Pioche daily record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1872-1876, 1873-12-07
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 speclhed, Tor
asserting the mails.
2. On routes where the mode of conveyance
admits of it, the special agents of the Postoffice
Department, also postothce blanks, mail bags,
locks and keys, are to be conveyed without ex-
ira charge.
B. 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.
A. 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 delinquences
of the kind herein specified, enlarged penalties,
| proportional 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, a quarters pay will be
deducted.
| 6. Fines will be imposed, unless the delin-
| quency be promptly and satisfactorily exr lained
by certificates Of postmasters or the afhdavits of
other credible persons, for failing to arrive in
contract time; for neglecting to take the mail
from, or deliver 1t into, postothce; for suffer
| ing it to be wet, injured, destroyed, robbed, OF
| lost; and for refusing, after demand, to convey
the mail as frequently as the contractor runs,
| or is concerned in running, coach, car, OF
| steamboat on a route
z. The Postmaster General may annul a con
tract for repeated failures to run agreeably tc
contract; for violating the postofiice laws, OF
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 person.
or packages conveying mailable matter out O
the mail.
8. The Postmaster General may discontinue
or extend contract, change the schedule ant
termini of q 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, II the employment Of addi
| tional stock or carriers is rendered necessary
and in case of decrease curtailment, or discon
tinuance of service, as a full indemnity to sail
| contractor, one month extra pay on the amour
of service dispensed with, and pro rats com
4 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
expiration Of each quarter-say In November