The Minnesota pioneer. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn. Territory) 1849-1855, 1853-03-03


the Department; for refusing to discharge a carrie,
when required by the Departms nj to do SO; for as
signing the contract without the assent Of the Post
master Genefal 'or running express aforesaid
or Tor transpS ring persons or packages conveyin
mailablc matter out Of the mail.
Z. The Postmaster General NAV order an ncreass
OF service route by allowing therefor pro rata
increase on the contract pay. He may also order an
increase oil speed, he allowing, within the
o the law pro rata increase of pay tor the addition
tiona' OF stock Or carriers, il any. The con
tractor may, however, in case of increase Of spccd
renquSh the contract by giving prompt notice to the
Department that he prefers doing so to carving the
order into fleet. The Postmaster General NAV also
curtaIi or discontinue the service, at pro rata de-
crease OF pay, If he allow months extra compen-
saton on the amount dispensed with, whenever in
his opinion the public interests do not require the
same, or IN case he desires to supersede by diff.
ierent grade OF transportation.
B. Payments will be made for the service BY col
lections OF or drafts postmasters othe wise al
ter the expiration Of each quarter-say in February
May, August, and November.
D. The distances given according to the
best information; but no increased pay will be
allowed, shond they be greater than advertised,
If the points to be supplied be correctly stated.
10. The Postna ster General is prohibited by
law from knowing y mak'nga contract for The
transportation OF tue mails with any person who
shall have entered into, 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 s. all have made any agreement
or shall have given or performed, PROMISE to
give or perform, any consid era,ion whateYer, or
To do, or no, 10 do, anything whatever, in order
TO induce any other person or persons not to bid
for mail contract. Particular attention is cali
ed to the 2SIh section of the act of 1896, prohib-
ting combination to prevent bidding.
III. n bid received after time VIZ the 1jh nj
April, 1888, at IA m, or without The guaranty
required by law, or that combines several routes
IN one sum OF compensation, cannot be consider
cd IN competition with regular proposal reason
able in amount.
IL. a bidder may offer, where the trrnsporta-
ton called for by the advertisement Is difficult or
impractcable nj certain seasons, 10 Substitute an
inferior mode CT conveyance, or to nternt ser
vice specified number Of days, weeks or months
tie may propose TO omit Inaccessible Office
or one not on the stage railroad, or at a steam
boat landing as the may be- or he may Of
fer 10 substitute an inferior mode of supply 10
such cases. He may propose different times of
arrival and departure, provided no more running
Tine Is asked and no mail connection pro Indeed
lie may ask addIt,oal running time Cor the trip,
during specified number Of DAYS. in seasons Of
very bad roads but beyond these changes Il pro-
posl Tor service differing from that allied for hy
the advertisement will not be considered in COM
petition with regular bid reasonable in amount,
Where BID contains any such alterations their
disadvantages will he estimated in comparing il
with other proposals.
l3' There should be but one route bid for in a
proposal.
IA. The route, the service, the yearly pay, the
name and residence If the bidder, and those of
each member OF firm, where Il company offers,
should be distinctly stated also the mode Of con-
veyance, If higher mode than horse back be
intended.
l5 The bid should be sent under seal, ad
dressed to the Second Assistant Postmaster Gen-
eral, superseded " Mail Proposals 1T The State
of F." Il should be guaranteed and the
su!hciency of the guaraators certified (see iortns)
and should be dispatched in tame to be received
by or before 9 a. NJ, of the 4ih April, 1853
lG. The contracts are to be executed, and re-
turned 10 the Department by or before the first of
JAY, 1853.
II. Under The act of March Sd 1915, the routes
to be let to the lowest bidders rendering suff-
cenl guarantees, without other reference 10 the
mode or transportation than may be necessary,
for the due celesliy, certainty, and security Of
such transportation. When the loves, bid propo-
IA mode Of conveyance inadequate to the ue
CELEBRITY, certainty, and security of the mails, ii
Will not be accepted
IS. When the bid does rot specify a mode Of
conveyance, also when II proposes 10 carry ac-
cordIng 10 the advertisement, bu without such
specifications, it will be considered as Il propo-
sal for horseback service.
-. a modification of bd in any Of its essen
iiai terms, Is lantanount to new bid, and cam
moi be received 50 to interfere with regular
competition, after The las, hour set for receiving
bids.
20. P0Smasiers are 10 be careful not 10 certify
the suilciency oil guarantecs or sureiIes without
knowing that they are persons Of sufficient res
possibility and all bidders, suaranors, aud sure
lies distinctly notified that failure 10 en-
ter into or peri rm the contracts for the service
proposed fnr in the accepted bids their legal LA
biIies Will be enforced against them
Fl. Contractors required TO take the mails
from, and deliver Them in,o, the offices at the
ends OF routes and all intermediate offices; and
on steamboat and railroad lines into intermediate
offices no; more than eighty rods from the land
Ing or station.
%. Present contractors and persons known at
the Department must, equally with others, pro
guarautors and certificates Of their suthciercy
substantially IN the forms above prescribed. The
certificates Of suiiiciency nus, be signed by a
postmaster, or Judge or clerk of d court OF re-
cord.
s. u. HUBBARD,
Postmaster General.
Posi- OFFICE DEPARTM[NT, Feb. 2, 1858.