Pioche daily record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1872-1876, 1873-12-19
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 specified, for
asserting the mails.
2. On routes where the mode OF conveyance
admits of it, the special agents of the Postotfice
Department, also postoffice blanks, mail bags,
locks and keys are to be conveyed without ex-
ira charge.
3. 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.
l. No pay will be made for trips not per-
formed; and for each of such omissions if 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 rs 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 niade.
s. 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 e1I lained
by certificates Of postmasters or the afidavits Of
other credible persons. for failing to arrive in
contract time; for neglectins to take the mail
from, or deliver it into. postofnce; for suffer-
ing it to be wet, injured, destroyed, robbed, or
lost; and for refusing, after demand, to convey
the mail as frequently as the contractor runs,
or is concerned in running. . coach, car, or
| steamboat on route.
| 7. The Postmaster General may annul . con-
tract for repeated failures to run agreeably to
contract; for violating the postofice laws, OF
| 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 persons
or packages conveying mailable matter out Of
the mail.
8. The Postmaster General may discontinue
or extend q contract, change the schedule and
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 Of
for increased speed, II the employment Of addi
| tional stock or carriers is rendered necessary
! and In case Of decrease, curtailment, or discon
| tinuance of SERVICE as . full indemnity TO SAID
| contractor one months extra pay on the amour
of service dispensed with, and pro rats com
pepsation for the service retained. Provided
however, that, in case Of increased expedition
the contractor may, upon timely notice. relin
quish the contract.
Q. Payments will be made by collections from
or drafts on. postmasters or otherwise. after thu
expiration Of each quarter-say In November