Republican vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1857, 1855-02-03

ted. Fo. arrivals so Tar Gctiid hihe Us " VI oaN
connection Will depending mails, and not suHeientiy
excused one-tourh OF TING compensation ior INC TIP
is subject to forfeiture Deduction viii also be Or
dercd for grade Of performance lnei lof 70 .nss
specified in the contract, For repeated dciinquen-
cies of the kind herein specified, enlarged penalties,
proportoned to the thereof and the importance
| Of the mall may be made
s. For leaving behind throwing oil the mails,
or any portio Of thcm for the admission CT psssen-
gers or for being concerned in setting up or RAINING
an express conveying commercial intelligence hheaa
! of the mail quarters pay may be deducted.
6. Fines viii be imposed, unless the delinquency Dc
PROMPTLY and satisfactorily explained by certifcates
Of potmastrs. or the aildavits Of other credlsacc
persons, for iag to arrive IN eontraes =, INTO a
negectng to take the mail from, or deliver n'o,
post office for suffering it lowing either 10 'o q.
suableness of the place or manner OF carving ~.
be injured destroyed, robbed or oat ana ioi
ing. after demand, to convey the mall as lreqeen'y
As the contractor il concerned IN ruhhihB'
coach car, or steamboat, on route. a..
I. The Postmaster General may annu the con-
tract for repeated failures to 2greeapie 10 con
tract fol disobeying the Post Office laws, Or the IN
structions OF the department for refusing TO as
charge carrier when required by the department. ~
do SO tor assigning the contract without the assehl
OF the Postmaster General Tor running an express
as aforesaid Tor transporting persons or packa
| ges conveying nathalie matter out OF the mai.
s. The Postmaster General may order an increase
OF service rout, BY allowing there for pro
rata increase on the contract pay. He may change
the schedule OF arrivals and departures without IN
crease OF pay provided he does not curtail tn amount
of running tine. lie may also order increase OF
speed he allowing within the restrictions o. the law
rata increase OF pay for the additional stock or
carriers, if any. The contractor may, however III
the case OF increase of speed renqnish the contract
by giving prompt notice to the department that he
prefers doing so to carrying tn, order into eject.
The Postmaster General may also curtail or discon-
tinuc the service at pro rata decrease OF pas. a!o"
ing one months extra compensation On the amount
dispensed with, whenever, in his opinion the pubic
Interests do not require the same. on III case he de-
sires to supersedc it by different grade OF trans
porta.ion.
D. Payments will be made for the service by col
lections from, or drafts on postmasters, or ether
wise, after the expiration OF each 4aarter-say III
February, May, August, aud November.
IL. The distances given according TO the pest
information but no increased pay VIII bc aiioWeu
should they be greater than advertised il the point.
to be supplied b, correctly stated. Bidders must
inform themselves on this point
II. The Postmaster General is prohibited by law
from knowingly making contract for the transport
tation of the mails with any person who shall nave
entered into, proposed to enter into, any compiha
ton to prevent the making OF any bid Tor lnail
contract by any other person or persons, OF VINO
shall have made agreement, or shall have gwen
Or performed o. promised to give or perform, any
consideration whatever, or to do or not to DO, any
thing whatever, in ord .r to induce any other person
o persons not to bid for mail contract. Particu-
laf attention is called to the 2sth section OF the act
OF 1885, prohibiting combinations to prevent plo-
ding.
T.. A bid received after time-viz: 3p III. OF the
10th Of April lS55-or without the guarantee requr-
ed by law, that combines several routes In one sum
oil compensation, cannot be considered in cofnpet-
ton with a regular proposal reasonable III amount.
-. Bidders should i'll all cases, first propose for
service strictly according to the advertisement ana
then, they desire, separately Tor different service
and il the reyar bid be the lowest offered Tor the
advertised service, the other bids may be considered
il the alterations proposed recommended by the
postmasters and citizens interested, it they shall
appear manilesty right and proper.
IA. There should be but one route bid for in pro-
posal.
Is. The route, the service, the yearly Pay, the
name and residence Of the bidder and tuose Oh each
member Oh firm, where company offers, should
b. distinctly stated also, the mode OF convey
ii higher mode than horseback be intended. The
words with due celebrity, certainty, and security,
inserted to Indicate the mode OF conveyance will con-
| stitute ..etaf Jia.
l6. Bidders requested to use, as far as praci-
cable. the printed form of proposal furnished BY the
department, write full the Of their bids
aud to retain copies Of them.
| 10 altered bids b. considered, and no bids epce
submitted can be withdrawn
| Each bid must be guaranteed by two responsible
persons. General guara.itees cannot he admit
| ted.
II. The bid should be sealed superscribed Email
| proposals, state OIL, addressed Second As.
sistant Postmaster General Contract Uice, and
sent by md not by, or to, AGENT and post,nasters
VIII not enclose proposals Cor letters OF any klnd) In
their quarterly returns.
Is. Ihe contracts are to be executed and returned
to the depa. tment by before the lst Of July, 1900
but the service must be commenced On the mail day
ae after that date. whethr the contracts be exeeu-
ted not. No proposition Tor transfers will be con-
sefed until the contracts executed In due form
AID received at the department and then no trans
iers will be allowed unless good and sufficient rea-
sous therefor given, to be determined by the de-
partment.
! IL. pestmastsrs at Offices on Or near railroads,
but than eighty rods from a station, will, iaanic
dately after the 10th OF April next, report their
act distance from the nearest station, and how they
are otherwise supplied with the mail, to enable the
Postmaster General to direct mail-messenger sup
ply from the lst OF July next
| 20. Section 10 OF i'm act Of Congress approved
| d. II
portation OF the mail shall be- iat I'm every case, to
the lowest bidder rendering sufficient guarantees fo.
faithful performance. without other seerence To the
mode such transportation than may be necessary to
provide for the due celebrity, ca.a my, and sceu ty
OF such transrorta.ions. Under TINS law new
description OF bids has been received lt does not
specify mode of convey ancc, but engages to take
the entire mail each trip with CELEBRITY certainty ana
security, using the terms OF the law These bids are
styled from the manner in which they are designed
! on the books of the department. ''s,ar bids" and
they will be construed providing tor the entire
mail howerer large. andehaercr may be the mode Of
conveyance necessary to insure ITS eetery certainty
| and security"
In all cases where the lowest grade of service is be-
cyed to be sufficient, the lowest bid will be accepted
if duly guaranteed, in preference to "star or spe-
ciic bid.
When the lowest bid is not star bid, aud speci-
fes either mode or an inadequate mode OF convey
ance. it viii not BE- accepted but set aside for spe
cific bid proposing the necessary service.
When the bid does not specify mode of convey
anee also when it proposes to carry according tc
! the advertisement, but without sucli specucatioh
it H be considered as proposal ior horseback ser
vice.
81. A modification NJ II bid, in any of its essentia
terms is tantamount to a bid, and cannot be re-
ceived, SO tn Interfere with regular competition
after the last hour set for receiving bids.
~ Postnasters to be careful not to certify the
suiiciency OF guarantors suretes without know
ing that they persons OF sufficient responsibility
and all bidders, guarantors, and surees are distinct
" notied that on failure to enter into or perform
the contracts for the service proposed Tor in the &C
cepted bids their legal liabilities will be enforced
against them.
% The contracts will be substantially in the forms
heretofore used in this department, except in the
respects particularly mentioned in these Instructions;
and on all railroad and steamboat routes the con
tractors will required to deliver the mails into the
post Offices at the ends of the routes and into all thu
intermediate post Offices not than eighty rods
from the railroad or landing.
"a. Present contractors, and persons known at th'
department., must, equally with others, procure
guarantors and certificates Of their suiciency sub
stantally in the forms above prescribed. The Ger
ticates OF suliccncy must be signed by postmaster
at one OF the places before named, or judge of
court OF record.
I Post,nasters at the ends Of routes on which they
think the present mode OF indequate viii
weigh the mail each trip for six successive weeks OF
weekly routes and three weeks other routes, and
report the result by the 10th April, 1850.