Pioche daily record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1872-1876, 1873-12-09
TO BIDDERS AND
POSTMASTERS:

Containing also conditions to be incorporate 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.
q On routes where the mode of conveyance
admits of it, the special agents Of the Postoffice
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.
L. No pay will be made for trips not per-
formed and for each of such omissions. If 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 30 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 delinquencies
Of the kind herein specified, enlarged penalties,
| proportional to the nature thereof, and the i'm
| portanoe of the mail, may be made.
g. For leaving behind or throwing off the
mails, or any portion OF them, Tor 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-
| QueDcN De promptly anu hAtibloCtOTlly lalneu
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 postofice; for suffer
! ing it to be wet, injured, destroyed, robbed, OF
| lost; and for refusing after demand, to convey
the mail as frequently as the contractor runs
| or is concerned in running, . coach, car, OF
steamboat on q route.
| Z. The Postmaster General may annul a con.
tract for repeated failures to run agreeably to
contract; for violating the postoffice laws, oil
disobeying the instructions Of the Department
for refusing to discharge . carrier when required
by the Department to do SO; for running an ex
press as aforesaid; or for transporting persons
or packages conveying mailable matter out o.
the mail.
g. The Postmaster General may discontinu,
or extend contract, change the schedule ant
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 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 sai'
| contractor, one months extra pay on the amour
of service dispensed with. and pro rats com
1 pepsation for the service retained. Provided
| however that, in case OF increased expedition
the contractor may, upon timely notice, relin
| quish the contract
o. payments will be made by collections from
| or drafts on, postmasters or otherwise, after IN
expiration Of each quarter-say in November