Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1853-02-23

der shall, prior 10 the ISL DAY OF July next, ehei
into the required obligation to perform the service
proposed, with good and sufficient suretes.
Dated |Sisned by two gparaa,o:s.
FofM Of Certificate.
The undersigned POSTMASTER, Judge, or clerk d
court of record, as the case may be- certfies that
he is well acquainted with the above guaranlori
and their property. and that they are men OF
PFopsitt and able to make good their guaranty.
Dated (Signed)
INSTRUCTIONS,
Eiahac;hg Conditions to be Incorporated in The
cohifdcls to The srtent the Department may
deem, proper.
|. SeyEn minutes are allowed to each lnterme-
didtc office when not otherwise specified, for as
soriiig the mails; but on railroad and steamboat
routes there is to be no mofe delay than is suffl-
cient for an exchange Of the mail bags.
9. On routes where the mode ofconyeyande ad-
mits of it, the special agents of the Department,
also pos. office blanks, mail bags, locks and keys.
are to be cohysyed without extra charge.
3. No pay will be made for trips not performed;
and for each Of such omissions not satisfactorily ex-
planned, three times the pay of the trip may be de-
Quoted. For arrivals SO far behind time as to break
ropne&ion with depending mails, and not sufli-
silently excused, ohe-fourh ofthe compensation for
the trip is subject to forfeiture. Deduction may
also be ordered for grade of performances inferior
TO that specified in the contract. For repeated de-
linqnences of the kind herein specified, enlarged
penalties propoftioned to the nature thereof and
the IMPORTANCE of the mail, may be made.
A. For leaving behind. or throwing off the mails,
or any portion of them, for the admission of pas
sengers, OF for being concerned in setting up or
running an express conveying commercial intelli-
gence ahead Of the itiail, quarters pay may lie
deducted.
S. Fines will be imposed, unless the dclinquen-
cy be promptly and satisfactorily explained BY Ger
tifcaes of postmasters, or the a1fidavits Of other
crediable persons, for falling to arrive in contract
time for neglectng to take the mail from, or de-
liver it into, post Office; for suffering it lowing
either to the unsuitablencss of the place or man.
her of carrying IT'D to be injured destroyed, robbed,
Of lost; and for refusing, after demand, to convey
the mail as frequently as the contractor runs, or is
concerned in running, coach, car, or steamboat,
on route.
6. The Postmaster General may ahhul thecon-
tract for repeated failures to run agreeably to
tract for disobeying the post office laws, or the
instructions of the Department; for refusing 70 dis
charge carrier when required by the Department
To do so; for assigning the contract without the
assent Of the Postmaster General; for running an
express as aforesaid or for transporting persons
packages conveying mailable matter out of the
mail.
7. The Postmaster General Inlay Order ah in
prease of service on route by allowing therefor
Gro rata increase on the contract pay. He may
also order an increase Of speed he allowing, with
in the restrictions of the law. pro rata Increase
of M fha ahdifonsI otoot nr barriers if anv
The..contractor may, however, in The case ofin-
crease of speed, relnquish the contract BY giving
prompt notice to the Department that he prefers
doing so to carrying the order into effect. The
Postmaster General may also curtai or discontinue
the service, at pro rata decrease of pay, if he al
low one months extra comprehension on the amount
dispensed with, whenever in his opinion, the pub
lie interests do not require the same, or in case he
desires to sapersede it by adie.entgTade Of trans
portatioh. -.
s. Payihehts win be made ftr the service by
collections Q! df'dafts on postmastefs or otherwise,
after the expiration Of each quarter-say Febru-
airy, May, August, and November.
. 9. The distances arc given according to the best
information but no increased pay viii De allowed,
should they be greater than ADVERTISED, fthe points
to be supplied be correctly Stated
10. The postmaster General is prohibited BY
law from knowingly making a contract for the
transportation Of the mails with any person who
eha have entered into, OF proposed to enter into,
Any combination to prevent the making Of any bid
for ail contract by any other person or persons,
or who shall have made any AGREEMENT, or shall
have given or performed, or promised to give or
perform, any consideration whatever, or to do, or
not to DO, any thing whatever, In order to induce
any other person or persons not to bid for mail
contract. Particular attention is called to the 26n
section Of the act Of 1886, prohibiting cog5inaaons
to prevent bidding.
IL. A bid received after time, viz: the 4th Of
April 1853, at 9 m or withcat the guaranty re-
Quilted by law, or that combines several routes in
one compensation, cannot be considered in compe-
ttioh with regular pror Jsal reasonable In amount
l2 A bidder may ofer, where the transportation
called for by the advertisement is difficult or i'm
practicable at Certain seasons, to substitute infer
or mode of conveyance or to ntermit service aspect
fed nuraber ofdays, weeks or months. He may pro-
pose to omit an inaccessible office, one not On the
stage or railroad or at steamboat landing, as the
case NAV be or he may offer to substitute an nfe
rior mode of supply in such cases. He may pro-
nose different times efarrival and departure, pro-
yided no more running times is asked, and no mail
connexion prejudicsd. He may ask additional
running time fyr the trip, during specified num-
bev of days, in seasons Of very bad roads but be-
yond these changes, proposal for service differ
ing from that called for by the advertisement will
not be considered in competition with. a regular
bid reasonable in amount. Where bid contains
any such alterations. their disadvantages viii be
estimated in comparing it with other proposals.
Is. There should be but one route bid for in a
proposal.
ia. The route, the service, the yearly pay, the
name and residence of the bidder, and those of
each member Of a firm, where company offers,
should be distinctly stated also the mode of con-
veyance, if higher mode than horseback be in
tended.
10. TIE bid should be sent under seal, address,
sed to the Second Assistant Postmaster General.
subscribed email Proposals in the State of -"
1t Should be guaranteed and the sulllcIency OF the
guafantors certified, (see forms,) and should be
dispatched in time to.b received by or before 8
A. NJ, of the 4th April, 1858.
l6. The contracts are to be- executed, and re-
turned to The Department OF before the lst of
July, 1853. -, :; :
arc 10 he let to the lowest bidders enderino sutIi