Pioche daily record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1872-1876, 1873-11-29
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.
admits of it, the special agents of the Postofiice
Department, also postofhce blanks, mail bags,
locks and keys, are to be conveyed without ex-
ira charge.
8. Way bills" or receipts, prepared by
postmasters or other agents of the Department,
will accompany the mails, specifying the mum.
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, If the
failure be oceasioned 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 as 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 delinquences
of the kind herein specified, enlarged penalties
proportioned to the nature thereof and the i'm.
portance of the mail, may be made.
8. For leaving behind or throwing of 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.
q. Fines VIII be imposed, unless the DELHI
quency be promptly and satisfactorily exr 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 it into, postoffce; 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, q coach, car, or
steamboat on route.
7. The Postmaster General may annul a con-
| tract for repeated failures to run agreeably to
contract; for violating the postofice laws, or
disobeying the instructions of the Department;
for refusing to discharge a carrier when required
by the Department to do 30; for running an ex-
press as aforesaid; or for transporting persons
or packages conveying mailabie matter out Of
| the mail
| 8. The Postmaster General may discontinue
or extend q contract, change the schedule and
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, or
for increased speed, If 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 months extra pay on the amount
Of service dispensed with, and pro rats com.
pensation for the service retained. Provided,
however, that, in case Of increased expedition
the contractor may, upon timely notice, relin
quish the contract.
Q. Payments will be made by collections from
or drafts ON, postmasters or otherwise, after the
expiration Of each quarter-say In November