Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1855-03-21

to be carried. and all other particulars in refer.
ence TO the route and service, and also atter full
examination of The instructions aud requirements
attached to the advertisement.
Dated
Form ofG Guarantee.
The undersigned, residing al -, State Of
- undertake that, if the foregoing bid for
carrying the mail on route No.-- be accep-
ted bv the Postmaster General, the bidder shall,
prior TO the LIST day OF July, 1855, or as coon
thereafter us may be, enter into the required
obligation 10 perform the service proposed, with
rood and sufficient sureties.
This we do with fully knowledge Of the OBJ
legations and liabilities assumed by guarrantors
under the 9th section Of the act Of Congress OF
July 2, 1896.
Dated
tsigned by two gnarantors.)
Form Of a Certificate.
The undersigned postmaster Oh, State
Of, certiiies, under his oath of Office, that
he is acquainted with tho Eubove guurnntors, and
knows them to be men of property, and ubsc to
make good their guarantee:
Dated
(Signcd.)
The suf1iciency Of guarantors on proposals
may he certified by judge of IA court of record,
aud by postmas :ers at the following Offices, and
no others
In tho State Of VIRGINIA, postmasters Off
ccs at the courthouse county scat of each
county and ut Aylet's, I3erkety Springs, Ber-
ryvillc, Bethany. Big Lick. Bridgeport, Browns
burg, Bnckhunnon, Christi lnsburg, GAINESVILLE,
Columbia, Danvillc, EastviIle, Emory, Fuirmont
Falmouth, FarmviIlc, Fredericksburg, Front
Royal, GordousviIle, Gregsville, Guyandotte,
Harpcr's Ferry, Harrisonburg, HowurdsVile,
Kanawha Saline, Lexington, MiddIeburgh,
Lynchburg, Morguntown, Newborn, New Mar
kPt, Newtown. Stephensburg, North Mountain,
0,1-C iOK fart hD
Petersburg Salem, ScottsvIe, Shspcrdstown,
Union, University OF Virginia, UpperviIlc, War
saw, Waterford, Waynesboro', Weston, White
Sulphur Springs.
Also, Baltimore, Cumberland, Frederick, and
Hagcrstcwn, Md; Uniontown and Washington,
Pa; Brownsville, Tenn. Washington and
Georgetown, D. C.
Conditions to be incorporated in the contracts to the
ertcnt the department may deem proper.
|. Seven minutes are allowed to each inter
mediate office, when not otherwise specified. for
ASSOC ting tho mails but on railroad and Sicam-
boat routes there is 20 be no NOR delay than is
suiIic cmt for an exchange Of the mail bags.
2. On routes where tho mode of conveyance
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.
8. On railroad and steamboat lines, British
and Canada mails. when offered, arc to be con-
veycd without additional pay; uIso, the route
agents Of the department, for whose exclusive
use, while travelling with the mails, commo-
dious car, or plrtmcnt in tho centre OF the cue
pu pcrIy lighted, warmed, aud furnished, and
adapted to the convenient assortment and due
security Of the mails is 10 be provided by the
contractor, under the dircc ion OF the depart
mcnt.
4. No pay will be made for trips not pcrfor-
med and for each OF such omissions not sat
iSf ctorily explained three times the pay of tho
trip may be deducted. For arrivals so far behind
timc as to break conneXon with depending
mails, and not sufficiently excused, one-fourth
Of 'hc compensation for the trip is subject 10
orfeiturc. Deduction will also be ordered for
grade of performance inferior to that specified
in the contract. For repeated delilluencies Of
tho kind herein specified, enlarge penalties. pro-
portioned 10 tho nature thereof and the impor-
stance OF the mail, may be made.
5. For leaving behind, or throwing off the
mails, or any portion Of them, for the admission
ur, or running an express conveying C9mmcl-
ciul intelligence ahead Of tho mail, u quarters
pay muy be deducted.
6. Fines will be imposed. unless tho dcln-
IuenCv be promptly and satisfactorily explained
by certificates of pnstmaSters, or Tho attidavits
Of oher crcditabIe persons, for falling to arrive
in contract time :; for neglecting to take the mail
from, or,deIiver il into, st Office for suffer-
ing i'll Owing either to the unsuiublencss OF the
Office to manner Of carrying lD to he injured !,
destroyed, robbed, or lost: aud for refusing. after
dcmund, 10 convey the mail as frequently us the
contractor runs, or IS concerned in running, II
ach, C steamboat, on Il route.
7. The Postmaster General NAV annull the con-
tract Tor repeated failures to run ngrccablY to
contract; for disobeying the Post Office laws, or
the instructions Of the departing mt {; for refusing
to discharge carrier when required by the de-
purtmcnt to do so; for assigning the contract
without The assent of the Postmaster General {;
NJ AK Az 81 or for
porting persons or packages converting mui.abIc
matter gu. of the null.
s. The Postmaster General may order an In
crease Of service "n route by allowing therefor
prO rata increase OH the contract pay. He may
ehungc the schedule Of arrivals and departures,
without incr use OF pay, provided no does not
curtuil the amount oil running time. He may
also order All increase Of speed, he allowing,
within the restrictions Of the law, pro rata in-
crease oil pay for the additional stock curriers',
if any. The Contractor may, however, in III,
case OF increase of speed rclinquSh the contract
by giving prompt notice TO the department thai
he prefers doing so TO carrying tho order into
effect. The Postmaster General may also cur
tail or discontinue the service, ut pro rata de-
crease Of pay allowing one months extra COM
pensation OH tho amount dispensed with, When
ever, i'll his opinion, the public interests do not
require the same, or in caSe he desires super
scde 1t by different grade of transportation.
y. Payments will be- made for tho service BY
collections from, or drafts on, postmasters, or
otherwise, after tho expiration Of each quarter
say i'll February, May, August, and NOveln-
Der.
TO- The distances IRE given acc riding TO the
best information but no increased pay will be
allowed should they be greater than advertised,
1t the points to be supplied be correctly stated
Bidders must inform themselves On this point.
IL. Tho Postmaster General is prohibited BY
lnw'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 a malt contract by any other person
or persons, or who shall have made any agree
ment, or shall have given performed, or pro,
missed to give or perform, any consideration
whatever, Or to do, MOTTO do anything whatever,
in order to induce any other person Orpersons not
to bid for mail contract. Particular ate ntion is
called to the 2Sth section of the act of 1885, pro-
hibiting combinations to prevent bidding.
IL. A bid received ufter time-viz 3 p. m. OF
the 18th Of April, lS55-or withoutthe gnarran-