Pioche daily record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1872-1876, 1873-11-25
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 speclned, for
asserting the mails.
2. 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.
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.
4. 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 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 delinquencies
| of the kind herein specified, enlarged penalties,
| proportional 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.
8. Fines will be imposed, unless the delin-
quency be promptly and satisfactorily exI lained
by certificates Of postmasters or the sfidavits 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. coach, car, or
steamboat on 4 route.
Z. The Postmaster General may annul o con-
tract for repeated failures to run agreeably to
contract; for violating the postofice laws, OF
for refusing to discharge carrier when required
by the Department to do SO; for running an ex.
press IS Aforesaid; or for transporting persons
or packages conveying mailable matter out Of
the mail.
8. The Postmaster General may discontinue
or extend 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, Of
for increased speed, II the employment Of add
tional stock or carriers is rendered necessary
and in case of decrease, curtRilnent, or discon
tinuance of service, AZ full indemnity to sale
contractor, one months extra pay on the amour
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
o. Payments will be made by collections from
or drafts ON, postmssters or otherwise. after thu
] expiration Of each quarter-say In November