The Arkansas banner., 1846-03-18


 '. The Postmaster General may annql the con tract for repeaed failures; for violating the post of- fec laws for disobeyng the instructions ot the ae- n0rtment: for refusing to discharge carrier Wheh required by the department for assgnlh5 the con hact without the consent of the Postmaster ueh- 1 eral, or for setting up or running all e%f'eS' '' aforesaid ,, .to,
 & The Postmaster General may alter the con ract and alter the schedule he allowing pro rata increase or compensation, within me feSul0.Aoj imposed by law, for the additional service feqil[eoi or for ihe increased speed, fl the emploYiheill ol Iditional stock or carriers ls rendered. bnt the contractor may. in such case, reilhquiSh inc contract on timely notice, Ii he prefers u tso chance The Postmaster General may also diS- eonfi,tie or cqrtail the service, he allowing one months extra pay on the amount dispensed "la'
 9. The payments will be made through dIalts on each quarter, say in February, May, August ana
 To- The distances are given according to the best nfofmation but no increased pay will De al lowed, should they prove to be greater t9ah IS "'- | ycrtsed. if the places are correctly named, i H. The Postmaster Generals prohibited by law i from knowingly making contract for the trans porlaton of the mail with any person who shat have entered into any comblnatlon or proposed to enter into any combinations to prevent the making of any bid for mail contract by any other person or Dafsons or who shall have made any agreement, -,l
 give 5r perform, any consideration to do, or not to l do. anything whatever, to induce any other person not to bil for mail contract. Particular attention is called the 23th section of the act of l036 pro- hibng combinations to prevent bidding, ,
 12 A bid received after time, to Wit: on the 5oth l April next at a m or without the guarantee re- anred by law or that combines several routes Tn one sum of compensation, cannot be considered m competition with regular proposal, not adJudSed to be cXtrayagant.
 ,,Ic 4ha tronSporfatJOn called for in the advertisement is difficult or lm- practicable at certain seasons, to substitute an ln- lerior mole of conveyance, or to lntermt service specified number of days, weeks, or months lie may propose 10 omit all office that IS inaccessible, i CT is not on the stage road, the railway, or at steamboat landing, as the ease may be, or he may offer to substitute an inferior mode ot supply Tn such cases. He may propose different days and hours of departure and arrival provided no more rannin@ time is asked and fl Is obvious that no mail connection or other public accommodation IS preiadced. He may ask fer more running tune 10 the rip, daring specified number of days, at cer- tain seasons of peculiar bad roads But beyond these changes. proposal for service different from the advertisement will prevent it's being considered Tn competition with regular bid, not set aside Tor cXtraYagance; and where bd contains any 0. ulc above alterations, their disadvantages will De eSu- aated in comparing il with other proposals
 H. There should be but one route bid for Tn a , proposal.
 l5. The route, the service, the yearly pay, the bidders name and residence and tie name ot each member of the firm where company offers should be distinctly stated-also the mode oi conveyance, if higher mode tIan on horseback is intended.
 TAe following may be used ds form for the bid, 1cbefe TO chaage from he adcertisemem iS coatem- $ piaieI 5y he bdaef:
 ..I Tor we, as he case may bel hereby propose ] to carry the IaaiI on No. -, from --to---, aeEeeably 10 advertisement, for E per annum. Observe, that where the bidder intends to offer any other mode of conveyance than horsebaclthe should , state 1t in terms in the bid.
 l6 The following is the form of the guaranty which should be filed the first blank with tte name of the sHafautor, tho second with that of the bidder, and the third and fourth with the beginning and ter maating points of te route; and after being dated, should be signed by the guarantor, who must be shown by the written certificate of aPostmaster or other equally satisfactory testimonial, to be man of property, and able 10 make good his guaranty.- This guaranty, so certified, should accompany each bid:
 .Tha undersigned - guafantes that -, if his bid for carrying the mail lrom---to--- be accepted by the Postmaster General, en- ter into obligation prior to the first day of July next, with good and sufficient slfcties, to perform the service proposed.
 ssDated -. :"
 IT. The bid should be sent under seal, addressed to the First Assistant Postmaster General with Mail Proposals in the State of -,'' written or U time to be received by or before the @0th April next : at g o'clock, q n.
 IS. The contracts are to be executed before the : ist July next.
 10. Postmaster at offices situated upon 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 from the railroad depot, and how otherwise e supplied with tue mail, to enable the Postmaste General to direct the proper supply to be made iIon the railroad by mail messengers, from and after h
 ist July next.
 e 20 Under the act of 3d March, 1S45, the rout
 is to be lett 10 the lowest bidder tenderng suiicen 0 guaranties for faithful performances without othe j. reference o the mode of transportation than ma. l. be necessary to provide for the due celerity, eer tantY, and security of such transportation. Am I. the contractor is not required to purchase out or take at d valuation the stock or vehicles of tn : previous contractor.
 ,f When the lowest bid proposes mode of convey anc2 that is inadequate for the Ioue in respect t the ceraiaty, security, and ceerity of the mails T aside from accommodation for traVe twill not b entitled o-thc route.
 = 21. When the bid does not name a mode ot con veyance, it will be taken and understood to be io the lowest mode fcoveyance, to wit: on horseback
 When il proposes to carry according to the adyer tisement, and no mode of conveyance IS stated 10 the route in the advertisement, 1t will be consdere 0 a. offering only fer horseback conveyance. Whei
 
 q twohorse coaches, in our-hogse coaches are in yed," or proposals to carry in two-hoTse coache ? will be considered,n or the ike expressions in thu
 bid, 'aceoyding to the advertisement will not b understood as referring to the mode mentioned il such invitation. If the bidder intends to propos If for the mode of conveyance stated in the invitation IT he should name il in terms in lis bid e ?. Since the passage of the act of March 3d
 1915, a new description Of bid has been received It specifies mode of conveyance, but engages L
 carry the mml with certainty, ceerity, and sccu
 rity using the terms of the law. These bids ar l, called, from the manner in which they are desig
 mated o.the books of the department, 'siar bias e Ihas been decided after mature consideration tha
 bid proposing a specific mode of conveyance c
 as high grade as two-horse coach ransp Iation
 to be preferred to the star bid. The experience c
 inc department enables it to lay down the lolowin Id rules, viz;
 I u, When the mail on the route is not so large as S require Mo-horse coach conveyance star bid, > the lowest will be preferred 70 the specific bid
 23, When the mails are of such size as to ren | der t necessary eXpedent in reference to ther 'a alone to provide two-horse coach conveyance tn
 specjEc bid thouoh the hrhest will be preierra