Pioche daily record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1872-1876, 1873-12-16
INSTRUCTIONS TO BIDDERS AND
POSTMASTERS;

Containing also conditions to be incorporated
in the contracts to the extent the Department
may deem proper.
|. Seven minutes are allowed to each inter.
mediate Office, when not otherwise specifed, for
asserting the mails.
2. On routes where the mode of conveyance
admits of it, the special agents Of the Postoffice
Department, also postofhce blanks, mail bags,
locks and keys are to be conveyed without eI-
8. Way bills" or receipts, prepared by
postmasters or other agents Of the Department,
will accompany the mails, specifying the num-
Der and destination Of the several bags, to be eI-
amined by the postmssters, to insure regularity
in the delivery of bags and pouches.
4. No pay will be made for trips not per-
formed and for each Of such omissions, IL the
failure be occasioned by the fault Of the con-
tractor or carrier, three times the pay Of the
trip will be deducted For arrivals SO far be-
hind time as to break connection with depend
fourth Of the compensation for the trip is sub.
ject to forfeiture. For repeated delinquences
Of the kind herein specified, enlarged penalties,
| proportional to the nature thereof, and the i'm.
| portance Of the mail, may be made.
g. For leaving behind or throwing off the
mails, or any portion Of them, for the admission
of passengers, or for being concerned in setting
up or running an express conveying intelligence
in advance Of the mail, quarters pay will be
| deducted. .-
g. Fines will be imposed, unless the delin.
quency be promptly and satisfactorily exI lained
BY certificates OF postmasters or the afidavits Of
other credible persons, for failing to arrive in
contract time; for neglecting to take the mail
from. or deliver it into, postofice; for suffer
ing it to be wet, injured, destroyed, robbed, OF
lost; and for refusing, after demand, to convey
the mail as frequently Is the contractor runs
or is concerned in running, coach, car, OF
| steamboat on a route
Z. The Postmaster General may annul a con
tract for repeated failures to run agreeably tc
contract: for violating the postoface laws, On
disobeying the instructions Of the Department
for refusing to discharge carrier when required
by the Department to do 30; for running an ex
press rs aforesaid; or for transporting person.
or packages conveying mailable matter out o
the mail.
8. The Postmaster General may discontinue
or extend contract, change the schedule an,
termini OF route, and alter, increase, decrease
or extend the service, in accordance with law
he allowing pro rata increase Of compensation
for any additional service thereby required, o
for increased speed, II the employment Of add
tional stock or carriers IL rendered necessary
and in case Of decrease, curtailment, or discor
tiuuance of service, as full indemnity to sal
contractor, one months extra pay on the amour
of service dispensed with, and pro rats con
pensation for the service retained. Provided
however, that, in case Of increased expedition
the contractor may, upon timely notice, relir
quish the contract
Q. Payments will be made by collections IRON
or drafts on, postmasters or otherwise, after tn
expiration Of each quarter-say IN Novampe