Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1855-02-14
county Of

r., OF ~, county of STATE
of -, propose to convey the mails from 'u-
Iy /, 1885, to juno 80, 1859, on route No.
tisement of the Postmaste: General, dated jan
uary IL, 1855, and by the following mode OF
conveyance, viz:
for tho annual sum Of
dollars
This proposal is made with full knowledge OF
the distance of the route, the weight Of the mail
to be carried and all other particulars in refer
ence 10 the route and service, and also alter 1ul
examination of the instructions and requirements
attached to the advertisement.
| Dated
(Signcd)
Form of a Guarantee.
The undersigned, residing at - St"'e OIL
-u undertake that, if the foregoing bid for
! carving the mail on route No. be acccp-
ted bY the Postmaster General, the bidder shall,
| prior to the LIST day OF July, 1889, or us soon
| thereafter us may be, enter into the required
! obligation to perform the service proposed WIN
good and sufficient sureties.
This we do with fully knowledge OF the OBJ
| legations and liabilities assumed by gu"rrantors
nder the 9th section Of the act Of Congress et
July 2, 1896.
Dated
(Signed by two guarantors)
Form of q Certificate.
The under igucd postmaster Of, State
Of, Certtics, under his oath Of office, That
he is acquainted with the iabove guarantors, and
knows them to be men Of property, and noso 10
make good their guarantee:
| Dated
The sufficiency of guurantors OH proposals
NAV be certified by Judge Of u court Of record,
and by pOstmaslers at the following Othces' and
no others:
| In the State of VIRGINIA, Postmnsters Off
| ces at the courthouse county seat Oh tHch
C ounty and at AyIetts, Berk ely Springs, Ber-
ryviIle, Bethany, Big Lick, Bridgeport, Browns
burg, Buckhannon, Chrstilnsburg, GAINESVILLE,
Columbia Danville, EastviIIe, Emory, falrmont,
Fulm outh, FarmvilIe, Fredericksburg, Front
Royal, GordonsvilIe, GreigsviIIe, Guy"ndotte,
Harper's Ferry, Harrisonburg, HowardsviIIe,
Kanawhu Saline, Lexington, Middeburgh,
Lyuchburg, Morgantown, Newbern, New Mar
ket, Newtown. Stephensburg, North Mountain,
| Oak Grove, Old Point CONTEXT, PattOnsburg,
! Petersburg. Salem, ScottsviIIe, Sh"Perdstown,
Union, University of Virginia, UPperviilc: War
saw, Waterford, Waynesboro', Weston, White
! Sulphur Springs.
| Also, BaIIimorc, Cumberland, Frederick, and
| IIngerstrwn, Md; Uniontown and Washington,
| Pa; Brownsville, Tenn. Washington and
| Georgetown, D. G.
Coalitions to be incorporated in tc contracts to the
| extent the department may Hecm proper.
! /. Seven minutes are allowed to each inter
mediate office, when not otherwise specified. for
asserting the mails but OIL railroad and sleam-
boat routes there is TO be no more delay thln is
| sufiic cnt for an exchange of the mail bags.
.. On routes where Tie mode of cOnveya nee
admits Of it, the special agents Of the department,
also post Office blanks, mail bags, locks and
KEYS, are to be conveyed without extra charge.
| .. On railroad and steamboat lines, British
! lie, lie IN he
vcycd without additional pay; also, the ronte
agents of the Department., for whose exclusive
USE, while travelling with the mails, commO-
dious car. or apartment in the centre OF the ca
! p Opc!ly lighted, warmed, and furnished, and
| nGuptci TO The convenient ASSIGNMENT and due
security Of the mails is to be provided by the
contractor, under the direc ion of the depart
mont.
4. 10 pay will be made for trips not Perfor
med :, aud for each of such omissions not sat
Iisc,Ctorl'y explained three times the pay of the
trio MAJ be deducted. For arrivals so far behind
time rs to break connection with depending
mails, and not sufficiently excused, On"-f0Urth
of the compensation for the trip is subject to
| -orfeiturr. Deduction will also he ordered for
Il grade OF performance inferior to that specified
in the contract. For repeated dolinquencos of
the kind herein specified, eli large penalties. pro-
Eportioncd TO the nature thereof and the impoT-
| stance Of the mail, may be made.
| 5. For leaving behind, or throwing off the
mails, or any portion of them, for the admission
| of passengers, or for being concerned in setting
up, or running an express conveying commr'-
cal intelligence ahead Of the mail, a quarter s
| pay may be deducted.
! 6. Fines will be imposed, unless The dclin-
| luencv be promptly and satisfactorily explained
by certificates of postmgsters, or the atlilaYits
Of other creditab!e persons, for falling TO arrive
in contract time for negICCting to take the mail
from, or deliver it into, p st Office for suffer
Ivi1 oil N he IF
| Office to manner of carrying iO to be injured
destroyed, robbed, or lost; and for refusing after
demand, to convey the mail as frequently as the
contractor runs, or is concerned in running, a
each, ca, steamboat, on IL route.
| I. The Postmaster General may annull the con-
tract for repeated failures to run agrceuby to
contract for dsobeyng the Post Office laws, or
the instructions Of the department for refusing
to discharge a carrier when required by the de-
partMcnt to do so for assigning tho contract
without the assent of the Postmaster General
for running an express as aforesaid for trans
porting persons packages conveying mui!able
matter out Of the mail.
8. The Postmaster General may order an in
crease of service on Il route by allowing therefor
Il pro rGtG increase on the contract pay. lie may
change the schedule Of arrivals and departures
without increase of pay, provided he does moi
curtail tho amount OF running time. He may
also order an increase of speed, he allowing,
within the restrictions of the law, pro rata in
crease OF pay for the additional stock or carriers
if any. The contractor may, however, in the
case Of increase of speed, rclnqUish the contract
by giving prompt notice TO tho department that
he prefers doing to carrying tho order into
effect. The Postmaster General may also cur
tail or discontinue the service, at pro rata de-
crease Of pay, allowing one months extra COM
pensation OH the amount dispensed with, when
ever, i'll his opinion, the public interests do not
require the same, or in case he desires 20 super
sedc it by different grade OF transportation.
.. Payments will be made for the service by
collections from, or drafts on, postmastcrs, OF