The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1854-04-12

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riers, if any. The contract may however, in
the otIncrease Of speed, reiinq'sish the con.
tract by giving prompt notice to the Department
that he prefers doing SO 10 carrying the order
into effect. The Postmaster General may also
curtail or discontinue the service, at pro rata
decrease of pay, allowing onemo nihs 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
supersede i by different grade oftraasporta-
on
8. Payments will be made for the service by
s0llection OF, drafts on, postmasters, or 9TH
i wise, after The expiration Of each quarier--say
in February, May. August, and November
| 10. The distances are given according TO the
/ best information; but no increased pay will be
allowed should they be greater than advertised
i if the points to be supplied be correctly stated
/ Bidders must inform themselves or this point.
/ H. The Postmaster General is prohibited by
law from knowingly making a contract for the
transportation of the mails with any person no
shall have entered into, proposed To enter into
any combination to prevent the making OF ny
bid for mail contract by any other person or
| persons, or who shall have made any agreement,
or shall have given or performed, or promised
10 give or perform, my consideration whatever,
| or to do, or not to do, anything whatever, in or
der TO induce any other person or persons not to
called to the 2Sh section of the act of 1886,
prohibiting combinations to prevent bidding.
IL. A bid received after time, viz: a. m,
Of the 10Th of April, 1854, 'r without the guar
anee required by law, or that combines several
routes in sum Of compensation, cannot be
considered in competition with regular pro-
posal reasonable in amount
| 49, Bidders should, in all cases. first propose
for service strictly according to the advertise
ment, and then, If they desire, segarateiu for
different service; and il the regular bud be the
lowest offered for the advertised service, the
other bids may be considered if The alterations
proposed are recommended by the postmasters
and citizens Interested, or If they s.all appear
maniftsty right and proper.
ID The re should be but one route bid for in
a proposal.
10. The route, the service. the yearly pay,
the name and residence of the bidder, and hose
OF each member OF iirn, where a company Of
fets, should be distinctly stated !; also, the mode
, OF conveyance, ii higher mode than horseback
be intended. The words ''with due CELEBRITY,
certainty, and security inserted to indicate the
mode OF conveyance, will constitute sstar bid"
10. The bid should be sent under seal, adj
! dressed to the Second Assistant Postmaster &c.
neral, superscribe d email Proposals in the State
. of -. II should be guaranteed, and the
suthciency of the guarantors certified, (see
e foras,) and should be despatched in time to be
u. Ia,
!, April 1854
H. The contracts are to be executed and re-
! turned TO the Department by or before the lst
Of July, 1854.
lS. Postmasters at offices on or near railroads,
but more than eighty rods from station, will,
Immediately after the 10th of April next, report
their exact distance from the nearest sta,iopand
how they are otherwise supplied with The mail
: to enable the Postmaster General to direct mail
messenger supply from the LIST Of July next.
: -. Sectien IL of an act of Congress, approx
ed March <, 1915, provides that contracts for
:, the transportation of the mail shall be let, {. in
every case, 10 the lowest bidder rendering sufi-
: Gent guarantees for faithful performance with.
> out other reference to the mode OF such trans
: portatIon than may be necessary TO provide for
: the due CELEBRITY, certainty, and security OF such
" transportation. Under this law a new descrp-
ton OF bids has been received 1t does not spe-
city mode OF conveyance, but engages to take
the entire mail each trip with celebrity, certainty,
. aud security, using the terms of the law. These
bids are styled. from the mansaax- il which they
are designated on the books of the Dasar,ment,
"star bids" and they will be construed srs nso:
81 viding tor the entire mail, ho,1erer large, and
chaterer may be The mode Of conveyance neces-
sary to insure ITS "ceierity, certainty, and
, rity"
Such bids will therefore be accepted in pre-.
ference TO higher bids for specific modes Of
conveyance on routes where the lowest mode
| OF conveyance (hat is, on horse back is known
to be insufficient
In all cases where the lowest grade of service
( is believed to be sufficient, the lowest bid will
be accepted, if duly guaranteed, in preference
E to "siar or specific bid.
When the lowest bid is not star bid, and
r specifies either mode, or an inadequate mode
OF conveyance, it will not be accepted, but set
aside tor specific bid proposing the necessary
service.
When the bid does not specify mode of con-
veyance, also when it proposes TO carry SAC
c"rding to the advertisement, but without
e such specification, 1T will be considered pro.
$ pusa for horseback service
J., 81. modification of bid, in any OF its es-
= sential terms, is tantamount to a ne W bid and
h cannot be received, as 10 interfere with ri GU
il lar competition, alter the last hour set for re.
n ceiving bids
d 4 81. Postmasters to be careful not to certi-
iy the sufiiciency of guarantors suretles with
% out Knowing that they are persons OF SUFFICIENT
r responsibility, and all bidders, guarantors, and
suredes are distinctly notified that, on a failure
to enter INTO perform the contracts for the ser
vice proposed for in the accepted bids, their lie.
gal liabilities will be enforced against them.
%. The contracts will be substantially in the
y forms heretofore used in this Department,
l. cept in the respects particularly mentioned in
ID these Instructions and on II railroad and s,eam-
y boat routes the contractors will be required 10
deliver the mails into the post offices at the ends
n of the routes, and into all the intermediate post
II Offices not more tnan eighty rods from the rail
d road or landing.
J. %. Present contractors, and persons known
e al the Department., must, equally with others,
ID procure guaranors and Ger t1cates Of their suf-
e ficlency substantially IN the forms above pre-
scrbed. The certificates of sufficiency must be
g signed by postmaster. judge or clerk of
II a court OF record
Postmastcrs at the ends of routes on which
they think the presen mode of conveyance in
o adequate, will weigh the mail each trip for SIX
IS successive weeks on weekly routes, and three
7, weeks on other routes, and report the result by
the 10th of April, 1854
t, JAMES CAMPBELL,
Postmaster General.
I, Posr OFFICE DEPARTMENT,l
,. January 3, lS54.-Iawl2w