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postmastcrs al the following offices and no others
For Caliiornia-Aubun, Illinoistown, Crescent
City, Diamond Springs, Drytown, Fiddletown
Fosters Bar, Jackson, Clinton, Volcano. Mnrys.
vile, Spanish Fiat, Rough and Ready, Glass Val
ley Nevada. Bidwell's Bar Mokelumne Hill. lone
Valley, McKinney's, Murphy's, Downie,ilc, Oak,
land, Alvarudo. San Jose. Martinez, Petaluma
Bodega, Placerville, Drytown, Cuartzhurg, Round
Tent, Sacramento City, Sonora, Mud Spring
dad, San Rafael, San Juan SaDtO Cruz, Big Bar
and ankee Jim's.
For Washington TerIilory Chenook
Tariu, Olympia, Cathlamet, Seattle, Columhis
City, Seilacoom, CathlJpo"ic, and Port Towns
send.
Conditions to he incOIpo ated in the contracts 10
the extent the Department may deem proper
/. Seven minu:cs are allowed to each intermc.
diaie Office, when not otherwise specified Tor as
sorting the mails: but on railroad and steamboat
routes there is to he no moie delay than is suffi.
cient for an exchange Of the mail bags.
?. On routes where the mode of convey ance
admits Of 1t, the special agents of the department
also post office blanks, mail bags, locks aud keys
are to lie conveyed without rxtrn charge
3. No pay will he made for trips MI performed:
and for each of such omissions not satisfactorily
deducted. For arrivals so fat behind time as to
break cunnexion with depending mails, and not
sufficiently cxcused, one.iourth of the colnpensa-
ton t'r the trip is subject 10 forfeiture. Dcduc-
ton will also be ordered for grade Of performance
inferior TO that specified in the contract. For re
peatrd dclnqencies Of the kind herein specified,
enlarged penalties, proportional to The nature
thereof and the importance Of the mail, may be
made. "r #.
4. For leaving behind, or throwing of, the
mails, or any portion of them, for the admission of
passengers, for being concerned in setting up or
running an express conveying commercial intelIi>
gence ahead Of the mail, aqunrler's pay may be
deducted
5. Fines will he imposed unless the delinquen-
cy he promptly and satisfactorily explained by GER
tifcAes of posmasicrs, or the dlIidavits of other
cTeditable persons for falling 10 arrive in contract
Iime for ncglcciing TO take the mail from, or de-
liver il into post Office for suffering it towing
either to the unsuiubleness Of Tie place or man.
ner Of carrying it) To he injured destroyed robbed,
or lost: and for refusing, after demand. to con-
Wy the mail as frequently ss the contractor runs,
or is concerned in running, coach, car or steam
boat, on a route.
s. The Post Master General may annul the
contract for repeated failures to run agreesbly to
contract: for disobeying the Post Office laws, or
to discharge a carrier when required by the de
partment to do so-for ssSe ming the contract with.
out the assent Of the Postmaster General-for run
ming an express as afoTesaid,-Or for Transporting
persons or packages conveying mailable matter
out of The mail. s.I.Y
7. The Postmaster General may order an in
crease OF service on a route by allowing therefor
pro rata increase on the contract pay. He may
change The schedule Of arrivals and departures.
without increase Of pay, provided he does not cur.
tail the amount Of running time. He may also
order an increase Of speed, he allowing, with
in Tie restrictions Of the law, pro rata increase
Of pay for the additional stock carriers If any.
The contractor may, howevsr in the case Of in
creasc Of speed. relnquish the contract BY giving
prompt notice 10 the department that he prefers
doing so 10 carrying the order into effect. The
Postmaster General may also curtai or discontin-
ue the service, at pro rata decrease OF pay, allow
ing one months extra compensation on the amount
dispensed with whenever, in his opinion, the pub
lie interests do not require the same In case he
desires to supersede it by different grade OF trans
portation.
g. Payments will be made fE the service by
collections from, drafts on, poatmnsiers, oth-
erwise after the expiration Of each quarter-ssy
in February. May, August and November.
0. The distances given according to the
hest information, but no increased pay will be
allowed should they bo greater than advertised, Il
the paints 10 he supplied he correctly stated. Bid
dcrs must inform Themselves on this point.
10. The Postmaster General is prohibited BY
law fiom knowingly making contract for the
transportation Of the mails with any person who
shall have entered into, proposed to enter into,
any combination to prevent the making Of any bid
for mail contract by any other person dr persons,
or who shall have made any agreement, or shall
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pcrfnrm, any consideration whatever, or to do, or
moi to do, anything whatever, in order TO induee
any other person ar persons not 10 bill for a mail
contract Particular attention is called to the 90Ih
scciion Of the act Of 1886, prohibiting cOmbina.
Iions to prevent biddipg,
II. A hid recrived afer iime--viI; 5 IN Of
the 18th Of May, eighteen hundred and fifty i've.
or without the guMantee required by law, or thai
combines seversl routes in one Sum OF compensa-
tion, cannot be considered in competition with
regular proposal rcusonable in amount.
H. Bidders should, in all cases, first propose
for service suickly according TO the advertisement,
and then. II they desire, separately for different
SERVICE and il the regular hid be the lowest Of
feted for the advertised service the other bids may
be considered if the alterations proposed are re-
commIed by the Posimasters and citizens interest,"
ed, or if they shall appear manifestly tight and
proper.
-is. There should be but one route bid for in
proposal. Fsl,.a
H.. 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, tho mode Of
conveyance, II niger mode than hooraeback be 10.
tended. The words "wiih due CELEBRITY certainty,
and security" inserted to indicate the mode Of
conveyance, will constitute ''staT bid"
Is. Bidders are requested to use, as far rs
practicable, the printed form Of proposal furnished
by the department, TO write out in full the sum Of
their bids, and to retain copies Of then.
No altered bids can be considered, and no bids
once submitted can be withdrawn.
Each bid must be guaranteed by two responsible
persons. General guarantees cannot be admi,ed.
Is. The bid should be sealed superscribed
"Msil Proposals, State Of or Territory Of ;"
las the case may be,) addressed Second Assistant
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