Republican vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1857, 1855-02-17


dered for grade of performance inferior to that
specified in the contract. For repeated Delinquent
cies of the kind herein specified, enlarged penalties
proportioned to til nature thereof and the Importance
OF the mail. may be made.
3. For having behind, or throwing Of tao nails,
or any portion OF them for the admission Of passen
gers OF loi being concerned in setting UP rpnning
an express conveying commercial inicllizcncs ahead
Of the mail quarters pay may be deducted.
G. Fines will be imposed, unless the delinquency be
promptly and satisfactorily explained by certificates
of post masters the ahdayits ell other erediabie
PERSONS for failing to arrive il contract time; Tor
neglectng to take the mail from. deliver 1t INTO
post Office for suffering il lowing either to the ung
suitabeness Of the place OF carrying it, to
be injured. destroyed robbed or lost; and for reius
ing after demand to convey the mail as frequently
as the contractor runs, or is concerned in running,
coach, car or steamboat, route.
/ Z. The Postmaster General may annul the con-
tract for repeated failures to run agreeable to con-
tract for disobeying the Post Office laws, the in
struetions Of the department for refusing to dis
charge carrier when required by the department to
do for assigning the contract without the assent
| OF the Postmaster General for running express
as aforesaid or for transporting persons or paeka-
ges conveying mailabe matter out of the mail.
s. The Postmaster General may order an increase
Of service route by allowing there for pro
rota increase on the contract pay. He may change
the schedule OF arrivals and departures without in
crease OF pay provided he does eural the amount
of running time. He may also order an increase of
speed he allowing within the restrictions Oh the law
pro rata increase Of pay fer the additional stock
carriers, il any. The tractor uay, however, in
the Of increase Of speed. reliHqnh the contract
by giving prompt notice to the department that he
prefers doing to carrying the order into effect
The Postmaster General may also enrta or discon-
tinuc the service at pro rata decrease oil par, allow
ing one months extra compensation on the amount
dispensed with, whenever, in his opinion. the public
Interests do not require the same, in he de-
sires to eupeFsede it By different grade OF trans
portation.
o. Payments viii be made for the service by col
leciions from. or drafts on postmasters, or other
wise, alter the expiration of each auarter-say in
February, MAJ. August, and November.
he ffsT1 nG a1n on -nD n no
information but 10 increased pay will be allowed
should they be greater than advertised if the points
inform themselves 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 have
entered into or proposed to enter into any conibina-
ton to prevent the making of any bid for mail
contract BY any other person persons, WHO
shall have made any agreement, shall have given
or performed or promised to give or perform, any
consideration whatever to do, or not to do, any
thing whatever in order to induce any other person
or persons not TO bid for mail contract. fartcu-
lar attention is called TO the 18th section Of the act
.! 1886, prohibiting combinations TO prevent bid
ding
Z. / bid received after timc-Yiz 3p. m, of the
l0th 81 April lS55or without the guarantee requir-
ed b. law, that combines several routes in
OF compensation, cannot be Considered in COMPETE
ton with regular proposal reasonable in amount.
Is. Bidders should il all Cases, first propose for
service strictly according to the advertisement, and
them ii they DESIRE separately for different service
and Il the regaltsr bid be the lowest offered for the
advertised aefFse, the other bids may be considered
II the alterations proposed are reeommended by the
postmastors anti citizens interested, if thsy shall
appear iaaHitestiy right and proper.
~ There should be but on, route BID for in pro-
posal.
u. The route, the service, the yearly pay, tho
name and residence Of the bidder, and those oil each
member OF hriu, Where company offers, should
be distinctly stated also, the mode of eonreyanee
il higher mode than horseback be intended. Tho
words with due celebrity certainty, and security
inserted to indicate te mode OF conveyance, viii con-
stitute ''staf ttd. -
lG. Bidders requested to USE far prscti-
cable, the printed form of proposal furnished by the
department. to write in full the OF their bids
and to retain copies of them.
No altered BIDS can be considered, and no lids
submitted can be withdrawn,
Each Did intst be guaranteed by two responsible
persons General guarantees eannot DO admit.
Il. The bid should be sealed superscribed .'mail
proposals, State Of, addressed .'seeeAd IA:
sent By mat not by an agent and post,nasers
Will not enclose proposals Cor letters any knd) in
their quarterly returns.
ls. The contracts to be executed and retul ue0
TO the depa tment by or before the LIST OF July 1865
but the service must be commenced the mail ds.
next after that date, whether the contracts be
ted Or not 10 proposition for transfers will be Con-
sidered uata the contracts executed in eue
and received At the department aae then trans.
fers will be allowed unless good and sufficient
sons therefor are given, to b. determined by tho de-
l,artiaent.
Is. f0stmastcrs at Offices on or near railroads.
diaely ait r. the 10th Of April next, report their
act distance from the station, and how they
are otherwise supplied with the ms, to enable the
Fosthsater General TO direct mail messenger sup
tiy lI0tl The Isl OF July next.
70. section - OF al a.. 0: Congress approved
l.ars 3, l5ti provides that contracts io the trans
portation OF the mail shall b. let iia every case to
the lowest bidder rendering sufficient guarantees for
faithful performance, without other reference to tue
mode OF such transportation than be necessary to
provide for the due CELEBRITY, certainty, security
nf tran ia ms IA n
description of bids has been received. 1t does not
specify mode OF conveyance, but engages to take
the entire mail each trip with celebrity, certainty and
security, using the terms OF the law These bids
styled, from the manner in which they designed
on the books of the Department., ''sar bids" and
they will be construed rs providing for the entire
mail hocerer large. andwhaeser may be tas mode of
conveyance necessary 70 'asafs tts eesr'y, certainly
aud security.
In all cases where the lowest grade Of service is be-
ieyed to be sufficient the Lowest bid will be accepted
il duly guaranteed III preference to star or spe-
cihc bid.
When the lowest bid is net star BID, snd eneci-
/ ies either mode or an inadequate mode Of convey
ance it will not be accepted but set aside for spe-
ciiic bid proposing the necessary service;
When the bid does not specify mode OF convey
ance, also when il proposes to carry according to
the adyef tsement but without such specification,
it Will be considered proposal for horseback SER
+ vice.
81 4 modification of bid. in any of its essential
t TERMS is tantanount to new bid, and cannot be re-
eeyed 50 rs to Interfere with regular competition,
4 tier the last hour set for receiving bids
- Postmasters to be careful not to certify tho
sulicencv OF gusrantors or sureties without know
ing that they persons of sufficient responsibility
and all bidders guarantors aud sureties distinct
I Is notified hat failure to enter into perform
the contracts for the service proposed for in the
eepted bids their legal liabilities Mill be enforced
! against them.
~ The contracts will be substantially in the forms
heretofore used in this department, except in tho
respects particularly mentioned in these instructions,
and ON all railroad aud steamboat routes the con-
tractors will required 10 deliver the mails into the
post Offices at the ends OF the routes and into all ths
intermediate post Offices not more than eighty rods
from the railroad or landing.
a. Present eonraeters, and persons known at the
department. must, ef,ua!lY with others, procure
guafansors and certificates Of their suhcency sub
stantiay in the forms above prescribed. The Ger.
iieates OF siiciency b. signed by postmaster
at one Of the places before named, o. judge of
court of record.
! Pustmastnra AZ the ends of routes on which they
think the present mode of conveyance ndequate, viii
ii the mail each trip fof six successive weeks
weekly routes, and three weeks other routes aud
report the result BY the 10th April, ls55.
JAMES CAMrEhlL,
Postmaster General,
Jan 27-lAu 12w.
/ Valuable Farm i'm Market
DY Virtue of a decree OF the Circuit Court at
| - Augusta County, rendered at the June Term