, 1854-01-21

PERSONS or acaages conveying mailaslc matter out
oi the mil.
Z. The Postmaster Grner.l may orlgr an in
crease Of service IN tac route by flowing there-
for a prJ F0ta increase On the contract ppy. He
may also order an increase Of speed, he allowing
within the restrictions Of the law, pro rata IN
erase Of pay for the additional stock or carriers
Il any. Tie contractor may, however, in the ease
Of increase ui speed rcInqui-h the contract by Civ
Tag prompt notice 10 TIE Department that he pre-
i,fs doing SO 10 carrying the order into effect
The Postmaster General may also cuulil or dis
continue the service, AZ pro rata decrease of pay,
if he allow one month extra conprnsalion on
the amount dispensed with, whenever in his opin
ion tie public interests do not re4uire lAc same,
OF in case he Do ines 10 SuprIselc il hy different
grade Of transportation lie may also change the
times Of arrival and departure (proyded he does
not curtsli the Tunniu. time whoat increasing
he pay.
&. Payments will he made for the service
through drafts on posinasicrs, or Otherwise after
the expiration Of each quarier-say in February.
May, August, and November.
0. The distances are given according to the
best iniormaiion; but no increased pay will be
allowed should they be grentcr than advertised, if
the points To I've supplied he rrsctly stated.
10. The Postmaster General is prohibited by
law from knowingly making a contract for trans
poriation Of the 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
or who shall have made any agreement. or
shall have given or performed, or promised to
give or perform, any consideration whateVer,sor to
do or not to do any thing Whatever in order to in
duce any other person or persons not to bid for
mail contract. Particular attention is called to the
29th section Of the act Of 1886 prohibiting com
bnstionsto to prevent bidding.
II. A bid received after time, viz. a. m. Of
the Sd April, 1854, or without the guaranty re-
quired by law, or that combines several routes in
one sum of compensation, cannot be considered in
competition with regular proposal reasonable in
amount.
H. A bidder may offer, whero tlo transporta,
ton called for by the advertisement is difficult or
impracticable at certain seasons 10 substitute an
inferior mode Of conveyance, or to interm service
specified number Of days, weeks, OF months. He
may propose to omit Inaccessible office, or one
not on the stage or railroad, or at a steamboat
landing, as the case may be; or he may olIer to
substitute an inferior mode OF supply in such ca
ses. lie may propose different times Of arrival and
departure, provided no more running time is asked
and no mail conneNion pTejudiced lie may ask
additional running time for the trip, during n spe
cited number Of days, in seasons Of very bad
roads, but beyond these changes a proposal for
service differing from ina, called for by M. oJvs,.
,semen, viii no, bs consJe,eJ in co,.,;,ioO
T.. regular biJ reasonable in ,mopn,, Vbo,a M, h;d
contain. any such alterations their 1saJyan,.g ges
viii he esIiyratoJ in c,r,IsT;n,, !, ;,b ,,bo, o.
po,al,.
IA Tbs,e sbo,,5 he lint m. ,or,o b;1c, in
proposal.
u. The route, the service, the yearly pay, the
name and residence Of the Bidder and lhoss of
each member of a firm, where a COMPANY oilers
should be distinctly stated, also the mode Of con
yeyance, if q higher mode than horseback be in
Is. The bid should be sent under sesl. ad.
dressed 10 the Second Assistant Postmaster Gen
eraI. supersetibed "Mail P,oposalh in the State
of Itshould be 0uarao,ied. and The suI.
6cieney Of the Ruaran,ors certified. (see foFma.l
and should be dispatched 10 time 10 be received BY
or before 0 A. NJ. of The al of Anil 1854
10. The contracts are to be executed and re
turned to tho Department hy or before the st of
July, 1884.
IL. Under the act of March 8. 1915. the fuules
are 10 be let to the lowest bidders rendering suif
cient susranties, without other references TO the
the due CELEBRITY, certainty, and security Of such
transportation. When the loves, bid proposes
mode Of conveyance inadequate TO the due eeleri>
ty, certainty, and security Of the mails, it will not
I've accepted.
ls. When the bid does not specify mode of
conveyance, also, when it proposes to carry "ac-
cordlng to the advertisements, but without such
sPecihcaiion, 1t will be considered as proposal
Tor horseback service
10. Since the passage Of the act Of March 3,
Isi5, new description Of bid has been received.
II does not specify mode OF conveyance, but en- /
cages to take The entire mail each trip with celef
n.y. certainty, and security, using the terms oil the
law These bids are styled, from the manner In
when they are Designated on the books Of the
department, star b'ds. The experience oil the
department enables II 10 lay down the following
rules, VIZ;
When the mail on the route is not so large as
to require two-horse coach conveyance, star bid,
II the lowest, Will always be preferred TO tho sPe-
fIh h.s