The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1866-02-17
Instructions TO Bidders and Post
masters:

Instructions TO lid ana Post
masters:
Confaniuq also conditions 10 Be- Incorporated
IN the COM tracts 70 the erteut te Depart
meat may deem ProPe.
l.. Seven minutes ar allowed 90 each in
ter mediate o flee, whei not otherwise speci-
6esl, for assor ting the msils but on railroad
and steamboat rouissthere is 10 be no more
/ delay than ~ sufficient for s u exchange OF
the mail pouches.
2 On railroad Ad steamboat lines, and
other route 8 wherethe mode Of conveyance
admits Of il, the s'ecial agents Of the Post
Once Depa rtmeH, also post Office blanks,
mail bags, ] ocks and keys, are 70 be con-
Yeyed withot Vt extra charge.
3. On railr IA and steamboat lines the
route agents o. he department are 70 be con
Veysd without charge, and for the use Of the
agents a eomuiOdious car, or apartment in
the centre Of a car, properly lighted,
warmed and b rniHhed, and adapted 10 The
convenient SOD ration and due security Of
the mails, is o I e provided by the c~0ntrac-
tor, under thA di rectiOn Of the department..
Railroad snd steamboat companies are
required to axe { ne mail from and deliver
Il into the post OF ices at the beginning and
end Of Their rontes, and 70 and from al
offices not more ID al eighty rods from 3 sta
ton or landing Proposals may Be submit
ted BY the compen les for the performances OF
al other zde service-that is, Tor Offices over
eighty rolls from a station or landing.
There viii be "Vgay bills' prepared By
postmasRrs, or other agents Of the depart
nen5 toaccoi npany the mails conveyed on
railroads and cleaners, specifying the mum
Der and dest iuatiou Of the several bags.
On other principal routes, likewise, receipts
viii be required and Wey-bills forwarded
A. HnHHnr - - a-nwnnnna hu Nha an~n-~N
postmasters, 10 insure regularity in the de-
livery Of mails.
A. No pay viii be made for trips not per-
formed and for Zach Of such omissions.
not satisfactorily explained, three times the
paw Of the trip may be deducted. For ar
rivals 90 far behind time as 10 break con-
necti0n with depending mails, and not suf-
fciently excused, one-fourth Of the com
pensation Of the trip is subject 10 forfeiture.
For repeated delinquencies ofthe kindh here
in specified, enlarged penalties, proportion
ed 70 she 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-
eerned in setting up OF running an express
conveying intelligence in advance oil The
NAIL a quarters pay may be deducted.
6. Fines will be imposed, unless the de-
linquency be promptly aud satisfactoriiye x- |
planned BY certificates Of Postmastsrs or the
ahdagits Of other credible persons, for fail
ing 70 arrive in contract time for neglect
ing " ake the mail from, or deliver il into.
a post Office for suffering i 10 be wet, in
Jnred, destroyed, robbed, orr lost and for
refusing, after demand, 20 e0nvsy the mail
as frequently as the contractor runs, or Is |
c oncerned IN running, aeoach, car, OF steam /
b II on q route.
z. The Postmaster General may annul the /
con tract for repeated failures 70 run agree
ably 70 contracts for violating the post
Office laws, or diaobeyiug ths Instruction on
The q apartment for refusing b discharre
carrie. when required by the Department 10
do 90; for running an express a. Aforesaid (, 1
or FOR I -ansporting persons OF package con-
veying nailabie matter out Of The mail.
s The Postmaster General may order An
increase Of service on q route By allowing
therefor pro rata increase on the contract
pay. He may chenge schedules Of depar-
lures and a. rivals in AL cases, and p~aricu-
larly % make them conf0un 70 connections
with railroa ds, without increase Of pay,
the .-unning time be not abridged.
lie may alec order an increase Of speed,
allowing, with 2 the restrictions Of the law,
> pro rata incres ee Of pay for the additiodal
stock or carrierss Il any. The contractor
may. however, ia he case of increase oil
sDssf, relinquish he contract, by giving
prompt notice 70 the department. that be
prefers doing 50 70 carrying the order into
elect. The Postmaster General may also
discontinue or curtal the service, in whole
il part, ~ order 70 place on the route q
greater degree Of service, or whenever ths
public interssts, in his Judgment, shall r.
luire such discontnuance or ~eurteumeut
"a auv other cause he allowing 81 . ful
.r1amrftv To c1utfntor one months extra
pay On he amount Of ssrVice disPensed
Eith, and a pro rata compensation Tor The
AMOUNT Of service retained and contuued.
3. Paymsnts viii Be made By cohectious
rom OF drafts on postnastsrs, or otheFEisei