Pioche daily record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1872-1876, 1873-12-12
INSTRUCTIONS TO BIDDERS ANL
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 specified, for
asserting the mails.
adnhAs Of it, the special agents Of the Postofhce
Department, also postoffice blanks, mail bags,
locks and keys, are to be conveyed without ex-
ira charge.
g. 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 ex
amined by the postmasters, 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, II the
failure be occasoned by the fault Of the con-
tractor or carrier, three times the pay Of the
trip will be deducted. For arrivals 30 far be-
hind time as to break connection with depend
ing mails, and not sufficiently excused, one
fourth Of the compensation for the trip is SUBJ
ject to forfeiture. F6 repeated delinquencies
of the kind herein specified, enlarged penalties,
proportional to the nature thereof, and the i'm
portance of the mail, may be made.
s. For leaving behind or throwing of 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.
6. Fines will be imposed, unless the delip-
quency be promptly and satisfactorily exr lained
by certificates Of postmasters or the afRdAvits of
other credible persons, for failing to arrive in
contract time; for neglecting to take the mail
from. deliver II into, postofRce; for suffer
ing it to be wet, injured, destroyed, robbed, OF
| lost and for refusing, after demand, to convey
the mail - frequently Is the contractor runs
| or ia concerned in running, coach, car, OF
steamboat on q route.
7. The Postmaster General may annul con.
| tract for repeated failures to run agreeably to
contract for violating the postofhce laws, OF
disobeying the Instructions OF the Department
for refusing to discharge . carrier when required
| by the Department to do 30; for running an ex
/ press as Aforesaid; or for transporting person.
or packages conveying nathalie matter out o.
the mail. 4rlr. ..rI4
8. The Postmaster General may discontinu,
| or extend contract, change the schedule ant
termini OF Q 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, Ct
| for increased speed. II the employment Of addi
| tional stock or carriers In rendered necessary
and in case Of decrease, curtailment, or dscon
tinuance Of service, - . full indemnity to sait
contractor, ono months extra pay on the amour
Of service dispensed with, and pro rats com
pensation for the service retained. Provided
however. that. in case Of increased expedition
the contractor may, upon timely notice, relin
quish the contract.
o. Payments will be made by collections from
or drsSts on, postmasten or otherwise, after tn
expiration Of each qusrter-say In Aovembes