The Minnesota pioneer. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn. Territory) 1849-1855, 1854-03-09


| Of the mail bags.
2. On routes where the mode Of CONVEYANCE admits
OF It the special agents OF the Department, also post
office blanks. mail bugs, locks and keys, are to lie
conveyed without extra charge.
3 On railroad and steamboat lines, British and
Canada mails when offered, TO he conveyed with
out additional pay; also, the agents Of the De-
partmeni, for whose exclusive while travelling
WIN me inas coMnodiois car, apartment IN the
centre OF a car, properly lighted, warmed, and nr-
nlshed and adapted 10 the convenient assortnen, and
due security OF the same, is TO be provided bv the
I contractor, under the direction OF The Department
4. No pay will be made for trips not performed;
and for each Of such omissions satisfactorily cx-
planned three times the pay Of the trip may be deduct
ell For arrivals SO far behind time ms to break
conneXion with depending mails, and not sufficiently
excused one fourth o the compensation for the trip
! IS subject 10 forfeiture. Deduction viii also be or
dered for grade of performance inferior to tina,
specified in The contract. For repeated delinuuencics
Of the Kind herein specified, enlarged penalties, pro.
potioned TO the then eof and the Importance OF
the mail, may be made.
5. For leaving behind. or throwing off The mails
or any portion OF them, ior the admission Of rassen-
gers, for being concerned setting 10 or running
AN express conveying commercial Intelligence ahead
OF tie mail, quarter pay may I've deducted.
/ b. Fines will be imposed, unless the delinquency
be promptly and satisfactorily cxpainedy certificates
OF puslmasters, or the aldayits OF other crediiac
persons, for failing 10 arrive IN contract time for
Rejecting to take the mail from, or deliver il nto
posf-nice; for suffering il Owing either TO the I'M
sniabieness 81 the place manner IF carving ID -
he injured, destroyed nj bed, lost; and fer reiu-
sing after demand, convey the mail frequently rs
the contractor runs, concerned IN running,
coach, car, steamboat, on a route.
/ I. The Postmaster General may aDnrl tho contract
or repeated anrcs 60 asrcoabv to contract for
dsohcyins the Postoillce laws the instructions OF
the Department; tor refusing To discharge a carrier
when required by The Department do so Tor -
contract without he assent al the Iusf-
master General; Tor running express S aforesaid
or tor transporting persons or packages conveying
mailal'ia matter ont Of the mail.
5. The Postmaster General may orda, an increase
OF service route by allowing therefor pro rata
increase on the contract pay. He may change the
schedule OF arrivals and departures, without increase
of pay, provided he docs not GU, tail the amount of
running Tine He also order an increase Of speed
he Allowing within the tfictions Of the law pro
rata increase OF pay for the additional stock or car
liers, If any. The contractor NAV however, in the
Of increase Of speed, reinquish the contract by
giving prompt notice 10 the Department that he pre-
Iers dong to carry ing the older into effect. The
! Postmaster General may also cural or discontinue
the service 1t pro rata decrease Of pay, allow Ing one
months compensation on the amount disl cnsed
with, whenever, il his opinion, the pubic niefts
r DO rot require the sanc, he desires TO SUI
pcrcede ii by dihercIt grade Of transportation.
/ 9. Payments will be made for the service by col
lection Of or drafts on. rosmasters, or otherwise
after the expiration Il each quartcr-say in Icbruay
| Nav, August, and November.
10. The distances given according to The hest
| information; but increased pay wi! lie allow ed
should they be greater than advertised If the points
to be supplied be couccti, stated. HiddeIs must IL
form themselves on ihiS point.
i IL. The Postmaster General is prohibited bv law
from Knowingly making contract Cox the transrol Ia
ton OF the mails with any p,Ison who shall have
entered INTO, proposed 10 enter into any combine
tion prevent the making Of any bid for mail con-
tract by any other person or persons who shall
have made any agreement, shall have given or
Performed al promised 10 give or perform, any
sdratiou whatever. OF % 90, not 90 do, anything
whatever IN order 10 induce any other person per-
sons 10 bid for mail contract Pa ticular ajtcn-
ton Is called to the 2Sih section &C The of 1886
prohibiting combinations TO prevent bidding.
y. \ bd received after time, VIZ: 9 A. m. Of Ii
l9h If April, 1851, or without the guarantee required
by law, that combines several routes in one sum Of
compensation. canrot be considered in competition
with regular proposal reasonable in amount.
Is. Bidders should, in all cases, GIst propose for
service strictly according to ,ac advertisement, ard
then, II th'y desire, aPpatfy f,r different service;
and # the regular bid he the lowest offered for the
advertised service. the other bids may he considered
II the alterations proposed recommended by the
fosinnsers and citizens interested, OF If they shall
appear manilcsy right and proper.
ii. There should be 5ui one route bid :or in a
proposal
IL. The route, the ecryi ice the yearly paw The
name and residence ol the bidder, aud those Of each
momber 81 hrin. where = COMPANY offers, should be
distinctly stated aso te mode ct coEyo} 3ncc, i a
higher mode than horS, back lie intended. he words
with due ce'ory, certainty, and security inserted
to indicate The nyGc OF conyey Iucc, viii constitute
- star BID"
| Is. The bid should he sent under seal, addressed
TO the SECOND Assistant Postmaster Gcneral, supcr~
sCs!o@d :. Niail Proposals in the STATE of -
II should be g'ana,ied, and thc suiicency Of the
guarantoFs certified. (sac iorms.) and should lie es
patched IA time to he received 10y or before 9, NJ,
b Of the l0th of April, 1854.
Il. The contracts are +, be executed and reformed
10 tie Department by o. telrc 'he l., Of july 1851
II. Postmasters IT Offices near railroads, bit
more than eighty rods from s,ai n, VIII, iu.ocdi-
atey after The 1Ch Of Apfi neNt, report their exact
distance from the nearest station, and how lhcv a.e
Otherwise supplied with the mail, to enable the POST
master General TO direct Il mail messenger Supply
from the 1st Of lulv next.
10. Section Is Of an act oG Congress approved
March }, 1915, provides that contracts for the trans
portation of the mail shall bc let, 80 in every case 10
the lowest bidder, rendering sufficient guarantees for
!ulth.u performance, without other reference To the
mode OF such transportation than be necessary to
provide Tor The due celebrity. certainty, and security
al such transportation" Under Ibis law new
description Of bid, has been received. II does not
specify mode Of Convc vance, Lot engages 10 take
the entire mail each Trip with celas,y, certainty and
security, using the terms OF the Jaw. These bids
are styled, from he manner IN which they desg
mated on the books 81 the Department, 'sfGr iadS,"
and they Will be construed providing or The entire
mai h0,frer large and csocrr 1laV te tie mote Of
oon~pance nocessaryto ias1ae as ecy, cortaisty and
sec'H7y.
Such bids will therefore I've accepted in preference
to higher bids for specific modes of conveyance on
routes where the lowest mode of conveyance (that
rs, on hoiseiack) - Known TO be insufficient.
In all cases where the lowest Q. lde Of scry ice is
believed TO he Insufficient, the lowest bid VI I'll lie ne
ceped. il dolly guaranteed in preference to "sta'
! or specific bid.
When the lowest bid is rot a star bid, and spcc-
ics either mode an iradn5 otc mode of convey
ance, it will not be accepted but set aside for a spe-
ciiic bid proposing the necessary service.
! hen the bid does not specify mode Of convey
ance, also when 1t proposes 10 carry ''accordng 10
the advert semeri," but without such spcciic,tion
1t viii be considered proposal for horseback SER
vice.
20. modification Of a bill, in any CT its essen
tal terms, is tanamount lid, and oanno, be
received as To interfere with regular competition
after the last hour set for receiving bids
II. Postm1s'ers 10 be careful not 10 certify