The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1866-02-20
Instructions to Bidders and Post
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masters
Containing also conditions 20 Be incorporated
IN The contracts TO tie erteut tie Depart
meHt may deem proper.
/. Seven minutes are allowed 10 each in
termediate Office, when not otherwise speci-
fed, for asserting the mails but on railroad
and steamboat routes there is 70 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
sdmlts Of il, the special agents Of the Post
Office Department, also post office blanks,
mail bags, locks and keys, are to be con
yeysd without extra charge.
8. On railroad and steamboat lines the
route agents Of the department are 70 be con-
| veyed without charge, and for the use Of the
agents p commOdI0us car, or apartment in
the centre OF a car, properly lighted.
warmed, and furnished, snd adapted 10 the
convenient separation and due security Of
the mails, is 10 be provided by the c~ontrac-
tor, under the direction Of the department..
Railroad and steamboat companies are
required 70 take the mail from and deliver
il into the post Offices at the beginning and
end Of their rontes, and to aud from all
Offices not more than eighty rods from a sta
ton or lending Proposals may be submit
ted by the companies for the performance of
81 other side seryice-thst is, for Offices over
eighty rods from a station or landing.
There win be way bills" prepared By
p0stmasters, or other agents Of the depart
ment, 70 accompany tho 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-bils forwarded |
the latter 10 be examined by the several
postmasters, 70 insure regularity IN The de-
livery Of mails.
4. No pay will be made for trips nos per-
formed and for each Of such omissions /
not satisfactorily explained, three timestbe 1
pay Of the trip may be deducted. For ar
rivals so far behind time as 10 break con
neeton with depending mails, and not suf-
hciently excused, One-i0urth Of the com
pensation Of the trip Is subject to forfeiture.
For repeated delinquencies ofthe kind here
IN specified, enlarged penalties, proportion
ed % 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 adj
mission Of passengers, OF for being con
cerned in setting up or running an express
conveying intelligence in advance Of The
mail, a quarters pay may be deducted.
6. Fines VIII be imposed, unless the da-
.linqueney be promptly aud satisiacsorlyer-
planned by certificates Of p0stmasters or tbe
amdavlts Of other credible persons. for f,if-
ing TO arrive in contract time for peglect-
ing TO take the mail from, or deliver h No
a post otiee for suffering 10 o. be wei. q.
Iured, Destroyed, robbed, or lost and for
refusing, amer demand, 70 convey the mal
IS frequently as she contractor runs. or q I
concerned m running, scoach, ear, or steam-
boat on o route. 3
=. The Postmaster General may anmuI The
contract for repeated failures u run agree q
ioly to contract; Tor vioisting the post
nee laws, OF diso5eying the Instructions oil
ne department or refusing 90 discharge e q.
.arrler when required by the Department 70 3
10 60 Tor running an express as Aforesaid
Y Tor Transporting persons OF packages con-
Teying msIiable matter out Of the mail.
5. The Postmaster General may order An
Increase Of service on a route by allowing
herelor q pro reta increase on the contraet =
He may change schedules Of ds1ar- y
lres and arrva iu al cases, aud partcu- z
zrly 70 mske them conform TO connections d
nth railroads, without increase o. pay. -
royided The running time be not abridged. =
may also order an increase 81 speed. n
flowing, within the restrictions Of the law q.
pro rata increase of pay for the addiuodal %
took OF carriers, ID any. The contractor a
nay, however. a tie case q tn-raas gf
ped, relinquish the contract by giving %
YIN AeAAN IT. 1A ANNAArAt AAt ne r.
refers doing 20 20 carrying the oder into a.
feet. The Postmaster General may also 4
Iscontuue or curtal the service, Ia whole
in part, IN order % place on The route a
-eater degree Of service, Or whenever tho
able Interests, In his judgment, shall r. II
such digeontiuuauce o. curtailmeut
r any other cause he allowing as a mi
demnIty % contrator one months extra
y On the amount VI service dispensed
and q pro rata compensation for the
Mount Of service retained and continued.
.. Payments VII Be made By collectons
IA o. drafis On ~postmastaFs, or Otherwise, 3