The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1866-02-22

Instructions 10 Bidders and Post
masters:
Containing also conditions to Be- iacor1s-atc{
co uc contracts 10 tie crtgHt tie Degar.-
H,eHt may deem proper.
/. Seven minutes are allowed to 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 ia sufficient for an exchange Of
the mail pouches.
?. On railroad. and steamboat lines, and
other routes where the mode Of conveyance
admits of it, the special agents Of the Post
Office Department, also post Office blanks,
mail bags, locks and keys, are to be con-
veyed without extra charge.
8. On railroad and steamboat lines the
route agents Of the department are 20 be con-
veyed without charge, aud Tor the use Of the
agents a commodious car, or apartment in
the centre Ct a car, properly lighted.
warmed, and furnished, and adapted 10 the
convenient separation and due security Of
the mails, is to be provided BY the c~ontrac-
tor, under the direction of the department.
Railroad and steamboat companies are
required 10 take tho mail from and deliver
it into the post Offices at the beginning and
end Of their rontes, and 10 and from all
Offices not more b eighty rods from a sta
ton or landing. Proposals may be submit
ted by the companies for the performance of
all other side service-that is, for Offices over
eighty rods from a station or landing.
There will be way bills" prepared by
postmasters, or other SCENTS Of the depart
ment, to accompany the mails conveyed on
railroads and steamers, specifying the num-
Der and destination Of the several BAGS.
On other principal routes, likewise, receipts
will be required and way-bills forwarded
the latter TO be examined by the several
Postmasters, to insure regularity in the de-
livery Of mails.
4 10 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 10 break con-
nection with depending mails, and not suf-
hciently excused, one-fourth Of the COM
pensatiOn Of the trip Is subject 10 forfeiture.
For repeated d-elinquencies Ofthe kindhere-
in specified, enlarged penalties, proportion
ed 70 ne nature thereof and the Importance
Of the mail, may be made.
5. For leaving behind or throwing of the
mails, or any portion Of them, for the ad-
mission Of passengers, or for being con-
cerned IN setting up or running an express
conveying intelligence in advance Of the
mail, a quarters pay may be deducted.
O.. FINES viii be imposed, unless the de-
linquency be promptly and satisfactorily ex-
planned by certificates Of postmasters or the
afidavits Of other credible persons, for fail
ing to arrive in contract time for neglect
ing to take the mail from, or deliver il into,
q post Office for suffering it to be wet, in
jured, destroyed, robbed, or lost and for
refusing, after demand, to convey the maii
as frequently as the contractor runs, or 10
concerned in running, accsch5 car orLteam-
boat on a route.
q. The Postmaster General may aunul the
contract for repeated failures 70 run sgree-
ably to contract; for violating the post
Office laws, or diso5eylng the instructions OF
the department; for refusing 10 discharge
carrier when required by the department to
50; for running an express as Aforesaid
OF for Transporting persoa5 or packages con-
veyiug mailable mztter out Of the mail.
S. The Postmaster General may order an
increase Of service on q route By allowing
therefor a pro rata increase on the contract
pay. lie may change schedules Of depar-
lures and arrivals ia all cases, and particu-
larly 70 make them conform 70 connections
railroads, without Increase Of paw,
provided the running time be not abridged.
may also order an increase Of speed,
allowing, within the restrictions Of che law,
b pro rata increase Of pay for the addiu0dal
stock OF carriers ID any. The contractor
may, however, Ia he case Of lncrs1Se Of
sposd, rsiinquish the contract, By giving
prompt notice TO the department. that he
prefers doing so 30 carrying the order into
The Postmaster General may also
discontinue or curtail the service, in whole
Tr in part, in order 10 place on the route s.
yreater degree Of service, or whenever the
public interests, ia his judgment, shall re-
.ulrs such diseontinuauce or eurtaiiment :
Or any other cause he allowing as q full
Indemnity 10 contractor one months extra
'ay on the amount Of service dispensed
nth, and a pro rata compensation for the 1
InountO pr service retained aud continued. >
9. Payments Wil BE- msds By collections
rom or drafts On postmastegss OF otherwise