The Arkansas banner., 1846-04-15

 z. The Postmaster General may annul the con- tract for repeated failures; for violating the post o- fee laws; for disobeying the instructions ot the de- partment; for refusing to discharge carrier when required by the department; for assigning the con hact without the consent of the Postmaster Cen 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 aW fer the additional service required, or for the increased speed, if the employment ot dtonal stock or carriers is rendered necessary; but the contractor may, in such case, relinqush the contract on timely notice, if he prefers 1t to the change The Postmaster General may also di5- contnae or curtal 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 ot each quorter say n February May, August, and | November
 10. The distances are given according to the best information; but no increased pay will be a- |I0Wcd, seou3 they prove to be greater than is ad- vertisod, if thc places are correctly named. H. The Postmaster Generals prohibited by law from knowingly making a contract for the trans poriaton 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 mail contract by any other person or persons, or who shall have made any agreement Ter shall have given or performed, orpromised to give of perform, any consideration to do or not to do, anvthng whatever, to induce any other person not 10 bid fora mail contract Particular attention Is called tae 2$th section of the act of 1886, pro- hibting combinations to prevent bidding.
 P. \ bid received after time, 10 wit on the 30th April next, at Ill, or without the guarantee re- quired by law, or that combines several routes in one sum of compensation, cannot be considered m competition with regular proposal, not adJud5ed 10 b. eXtlayagant.
 B. \ bitdr may offer. where the transportation called fer in the advertisement is difficult or im- practicable at certain seasons, to substitute an ln- laror mode of conveyance, or to intermit service specified number oi days, weeks, or months. He mly propose to omit an etee that is iAaCcHssibe, CT is not on the stage road, the railway, or at steamboat landing, as the case may be, or he may eer to substitute aa inferior mode of supply in such cases He may propose different days and hours ot departure and aIiya, provided no more running time is asked, and ii t obvious that mail eoaneXian oIs 6tGef public accommodation is preiQdiced He may asiz for more running time to t3e trip, during specified dnumber of days at ccr- tain seasons of peculiar bad roads. But beyond these changes proposal for service different from the advertisement Wil prevent its being considered ln competition with regular bid. not set aside fer eXtravagance; and where bid contains any of the above alterations, their disadvantages will be esti- mated in comparing il with other proposals.
 II, There should be but one route bid for in proposal.
 l5. The route, the service, tha yearly pay, the bidders name and residence, and the name ot each member of the firm, Wherca company offers, should be distinctly stated-also the mole of 'conYeYance ii higher mode than on horsa back is intended.
 The following may be used form lor.the bid, Wbere no c,1ige from lie advertisement is c3aiem- plated by He bid4cr
 "I Eof we as the ease may bel hereby propose to carry the mail on No. -, from - to --- agree ably 10 advertisement for $ per annum' IIhsprHa fb9{ hprn9 tl,a inf fn other mode of conveyance than hersebaelh he should state i in terms in the bid.
 lG The following is the form of the guaranty which should be flied the first blank with the name of the e9aIantaf, the second with that to the bidder and the third and fourth With the beginning and ter maatine points of the route; and alter being dated should he signed bT the gaaraattf, who must be shown by the written certificate of postmaster, or otter equally satisfactory testimonial, 10 be man of property, and able to make good his guaranty This guaranty, so certified, should accompany each ba:
 .The undersigned ----g guaranties Chat -, if his bid for carrying thr mail fgom--to-- be accePtcdbg the Postmaster General,- eA- ter into an obligation prior to the first day of July next with s9oa and sufficient safeGes, to perform the service proposed
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 r. The bid should be sent under seal, addressed to the First Assistant Postmaster General with ssAail Proposals in the Slate of -" written on til Ittt OI ti5U i@tteI5 ana SilOtl Dc dGS III time to be received by or before the 30h April next at o'clock, am.
 IS The contracts are to be executed before the lst July neXt.
 l9 Posmaser at offices situated upon or near railroads bat more than eighty rods from a depot will immediately after the 10th May next, report that lact to the department stating their exact dIs tance from the railroad depot, and how otherwise supplied with the mail, 10 enable the Postmaster General to direct the proper supply to bemade from the railroad bY mail messengers, from and after the lst July next
 20. Under the aet of 3d March, Ist5, the route isto b. et 10 the lowest bidder tenderng sufficient guanntics for faithful performance, without other reference to the mode of transportation than may be necessary 10 provide for the due celerty, cef tainiy. and security of sach transportation. And the new contractor is not rsqufed 10 purchase out or take at valuation the stock or vehicles of tte previous contractor
 When the lowest hil Proposes a mode of convey anco that is inadequate for the route in respect to the certainty, security, and celerity ot the mails, aside from accommodation for travel, it,Will not be entitled to the route.
 2l When the bid does not name a moda of con vcyance, il will be taken and understood 10 b. for the lowest mode ofcoaveyaace, to wit on horseback. i When 1t proposes to carry according to the adTcr tlsement, and no mode of conveyance Is stated for the route Tn the advertisement, 1t will be considered q oilcring only for horseback conveyance. When tile advertisement Gses the term "coAyeYanee in tWo-horsa coaches, in tour-horse coaches are in yited, CT "pgoPosais to carry in two-hoIse coaches Will be eensidared,' the like expressions in the bid ..aceo.ding 10 the adverisemeut will pot ba understood as referring 10 the mode mentioned in such invitation. Il the bidder intends to propose for the mode of conveyance stated in the nyitation T lie shonld name it in terms in his bid
 9. Since the passage of the act of March 3d. 1915, new description of bid has been receivad.- It specifics no mode of conveyance, but engages to carry the mah with certainty cecrity. and secu- rity, using inc terms of the law. These bids are called, from the manner in which they are desig- mated on the book. ol the department, .4star tias' lthas been decided, after mature consideration that bia proposing specific mode of conveyance of a9high grade as tWoh horse coach transportation is to b. preferred to the star bid The experience of thc department enables it to lay down the following rGies, viz:
 When the mail on tae route is not so large as 10 require two-horse coach conveyance, stal bid, if the lowest, will ba preferred 70 the specific bid.
 23. When the mails are of such size as to rem der fl necessary eXpedient in reference to them alone to provide two-horse coach conveyance, the specific bid, though the highest, will be preferred 10 the star bid, to the extent of a moderate diff ference in the compensation, in case the differ euce is not such as to interfere with the policy