Pioche daily record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1872-1876, 1873-12-23
INSTRUCTIONS TO BIDDERS AND
POSTMASTERS;

Containing also conditions to be incorpora 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.
admits of it, the special agents Of the Postotice
Department also postoffice blanks, mail bags,
locks and keys, are to be conveyed without e1'
ira charge.
a. "Wsy 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 e1-
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 occasioned by the fault Of the con-
tractor or carrier, three times the pay OF the
| trip will be deducted. For arrivals 80 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
| iect 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.
s. For leaving behind or throwing on 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 eII lained
by certificates Of postmasters or the aftdavits OF
other credible persons, for failing to arrive In
contract time; for neglecting to take the mai
from, or deliver it into, postoffice; for suffer
ing it to be wet, injured, destroyed. robbed, Of
lost; and for refusing, after demand, to conve!
the mail as frequently as the contractor runs
or is concerned in running, Q coach, car, o.
steamboat on route.
, T. The Postmaster General may snnul con
tract for repeated failures to run agreeably Il
7 contract; for violating the postofhce laws, o
disobeying the instructions Of the Department
for refusing to discharge q carrier when requires
by the Department to do 80; for running an e1
press as aforesaid; or for transporting person
! or packages conveying mailable matter out Q
; the mail.
1 8. The Postmaster General may discontinu
4 or extend a contract, change the schedule an
ter1nini Of q route, and alter, increase, decrease
or extend the service, in accordance with Law
8 he allowing pro rata increase Of compensatio
4 for any additional service thereby required, {
Q for increased speed, II the employment Of add
r tional stock or carriers is rendered necessar
Q and in case of decrease, curtailment, or Disco
FINANCE Of service, as full indemnity to sal
, contractor one months extra pay on the amoul
! OF service dispensed with, and pro rats cor
| pensation for the service retained. Provide
' however. that in case Of increased expedition
8 the contractor may. upon timely notice, reli
auish the contract.
9 .. Payments will be made by collections froi
' or drafts on, postmasterS or otherwise, sf3r u
0 expiration Of each qurter-ssy Id Novemoe