The Arkansas banner., 1846-03-25

flee laws; for disobeying the instructions o tie de-
 partment; for refusing to discharge carrier when required by the department; for assigning the con , tqct without thc consent of the Postmaster Gen
 eraI, CT for setting up or running an express as 2 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 dItional stock carriers Is rendered necessary l but the contractor may, in such case, rehnqulsh
 the contract on timely notice, if he prefers It 10 the change. The Postmaster General may also dis
 continue or curtaiI the service, he allowing one
 months extra pay on the amount dispensed with.
 9. The payments will be made through drafts on post offices CT otherwise after the expiration of
 each quarter, say in February, May August and
 November.
 TO- The distances are given according to the best normation but no increased pay will be al
 lowed, should they prove to be greater than is ad- Verfised, if the places are correctly named.
 II. The Postmaster General is prohibited by law from knowingly making a contract for the trans poration of the mail with any person who shall
 have entered into any combination, proposed 10 enter into any combination, te prevent the making
 Of any bid for mail contract by any other person or persons, who shall have made any agreement, or shall have given CT performed, or promised to give or perform any consideration to do. or not to | do, anything whatever, to induce any other person moi to bid for mail contract. Particular attention Is called the 23th section of the act of 1856, pro- , hbitng combinations to prevent bidl.4r r. ! bid received a1er time, to Wit cn the 30th , April next, at 9 nj, or without the guarantee re- quired by law, that combines several routes in one sam of compensation, cannot be considered Tn competition with regular proposal, not adJudGed to b. aXfaVagant.
 I3 4 biddsl may offer. where the transportation
 called for in the advertisement is difficult or i'm practicable a certain seasons 10 substitute an 1n
 iafor mode of conveyance, or to intermlt service , specified number of days, weeks, or months. He
 nay propose 10 omit an office that Is inaccussble, { CT Is not on the stage road, the railway, or at steamboat landing, the case may be, or he may oGer to substitute an 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 connaX0n or other public accommodation is
 preHdiced. He may ask for more running time 10 s the trip, during specified number of days at cer l tain seasons Of peculiar bad roads. But beyond
 these changes, proposal for service different from tie advertisement will prevent its being considered
 n competition with regular bid not sci aside for f eNTavagance; and where a bid contains any ol the
 above alterations, their disadvantages will be esti- Hated iH comparing Il with other proposals
 II. There should be but one route bid for in a 2 proposal.
 [ l5. The routc, the service, the yearly pay, the
 bidders name and residence and the name of each member o tae firm. Whete accompany offers, should
 be distinctly stated-also the mode of conyeYance
 # higisae mede than Oh hos back is intended.
 The following may be used as form for the bid,
 1rtefe no cFaage from tte advertisement Is coaiem- pt9ted bg{he bid9ff:
 Il Tor we, as the case may bel hereby propose I to carry the mail No.-. from - to -, agfeeablF tO advertisemen for $ per annum. ; Observe, that where the bidder intends to offer any
 other mode of conveyance than horsebaclh he should } state if in terms in the bid
 lG The following is the form of the guaranty
 which should be flied, the first blank with the name
 ot the guayantor. tho second with that of the bdde ] and the thid and fourth with the beginning and ter
 mnajingpeints ef the route and alter being dated,
 should be signed bY te guaraHtoI, who must be
 shown bY the written certificate of postmaster, CT ohef equally satisfactory testimonial, to be man
 oi pfopefiy, and able to make good his guaranty : lhis guaranty, so certified, should accompany each
 bid
 ..Tbe undersigned - gnaranties that -, if lis bid for carrying the mail ffom--to-- be aeceptedby the Postmaster General,-sha en-
 ter into ah obligation prior 10 the first day of July
 next with good and sufficient suretics, to perform the service proposed.
 s'Daed -. "
 r. The bid should be sent under seal, addressed : 10 the First Assistant Postmaster General, with
 Mail Proposals in the State of -,' written on 0 the face of he letter. aud should be despatched in
 meto be received by or before the 30th April next = at clock,
 IS The contracts are to be executed before the : 1st July next.
 10. Postmaster. al offices situated upon or near : railroads, hnt more than eighty rods from depot,
 will, immediately after the 10th May next, report that loct to the department stating their exact ds-
 tance from the railroad depot, and how otherwise Q supplied With tue mail, 10 enable the Postmaster
 General to direct the moPef supply to be made ion e the railroad by mail messengers, from and after the
 lst July next,
 e 20 Under hc act of Sd March, Is45, the route
 is 10 be let to the lowest bidder tendefing sufficient oaIl ri tbat ,. reference to the mode o transportation than may l, be necessary 10 provide for the due eeenty, ccr-
 tajnty. and security oi such transportation. And l. the new contractor is not required to purchase out
 or take at aNauatlon the stock or vehicles of the z previous contractor.
 ,f When the lowestbi3 proposes a mode of convey
 aace that ls inadequate for the Ioute in respect tl - tha cnda,atv. security, and ceietity of the mails H a.e l.a.a accommodation for travel, itWill not bt
 emitted 10 tae i0at2.
 E 2l. When the bid does not name a mode of con
 YeFance fl will b. tal,eA and understood 10 be io d tde lowest mode ofconFeyance 10 wit on horseback
 When i proposes to carry according 10 the adver
 tjsemeat, and no madc of conveyance is stated ioi o tue route in the advertisement, il will be considered Q as offering onl y for horseback conyeyance Wher
 tbe advertisement Uses the term sconYeyance if tHo-hOEsa coaches. in toar-horse coaches in.
 Yted. or ''propoSos to carry in tWo-hoise coaches ? Will be c0nsldefcd~ the ike expressions in inc
 bid, ''acco:ding to the adyertisement' will not bs
 understood as referring 10 the mode mentioned iT
 such invitation. If tie bidder intends to proposs It for the mode conveyance stated in the invitation lfI he should name 1t in terms in his bid e ?. Since the passage of the acr of March 3d
 1915, a new description oi bid has been receiyed.- a II specifics mode of conveyance but engages tc
 carry the mall with certainty, celerity, and secu.
 rijy, using the terms of the law These bids are n, called, from the manner in which they are desg.
 hated the books oi the department, ;.eiar 6ias' e lthas been decided, after mature consideration tha
 bid proposing specific mode of conveyance O
 as high grade as tWo horse coach transp iaiion i.
 to be prei4red 10 the star bid. The experience O
 the dcpartmeut enables it to lay down the following d rules, viz
 'l When the mail on the rcute Is not so large as tc @ rcquire hYo-horse coach eonveyance, star bid, i
 ttle lowest, will be preferred to the specific bid o g. When the mails are of such size as to ren. g der it necessary or expedient in reference to then
 alone 10 provide tWe-hofse coach conveyance. the al specific bid, though the highest, will be preferred !; to the star bid, to the extent of a moderate diff ,r ference in the compensation, in case the differ , ence Is not such to interfere with the policy ~ of tte new law, which looks to reduction in the 7, costs of transportation Exceptions. however may 1 be allowed where the star bid is made by the pres z. en owner of the stock on the route and ii is man