The daily Minnesota pioneer. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1854-1855, 1854-05-13

the SERVICE at pro decrease Of pay, allowing
months extra compensation on the amount dispensed
with, whenever in his opinion, the public interests
do not require the same, or IN case he desires to SUI
percede it by different grade of transportation.
8. PAYMENTS will be made for the service by COL
lection of, or drafts on, postmasters, or otherwise,
after the expiration each quarter-say in February,
Nav, August and November.
TO- The distances are given according to the best
information; but no increased pay will he allowed
should they be greater than advertised If the points
to lie supplied be correctly stated. Bidders must in
form themselves on this point.
IL. The Postmaster General is prohibited by law
from knowingly making contract for the tsansorta-
ton of the mails with any person who shall have
entered nto or proposed TO enter into, any combina-
ton to prevent the making of bid for mail
tract by any other person or persons, or who shall
have made any agreement, or shalt have given OF
performed, promised to give or perform, any
siIeraiun whatever, or to do not to do, ANYTHING
whatever in order to induce any other person OF per-
sons bid for mail contract. Pa ticular alton
ton is called to the 25,h section of the of 1886,
prohibiting combinations to prevent bidding.
IL. bid received after time, viz: a. m, Of th
10Th OF April 1851 without the guarantee required
by law, that combines several routes in one sum of
Compensation cannot be considered in competition
with a regular proposal reasonable in amount.
The words ''wtl due celebrity, certainty and secu
DID,"
l3 Bidders should, in all cases, first propose for
service strictly according to the advertisements and
them if they desire, seprotely for different service;
and if the regular bid be the lowest offered for the
advertised SERVICE the other bids may he considered
if the alterations proposed are recommended by the
omaSte,s and citizens Interested, il they shall
appear manilestly right and proper
IA. There should be but one route bid for in Il
proposal.
Is. The route, the service, the yearly pay, the
and re sidence Of the bidder, and those Of each
member Of ii firm, where company offers, should lie
distinctly stated also, the mode of conveyance, IL a
higher mole than horseback be intended. The words
{" it'll due CELEBRITY certainty and security" inserted
to indicate the mode Of conveyance, will constitute a
Sc star Lm."
16. The bid should he sent under SEAL addressed
to the Second Assistant Postmaster General, super
scribed {" Mail Proposals in the State of -"
1t should be guaranteed, and the suihcicncy OF the
guarantors certified, (see ormS) and should be DIES
patched in time to be received 10y or before 9, a. M,
of the 10Th Of April, 1854.
II. The contracts to be executed and returned
to Il! Department by before the lst of July, lSo4
IS. PostUasters at Offices near railroads. but
more than eighty rods from satn n, will, ,nmedl-
atey after the l0,h Of April next, report their exact
distance from the nearest station, and how they are
otherw Use supplied with the mail, to enable the POST
master General to direct Il mail messenger supply
from the 1t of July next
10. Srciion IS Of act Of Congress, approved
March ), 1915. provides that contracts for the trans
portaton O.! the mail shall he let, " in every case, to
the wcst bidder, rendering sufficient guarantees for
icthfu performance, without other reference to the
mode of Surh anSlo,t a,on than may be necessary to
provide for the due CELEBRITY, certainty, and security
of such transporiation.'' Under this law new
desert pton of bids has been received. 1t does not
specify mode of conveyance, but engages to take
the entire mail each trip with celebrity, certainty and
security, using the terms OF the law. These bids
.,l
mated the books Of the Department, ''star bids, -
and they Will be construed providing for the entire
mail, horerT large. and lchdtcrr mag be the mode Of
Conveyance neeeSSaryto AasE1e ats cely, certainty and
security.
Such bids will therefore be accepted in preference
to higher bids for specific modes of conveyance on
routes where the lowest mode of conveyance Chat
is, on hoiseback) is known to be Insufficient
In all where the lowest 8: AIDE Of service is
believed 20 be Insufficient, the lowest bid will be
copied, if daily guaranteed, in preference to ''sar
or specific bid.
When the lowest bid is not star bid, and spcci-
fes either mode or inadequate mode of convey
anoc it will not be accepted, but set aside for spc
ciic bid proposing the necessary service.
When the bid does not specify mode Of convey
ance, also wlen il proposes 10 carry 'accordny to
the ADVERTISEMENT bat without such specification
it will be considered proposal for horseback SER
vice.
~. "A UOuinCatlOn OF Dlu, in any oil It's essen
tial terms, Is tanainount to Il Lid and cannot he
received. to interfere with regular competition
after the last hour set for receiving bids.
Il. PoStmasters to be careful not to certify
the >ulcency OF gasantors suretles without know
IN. that they are persons of sufficient responsibility
and all bdcrs gnrantors aud suretics arc distinct
~ notified that failure to enter into Or perform
the contracts for the service proposed for in the ac-
cepted bids, their legal liabilities will be enforced
against them.
p. The contracts will be substantially in the forms
heretofore used in this Department, except IN the
respects particular, " mentioned in these Instructions
and on all railroad and steamboat routes the cORtrac-
tors Willie required IT, deliver the Is into the post
Offices at the ends of the routes and INTO all the inter-
nlcdiae post offices more than eighty rods from
the railroad landing.
%. Present contractors, and persons known at
the Department, must, equally With others, procure
guaran'ors and certificates Of their suifcicncy sub
santia'y in the forms above prescribed. The cert-
icates of suciency must be signed by postmaster,
a Judge or clerk Of a coult of record.
PoStinaaers at the ends of routes on which they
thitIk the present mode OF conveyance inadequate,
will wesh the mail each trip for six successive weeks
weekly routes, and three weeks OF other routes,
and report the resuIt by the 10Th April. 1854.
JAMES CAMPBELL,
43 12t Postmaster General.
Post Office Department, January 8, 1854.
UNITED STATES MAIL.
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