The Arkansas banner., 1846-04-29


 7. The Postmaster General may annul the con tract for repeated ailures for violating the post of flee laws; for dsobeying the instructions of the de- pertinent; for refusing to discharge carrier when required by the departments; for assigning the con- tlact without the consent of the Postmaster Gen. 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 of a dional stock or carriers is rendered necessary; but the contractor may, in such case, rellnqmsn the contract on timely notice, if he prefers It to the change. The Postmaster General may also dis continue or curtail the service, he allowing one months extra pay 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. The distances are given according to the best intorlnation but no increased pay will be al lowed, should they prove to be greater than IS ad- vertised, if the places are correctly named.
 II. The Postmaster General is prohibited by law from knowingly making a contract for the trans portation of the mail with any person who shall have entered into any combination, or proposed to enter into any combination, to prevent the making of any bid for a mail contract by any other person or persons or who shall have made any agreement, CT shall have given or performed, or promised to give or perform any consideration to do, or not to do, anything whatever to indIce any other person not to bid for mail contract Particular attention is called the 28th section of the act of lS36 pro- hibiting combinations to prevent bidding l2. \ bid received after time, to wit: on the 30th l April next, at Tn, or without the guarantee re- quired by law, or that combines several routes in one sum of compensation, cannot be considered in competition with regular proposal, not adjudged to be eXtraYagant
 l3. A bddi may oIer where the transportation called for in the advertisement is difficult or im practicable al certain seasons, to substitute an in- ierior mode of conveyance, or to intermit service specified number of days, weeks, or months. He may propose to omit an office that is inaccussible, CT is not on the stage road, the railway, or at a steamboat landing, as the case may be, or he may offer to substitute inferior mode of supply in such cases. He may propose different days and hours of departure and arrival, provided no more running time IS asked, and it is obvious that no mail conneXon or other public accommodation is prcjudiced. He may ask for more running time to the trip during a specified number of days, at cer- i 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 eXtrayagance; and where bid contains any of the above alterations, their disadvantages will be esti- mated in comparing it with other proposals. Ii. There should be but one 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 firm, where a company offers, should be distinctly sated-also the mode of conveyance, if higher mode than on horseback is intended The following may be used as a form for the bid, . chere no change from He advertisement Is c0atenl- ptated by Ae biddcr:
 q Tor we, as the case may bel hereby propose to carry the mail on Ne. -, from - to -, Il II.-4 Observe, that where the bidder intends 10 offer any other mode of conveyance than horseback he should state 1t in terms in the bid.
 6. The following is the form of the guaranty which should be filled, the first blank with the name of the guaranor, tho second with that of the bidder and the third and fourth with the beginning and ter minang points of the route; and after being dated should be signed by the guarantor who must be shown by the written certificate of postmaster, or other equally satisfactory testimonial, to be a man of property, and able to make good his guaranty This guaranty, so certified, should accompany each bid
 '.The undersigned - guaranties that -, if his bid for carrying the mail from-to-- be accepted blythe Postmaster General, shall en- ter into obligation prior to the first day of July next, with good and sufficient sureties, to perform the service proposed
 r. The bid should be sent under seal addressed to the First Assistant Postmaster General, with "Mail Proposals in the State of -" written on the face of the letter; and should be despatched in time to be received by before the 30th April next at o'clock, am.
 IS. The contracts are to be executed before the 1st July next.
 10. Postmaster> at offices situated upon or near railroads, but more than eighty rods from depot will, immediately after the 10th May next, report that fact to the department stating their exact dis tance from the railroad depot and how otherwise ] supplied with the mail, to enable the Postmaster FGeneralto direct the proper supply to be made from the railroad by mail messengers from and after the lst July next
 20 Under the act of Sd March, 1S45, the route is to be let to the lowest bidder, tenderng sufficient guaranties for faithful performances without othel reference to the mode of transportation than may be necessary to provide for the due celerty, cer. ainty, and security of such transportation. Anc the new contractor is not required to purchase out or take at a valuation the stock vehicles of the previous contractor.
 When the lowest bid proposes mode of convey ance that is inadequate for the Ioue in respect tC the certaiaty, security, and celerty of the mails aside from accommodation for travel, twill not be entitled to the route.
 2l. When the bid does not name mode of con yeyance, it will be taken and understood to be fol the lowcstmode ofconveyance, to wit: on horseback i When 1t proposes to carry according 10 the adver 1 tisement, and no mode of conveyance is stated fol the route i'll the advertisement, 1t will be considered as offering only for horseback conveyance. Wher the advertisement uses the term sconveyance II twohorse coaches, or in four-horse coaches are in yted," or proposals to carry in two-horse coaches will be considcred'' or the like expressions in tht bid s'acco:dng to the advertisement" will not bC understood as referring to the mode mentioned il such invitation. If the bidder intends to propose for the mode of conveyance stated in the invitation ! he should name it in terms in his bid
 p. Since inc passage of the act of March Sd 1915, new description of bid has been received- It specifies no mode of conveyance, but engages tt carry the mall with certainty celerity, and secu riy using the terms of the law. These bids ar called, from the manner in which they are desig hated on the books of the department, sstar bids Ithas been decided, after mature consideration, tha bid proposing specific mode of conveyance o as high grade as two-horse coach transportation i to be preferred to the star bid. The experience o the department enables it to lay down thefollowin, rules, viz;
 When the mail on the route is not so large as t require two-horse coach conveyance star bid the lovest, will be preferred to the specific bid
 23. When the mails are of such size as to ren der it necessary eXpedient in reference to then alone to provide two-horse coach conveyance tn specific bid though the highest, will be preferre, to the star bid, to the extent of moderate diff ference in the compensation, in case the differ ence is not such as to interfere with the polio,