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the times Of arrival and departure (provid.a - A..
not curtsi the running tme) without increasing a.
pay. e"e
s. Payments will he made for the service ,sronu,
drafts on PostmaSters, otherwise. aftpr IN. go
ration Of each quarter--ssy in February, Nav, A.
CURT and November M
9. The distances are given according 20 the h.,
iniormston; but no Increased pay win be sllow.s
should they be greater than advertised IL the point
to be supplied he correctly stated
| III. Inc Postmaster General j. prohibited bv Law
from knowingly making contrse for the transn',r
tanon OF the mails with any person who shall hsy,
entered lnto or propose to enter into any comlna
| ton TO prevent the making Of any bid for a m.l
contract by any other person or persons or who
shall have made any agreement, or shall hxye sivep
or Performed, or promised TO give perform. any
| consideration whatever, 10 do or not t. do any,
thing whatever in order Tn induce any other rerr1n
or persons not TO bid for mail contract Particular
attention Is called to the 18th section Of the act OF
1886, prohibiting combinations 70 prevent bidding
IL. A bid received after time, viz: a m Of the "a
April, 1854, without the guaranty required by
law, or that combines several routes in one sum OF
compensation, cannot he considered in competition
with a irregular proposal reasonable in amount
~. bidder may offer, where the transportation
eIeu LOT by the advertisement Is difficult or i'm.
PiecHcaoe AT certain seasons TO substitute an in
ielDi mo re OF Conveyance. or TO inteimit service
tpecihed hunter Of days weeks or months He
may propose 10 omit nacce.s ibe osce or one ~
on the stage or railroad at q s,esmloat l.n5ipg
as the case may be; or he may offer 10 ,uhs,,t an
mas
pose different times OF arrival and dspartpra pro
vided no more running time is asked and no nh
connefion preJudioed. lie may ask additional nm
ning time ior the trip during sps flied number OF
days in seasons of very bad roads hut beyond tn.
changes a proposal for service differing from th,,
called for by the advertisement will not be- eons,.r
ed in competition with regular bid reasonable in
amount. Where hid contains any such alterations
their disadvantages Will be estimated In o,mn,,in
it with other proposals.
Is. There should be but one route bid for In a
proposal
IA The route, the service, the yearly nav. The
name and residence Of the bidder and these Of each
member OF a firm, where a company offers sloulJ
he distinctly stated also the MODE Of Conveyance ii
n higher mode than horseback Do intended
15 The bid should he sent under seal, addressed
to the Second Assistant Postmaster General ,lrar.
scribed " Nail Proposals In the State Of -
1t should he GUARANTEED AMI the sGfcieuey If thu
guaran'ors certified, (see forms and should le dl,
patched in time TO be received 10y or befor. II n,
the 81 OF April, 1854.
1G The contracts are to be executed and rctnrns1
TO the Department by before the LIST of Juiy lS.
l.. Unler the act OF March 3. 1S4J the routes Al,
to be let to the lowest bidders rendering suffi.nI
guarantees, ihout other reference TO the mode az
transportation than may DE necessary for the au.
celebrity certainty, ard security of such transror,
ton. When the lowest bid proposes mode Of con
veyance inadequate 20 the due ce,erity. certainty
and security Of the mails, il will not bs accepted
IS When the bid does not specify mode of con-
Veyance, Also when IL proposes 10 carry .accordin,
to the advertisement, but ihnut such specification
IT will be considered rs PROPOSAL for hersebark SEP
| vice.
| H. Since .he passage ef the act of March ? lsI5
a new description of bid has teen received Ii does
not specify a mode Of conveyance, but engages IA
take the entire mail each trip with CELEBRITY certain
ty. and security, using the terms of the law These
bids styled, from the manner in which the, Al.
designated on the book. of the department. ,cr
buds The experience OF the Department eualle. i
| to lay down the following rules viz:
When the mail on the route is not so lsrcr as IA
4
lowest, will always te preferred 10 the srcitr hid
When the mails are of such size and weight as 10
render 1t necessary. i'm reference them a!on. "a
provide two-borse coach Conveyance the sptcfr hid
though the highest for coach service IT. adiudged n
be entirely sufficient for the route will he preferred
TO the star bid in the difference is not such as
TO interfere with the policy of the law of 1si5 which
looks to reduction In the cost of sIortstion FIX
| cePtOns. however, may he allowed where the star
bid is made by The owner Of the stock now used ON
the route in The performance Of coach service
On routes OF tie highest Glass. where four. horse
coach steamboat transportation il Required by tie
size and the imjorian OF the mails. the specific
bid is adjudge1 sufficient for the the preference
for the specific iid will be- il neces, sry carried 10
greater extent OF difference than inferior coach
| routes.
20. modification Of bid. in any Of its essential
terms, Is tantalnount to new bid. and cannot ts
received, to interfere with regular competition
| after the last hour set for receiving lids.
-. Postmastsrs to he ear. fa not t. certify
the sufficency of guaraOtors or sureties without
knowing that they persons Of sufficient reson,
sibility and all bidders, guarartors aud surpts are
distinctly notified that a failure 10 enter into or
perform the contracts for the service proposed Tor in
the accepted bids their Legal liabilities will be en-
! forced against them.
e. The contracts i'll he substantially In ~ forms
heretofore used in this Department. tNcc It in the
respects particularly mentioned ia tiIrse instruc-
tons; and Oh steamboat routes tLe contractors viii
be required to deliver the mails into he post Offices
at the ends OF the Routes and niO I'll tie immediate
post offices.
23. Present contractors and persons known al the
| Department. must, equslly with others. procure
guarantors and certificates Of their sUticiecy sub
stanti0ly in the forms above prescribed. The GER
Gfcates of suficiency must be signed by postmus-
ter, or judge, Or clerk Of court Of record.
JAMES CAMPBELL,
Postmaster General.
Posi- OFFICE DEPARTMENT October Is, 1888.
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