Pioche daily record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1872-1876, 1873-11-26
INSTRUCTIONS TO BIDDERS AND
POSTMASTERS:

POSTMASTERS;
Containing also conditions to be incorporated
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.
9 ON routes where the mode of conveyance
admits of it, the special agents Of the Postofhce
Department, also postoffce blanks, mail bags,
locks and keys, are to be conveyed without ex-
ira charge.
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 postmssters, 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 rs 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.
s. For leaving behind or throwing off 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 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 IL into, postofhce; for suffer
ing it to be wet, injured, destroyed, robbed, Oh
| lost; and for refusing, after demand, to convey
the mail as frequently as the contractor runs
or is concerned in running coach, car, Oh
steamboat on route
| 7 The Postmaster General NAV annul a con
| tract for repeated failures to run agreeably Il
contract; for violating the postoffice laws, o.
disobeying the instructions of the Department
for refusing TO discharge q carrier when required
by the Department to do 80; for running an ex
press as aforesaid; or for transporting person
or packages conveying mailable matter out o
the mail.
8. The Postmaster General may discontinu
o. extend contract, change the schedule an,
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, If the employment OF add
tional stock or carriers 10 rendered necessary
and in case Of decrease, curtailment or discon
| tinuAnce Of service, % full indemnity to sal
| contractor, one months extra pay on the amoun
| Of service dispensed with, and q pro rats com
| pensstion 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 draffs on, postmasters or otherwise, afser tn
! expiration Of each quarter-ssy in November