Pioche daily record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1872-1876, 1873-12-06
INSTRUCTIONS TO BIDDERS AND
POSTMAsTERs;

Containing also conditions to be incorporat ted
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 Postoffce
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
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, 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 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, aquarter's pay will be
deducted.
6. Fines will be imposed, unless the delin.
quency be promptly and satisfactorily eIr 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 1t into, postofice; 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, gar, or
steamboat on a route.
T. The Postmaster General may annul con-
tract for repeated failures to run agreeably to
contract; for violating the postoffce laws, or
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
s. The Postmaster General may discontinue
or extend contract, change the schedule and
termini of 0 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, or
for increased speed, il 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 month Q extra pay on the amount
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, relin-
quish the contract.
O. Payments will be made by collections from,
or drafts on, postmasters or otherwise after the
expiration of each quarter-say IN November,