat on o route.
&. The Postmaster General may nuulthe
contract for repeated failures o. run sgree-
ably TO contract; for violating the post
Office laws, or ii-Jbrylug the instructions 90
the department. for refusing to discharge 81
when required by the department 90
do SO for running an express a. Aforesaid
or for Transporting persons or packages COM
YeyinR mailabIe matter out of the mail.
S. The Postmaster General may order an
increase Of service on % route bE allowing
therefor a pro rata increase on the contract
paw. He may change schedules of depav-
lures aud arrivals Iu all cases. and p1rtIcu-
.arly 10 make them conform % connections
railroads, without increase Of paw,
provided the running time bee not ABRIDGED.
may also order am increase of speed, Q
allowing, within the restrictions Of the law.
b pro rata increase % pay for the additional
stock OF carriers, t any. The contractor g
however, tH he case Of l~ferc1se Of
speed, reliuquish the contract, By giving Z
prompt notice o. tine department That he
prefers dong SO to carrying the order into
effect. The Postmaster General may also /
discontinue or curtail the service, iu whole
'r IN pert, ia order 70 place on the route q
greater degree OF service, or whenever the RI
public Interests, in his judgment, shall se-
Iuire such dIsc0ntinuauce or curtailmeut :
or any other cause he allowing as a full
Edemnity TO contractor one months extra
on the amount Of service dispensed
With, and a pro rata compensation Tor the [
.mountof service retained aud continued. =
.. Payments will be made by collections
or drafts on pOstmastsrs, or otherwise,