The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1866-03-02
Instructions 20 Bidders and Post
masters

Instructions 20 Bidders and Post
masters;
Containing alsq conditions TO Be Incorporated
IN he contracts to The extent he Depart
aseHt may deem proper.
l.. Seven minutes are allowed 10 each ia
termrdiate office, when not otherwise speci-
fed, for asserting the mails but on railrOsd
and steamboat routes there Is 10 be 10 more
delay than ia sufficient for an exchange Of
the mail pouches.
2. On railroad snd steamboat lines, and
ether routes where the mode Of conveyance
sdmts of it, the special agents Of the Post
Office Department, also post office blanks,
mail bags, locks and keys, are 10 be con
veyed without eItra charge.
g. On railrOad and steamboat linea the
route sgents Of the departoeutEg o 20 be con
yeyed without charge and Tor the use Of the
agents 8 c-mUoii0us car or apartment in
me centre Of e car, properly lighted,
sarmed, and furnished, and adapted 10 the
convenient separation and due security Of
the male, IS 10 be provided by the eonLrac-
tor, under the direction Of the department.
Railroad and steamboat companies are
required 70 take the mail from and deliver
it into the post Offices Al the beginning and
eud Of their rOntes, and 10 snd from nh
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ton or landing. Proposals nav be submit
ted by the companies for the Performance of
a. Cther side seryice-thst Is, for offices over
eighty rods from 8 station Or landing.
There viii be way bills" prepared By
p0stmasters, or other sgents Of the depart.
ment, 70 accompany the mails conveyed on
railrcsda and steamers, specifying the num-
Der and destination Of the several bags
On other principal routes likewise, receipts
will be required sud way-bills forwarded -,
the latter 70 be examined By the several
p0stmasters, to insure regularity in the de-
livery Of mails.
4. No pay viii be made for trips not per-
formed ana for each of such omissi,ns.
not satisfactorily explained, three timesrhe
pay Of the trip msy be deducted. For ar
rivals so far behind time az 10 break con
meet on with depending mails, and not suf-
fcientlg excused one fourth Of the COM
pensation Of the trip is subject 10 forfeiture.
For repeated de!in4utuc.ss ofthe kind here
in specified, enlarged penGlt;es, proportion
ed 70 he nature thereof and the imbortanee
Of the mail, may be made,
8. For leaving hehind o. thFoWinR bT the
mails OF any portion Of them, for the ad-
uissiop oi passengers, or for BEING ON
ce7uea in setting up OF running an eTnre-s
conveying Intelligence in Advance hi The
mail a quarters pay may be deducted,
D. Eines WI be imposed, unles the de-
unquencT Dc promptly and satisfactorily ex-
Planned BY certificates Of postmasters or the (
alhdaVlts Of other credible persons, for fall
ing to arrive in contract time for neglect
ing tOtake the mai from, or deliver 10 into, |
q post Office Tor suffering it to be wet IL
lG.ed, destroyed, robbed, or lost and for
refusing, after demand, 70 convey the mail
as frequently as the contractor runs, or is /
concerned in running, 3 coach, car, or steam
boet On q route.
z. The Postmaster General may aunulthe |
contract for repeated failures 10 run sgree-
ably to contract; for violating the post
Office laws, OF disobeying the Instructions Of
the department for reinsing 20 discharge q
carrier when required By the department 10
do eel fer running an express as aforesaid /
or for Transporting persons or packages CON !
veying msilable matter out Of the nail.
{. The Postmaster General may order an
increase Of service on a route By allowing
thereioGa PRO rata increase on the contract
pay. He may change schedules Of depar-
lures and arrivals in all cases, and p~articu- ]
larry 70 make them conform to connections
with railroads, without increase Of pay, /
provided the running time be not abridged. 1
he may also order an increase Of speed, 4
allowing, within the restrictions Of the law,
a pro rata increase Of pay for The additional
stock or carriers, If any. The contractor
may, however, IN he case Of increase Of
sped, relinquish the contract BY giving
prompt notice % the department that be
prefers doing 50 10 carrying the order iat0
effect. The Postmaster General may also
discontinue or curtajl tie service, in whole
or in part, ia order to place on the route a
create. degree Of service, or whenever the
public interests, in his judgment, shall re-
CURE such discOntiuuance az curtailment
FOR any other cause ha allowing a. a full
indemnity to ccEtFator one months extra
pay on the amount Of service dispensed
with, and a pro rata compensation for ths
amount Of service retained and continued.
2. Payments will Do made by collections
from or drafts on postmsstsrs, Or otherwise