Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1855-02-07
(Signed by two guaruntors.)


The undersigned postmaster Oh, State
Of, ccrtitics, under his oath of office, that
he is acquainted with the above guarantOrs, and
knows them to be men of property, ana able to
make good their guarantee:
Dated
| The sufficlcncy of cunruntors on proposals
may be certified by Judge of Il court Of record,
and by pOstnus;ers ut the following Offices ana
| no others:
In the State of VIRGINIA, postmasters Off
ces at the courthouse county seat of each
c ounty and ut AyIetts, Bcrk ely Springs, Ber-
ryyie, Bethany, Big Lick, Bridgeport, Browns
burg, Buckhunnon, Christiansburg, CIarksvitie,
Columbia, DunviIEc, Eastviilc, Emory, Fa;rmont,
| FuIn outh, Farmvic, Fredericksburg, Front
Royal, Gordonsville, GrcigsviIIc, Guyandolte,
Hurpcrs Ferry, HarrisOnburg, How"r.s'iiir,
| kanawha Saline, Lexington, MidaLuburgh,
| Lynchburg, MorgIntown, Newborn, Now Mar
| krt, NcwtOrn, Steph"n5hurg, North M"un@tin,
| Oak Grove, Old Point CONTEXT, Pattonsburg,
Petersburg. Salem, ScottsviI!e, Sh.perdstowD,
Union, University OF Virginia, Uppervie. War
| saw, Waterford, Waynesboro', Weston, White
Sulphur Springs.
Also, Il .l,imore Cumberland, Fr"G"ri.'!> and
| IIurrrstrwn, Md; Unontown aud Washington,
| Pa; BlountsvilIc, Tenn. Washington and
Georgetown, D. G..
Conditions TO be incorporated in the contracts to the
crtcnt tic department may deem proper.
l. Seven minutes are allowed to each inter
mediate office, when not otherwise Speclteu. Tor
asserting the mails bat on railroad and stcum-
| boat routes there is 20 he NOR delay th,n is
| suffic ent fOr exchange of the mail bags.
2. On routes where the mode of cOnveyn 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.
g. On railroad and steamboat lines, British
| and Canada mails, when offered, are to be con-
veyed without additional pay; also, the route
| agents OF the department., for whose exclusive
use, while travelling with the mails, commO-
diOus car, or apartment in the centre OF the
y upcrly lighted warmed, and furnished, and
| adapted to the convenient assortment and 1uC
security of the mails is to be provided by the
contractor, under the direc ion of the depart
ment.
4. No pay will be made for trips not perior
| med and for each Of such omissions not SAL
isf ctori'y explained three times the pay Of the
trip may be deducted. For arrivals lar h.!iad
time to break cnnncXiOn with '""rn5'n~
mails, and not sufficiently excused, Cr.-!"Wrth
of The compensation for tho trip is sihjoct to
orfriturr. Deduction will aIso b" ordered for
Il grade Of performance inferior To that specified
in the contract. rLr repeated ,eii, iu'ncies OF
the kind herein specified, nIarge penalties. pro-
portioned to the nature Thereon and the i.npor-
| 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 pass" ngers, for being concerned in setting
uU, inning an express conveying comm"
cial intelligence ahead Of the mail, quartCrs
pay may Be deducted.
6. Fines will be imposed, unless The d"lin-
| suencY be promptly and satisfactorily explained
| by certificates of p"stnasters. he atiittHis
of o1hcr crcdiablG persons, for falling to arri""
in contract time for ncgccting +" take the mail
from, deliver it into, st Office for sntf'r-
in i'll Owing either to the unSuitiEtrnCSs Of the
| Office to manner of carrying iD to he injured
destroyed, robbed, or lost and for refusing. after
Demand, to convey the mail as frequently as the
contractor runs, or is concerned i'll running,
coach, C Il, 70 steamboat, on Il route.
! 7. The Postmaster General NAV annull the coz
| tract for repeated failures to run agrrephIv to
contract for disObcying the Post Office laws, or
| the instructions of the department for refusing
| to discharge Il carrier when required by til, d..
partment to do so for assigning the c"nirr.l
without the assent of the Postmaster General
| for running an express aforesaid for trans
porting persons or packages conveying mui!uhl:
| matter out of the mail.
s. The Postmaster General may order an in
crease Of service On route by allowing therefor
| L pro rata increase on the contract pay. H. may
| change the schedule oC arrivals and departures,
| without incr ase of pay, provided he does not
| CurtaiI the amount OF running time. He may
also order increase of speed, he allowing,
within the restrictions of the law, pro rata in
grouse OF pay for the additional stock curriers',
| if any. Tho contractor may, however, in the
case of increase of speed, relinquish the contract
| by giving prompt notice to the department that
| he prefers doing SO to carrying the order into
effect. The Postmaster General may also cur
| tail or discontinue the service, at pro rata de-
| crease Of pay, allowing months extra COM
pensatiOn on the amount dispensed with, when
ever, i'll his opinion, the public interests do not
require the same, or in he desires TO super
sede it by different grade of transportation.
.. Payments will be made for the service by
collections from, or drafts on, postmasters, or
| otherwise, after the expiration of each quarter
say in February, May, August, and Novem-
Der.
lO. The distances are given according to the
best Information but no increased pay will be
allowed should they be greater than advertised,
if the points to be supplied be correctly stated
Bidders must inform themselves on this point.
IL. The Postmaster General is prohibited by
law from knowingly making contract for the
transportation of the mails with any person who
shall have entered into, or proposed to enter in
| to, any combination to prevent the making of
any bid for Il mail contract by any other person
or persons, or who shall have made any agrec-
| Heut, or shall have given or performed, or pro
| missed to give or perform, any oonSiI.rati III
whatever, or TO do, or MOTTO do anything whatever,
in order to induce any other person or,prrsons not
to bid for mali contract. Particular attention is
called to the 2Sth section OF the act of 1886, pro-
hibiting combinations to prevent bidding.
IL. bid received after time-viZ ; p. m. OF
the 10th of April, lo55--Or without the guarrnn-
tee required by law, or that combines several
routes i'll one sum Of compensation, cannot be
considered in competition with regular propo-
sal reasonable i'll amount.
I3 Bidders should, in all cases, first propose
for service strictly according to the advertise
ment and then, if they desire, separately for diff
ferent service and if the regular hid be the low
est offered for the advertised SERVICE the other
bins may be considered, the alterations proposed
are recommended by the postmasters and citizens
interested, or if they shall appear maniIestIy
right and proper.
ii. There should be but one route bid for in
proposal.
is. The route, the service, the yearly pay, the
name and residence of the BIDDER, and those of
each member of firm, where a company offers, |
should be distinctly stated also, the mode Of |
conveyance, if ii higher mode than horseback be |
intended. The words ''with due celebrity, GER