Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1855-01-31

win out Increase OF pay pfoYIdeQ= ne 3QOeS no
curtail the amount OF running time. He MAJ
i also order an increase of spsed, he allowing
4 within the restrictions of the law. pro rata in
crease OF pay for the additional stock carriers
Iif any. gI'he contractor may, however, in tn,
case OF increase of speed, relinqnish the contrac
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, at pro rata de-
crease of pay, allowing one months extra COM
pensation on the amount dispensed with, whsn-
ever, i'll his opinion, The public Interests do not
require the same, or in casa he desires o super
seds it by different grade of transportation.
8. Payments will be made for the service by
collections from. or drafts on, postInasters, or
otherwise, after the expiration of each quarter
say in February, May, August, and Noyem-
Der.
10. 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 suited
Bidders must Inform themselves on this point.
IL. The Postmaster General is prohibited by
law from knowingly making acontruct 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 mail contract by any other person
or persons, or who sEall have made any ugree-
ment, or shall have given or performed, or pro-
missed to give or perform, any consideration
WEateVeT,or 10 90, or noLLo 10 an ytlnS Whatever
in order t. induce any other person orpersons not
to bid for mail contract. Particular attention is
called to the 2Sih section Of the act of 1886, pro-
hibiting combinations to prevent bidding.
IL. a bid received after time-yiz p, IN. Of
the 10Th of April, loo0-or without the guarran-
tee required by law, OF that combines several
routes in one sum of compensation, caunot be-
considered i'll competition with regular Propo-
sal reasonable in amount.
l3 Bidders should, III all cases, hrst propose
Tor service strictly accoFulng 10 'he aoEertise-
ment. and then II they DESIRE separately Tor dit
lerent service and il the Tegnt9T hid be the low
est offered for the advertised service, the otier
bins may be consider d, if the alterations propos
are recommended by The postmasters and citizens
interested, or II they shall appear lnanliestIy
light and proper.
IA. There should be but one route bid for III
i proposal.
Is. The route, the service, the yearly pay, the
name and residence Of the bidGer, and those of
each member of Il firm, where company Ottors,
should he distinctly stated also, the mode OI
conveyance, if Il higher mode than horseback be
intcuded. The words ''with due celebrity, GER
tItLty, and security" inserted to Indicate the
mode of conveyance, will constitute ''StGT.6d.'
l6. Bidders requested TO use, as far as
practicable, the printed form OF proposal furnish
ed by the department, to write out i'll full lh3
sum of their bids, and 10 retain copies OF them.
No altered bids can be considered, and no bids |
once submitted eau be Withdrawn
Each bid must be guaranteed by two respon- |
sbio persons. General guarantees cannot be
admitted.
II. The bid should be sealed ; uperscribed
. mail proposals, State of Virginia. addressed |
g Second Assistant Postmaster General Con- |
tract Office, and sent by mail, not by, or to, an
agent, and postmusters will not enclose prOpo-
sails Cor letters of any kind) i'll their quarterly |
returns.
IS. The contracts are to be executed and re-
turned to the department by or before the LIST Of
July, 1855, but the service must be conlmenc d
OIL The mail day next after that date, whether
the contracts be executed or not. No PROPOSE
lion 70 transfers will be considered until the
contracts are executed in due form and received
1t the department and then no transfers will
be allowed unless good and sufficient reasons
therefor are given, to be determined BY the de-
partnent.