The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1867-12-19
INSTRUCTIONS TO BIDDElsAND
POSrMASTEAS
Containing also conditions TO be iReor.
Dordted in fhe contracts 10 the
eatsnt the Department
Il.
may deem proper.

may dsem proper,
/. Seven MINUTES are allowed to
each intermediate Office, when not
otherwise specified. for asserting the
mails, but on railroads and steamboat
routes there = 10 be no more Il Jay
than il sufficient for an exchange Vt
the mail pouches.
2. On railroads and steamboat lines
and other routes where tho mode oi
conveyance admits OF il, the special
agents of the Postofiice Department,
also postoffice blanks, mail bags, lock
and keys are to be conveyed without
extra charge.
3. On rniroAl aud steamboat lines
the route agents of the Department,
also the British and Canada mains,
when offered aud the agents accom-
panlng them. are To be conveyed with
out charge and for the uSo Of tho
United States agents commodIoua
car, or part Of car, properly lighted,
warmed and furnished, aud adopted to
the convenient separation 0Gd due Sc
cur!ty OF the mails, ia to be provided
by the contractor, under the direction
OF tho Department.
Railroad and steamboat companies
are required 10 take the mail from aud
deliver it into the p0stoflicrs ut the
beginning and end of their routes, and
to and from all Offices not more than
eighty rods from station or mnding
Proposals may be submitted by the
companies for the performance of all
! other sIdc scrvIcc-that is, for Offices
over eighty rods from station or Ian
ding
! There will be "waJ bills prepared
| by posLmastcrs, or other agents OF tho
Department, to accompany the mails
conveyed on railroad and steamboats,
ppccityIng the number Dnd destination
Of the several bags, On other princi
pal routes, likewise, rec cripts will bC
required and way bills forwarded; III,
latter TO examined by tho several post
masters, to insure regularity in Tho
delivery Of mails.
4. No pay will be made for trips
not performed aud fov each OF sncl
omissions, not satisfactorily cXplaineC
three times the pay Of the trip will bt
deducted For arrivals So far behinl
time us 10 break connection with dc
parting mails, aud not sufficiently eN
cused, one-iourth Of the compensation
for trip ia subject to forfeiture, Far ~
pcutcd dellpquenmes Of the kind here
IN specified, enlarged penalties, pro
porIoned to the nature thereof ant
the importance Of the mail, may b
made.
5. For leaving behind or throwing
oG the maiiT, or any portion OF then
for the admission OF passengers, or IA
, being conccrnet in setting up or ruI
nng an eXpross conveying intclIigonc
in advance oflhe malI II quarter 4 pa
, may be deducted.
6. Fines vii be imposed, unleE
this delinquency be promptly and snI
IsiactOrily explained by certificates {
postnasters or the nflilavi,s Of 9th,
credible persons, for failing to arriN
) IN contract tlmo for neglecting
take the mail from, or deliver it into,
post Office for suffering it 20 bo we
injured, destroyed, robbed or lost an
tor refusing, after demand to convc
the mail as frequently as the contra(
tor ruLs, or is concerned in running,
coach, car, or stenmbrHt on Il route.
Q Z. The Post Master General mn
# annul the contract for repeated tniur,
0 TO run agreeably To contract for vi,
}. latlng the post Office laws, or disobe,
n ing tho instructions OF the Depaatmcn
i for refusing to discharge II carrie
@ when required by the Department
!, do so; Tor runni"g an express as for
d said or for transporting persons
: packages conveying mallable matt
out OF the mail