Pioche daily record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1872-1876, 1873-12-14
INSTRUCTIONS TO BIDDERS AMI
POSTMASTERS;

Containing also conditions to be incorporated
in the contracts to the extent the Department
may deem proper.
l. Seven minutes are allowed to each inter
mediate Office, when not otherwise specihed, for
asserting the mails.
q On routes where the mode OF conveyance
admits Of it, the special agents OF the Postoffice
Department, also postoffce blanks, mail bags,
locks and keys, are to be conveyed without e1-
ira charge.
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 ex-
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, II 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
ing mails, and not sufficiently excused, one
fourth Of the compensation for the trip is sub.
| ject to forfeiture. For 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.
8. For leaving behind or throwing of the
| mails, or any portion of them, for the admission
! Of passengers, or for being concerned in setting
mp or running an express conveying intelligence
in advance of the mail, quarters pay will be
| deducted.
6. Fines will be imposed, unless the delin
quency be promptly and satisfactorily eII lained
by certificates Of postmasters or the afhdavits Of
| other credible persons, for failing to arrive in
| contract time; for neglecting to take the mai
from, or deliver 1t into, postofice; for suffer
ing it to be wet injured, destroyed, robbed, OF
lost; and for refusing. after demand, to convey
the mail IS frequently Is the contractor runs
or is concerned in running, . coach, car, Of
steamboat on Q route.
Z. The Postmaster General may snnul . con
tract for repeated failures to run agreeably Il
contract; for violating the postofiice laws, O.
disobeying the instructions of the Department
for refusing to discharge carrier when required
by the Department to do so; for running an ex
press as aforesaid; or for transporting person
or packages conveying mailable matter out o
the mail. ..
s. The Postmaster General may discontinue
or extend q contract, change the schedule an
terrnini Of a 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, @
for increased speed, II the employment Of add
tional stock or carriers is rendered necesssr,
and in case Of decrease, punishment, or discor
tinuance Of service, ~ 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. Provides
however, that, in case OF increased expedition
the contractor may, upon timely notice. relil
ouish the contract
o. Payments will be made by collections from
or drsffs on, postmasteu or otherwise, after Il
expiration Of each quarter-say In Novembe