Republican vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1857, 1855-03-31

is subject to forfeiture. Deduction will ass be or
dercd for grade Of performance inferior to that
specified in the contract. For repeated deihqxes'
eies 81 the kind herein specified, enlarged penalties,
rropotioned to the thereof and the pottaH ce
OF the nail, may be made.
5. For leaving behind, or throwing Of tbs nAass
or any portion Of them, for the admission Of passsE-
gers orfor being Concerned in setting up or rurnsg
all express conveying cia intelligence ahead
of the mail. quarters pay may be deducted.
&. Fines will he imposed unless the delinq be
promptly and satisfactorily explained by certificates
OF post nasers, or the aiaavts OF other ereditable
PERSONS for faig TO arrive IN cont. act time; fer
negleeting take the mail from, deliver it into,
post office for suffering it lowing either To, the
suitabeness of the place Of carrying t) to
be injured destroyed robbed lost; ard for refss-
ing, after demand, to convey the mail frequently
the contractor runs is concerned 10 running,
coach, steamboat, a route.
/ Z. The Postmaster General may annal the Sea
tract Tor repeated failures to run agreeable to
tract fol disubeying the Post Office laws, the in
stfuctions of the department for refusing to dis
charge a carrier when required by the department -
do for assigning the contract without the sssea
OF the Postmaster General Tor running an exprsss
aforesaid or for transporting persons or pae1a-
ges tnveying niaable matter out of the mail.
&. The Postmaster General may order an increase
of service route by allowing there for pre-
rata increase ON the contract pay lie may change
the schedule of arrivals and departures without n
pay provided he does not curtal the amount
OF running time. lie may also order an increase II
speed he allowing, within the restrictions OF the law
pro rata increase Of pay for the additional stock 81
carriers if any. The contractor may, however, IN
the case OF increase of Speed rcnqnisi the contract
by giving prompt notice to the department. that he
piefe srdoing to carrying the order into elect
The Postmaster General nay also curtail or discoA
nue the service, at pro rata decrease OF PAY allow
ing one months extra compensation on the amount
dispensed With, whenever, in his opinion the ptDlls
Interests do not require the or in case he de-
sres to superscae 1t by different grade oil trans
portaton.
.. ia.ments VIII De maoe LOT the service D! 80
is..ions roi VI ofai's on, possnasters, or othss
Ms, aatef Tue expiration OF eaeh quarter-say ~
fe ,n ua ~ NAY august, ana november.
ie eftaites re gwen aceofulng TO 'ne Oct
information but no increased pay Will De allowed
shoia thet DC greater thah adyertlsea Il the points
20 De DC saPpned De correctly stated. bldders nass
ih; :, i, themselves on thls point,
IL nc .ostinastef peher2i Is prohiDted py law
from kh9Whsiy making contract Tor the transpor
taton OF the mails with any person who shall nave
entered INTO or proposed TO enter INTO any compna.
.ion 10 prevent the making OF any oId ier man
shall have made any agreement, or shall have given
OF peIlormed 0, promised to give or perform any
conslderationwhatever, or to do. or not to do any
,hg Whatever, IN order to induce any other person
y, Pt,so.: NO. 10 pa LOT mall contract. iaftca.
IA, a.eiiloh Is eea 10 tne Zoth section oil the Rct
VI LOU, ProhipitihS combinations 10 prevent pia-
oi1S' ~,
a pu received after ume-,six Up. IN. OF the
nJ' oi Apf, ia9o-or without the guarantee requs-
e y Jaw, OF that combines several routes III one gum
~ eonlensafioi cahhot DC consiaerea IN coinpeu.
uon WIN regular proposal reasonable III amount.
10. piaaefs s4oul2; IN az cases. hrst propose 1or
,h e aeeorang 70 INC advertisement, ana
'nci, ~ ae3 eesfe, seWWefy ior upiereht services
and II the regular bid be the lowest offered fer the
au1eresea service the other bids may be considered
II the alterations proposed are recommended by the
pos'mas'eis anu eizehs Interested or II they shau
appear mahhesuT risht and proper.
IL; there should De but one route bid Tor in pre-
rosal.
10. The route, the service the yearly pay, the
name and residence of the bidder and those of each
member of a firm, where company offers, should
be distinctly stated also, the mode of Conveyance
horseback
words with due celebrity, certainty, and security,
inserted to indicate the mode OF conveyance will con-
stltutc Il .star Gtd.'
10. Bidders requested to use, as far as prscti-
Cable tue printed form OF proposal furnished by the
department. to write out III full tue sum Of their bids.
and to retain copies OF them.
No altered bids be considered, and no bids ones
submitted can be withdrawn.
Zach bid must be guaranteed by two responsible
persons. General guarantees cannot be admit
ted r
II. The bid should be sealed supcrscribed 1maA
proposals, State O. addressed ..Second As.
sistant Postmaster General" Contract Office, and
sent by mai mot by or toan agent, and postmasters
will not enclose proposals Tor letters Of any klna) in
their quarterly returns.
Is. he contracts are to be executed and returned
to the depa nen, by or before the st of July 1865.
but the service must be commenced the mail day
next alter that date whether the contracts be execss
eed until de- lor exeeass m w Ss sUn
ana received at the department; and then no trans,
iers viii be allowed unless good and sufficient
sohs given, 10 De determined Inc De-
partmcnt.
10. Postmasters at Offices or near railroads,
but more than eighty rods from station, will iinmep
diately after the 10th Of April next report their
act distance from the nearest station, and how they
are otherwise supplied with tho mail to enable tbs
fostnaster Generni to direct mail messenger sup
ply IRON the LIST OF July next.
, ~. section Is OF an act OF Congress approved
March 3 lsi5 provides that contracts for the tnss
poatation OF the mail shall b., let, lin every cas- "
the lowest bidder rendering sufficient guarante 70
faithful performances, without other reference abe
mode OF such transportation than may be necesserytr
PROVIDE ior the due caeritf certainty, and NJ, uoa
OF saeh tFansportations; Under this law aesa
aeseilptioh Oh BIDS has been received 1t does Dos
specify mode OF conveyance, but engages to take
the ettre inah each trip with eeieti' certainty and
security using the terms OF the law These bids are
styled, rom The manner Iii which they are designed
on the books OF the department, .s'dr hide, and
they VIII De construed as providing Tor the entire
naii aousrer large, andrhateeer nay be the nude IF
Conveyance aeeessaTy to naure i:s eeieriy, csrtay
ana security.
In all cases where the lowest grade of service is be-
cyed to be sufficient. the lowest bid will be accepted
II duly guaranteed, III preference to ''star" spec
cite bid.
When the lowest bid is not star bid, and spoce
flies either mode or an inadequate mode OF convey
anee It will not be accepted but set aside for sps-
ciiic bid proposing the necessary service.