Pioche daily record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1872-1876, 1873-12-17
INSTRUCTIONS TO BIDDERS AND
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 specified, for
asserting the mails.
q On routes where the mode Of conveyance
admits of it, the special agents Of the Postofice
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, il the
failure be occasioned by the fault of the con-
tractor or carrier three times the pay Of the
hind time as to break connection with depend
| ing mails, and not sufficiently excused, one
fourth of the compensation for tho trip is SUBJ
| ject to forfeiture. For repeated delinquencies
| of the kind herein specified, enlarged penalties,
proportioned to the nature thereof, and the i'm
| portance of the mail, may be made.
| 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.
0. Fines will be imposed, unless the delin.
quency be promptly and satisfactorily eII 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, postofhce; for suffer
ing it to be wet injured, destroyed, robbed, OF
lost and for refusing, after demand, to convey
the mail as frequently q the contractor runs
or is concerned in running, coach, car, OF
steamboat on a route.
Z. The Postmaster General may annul con
tract for repeated failures to run agreeably Il
contract; for violating the postofice laws OF
tisobeying the instructions OF the Department
for refusing to discharge carrier when required
by the Department to do 80; for running an ex
press as aforesaid; or for transporting person.
or packages conveying malsble matter out o
the NATL.
8. The Postmaster General may discontinu
or extend contract, change the schedule an,
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, o
for increased speed, II the employment Of add
tional stock or carriers is rendered necessary
and in case Of decrease, curtailment, or discon
tinuance 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.
.. Payments will be made BY collections from
or drafts on, postmaster or otherwise, after th
! expiration Of each quartcr--aay in November