The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1855-02-14

lAehicola Mcanopy BeIlevlle Campboion Jasper, 1e
nlnxs, Mandarin, Moseiy Hall, Newport. New smyrna
Probate, Tampa, Uchs Anna, ocai"' raAka' ~u"sS'
Warrington.
Conditions 10 BE- Incorporated IN the contracts 70 me szfasf me
department may dss" proper
Save, minute. are allowed 10 each intermediate office,
when not otherwise specified for asserting the nails oo
an railroad ard there TO be no more
delay than 10 sufficient for an exchange Of Inc man oags
On routes the mode of conyeyancc admits OF H.
the special sens Of the department, also post smcc blanks
mail bags locks and keys, to be conveyed without sxa
charge ,.:,a r.a
mails when offered are conveyed without additional
pay alho, the agents Of the department Tor whose
exclusive use whlo travelling with the mails, commo-
dous car apartment in the centre of car properly
lighted warmed and furnished and adapted to the conve
and due security OF the malls ~ 10 DC pro
vded by the contractor, under the direction OF me depart
mcnt
A. No pay will be made for trips not performed and for
each such omissions not satisfactorily explained three
times pay of the trip may be deducted For arrivals
90 far behind break connexion with depending
mails and sufficiently excused, onconrth OF The com
pensaon for the trip " subject 70 forfeiture Deduction
viii also be ordered for Crude OF performance inferior 70
that specified in For repeated deinqueneies
of the kind herein specified enlarged penalties, propooneo
the thereof and the importance Of The mall may
be made.
S. For leaving behind throwing of the mails, or any
portion of hem for tho admission Of passengers or for De-
ing concerned in setting up running an express convey
ing commercial intelligence ahead OF the mall quarters
pay may be deducted.
g. Fines will be imposed, unless the delinquency be
promptly and satisfactorily explained by certificates OF post
masters or the adavits of other credtablc for
failing arrive in me for ncslecung to take
the mail FROM deliver post Office for suffering
lowing either 70 the unsciaoensss o. me PLACE q
and for refusing after demand to convey the mail az ire
queny the 10 concerned IN running,
a coach, car, steamboat, on route.
he annul the contract
peaed failures agreeahly to conract for doheyDg
the Post Office laws the instructions Of the department.
for refusing discharge when required by the de-
parment 10 do so for assigning the without the
of the Postmaster General for running on express
aforesaid for Transporting persons or packages con-
veying malabe OF the mail.
B. The Postmaster General may order increase OF
vice on by allowing therefor pro rata increase
the contract pay Ho may change the schedule Of arrivals
not curta the of running He may also order
increase Of speed, he allowing within the RESTRICTIONS OF
the law rata increase OF psy for the additional STOCK
or carriers, if any. The may however IN the
Of of speed renqush the contract by giving
prompt notice the department that he p.rs dog 80 70
carrying the order into effect The Postmaster General
NAV also curia discontinue the rvi.e pro rata de-
Of pay, allowing months extra COM ensaon on
the dispensed WITH whenever, In his opinion The
public nteres do no, the same or IN case he desires
o. Payments will be made for the service by collections
FROM drafts on, postmasies, or aer the ex-
piraion of each quarte-say IN February May, August
and November.
TO- The distances are given according the best nfor
nation but no increased pay will 10 allowed should they
be greater than advertised, il the points to be supplied be
correctly stated. Bidders inform themselves this
point
H. The Postmaster General is prohibited by law from
kno wingy makag for the transportation OF the
mails with any person shall have entered into, pro-
posed enter into, any combination prevent The making
of any bid for mail by any other or per-
sons who shall have made any agreement sha have
given or performed or promised give perform, any
consideration whatever, do, not TO do, anyhi
whatever order to induce other person or persons
bid for mail conract Particular attention Is called
the 2s section of the of 1886, prohibiting combine
tions prevent bidding
H. bid received after time-viz 3p. Of the 10th
April l055or without the guarantees required by law,
or that combines Of compensation,
be considered in competition with regular proposal
reasonable in amount.
IT, Bidders should in all cases. first propose for service
strictly according to the and them they
desire, separately for different service and the regular
hid DO the lowest offered for the SERVICE the
bids may be consdercu if the alterations proposed
commended by the posmasers and citizens interested,
they shall appear manifestly right and proper.
H. There should be but one route bid for in FRO
posal.
Is The route the service the yearly pay, the and
residence the bidder and those Of each member Of firm,
where company Offers should DC distinctly stated also,
the mode of conveyance If higher mode Than horseback
be intended The words wi;h due celebrity certainty and
security inserted indicate the mode Of conveyance, will
l6. Bidders requested to use fur practicable,
the printed form of proposal furnished by the department.
write out in full the Of their bids, and to retain
copies of them.
No altered bids can be considered, and bids once
submitted can be Withdrawn
Each bid must be guaranteed by two responsible per-
sons. General guarantees cannot be admitted.
IL. The bid should be sealed superscribcd :" mail
proposals, State of - addressed ''Secopd Assistant
Postmaster General Contract Office, and by mail,
not by, TO, agent and posmasters will enclose
proposals Tor letters of any kind) in their quarterly
H. The contracts to be executed and returned The
department by before the st Of july 1885, bu; the
vice be commenced the mail day after that
date, whether the be executed No prop
oson for transfers will be considered until the
executed Undue form and received the department.
and thcn transfers will be allowed unless good and
sufficient reasons therefor gwen to be determined by
the department.
l9 Posmascrs at Offices near railroads, but more
than eighty rods from station, WILL immediately after the
10th OF April next, report their exact distance from the
station, and how they supplied with
the mail to enable the Postmaster General direct mall
messenger supply from the st of July next.
20 Section IL Of act of Congress- approved March g.
iS45 provides that for the transportation of the
mai shall be lot, in every TO the lowest bidder
derng sufficient guarantees for faithful performance with
out other reference the mode of such transportation
may be necessary provide for the due CELEBRITY certainty
and security Of such transportatons. Under this la
new description Of bids has been received II does
specify mode OF conveyance but engages take the
tire mail each trip with CELEBRITY, certainty and security
using the of the aw. These bids styled from
the which they designated the books of