Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1855-03-31

Wills, Calhoun, oartsrsvills, osdartown, cuuoas.
Columbus. DshlcnesA, Dalton, Rtovsh, Floreno,
Rranklin, Bort Gaines, Fart Valley, Gnms, Hseh
tnvil!e, linden springs, Jonesbsro', KuoHvnyr,
Popd.ovr, Ricsboro', Ringgon, Rosvsil, Saint
Nays, Social Circle, stone Mountain. summsrviiA
starkville, Tunnel Hnl villa Rioa, wsvsrly,
| tanooea and Denton, Tenn; Centre, 0osola Wesdo.
| vice. and Jacksonville, A'a.
In the State CT FLORIDA, postmAsten Of oaess
ct the court house or eourty-sest Of each county;
| and ut ppa'achicola, Mean py, Bsllvills, Camp.
bslliowr, saper, Jennings, Mandarin, Mossly Hall
Newport, Ne. Smyrna, Pioos.s, Tsmpa Uehs Anna
| ocal&, ristss, Quincy, Warrington.
Conditions to Js fnoorperated n s eonfrsok % %
| ezteSt the Department may deem proper.
I l. Seven minutes allowed Ia each intsrmedl
ate Office, when not otherwiss specified, for asserting
the mails; but railroad and steamboat routes
there is to be no more delay than Ia sucept for an
| exchange of the mail bags.
a On routes where the mode Of conveyance admits
| ef 1t, the special agents OF the Department also
post Office blanks mail bsgs locks and keys are 70
be conveyed without extra charge.
| 3. On railroad and steamboat lines, Britiah ana
Canada mails, when offered are 70 be conysysd WITH
out additional pay; also the route agents Of the De-
partment, for whose exclusive while travelling
| with the mails, commodious car, or apartment In
the centre Of car, properly lighted, warmed, and
furnished ard adapted to the convenient sssornent
and due security Of the mails Is 10 be provided
the contractor, under the direction q the D~psr-
nent.
4. No pay will be made Tor trips not performed;
and for each Of such omissions not satisfactorily en-
planned three times the pay Of the trip may BE-
deducted. For arrivals % far behind time break
connexion with depending mails nd not sufhcientIy
excused oneourth Of the pensstion for the TIP
| Is subject TO forfeiture Deduction may also Be
dered for q grade Of performance inferior 10 that
spech ed In the contract Forrepestsd deiinq
Of the kind herein specified, enlarged penalties pro
portioned to the nature thereof and the impseanos
Of the mail, may Be made.
ny portion Of them for the admission Of passenger
or for being concerned IN setting up running en-
express conveying commercial intelgencs ahead Of
the mail, quarters pay may be deducted
8. Zines win be imposed, unless the delinquency
be promptly and satisfactorily explained by cern-
of postmasters, the adavits Of other cred
liable persons for failing TO arrive In contract time
for neglecting 10 take the mail FROM or deliver 10
into, post Office suffering II lowing either b tbs
uitableness Of the place or manner Of carrying
III TO be injured destroyed robbed or lost and for
refusing, after demand, TO convey the mail 90 fro
quently the contractor runs, or In concerned In
running, o coach, car, or steamboat on . route.
7. The Postmaster General may annul the contract
for repeated failures 70 run agreeably To contract
for disobeying the post once laws or the insruc-
tons Of the Department; for refusing to dssharrs
q carrier when required by the Department to do sa
for assigning the contract without the Assent Of ths
Postmaster General for running express afore
said; or for transporting persons or packages con
veying mailable matter out Of the mall.
8. The Postmaster General may order an inoreass
Of service q route by allowing therefor pro rssa
increase on the contract pay. He may ohaa0s
the schedule OF arrivals and departures, without
increase Of pay, provided he does not curtaal ths
amount Of running time. he may also order IN
increase OF speed, he allowing, within the rsstrt
tons of the law pro rata increase Of pay for ths
additional stock carriers IL any. The contrssspr
may, however, in the case Of increase Of sped,
lnquish the contract by giving prompt notice 10 tie
Department that he prefers doing 90 to carrying tAs
order into effect. The Postmaster General may also
curtsi or discontinue the service, at pre- rata de-
crease Of pay, allowing one months extra con-
pensation on the amount dispensed With, uhsosvsr
In his opinion the public interests do not require The
same, or In he desires TO supersede IL by dnse
| emit grade of transportation
O. Payments win be made for the service BY oollse
lions from, or drafts postmastsrs, otherwise,
after the expiration OF each Quarter-ssy in fsbru-
| airy, May, August, and November.
| 10. The distances given according to the besf
Information; but no increased pay viii Be allowed
should thoy be greater than advertised, IL the points
to be supplied be correctly stated Bidders must In
form themselves on this point.
| III. The Postmaster General Is prohibited by Law
from knowingly making contract for the trsnspor.
tstion Of the mails with any person who shall have
entered into or proposed TO enter into any combine
ton to prevent the making of any bid for Q MI
| contract by any other person or persons, or who
| shall have made any agreement, shall have given
or performed, or promised to give or perform, sny
consideration whatever, TO do not to do ang.
thing whatever, In order TO induce any other psfson
or persons not to bid for mail contract Particular
attention is called 10 the 18th section Of the ast e
1896, prohibiting combinations to prevent bidding.
IL. bid received after time, viz N ofths 10Th
April, 1855, or without the guaranty required BY
Law, or that combines several routes In one sun q
| compensation, cannot be considered in oompettSoa
| with regular proposal reasonable in amount
IL. Bidders should, in all cases FIRST propose fof
service strictly according TO the advertisement and
them they desire, sepdratey for different ssrvics
and il the regular bid be the lowest offered for de
advertised service the other bids may be sonsidsrs
II the alterations proposed recommended BY ths
posmssters and citizens interested, or IL they sha
| appear manifestly right and proper.
proposal.
! Is. The route, the service the yearly nav. d
name and residence Of the bidder and those OF eseh
| member Of q firm, where . company offers, shouad
be distinctly stated, also the mode Of conveyancs
q higher mode than horseback be intended. Tbs
words with due CELEBRITY certainty, snd security
| inserted to indicate the mode Of oonyeyancs. VIA
constitute q I" star bld.s
1e. Bidders are requested to uss, - fsr as psse1
cable the printed form Of proposal furnished By The
department, 20 write out in full the rum Of thsir
bids, and to retain copies Of them.
| No altered bids be considered, and no bSds
once submitted can be withdrawn.
Each bid must be guaranteed by two responsible
persons General guarantees cannst be admitted
IL. The bid shoald be sealed: superscribed Mao
ond Assistant Postmaster General Con rat Once
and sent by nsos not by, or to- an agent, and post
masters will net enclose proposals (cr lettxs Of any
kindly in their quarterly returns.
to the Department by before the LIST of July 1855
but the service must be o, mmenced on the mail day
next amer that date, whether the ntraSts b
cuted or not No proposition for transfers viii b
considered until the contracts executed In due
| form and received at the DEPARTMENT; and han no
transfers will be allowed unless good and suGcient
reasons therefor Are given to be dstsrmned By the
department.
49, Postnasters at Offices on or near railrosds but
| more than eighty rods from q station, will imne-
| diately after the 10th of April next report their
| exact distance from the nearest station, and how
they are otherwise supplied with the mail to enable
the Postmaster General to direct mail messenger
supply from the LIST Of July next.
10. Section Is Of an act Of Congress approved
March lS45 provides thst contracts for the trans
portaton Of the mail shall be let In every &c
| the lowest bidder rendering sufficient GUARANTEES
for faithful performance without other references TO
the mode OF such transportation than may be
sary TO provide for the due CELEBRITY, certainty, and
security Of such transportation" Under this Law
new description Of sids has been resolved IL does
| not specify q mode Of conveyance, but engages to
take the entire mail esch trip with CELEBRITY certain
ty, and eecuritv. using the of he The