The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1866-02-13
Instructions 60 Bidders and Post
masters:

Instructions 20 Bidders and Post
masters:
Containing also conditions 70 Be Incorporated
az he contracts 10 the erteuf te DEPART
ment may deem proper.
/. Seven minutes are allowed 10 each in
termediats office, when not otherwise speci-
fed, for asserting the mails but on railroad
and steamboat routes there is to 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 il, the special SCENTS o. the Post
Office Department, also post office blanks,
mail bags, locks and keys, are % be con
veyed without extra charge.
3. On railroad and steamboat lines the
route agents Of the department are % be con
yeyed without charge, aud Tor the use Of the
agents a c-ommodiOus car, or apartment in
the centre Of a car, properly lighted,
warmed, aud 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 to take the mail from and deliver
il into the post Offices at the beginning and
end Of their r0ntes, and to and from al
Offices not more than eighty rods from a sSs-
ton or landing. Proposals may be submit
tel by the companies Tor the performance Of
all other side s~ervice-that il, for Offices over
eighty rods from a station or landing.
There viii be way bills" prepared BY
postmasters, or other SCENTS of the depart-
nent, to accompany the mails conveyed on
railroads and steamers, specifying the nun
Der and destination Of the several bags.
On other principal routes, likewise, receipts
will be required and way-bills forwarded .
fh. faHHn- "a he a-uHrra.H - A.. .m L
Postmasters, 70 insure regularity in the de-
livery Of mails.
4. No pay viii be made for trips not per
formed and for each Of such omissions. |
not satisfactorily explained, three timssthe |
pay Of the trip msy be deducted. For ar
rivals 80 far behind time as 10 break con-
nectiou with depending mails, aud not suf-
ncIently excused, one-f0urth Of the COM
ponsation Of the trip is subject TO forfeiture.
For repeated ~delinquencie8 ofthe kiudhere-
10 specified, enlarged penalties, proportion
cd 70 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, for the ad-
mission Of passengers, Or for being con-
cerned in setting up or running an express
conveying Intelligence in advance of he
mail, q quarters pay may be deducted.
G. Fines viii be imposed, unless the de-
linquency be promptly and aatisfactorflvex-
By certiheates Of postmasters or The
afhdavlts Of other credible persons, for fail
ing 20 arrive in contract tiIae ; for ueglect-
to take the mail from, or deliver II mo
D post Office for suffering 10 to be Wet. IN
.ured, destroyed, robbed, or lost and for
after demand, b convey the mali
frequently as the contractor runs, or g
'oncerned ia running, ac0ach, car, or team-
1oat on q route. 4
!. The Postmaster General may auuuI the
contract for repeated failures 10 run agree- !
10Y 20 contract; for violating the p0st
,hce laws, OF disobeying the inst-uetions oil
he department.; for refusing 10 discharge e
.arrler when required By the department 10 4,
10 90 for running an express a. aforesaid
n Tor Transporting persons or package cou-
msilable matter cut Of the mail.
8. The Postmaster General may order an
Increase Of service on q route by allowing
heTcior q pro rata increase on the contract !
He nay change schedules Of depar- {
ures and arrivals iu Ell cases, and partcu-
arly 20 make them conform 70 connections
With railroads, without increase Of pay,
provided the running time be not abridred :
may also order an increase Of speed, .
lowing, within the restrictions Of the law q
pro rata increase Of pay for the additodai ?
took or carriers, II any. The contractor +.
say however, On ne case 81 t-ucrcase of
ped reiinquish the contract by giving 4
notice % the department. that be ,
dong So % carrying the order into n
feet. The Postmaster General may als0 j
iscentinus or curtail the services, IN whole
p in pert, IN order 20 place 0n The a a
reater degree OF service, OF whenever the =
ubhc interests, IN bis judgmeut, shall re- I
uire such G-iEc0ntInuance OF curtailmeut =
" any other cause he allowing AZ a fuli
ldamuftv 70 euntratrr one mouthsa Fwrra
ay on the amount Of service dispensed =
18th, and q pro rate compensation ior the 4
mount Of service retained aid continued. :
3. Payments viii BE- made By collections
o. drafts On ~postnastors, OF Stharaises