Pioche daily record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1872-1876, 1873-12-04
INSTRUCTIONS TO BIDDERS AND
POsTMAsTERs; rA

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 Postofiee
Department, also postofice blanks, mail bags,
locks and keys, are to be conveyed without eI-
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, 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
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.
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
U. flDtb Will lHpobtu, uliicbo thc
quency be promptly and satisfactorily eIr lained
by certificates Of postmasters or the afhdsvits 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 Is the contractor runs
or is concerned in running, coach, car, OIL
steamboat on a route.
7. The Postmaster General may annul con
tract for repeated failures to run agreeably t.
contract: for violating the postoffice laws, OF
disobeying the instructions of the Department
for refusing to discharge o carrier when required
by the Department to do 30; for running an ex
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 AM
termini of o 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 IL rendered necessary
and in case of decrease, curtailment, or discon
tinuance of service, rs full indemnity TO sal
contractor one months extra pay on the amour
of service dispensed with, and pro ratv CON
pensstion for the service retained. Provided
however. that, in case Of increased expedition
the contractor may, upon timely notice, relir
quish the contract. fl afl -.
g. Payments will be made by collections from
or drafts on, postmasters or otherwise, after tn
expiration Of each quarter-say IN Novempe