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 '. The Postmaster General may annuI the con- tract for repeated failures; for violating the post of fee laws: for disohcying the instructions of tle de- paltmcHt for refusing 10 discharge carrier when required by the departments: for assigning the con hact without thc consent of tie Postmaster Gen er2i, or for setting up CT running an express as aforesaid.
 8. The Postmaster General may alter the con tract, aHd alter the sehedgIe ha allowing pro rata increase or compensation. within the restrictions imposed by law, for the additional service required, or for the increased speed ii the employment of ditoHa! stee'; CT carriers is rendered necessary: but the contractor may, in such case, ren4nish the contract on timely notice. if he prefers 1t to the change Ibe Postmaster General may also dis contnae or eattail the service, he allowing oHe months extra pay on the amount dispensed Hi5h.
 9. The payments will be made through dratts oa post offices or otherwise, after the expiration o each quarter say iA February May, August and i Noyemter
 10. The distances are given according to the best Information: but no increased pay Will be al- lowed, should they prove to be greater than is ad yeriiScd, ii the places are correctly named. II. The Postmaster General is prohibited by law from knowingly making a contract for the trans portation of tue 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 CT persons, or who shall have made any agreement CT shall have given or performed, or promised to give CT perform, any consideration 10 do or not to do anything Nhatever, to induce any other person moi to bid foi a mail contract Particular attention is called the &3th sectcn of the act of 1856, pro hibiting combinations to prevent bidding.
 P. \ bid received after time, 10 wit on the seth April nszit, at 5 n, without the guarantee re- qulred by law, or that combines several routes In one sum of compensation, cannot be considered in competition with regular proposal, moi adludged to b. eXtTaYagant.
 I3. 4 bdd= may offer, where the transportation called for ia the advertisement is difficult or in- practicable al certain seasons 10 substitute aa lh- ,Iiar motie oi conveyance, or to intermlt service q SD ciiied number oi days, weeks or months He may propose 10 omit an office that IS inaccessible, CT IS not oil tl2 stage road, the railway CT al steamboat iea#aE, the case may be, or he may offer to sG5siz4lt an inferior mole oi supply in such Casaa. H. nay propose dl.cIeHt daYs and hours ot d-HaftH,a and arrival, provided no mofe running tine is asked, and t is obvious that no mail couaeX0H or other puhc accommodation Is Prindiced. He may ask lor mere running time 10 tie trip, dining specified number o days, at eef- tain seasons of pcculiW bad foads. But beyond these cfaa-es, proposal for service different rom the advertisement 1ut Wli prevent is being considered ID competition with rgguiar bld not set aside for extravaganza; and where | bid contains any Of tha above alterations, their disadvantage $ viii ba est- mated a comparing il with other ploposals
 H. There should be but one route bid fer in a proposal.
 l5 The route, the service, tlta yearly pay, the bidders aama and residence, aHa the na.a al each member oi t1e irn where company OIefs should b. distinctly sated-ai>o the mode of conveyance, il higher mode than on hols bacl, is iGtznaed.
 The following may ba used ds a form for the bid, rdcre TO c5aage ffoa tae e&ee3isemeat $ e0aem- p!2ie3 6Y YftebiRter:
 Il Tor we. IS the case my bel hereby propose to carYthe laaif on No. from - t6 -----, agreeabIy t3 advertisement. for ; psr annnfn. " Observe that ahefe the biadsr intends 10 ozizI any oihermode Cf conveyance tlau heIscblcilL Le should state if n terms in the hd.
 6. Ihe following is faa falIn ol the glafaatrT which should be filled. tie ifst Banl; with thf naHe of the gaafaaof, tho second with thatol tie bdder and the third and fourth wh t3a beg nuiue and er- Hin1tiag points of the roa; and alter being dated, should b. signed by the @HafaHt0f, who must be shown bY tue written certificate oi postmaster. or other equally satisfactory testimonial. to ba man oi property and able 10 make good hIs gaaEaHty.- This guaranty, certified, should accolaPaa5 each bid:
 The undersigned -- eHaantias that -. Ii his bId for carrying tine mai fIon--to-- be accepted bE the Postmaster GeHaraI.-sAaliea- ter into an obligation prior 10 the first day of July next, with good aud sufficient suretlcs, to perform the ..n1,1f 7SrFfe proposed
 Y. The bl shouli 5e sen under seal, addressed 10 the First Assistant PoStmlst-r Cenarai. with
 
 the face of tha etteg and should b. dnspatcdcd in time @ be eeiFed by or before the 50ta prI next, at 9 O clock, in.
 IS. Tie contracts are to De executed before tha lst July Xt.
 I9 Postmaster, at offices situated upea CT naar railroads. but malc than eiztty fad- ilosu depot. will, immediately alt the l5jh Shy usXt report that fact to the depatgeDt, stating tif cXact dIs taace from the railroad deFot, and how otherwise , supplied Wfh lbe Ea.l, 10 enable the Postmaster General ta a.feet the proper supply ta b. made ifom the agoad hy na!l messengers, from aHd alter the lst July next.
 , 9 Under tha act of 3a March Isl5, the route slo be It 10 tbe lowest bidder rendering sufficient anara0ties for iait'ul pes.oe#abce without etbet reference to tla mode e! tfaaspcrtJtion than nay bn necessary 10 provide af the due ctlritp, csI- tiuy and security of such transportation And tIe neW contiacof is H5t reqgired to purchase out or take at valuation the sock or vehicles oi the : prcvio8s contractor
 f When the lowest bid proposes a mode Of eeavey- aucr that t inadequate for te Ioutei in respect to the oartaaty, security. and eelerty of ths mails aside from accommodation for travel ,"iIl Eot be entitled to the routr.
 : q. When thc bid does not naina a mode of con yeYance, il Hill b. taken and und rsood 10 b. for th' lowest mode o conveyance, 10 wit on horseback When t proposes tO cary according 10 the atYer- tlsemeht. and no mode of conveyance is siatrd for the route in tie advertisement, 1t will be considered Q as offering only for horseback conveyance. When the advertisement uses the term "conveFance in tWo-horse coaches or in lour-horse coaches in- yited' CT proposals to carry in two-horse coaches ? will be considered, CT the like expressions in tue bid, 'acco.dug to the advertisement" will moi be understood as referring 10 the mode mentioned in such invitation. If the bidder intends to propose for the mode of conveyance stated in the invitation f he should name t in terms in his bid . 9. Since the passage of the act of March 3d. 1915, new description of bid has been reccivcd- a It specifics no mode of conveyance, but engages o carry the mul win certainty, ceerity, and secu- rity, nsng the terms of the law. These bids are l. called. from the manner in which they are desig- hated on the books oi the department ..siar bifs 5 thas been dacidod after mature consideration that bid proposing specific mode ol conveyance oi high grade as so-horse coach transp ltation is to be preferred to the star bid The experience al inc department enables it to lay down the following q rules, viz;
 fl When the mail on the route is not so large as to s require two-horse coach conveyance, star bid il the lowest, will be preferred tG the specific bid. g. When the mails are of such size as to ren- derit necessary or cXpedient in reference 10 them alone io provida two-hofse coach conveyance, the specific hid tilOurh tbe hiEl,8Sf will b. t,rf rr