The Arkansas banner., 1846-04-01


 7. The Postmaster General may annul the con- tract for repeated failures for violating the post of flee laws; !oI dlsobeyng the instructions of the de- partment for refusing to discharge d carrier when required by the department; for assigning the con tact without the consent of the Postmaster Gen era or for setting up or running an express as aforesaid.
 s. The Postmaster General may alter the con- tract and alter the schedule ha 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 additional stock or carriers is rendered necessary3 but the contractor may in such case, reinqulsh the contract on timely notice. if he prefers it to the change. Tbe Postmaster General may also dis continue curta the service, he allowing one lnoatl extra pay on the amount dispensed with.
 9. The payments will be made through drafts on pest offices CT otherwise, after tle expiration ol each quarter say in February May, August, and November.
 10. The distances are given according to the best information. but no increased pay will be al lowed, should tAey prove to be greater than is ad- vertised if the places are correctly named.
 H. The Postmaster General is prohibited by law from knowingly making contract for the trans portatloR at the mail with any person who shall have entered into any combination, or proposed to enter into any combination, 10 prevent the making ol any bid for q mail contract by any other person UT persons or 3il0 Si4dI nave dtlG any dEfSSIlenl | or shall have given or performed, or promised to give CT perform. any consideration to de not to i do, anything whatever, to induce any other person not 10 bid for mail contract Particular attention is called the 25th section of the act of 1886, pro hbitng combinations 10 prevent bidding.
 I2. 1 bid received after time, to wit. on the 30th April next d III, or without the guarantee re- 1 quired by taW, or that combines several roptcs in one sum Of compensation, cannot be considered in l competition with regular proposal, not adjudged 1 to be eXfaeagant
 B. A bidd may oaer where the transportation called for II the advertisement IS difficult i'm practicable at certain seasons, to substitute an in teror mode ot conveyance, or to intermit service ,! specified number oi days, weeks, months He may propose to emit an office that is inaccussibe, l CT Is not on the stage road, the railway or at steamboat landing, as the may be, or he may offer to substitute an inferior mode of supply in such cases. He may propose different days and l hours of departure and arrival provided no more running time is asked, and it is obvious that no mail eoaneHlon or other public accommodation is pfe3udlced. lie may ask for more running time to the trip, during specified number of days, at cer tain seasons of peculiar bad roads. But beyond these changes, proposal for service different from the advertisement viii prevent its being considered m competition with regular bid. not set aside for eXtEaragance; and where bid contains any of the above alterations, their disadvantages Will be est- mated in comparing t with other proposals
 IL There should b. but one route bid for in a proposal.
 l5. The route, the service, the yearly pay, the bIdaers name and residence, anu the name of each member of tie firm; Whereacompa offers should be distinctly state3-aiso the mode of conveyance, if higher mode than horseback is intended.
 The following may be used ds a form for the bid, letefe 10 eteage jon tte advertisement is c2atem- fktte& bgAe bf3dgr.
 ''1 Tor we. as the case may bel hereby propose tO the I4a !oli No agfeeahlY 10 advertisement, for x Der anuum." Observe, that where the bidder intends to offer any other mode Of conveyance than horseback he should state t in terms in the bid.
 l6 TEe following is the form of the guaranty which should be flied the first bunk with the name of the gaarantor, 'Ho second with that of the bidder and the third and fourth aith the beginning and ter ninatag points of the route; and after being dated should b. signed by the TuarautoT, who must be shown by tie written certificate of pQStmaster, or other equa!I4 satisfactory testimonial, to b. man Of property, aad abe to make good his suaFaatq- bid:
 ..TAe undersigned - glaFanties that -, fl his bid for carrying the mail tfem--to-- be accepted by tie Postmaster Gencral-shal en- ter into obligation prior to the first day of July next, with good and sufficient saseties, perform
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 r.. The bd should be sent under seal addressed 10 the First Assistant Postmaster General, with .'Mal Proposals ia she Stata Of -" written on the slce of the ettef; aH4 should De despatched in time O be received by or before the 5Vth ARfineXt, at o'clock, a IL.
 Is. The contracts are to be executed before the Ist July next.
 1 10 Postmaster. at offices situated npon or near railroads, but than eighty rods from a depot, will, Immediately after the 10th May next report that fact to the department stating their exact dls- !, supplied with the Haii, 10 enable the Postmaster Genefaito direct ths proper supply to be made from he railroad by mail messengers, from and after the lst Jalv next
 20 Under the aet of 3d March. ls4j the route is to be let to the lowest bidder, rendering sufficient guarantias for faithful performance, without other reference 10 inc mode ol transportation than may be necessary to provide fer the due eelerity ceI- taay. and security of such transportation And the new contractor E n6t required to purchase out CT take al valuation the stock vehicles of the ] previous contractor.
 When the lowcst bl proposes mode of convey ance that s inadequate for the route in respect ta the cedaiaty, security, and cclefty of the mails aside from accommodation fer travel its@ill not be entitled to the route.
 2i When fine bid does not name a mode of con yeyauce, it Will ha taken and understood 10 be fol the lowest .aote o conveyance, to wit: enhofSebael I When If proposes t0 cary according 10 tle adyer- tiS-tle!iJ, and mode gI conveyance S Siis't0 TOT the rone in the advctisa 1t win be considered a offering only Ior Aors back conveyance. When the advertisement uses the term 'seonyeyance in tWe-horse coaches or in i0ur-horse coaches in- vited" or ,pgoPos8s 10 carry in tWo-horse coaches will be considered" or the ike expressions in the bid, ''aceoding 10 the advertisement will net be understood as referring to the mode mentioned in Snch invitation. fl the bidder intends to propose for the mode of conveyance stated in the iH}itaion 'I he should name t in terms in his bid
 ?. Since the passage of the act of March 3d. I845, new description ol bid has been receiYed.- | specifies no mode oi conveyance, but engages to carry the mad with certainty, celerity, and sccu- rty, using the terms of the law. These bids are caied, from the manner in which they are desig- hated on the books of the department, '.sar 6ids g lth has been decided, after mature consideration that bid proposing specific mode al conveyance o as high grade t@go-hefse coach transp Iation i, 10 be preferred to the star bid. The experience o the department enables it to lay down the following rules, viz:
 When the nail on the route is not so large as tc require hyo-horse coach conveyance, a sta bid. il the lowest, will be preferred 70 the specific bid.
 23. When the mails are Of such size as To ren, der it necessary or eXpedient in reference to them alone to provide two-horSe coach conveyance, the specific bid though the highest, will be preferred to the star bid to the extent of a moderate diff ference in the compensation, in case the differ