The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1866-03-03
Instructions 10 Bidders and Post
masters:

Containing also conditions 10 Be Incorporated
an The contracts to the extent he Depart
neHt may deem proper.
/. Seven minutes are allowed to each in
termediate office, when not otherwise speci-
fed, for asserting the mails but on railrosd
and steamboat routes there Is 10 be DO more
delay than is 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 snd keys, are 10 be con-
yeyed without extra charge.
8. On railroad aud steamboat lines The
route agents Of the department are to be con-
veyed without charge, and Tor The use Of the
sgenis a CONNEXIONS car, or apartment in
the centre of q car, properly lighted
EARNED, end furnished, and adapted 10 the
convenient separation and due security Of
the mails, is b be provided by the c~ontrac-
tor, under the direction OF the department.
Railroad and steamboat companies are
required 20 take the mail from and deliver
il into the post Offices at the beginning and
eud Of their r0ntes, and 10 and from all
Offices not more than eighty rods from a sta
ton or landing. Proposals may be submit
ted by the companies for the performance Of
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eighty rods from a stallion or lapding.
There viii be "way bills" prepared by
/ postmasters, or other agents 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, ~reeeipts
Will be required and way-biils 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 80 far behind time as 70 break con
nection with depending mails, aud not sur
6ciently excused, one fourth Of the com
peusation Of the trip is subject 10 forfeiture.
For repeated ~delinqusucies ofthe kind here
in specified, enlarged penalties, proportion
ed to The 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, fer the adj
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. flne5 viii be imposed, unless the de-
linquency be promptly and satisfsetorlyex-
planned by certificates Of postmasters or the
a~thdayits Of other credible persons, for fail
ing TO arrive in contract-time for neglect
ing TO a the mail from, or deliver It into,
a post office for suffering 10 70 be web n
Jured, destroyed, robbed, or JOSH ana Tor
refusing, after demand, to convey the mail
as frequently as the contractor runs, or is
concerned IN running, acoacl5 car or steam
boat on q route
T.. The Postmaster General may anuul the /
contract for repeated failures 10 run arree-
ably to contract; for violatDg the post
Office laws, or diso0eying the Instructions OF /
the department for refusing 20 discharges a
carrier when required by the department 70
DO 30; for running al express as aforesaid
or cor Transporting pers0as OF packages con
veying maiiable ma.Je- out Of the mail.
8. The Postmaster General may order en-
increase Of ssEviee On a route by allowing
therefor o pro rasa increase on the contract /
pay. He may change schedules Of depar-
lures and arrivals ia Ell cases, and particu.
larry 70 make them conform 10 connections
with railroads. without increase Of pay,i
provided the running time be not abridged.
He may aleO order an increase Of speed, /
allowing, within the restrictions Of the law,
a pro rata increase Of pay Tor the addifiodai
stock or carriers, If any. The contractor
may, however, IN The case Of increase or
sped, relinqaish the contract, by giving
prompt notice 70 the department that he
prefers doing 80 to carrying the order into
effect. The Postmaster General may also
d~isc0ntinue or curiail the service, IN whole
or in port, il order % place on the route a
greater degree Of service, or whenever the
public interests, ia his Judgment, shah re-
quire such discontinuance or curtailment
Tor any other cause he allowing Is q full
indemnify to contractor one months extra
pay pa the amount Of service dispensed
aud 2 pro rata compensation Tor the
amount Of service retained ard continued.
2. Payments viii be made ~ collections
or drafts on postmassersi or otherwise,