Pioche daily record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1872-1876, 1873-12-21
TO BIDDERS AND
POSTMAsTERs;

Containing also conditions to be incorporated
in the contracts to the extent the Department
may deem proper.
J. Seven minutes are SLOWED 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 Postofiice
Department, also postoffice blanks, mail bags,
locks and keys, are to be conveyed without eX-
ira charge.
8. sway 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 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.
6. Fines will be imposed, unless the deln-
| quency be promptly and satisfactorily exI 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 postofice; 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 a route.
7. The Postmaster General may annul q con-
tract for repeated failures to run agreesbly to
| contract; for violating the postofice laws, or
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 OF
the mail.
g. 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 addi
tional stock or carriers Is rendered necessary
! and in case of decrease, curtailment, or discon
tinuance of service, - full indemnity to sale
contractor, one month . extra pay on the amoun
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
.. Payments will be made by collections from
or drafts on, postmaster or otherwise, aftsr tn,
expiration Of each qmrfer-say In November