Pioche daily record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1872-1876, 1873-11-27
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 specified, for
asserting the mails.
2. On routes where the mode of conveyance
admits of it, the special agents of the Postotiicc
Department, also postoffice blanks, mail bags,
locks and keys, are to be conveyed without ex-
ira charge.
J. 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
amined by the postmasters, TO insure regularity
i'll 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 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 SUBJ
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. sH
6. Fines will be imposed, unless the delin.
quency be promptly and satisfactorily exI laned
by certificates Of postmasters or tho sffidavits 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, or
lost; and for refusing, after demand, to convey
the mail Is frequently Is the contractor runs,
or is concerned in running, coach, car or
steamboat on \ route.
Z. The Postmaster General may annul con-
tract for repeated failures to run agreesbly 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 - 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, or
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 said
contractor, one months extra pay ON the amount
of service dispensed with, and pro rats com.
pensation for the service retained. Provided,
however that, In esss OF increased expedition,
the contractor may, upon timely notice, relin-
quish the contract
.. Payments will be made by collections from,
or drafts ON, postmasters or otherwise, after the
expiration Of each quartcr-say In November,