Pioche daily record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1872-1876, 1873-12-13
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 Specined, Tor
asserting the mails.
2. On routes where the mode OF conveyance
admits Of it, the special agents OF the Postofhce
Department, also postoffice blanks, mail bags,
locks and keys, are to be conveyed without e1-
ira charge
s. 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 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 delinquencies
of the kind herein specified, enlarged penalties,
proportional to the nature thereof, and the i'm
portance of the mall may be made.
5. 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.
G. Fines will be imposed, unless the delin-
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, postofhce; 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.
| Z. The Postmaster General may annul . con-
tract for repeated failures to run agreeably to
contract for violating the postofhce 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.
8. The Postmaster General may discontinue
or extend q contract, change the schedule ant
termni OF q route, and alter, increase, decrease
OF extend the service, in accordance with law
he allowing pro rata increase Of compensation
for any additional service thereby required, Of
for increased speed IL the employment Of addi
tional stock or carriers is rendered necessary
and in case of decrease, curtailment or discon
tinuance of service, rs full indemnity to sal,
contractor, one month"; 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, postmasters or otherwise, after tn
exprstion Of each quarter-say in Novsmbsa