The Arkansas banner., 1846-02-11


 any part ot jt for suffering il to be wet, ih1ured,- Iost, or destroyed; for conveying t m place or manner that exposes it to depreciation loss, or in- jury; fer relusiEr after demand te convey mail by any coach, yailfoad car or steamboat, which the contractor regularly runs on the rOute beyond the specified number oi trips in the canract and for not arriving at the time set. And fer setting up or running express to transmit commercial nteli- gencc in advance of the mail, penalty wifi be ex- acted equal to quarters pay.
 T. The Postmaster General nav aunGl the coil tract for repeated failures; for violating the post oi flee laws; .oI dlsobeyiHg the insr0Cions ot the de- l partment for refusing to discharge q carrier when required by the department; for assigning the con hact without the consent of the Postmaster Cen eral, or for setting up or running an express as aforesaid.
 s. The Postmaster General may alter the con tract and alter the schedule he allowing pro rata increase or compensation, within the restrictions imposed by law, for the additional service required, or for the increased speed if the employment ol a dltonal stock carriers is rendered necessary; but the contractor may. in such casc relinquish the contract on timely notice, if he prefers it to the change. The Postmaster General may also dis contnae cHrtaii the service, he allowing one months extra nay on the amount dispensed with. 9. The payments will be made through drafts on post offices or otherwise, after the expiration of each quarter, say in February, May, August, and | November
 10. 1he distances are given according to the pest tatoIihdt0h: put no iACreaSeu pay Will bc lowed, should they prove 10 be greater than IS ad- verised, fl the places are correctly named. II. The Postmaster General Is prohibited by law from knowingly making a contract for the trans l poTiaton Of the mail with any person who shall have entered into any combination, or proposed To enter into any combination, 10 prevent the making of any bid for a mail contract by any other person or persons, or who shall have made any agreement, i or shall have given or performed, or promised to give CT perform, any consideration to do or not to f do. anything whatever, to induce any other person ] not 10 bid for a mail contract Particular attention l is called The 2Sth section of the act oi ls50, pro 1 hbtng combinations to prevent bidding. i F. \ bid received after time, to wit: on the 5Oth l April neXt at m, or without the guarantee re- qured by law, or that combines several routes ih one sum of compensation, cannot be considered m competition with regular proposal, not adJudged l to be eXtrayagant.
 I3. bidder may offer, where the transportation called for in the advertisement is difficult or iun- practicable at certain seasons to substitute an in ieror mode of conveyance, or to intermit service specified number of days weeks, or months. He may propose to omit an office that IS Inaeeusslble CT is not on the stage road, the railway, or at d steamboat landing, the case may be, or he may offer to substitute an inferior mode oi supply Tn such cases He may propose different days and i hours of departure and arrival, provided no more running time Is asked and 1t Is obvious that no mail counexion or other public accommodation IS f preiudiced He may ask fer more running time to the trip, during specified number oi days at cer tain seasons of peculiar bad roads. But beyond these changes proposal for service different from the advertisement will prevent its being considered Tn competition with regular bid, not set aside for extravagance; and where d bid contains any of the above alterations, their disadvantages will be est- mated in comparing it with other proposals.
 l4 There should be but route bid for in a proposal.
 l5. The route, the service, the yearly pay, the bidders name and residence, and the name of each member of the irm where company offers, should ] be distinctly stated-also the mode of conveyance, if a Iii gher mode than on horseback is intended.
 The following may be used IS form for the bld, aciere no change from He advertisement IS coaiem- Ptated by the bidder:
 q Tor We, as the case may bel hereby propose to cary the mail on No, from ---to to -, agreeably 10 advertisement for $ per annum. Observe that where the bidder intends to offer any other mode of conveyance than hofsebac<he should state 1t in terms in the bid.
 I6. The following is the form of the gnarantry which should be filled, the first hanl, with the nane of the guaranor tho second with that of the bidder, and the third and fourth with the beginning and ter minating points of the route and after being dated, should be signed by the guafantor, who must be shown by the written certificate of postmaster, or other equally satisfactory testimonial, To De man of property and able to make good hlS eaafanly-- This guaranty, so certified, should accompany each bid:
 "The undersigned - guaranics that -, if his bid for carrying the mail from om---to---- be accepted by the Postmaster General, ,-shall en- ter into an obligation prior to the frs; day ol July neXl with good and sufficient sure,ies, 10 perform the service proposed.
 "Dated -"
 F. The bid should be sent under seal, addressed to the First Assistant Postmaster General, With Mail Proposals in the State of -, written on inc face of the letter; and should be despatcnea III tmeJo be received by or before the 30h April next at o'clock, m.
 ls. The contracts are to be executed before thC lst July next. r
 l9 Postmasters at offices situated upon or neal railroads but more than eighty rods from depot will immediately after the 10th May next, repor that fact to the department stating their exact dls tance fram the railroad depot and how otherWse supplied with the mail, to enable the Postmaster General to direct the proper supply to be made from the railroad by mail messengers, from and ai'er tee Isl July next
 20 Under the act of Sd March, l645, the routt is 10 be let 10 the lowest bidder rendering sufficient euaranties for faithful performance, without othe , reference 10 the mode of transportation than may be necessary to provide for the due celenty, cer tanty6 and security of such transportation. Am the new contractor is not required to purchase out or take al a valuation the stock or vehicles oi tn i previous contractor.
 When the lowest bid proposes mode of convey ance that is inadequate for the ioue Tn respect | the certaiaty security, and ceerity of the mails  entitled to the route.
 2I. When the bid does not name a mode oi con veyanee it will be taken and understood 10 be 10 the lowest mode ofconveyance, 10 wit; on horseoack When it proposes to carry according to the a1Fer tisement and no mode of conveyance IS stated 10 the ronte in the advertisement, 1t will be consldere' a, offering only for horseback conveyance. Whei a the advertisement uses the term "conveyanee Il horse coaches, in iour-horse coaches are IF yited n or "proposas 10 carry in twohofsc coache will be consdered' or the like expressions Tn th bid, .acco:ding to the advertisement" will mol b understood as referring to the mode mentioned Il f such invitation If the bidder intends to propos fl for the mode of conveyance stated in the invitation e he should name it in terms in his bid
 p. Since the passage of the act ot March 'a Is4j new description of bid has been receiyfd.- It specifics no mode of conveyance, but engages | carry the mall with certainty, celerity, and secu !, rity, using the terms of the law. These bids ar called from the manner in which they are dess . mated on the books of the department, Siar btds
 Ii has been decided after mature consideration, thf bid proposing specific mode of conveyance { as high grade as two horse coach transportation to be preferred to the star bid. The experience ( the department enables it to lay down the iollowin 1T rules, viz:
 U When the mail on the route is not so large as | ' require two-horse coach conveyance star b!d' the lowest, will be preferred .o the specific bid. 3sWhen the mails are of such size as to ren . # nxpndient reference 10 tleT