Pioche daily record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1872-1876, 1873-12-11
TO BIDDERS AND
POSTMAsTERS;

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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
@ On routes where the mode of conveyance
admits of it, the special agents of the Postofiice
Department also postofice 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 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, 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 Is 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, quarters pay will be
deducted.
d. FINES Will Dc Imposed, unlebs the uelln
quency be promptly and satisfactorily exI lained
by certificates Of postmasters or the sfidavts Of
other credible persons, for failing to arrive in
contract time; for neglecting to take the mai
FROM or deliver it into, postofhce; for suffer
ing it to be wet, injured, destroyed, robbed, Oh
lost; and for refusing, after demand, to convey
the mail as frequently a. the contractor runs
or is concerned in running. q coach, car, Of
steamboat on a route.
T. The Postmaster General may annul con
tract for repeated failures to run sgreeably t.
contract for violating the postoffice laws, o.
disobeying the instructions Of the Department
for refusing to discharge carrier when requiret
by the Department TO do So for running an Ell
press as aforesaid: or for transporting person
or packages conveying mailable matter out o
the mail.
8. The Postmaster General may discontinu
or extend contract, change the schedule an,
! termini of 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, il the employment Of add
tional stock OF carriers is rendered necessary
and in Gaze Of decrease, curtsilment, or discoI
tinuance Of service, as full indemnity to sal
contractor one month extra pay on the amour
of service dispensed with, and pro rats CON
pensstion 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, postmasters or otherwise: after IN
expiration Of each quarter-say In Novempel