Republican vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1857, 1855-03-17


etnnexion with depending pails, and not ssicentiy
excused onefourth Of the compensation for the trip
is subject to forfeiture. Deduction will also be or
dcred for grade of performance inferior to thas
specified in the contract. For repeated dciinquen-
cies the kind herein specified enlarged penalties,
proportonedt to the thereof and tue Importance
) of the mail. may be n.adc.
/ 5. For lcaving behind, throwing off the mails,
or any portion Of them, for the admission NJ pssssS-
gers r being concerned in setting up or running
an express conveying commercial intelligence ahead
of the mail, quarters pay may ~ deducted.
G. Fines will be aposed, unless the delinquency be
promptly and satisfactorily explained Ry certificates
persons, for faliig to arrive % contigct time; for
neglecting to take the mail from, nr deliver 1t into,
post oicc for suffering it lowing ether to the sn
suitabencss of the place Of carrying ~ ~
be injured destroyed, robbed, lost and for refus
ing after demand, to convey the mail rs frequently
the contractor runs, or is concerned in ruppisg
coach. car, or steamboat, a route.
I. The Postmaster General may annul the soa-
tract for repeated failures run agreeable to con,
tract; for disobeying the Post Office laws. or the in
structions of the department for refusing to die
charge carrier when required by the department 10
do so for assigning the contract without the Assent
of the Postmaster General for running an express
as aforesaid or for transporting persons or packs-
gcs c',nveying mailable matter out of the mail.
| 6. The Postmaster General may order an inyrssss
! OF service a route by allowing there for pyS
rata increase On the contract pay. lie may chabss
..ie schedule OF arrivals and departures without IA
OF pay provided he does not curta tho amount
Of running time lie may also order an increase Of
pro rata increase Of pay for the additional stock or
carriers, if any. The contractor may, however, in
the ease of increase of speed, relnqnsh the contract
by giving prompt notice to the department that be
prcte srdoing so 10 ing the order into sfest
The Postmaster General may also curta or dscon-
tInue the service, at pro rata decrease ofpay, allow
ing one months extra compensation on the amount
dispensed with, whenever. in his opinion. the rsblis
Interests do not require the same, or in case be de-
s'res to supersede 1t by different grade Of srans-
poftation.
9. Payments will be made for the service BY sel-
lectlons from; Or drafts on, postmastsrs other
F FeS,u a.sr aae expraen r each in
~. me distances are given according to the bet
information but no increased pay will be allowed
should they be greater than advertised if the points
to be supplied be correctly stated. Bidders must
inform themselves this point.
IL. The Postmaster General is prohibited by law
from knowingly making contract for the transpor-
tatlon OF the mails with any person who shall hate
entered into, r proposed to enter into any combina
ton to prevent the making Of any bid for mail
shall have made any agreement. or shall have evsa
or performed or promised to give perform, any
consideration Whatever or to do, not to do, any
thing whatever in order to induce any other person
or persons not to bid for mail contract Psrticu-
lar atcntion is called the 2sth section Of the act
OF 1886, prohibiting combinations to prevent bid
ding.
II. A bid received after tme-viz 3p. M. Of the
10Th OF April isa5-or without the guarantee requir-
ed by law, or that combines in one sum
OF compensation, cannot be considered in compst-
ton with a regular proposal reasonable in amount.
l3. Bidders should in all cases, first propose for
service strictly according to the advertisement, and
then II they desire, separately for different service
and if the regular bid be the lowest offered for us
advertised service the other bids may be considered
II the alterations proposed are recommended by the
postmasters and citizens Interested, if they shan
appear manifestly right and proper.
ID, There sho9d be but one route bid for II pre-
posal.
10. The route, the service. the YEARLY nav. IL.
name and residence OF the bidder aud those u eaeh
niempef OF ilrni, where company offers, should
pc distinctly stated also, the mode Of Conveyance
II higher mode than horseback be intended. The
words with due CELEBRITY. certainty and security"
inserted to indicate the mode ofconveyanes, will
stltute ''star bid
CABLE the printed form of proposal furnished BY the
department. to write out in full tue sum Of their bids
and to retain copies of them,
No altered bids can be considered and no bids one
submitted can be withdrawn.
Each bid lnnstbee guaranteed by two responsible
persons. General guarantees cannot be sdnit-
II. The bid should be sealed supesscribed "nsA
proposals. State Of, addressed Second A
slstant Postmaster General" Contract Office, and
sent by mat not by, to, agent and postmasters
their quarterly returns.
II. The contracts are 70 be executed aud returned
TO the dea tmeht by or before the lst Of july 1853
Out the service must be commenced On the mail day
pext after that date whether the contracts be cxecc
tea Or not. No proposition fer transfers will be
siderea until the contracts executed in due form
ana received at the department and then no trans
ters will be allowed unless good and sufficient re-.
sons therefor are given, to be determined by the de-
49, Postmasters at Offices on or near raiiroads,
S@ more than eighty rods from station will inms
act distance from the nearest station and how they
are otherwise supplied with the mail, to enable ths
Postmaster General to direct mail-messenger sup
ply from the lst of July next.
TO- Section Is Of an act Of Congress approved
March 3, lS.a provides that contracts for the
portation of the mail shall be let Tin every cas- 10
to sniff liant t. for
faithful performance, without other reference abe
mode OF such transportation than be necesse ~
pr snas tor tine d~ seer saan and .e.aa
description of bids has hecn 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 are
styled from the manner in which they are designed
On the books of the department. ''siar bids," and
they will DO construed as providing for the entire
mani ,hoWerer large, andrhaerer may be the mode Of
Conveyance necessary to insure s seersys esrss'av
and security"
In all cases where the lowest grade of service /, be-
eved to be sufficient, the lowest bid will be accepted
ciiic bid.
When the lowest bid is not star bid, and spesi-
es either no mode or an Inadequate mode OF convey
ance, IT will not be accepted bpt set aside for sps-
cihc bid proposing the necessary service.
When the bid does not specify mode Ut convey
ance, also when 1t proposes to carry according "
the advertisement. but without such specification,
it will be considered as proposal for horseback SER
n. A modification of bid, in any Of its essential
terms, is antamount 10 a bid, and cannot be re-
ccived, as to interfere with regular competition
after the last hour set for receiving bids
~. POstmasters to be careful certify The
suffciency OF guarantors or suretes without know
ing that they persons of sufficient responsibility
and all bidders. guaranors, and surees are distnet-
y notified that failure to enter into or perform
the contracts for the service proposed for in the a.
cepted bids, their legal liabilities will be enforced
against them.
%. The contracts viii be substantially in the forns
heretofore used in this department, except in the
respects particularly mentioned in these Instruction.
and on all railroad and steamboat routes the cohs
tractors will required to deliver the mails into the
post Offices at the ends of the routes and into ill ID;
intermediate post offices not more than eighty ross
from the railroad or landing.
"a. Present contractors, and persons known ct the
department, must, equally with Others procure
guarantors and certificates of their sufciency sub
stantially in the forms above prescribed. The GER,
fcates OF suffcicncy must be signed BY postmaster
at one Of the places before named, " judge Of 4
court of record.
Postmasters at the ends af routes on which they
think the present mode of conveyance indequate will
weigh the mail each trip for six successive weeks On
weekly routes, and three weeks ON other routss AID
report the result by the 10th April, 1855.
JAMES CAMPBELL.
Postmaster General,
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