Pioche daily record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1872-1876, 1873-11-30
INSTRUCTIONS TO BIDDERS AND
POSTMASTERS;

VIZ NAIAS
Containing also conditions to be incorpora ted
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.
2. On routes where the mode of conveyance
admits of it, the special agents Of the Postotfice
Department, also postoffice blanks, mail bags,
locks and keys, are to be conveyed without ex.
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.
T. 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
proportioned to the nature thereof, and the i'm
portance of the mail. may be made.
g.. 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.
o. rlnes Will Oe imposed, unless the delin-
quency be promptly and satisfactorily exI lained
by certificates of postmasters or the afndavits of
other credible persons for failing to arrive in
contract time; for neglecting to take the mail
from. or deliver it into, postoffice; for suffer
ing it to be wet, injured, destroyed, robbed, or
lost; and for refusing, after demand, to convey
the mail as frequently o. the contractor runs
or is concerned in running, q coach, car or
steamboat on route.
Z. The Postmaster General may annul con.
tract for repeated failures to run agreeably to
contract; for violating the postofice laws, or
disobeying the instructions of the Department;
for refusing toAlischarge carrier when required
by the Department to do 30; for running an ex
press as aforesaid; or for transporting persons
or packages conveying mailsble matter out Of
the mail.
8. The Postmaster Genera! nay 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, curtsilment, or discon.
tinuance of service, as 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 case OF increased expedition,
the contractor may, upon timely notice relin.
quish the contract 30. rtfszfrrE. -r
Q. Payments will be made by collections from,
or drafta on, postmasters or otherwise, after the
expiration of each quarter-say In November,