The Santa Fe weekly gazette. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.T. [i.e. N.M.]) 1851-1854, 1854-01-21

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1. seven minutes arc allowed to each inter-
mediate Office, when not otherwise specified ior
asserting the mails,
.. On routes whore the mode Of conveyance
admits Of it, The special agents Of the Department,
also post Office blanks, mail bags, locks and keys,
are 10 be conveyed without extra charge.
3. No pay win be made for trips not performed ;
and for cpch Of such omissions not satisfactorily
cynlaued three times tho pay Of the trip nay be
deducted. For arrivals 50 far behind time as TO
break connection with depending mails, and MT
sufficiently excused, on2-loarlh Of The conDana.
ton for tie tnp is subject to forfeiture. Gallc-
lion NAV also be ordered for grade Of perform,
ance inferior to that spc'ifed in the contract For
repeated doln7uoace3 of the kind herein s1f2i.el
enlarged penalties, proportional 10 The iatwe
thereof and the importance Of the mail, nay be
made.
A. For leaving behind or throwing OF thp nails
or any portion Of them for the admission q pas
seugcrs, or for being concerned in selling up or
running an express conveying commercial t.eIll-
geacG tHtai u t.g ."a.i, qneTta''s I-ly aay be
deducted.
8, Fines will be imposed unless The delinquency
be promDtly and satisfactorily explained by cer-
ifcates of postmaslcrs or the ahdayits Of other
croditable persons, for failing to arrive in contract
time for nercc,irg to take The mail From, or de-
liver it into post Office; for suffering it (olth2r
owin- to lho msgilabenass OF the place orm2nncr
Of carrying I'D to bo injured, destroyed, robbed or
lost; aid lorre.usa-, after demand, to convey the
mail as frequently as the contractor runs or IS con-
cerpc4 in running coach or steamboat on a
r0atc.
6. The Postmaster general may annnl The con-
! lracl FOL. rrpaGtel failures 10 run RgroCubly 10
contracts; for dsobeyiug the post Olice laws, or
the instructions oG the Department; for refusing 10
discharge a carrier when required by the Depart
/ meut 10 do SO; for assigning tho contract without
/ The assent oil The Postmaster Generals for running
an express as aforesaid; or for Transporting per-
sons or packages conveying ma.a1le matter cal ol
( The mail.
7. The Postmaster general may order an IN
crease Of service ona route by allowing therefor q
pro rata increase on the contract pay. lie may
also order an increase Of pay for the additional
stock or carriers il any. The contractor may,
however, in the case Of increase Of speed, rein
qush the contract by giving prompt notice 10 Inc
Department that he prefers doing SO to carrying
the order into effect The Postmaster Genera
NAV also cmail or dis ontinue the service at Pre-
rata decrease Of pay, il he allow one month";
extra compensation on the amount dispensed WIN
whenever IN his opinion the pubic interests 40 h9
reoptre ihe same, or ii case he desires 10 supertedt
it by different grade of transportation lie may
also change the times of arrival and departure
| Crowded he does not curtail the running time.
without increasing The pay,
s, Payments will be made for the service
through drafts on postmasers, Or Otherwise alel
the expiration of each qumter-say IN February
May, August and November.
9. The distances are given according to th'
best nrormaHon; but no increased pay viii bt
allowed should they be greater than advertised, l.
the points to be supplied be correctly stated.
III. The Postmaster General Is prohibited b
law from knowingly making a contract Tor !h'
TRANSFORMATION OF tic mails with any person wlC
shall have entered into, Or proposed to enter lnt'
aDy combination to prevent the making OF any
bid for mail contract by any other person o.
persons, or who shall have made any agreement
or shall have given or performed, or promised tt
give or perform any consideration whatever, or L
do or not to do any thing whatever, in orderto in
duce any other person or persons not 10 bid lot
mail contract Particular attention is called to thi
2Sh section Of the act Of 1886, prohibiting comb
nations 10 prevent bidding.
If, A bid received after time, viz. A NJ, o
the Sd April 1851, or without the guaranty re
quired by law, or that combines several routes i
one sum oil compensation, CANNOT w tuus'utIeu i
competition with regular proposal reasonable il
amount.
70. A bidder may offer, where the tran5porta
ton called for by the advertisement is difficult c
impractcabe at certain seasons, 10 substitute al
inferior mode OF conveyance, or 10 inlcrmit ser
vice a specified number Of days, weeks OR months
He may propose to omit an inaccessible Office, o
one not on the stage or railroad, or at 5eamboa
landing, as the case may be or he may offer t
substitute an inferior mode Of supply in sucl
cases. lie may propose different times Of Oniyo
and departure, provided no more running time j
asked, and no mail conneXlon prejudlcod. lie ma
ask additional running time for the trip durin
a specified number Of days in seasons Of very ba
roads, but beyond these changes proposal 70
service differing from that called for by the ad
yertisement will not be considered in compettio
{ with regular bid reasonable in amount. Wher
bid contains any such alterations, their disadvan
toges will be estimated in comparing 1t with oIhe
proposals.
10. There should be but one route bid for in
proposal,