, 1854-04-08

convey the mail as frequently as the coD,r,c,,,
runs, or is concerned in running, coach or 60
boat on a route.
6. Tho Postmaster General NAV ANN Ia
contract for repeated failures to run avtes.u. N'
contract for disobeying the post Office lav:
the instructions of the Department; for reTn,;'"
to discharge carrier when required by The nIs
PartmeDtto do so for assigning the contract viii.
out the assent Of the Postmaster General "a, ,'H
ming an express aforesaid or for tran.no,,;'r
persons or packages conveying mailable matte, os
Of the mail.
7. The Postmaster General may order an in.
crease of service on the route by allowing ,h.r.-
for pro rata increase on the contract psy, II.
may also order an increase Of speed he aliovin.
within the restrictions Of the law, a pro mi, T.
crease of pay for the additional stock or cau.,,
II any. The contractor may, however, in the 80
Of increase Of speed rclinquish the contract nv n,
ing prompt notice to the Deparmen that hs mr.
fers doing so TO carrying the order into eaer,
The Postmaster General may also curtail or a.
continue the SERVICE at pro rata decrease of nav.
if he allow one months extra compensation on
the amount dispensed with, whenever in his oDin.
ion the public interests do not require the ssms
or in case he desires to supersede ii by different
grade of transportation. He may also chance i'm
times Of arrival and departure provided he do,
not curtail the running tme) without incre,,pV
the pay.
! 8. Payments will be made for the servies
through drafts on Postmusters. or othsruise, afsr
the expiration Of each quarteT-say in FebTuarv
May, August. and November.
! 0. The distances are given according 10 III.
best information; but no increased pay will b.
allowed should they be greater than advertised II
the points to be supplied he correctly stated.
| 10. The Postmaster General is prohibited bv
law from knowingly making a contract for tran;.
poriation Of the mails with any person who shall
have entered into. or proposed to enter into, sny
combination to prevent the making Of aay 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 10
give or perform, any consideration Whatever or 10
do or not TO do any thing whatever, in order 10 in
duce any other person or persons not 10 bid for q
mail contract Particular attention is called 10 IN,
2Sth section Of the act Of 1855, prohibiting com
binaiions to prevent bidding.
IL. A bid received after time, viz. g an. AZ
the Sd April, 1854, or without the guaranty 10
quired by law, or that combines several routes in
one sum Of compensation, cannot bS considered in
composition with a regular proposal reasonable 10
amount.
l2. A bidder may offer, where The transports,
tion called for by the advertisement is difficult Or
inferior mode OF conveyaD or 10 inlermit service
"a specified number ofdays, weeks, or months. He
may propose to omit an inaccessible Office, or one
not on the stage or railroad, or At q steamboat
landing. as the case may be; or he may Oifsr 10
substitute an inferior mode Of supply in such CO.
Ses. lie may propose different times Of arrival and
departure, provided no more running time 10 asked
and no mail conneIion pFejudicSd He nay ssE
additional running time for the trip, during q sps-
cihed number OF days, in seasons Of very bed
roads, but beyond these changes . proposal for
service differing from that called for By the sdvor.
ii'ement will not be considered in competition with
a regular bid reasonable in amount Where bid
contains any such alterations, theiT Disadvantages
will be estimated in comparing il with other pro-
pOsals.
l3. There should be but one routs bid for in
proposal.
IL. The route, the service, the yearly pay, the
name and residence Of the bidder and those Of
each member Of firm, where . company ofIsFs,
should be distinctly stated, also The mode Of con
yeyanee, IL higher mode than horseback be in
intended.
IS. The bid should BE- sent under seal, I'd.
dressed to the Second Assistant Postmaster Gen.
eral, suPetseIbed mail Proposals 10 The Stsis
Of e" II should bo guaranteed, and the suE
6ciency Of the guanntors certified, (ses forms)
and should be dispatched in time to b received By
or before A. NJ. Of the Sd Of April, 1854.
10. The contracts arc to b sIsculsd and ~
turned 70 the Department by or before the iS Of
July, 1884.
IL. Under the set Of March 3, Is45, The routes
are TO be let to the lowest bidders rendering suf.
cient guarantee, without other references 70 lhs
mode OF transportation than may bs necessary ioS
the due celeTily, certainty. and security Of such
transportation. When the lowest bid PrOposssa
mode Of cOnveyanes inadequate 70 the due eslsri-
y, certainty, and security Of the mails, il will not
he accepted.
Is. When the bid does not specify mode q
conveyance, also. when il proposes 70 carry -ae-
cording 10 the advertisement" but without such
specification, it will be considered as proposal
for horseback service.
10. Since the passage Of The act Of March .,
lS45, new description ol bid has been received.
1t does not specify q mode Of eOnveysncs. bui en-
cages 10 take the entire mail each trip with eslef
Iiy, certainty, and sscudty using The lsrms ofthe
law. These bids are styled, from he manner in
which they are designsIsJ on he books Of lbs
Department, ''staF bids" The SIpsFisnes Of lhs
Department enables Il to lay down the following
rules, viz;
When the mail on the route il not % large sS
to require two-hOrss coach conveyance, . star BID,
II the lowest, will always he preferred to the sPs-
ci6c bid.
When the mails are Of such sizs and weight q
to render il necessary, in rsfFsRes 10 them alons,
to provide two-hOsse coach conveyance, the speci.
hc bid, though the highest, for coach service, IL
adjudsed 10 be entirely sufficient for the route,
will be preferred 10 the star bid, in cass the differ.
ence Is not such to interlsre With the policy Of
the law Of l845 which looks TO Q reduction 10 The
cost oftTansPortslion. Exceptions, however, may
be allowed where the star bid Is made BY the own
er Of the stock now used on the route in The per-
formanee Of cOsch service.
On routes Of the highest class, where iouT-hofso
coach or steamboat transportation is required hy
the size and importance Of the nails, and the Sps,
cfc bid is adjudged sufficient foS thS route, the
preference for the specific bid will b. if nsessa~
~, carried TO greater extent of difference than
on the inferior coach routes
20. A modification Of bid, iu any Of hs e.