Republican vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1857, 1855-04-14

Id sLbtcGk 10 1jcGuSJl0A Will 0e Or
dered for grade of perfornsAco inferior " tAAs
specified in the contract. For repeated leljAsusn-
eies OF the Kind herein specified, esarsed peastss
f0portensd to the nature thereof and ths npsrsnnss
et the mail may be made.
8. For leaving behind, of throwing vi ths nasas,
Or any portion OF ten, for tbs admission " ptssss
gers or Tor being concerned sstIng sp or runsssg
al express conveying commercial int.lllgeaes aAsan
o. the nail, a quarter pay may be deducted.
G. Fines vii be imposed, unless the delinquency he
promptly and satisfactorily explained by certfcs &
of post-1naster the aiaavits Of other srsditaA
persons, for ailiig to arrive in contract timeS d.
neglectng TO take the mail FROM deliver ii into, 81
post oiiee for suffering it lowing either to the ate
saitahaness OF the place or manner of carrying it,
be injures destroyed robbea or lost and for realy
ing, after demand to convey the mail as freqeent,
the contractor runs is concerned Ia rarniaxI
coach, car, steamboat, on route.
T. The Postmaster General may annal the s0a
tract fer repeated eares to run agreeable TO
tract for disobeying The Post Office lawsso or the ia
structions of the Department. Ter refusing to dis
charge carrier when required by The department -
do for assigning the CONTRACTS without the assent
OF the Postmaster General for running An express
ges conveying mailablc matter out OF the mail.
s. The Postmaster General may order al inoreazs
of service on route by allowing there for pro
rate increase the contract pay. lis may change
the schedule of arrivals and departures without IN
crease ofpay provided he does not cura tbs amesnt
OF running time lie may also order an increase sf
speed he allowing, within the restrictions Of the Law
pro rata increase OF pay for the additional stock
carriers, If any. The contractor may, however, IN
the of increase Of speed reldnsh the contract
by giving prompt notice to the department that 10
pretc srdoing SO to carrying the order into effect.
ihe postmaster General may also curtsi or dlscoA-
tinne the service, at pro rata deereaae pay allow
ing one months extra compensation the amount
dispensed with whenever, in his opinion. the public
Interests do not require the same, in he de-
sres to supersede it by different grade Of tr
portatinn.
8. Payments viii be made for the service BY sd
lee.ions FROM drafts on, postmasters or other
wise, after the expiration Of each ,quarter-say IA
February, May, August, and November.
~. The distances are given according TO the kssk
information bat ne increased pay will be allowed
should they be greater than advertised, II the points
inform themselves on this point.
II. The Postmaster cneral is prohibited By law
from knowingly making a contract for the Transport
entered into CT proposed to enter into any combna
ton to prevent the making OF any bid for mail
contract by any other person or persons, or whs
shall have made any agreement or Shall have civsn.
or pertqfmed or promised to give perform, any
Observation-Disclosures, or to do, not to do any
thing whatever ia order to induce any other person
or persons not to bid for mail contract. Particu-
lar attention is called the 18th section of the act
q 1856, prohibiting combinations to prevent bid
ding.
II. A bid received after t:ne-viz. 81. m. Of n.
lfth Of April, s55or without the guarantee rearir-
cd by law, that combines several routes in one suta
81 compensation, cannot be considered in compati-
's "s r ar hhf9posa fea.ehaas in amount;
service strictly according to the advertisement,
then, il they desire eeparatey for different service
and If tie regular bid be the lowest offered for the
advertised service, the other bids be considered
il the alterations proposed recommended by the
pestmasefs and citizens interested, CT il they shall
appear maniiestls right aud proper.
Il. There Shout. be bat one route bid for in FRO.
pesaI
Is. The route, the service, tbs yearly pay, the
name and residence Of the bidder and those Of each
member OF a firm, where company offers, should
De distinctly stated also, the mode of cpnv yane'
II a higher mode than horseback be intended, The
words with due celebrity, certainty, and security
inserted to indicate the odo of convey will con-
stitute .sttsi odd"
10 Bidders are requested to use as far as practi.
cable, the printed form Of proposal furnished by the
department, to write out in full the sum oftheir bids
and to retain copies OF Them.
10 altered bids be considered and no bids once
submitted can be withdrawn.
Each bid must be guaranteed by two Responsible
ted.
II. The bid should be sealed surerscribed email
proposals, State Of addressed second As.
sstant Postmaster General Contract Office, and
sent by mail not by, 81 TO, AN agent and rostmasers
viii not enclose proposals Tor letters Of any kindly in
their quarterly returns.
Is. The contracts are to be executed and returned
to the deia ment by or before the lst OF July, 1885,
but the service must be commenced ON the mail day
next after that date, whether the contracts be
ted or not no proposition for transfers will be
sidercd unti the contracts executed in due form
and received at the department and then trans.
fers will be allowed unless good and sufficient rea-
sons therefor are given, to be determined by the do
partment.,
10, Postmasters at Offices on Or near railroads.
bat more than eighty rods from station, WILL imme--
diatsy after the 10th OF pri next, report their ex,
act distance from the nearest station, and how they
are otherwise supplied with the mail. to enable the
ply irora the LIST Of July next.
70. Section Is OF an act of Congress appreycd
harc 3, isa5 provides that contracts for the tasa
oitation ei the mail shall be let, sin every cas- to
the lowest bidder rendering sufficient guaraut, 70
faithful performance, without other reference ale
moe Oh such transportation than may be sefytr
provide FOR the due celebrity certainty, and scuoa
description OF bids has been received. 1t does nat
specify mode Of conveyance, but engages 10 tsks
security, using the terms of the law These bids arc
styled, from the manner in which they designed
GA the books OF the department, "etar bids" and
they viii be construed as providing for the entire
sai honeeer large, anduhoterer may be the mode %
coareyee necessary to insure sts celery, certainty
and security"
In all eases where the lowest grade of service is be-
heyed to be sufficient, the lowest bid will be accepted
cifc bid
When the lowest bid is not astar bid, and speel-
hes either 40 mode or an inadequate mode of convey
ance, it viii not be accepted, but set aside for sps-
cine bid proposing the necessary service.
When the bid does not specify mode of convey
anee, also when it proposes to carry "according to
the advertisements " but without such specification,
1t VIII be considered IS proposal for horseback sers
vice.
terms, is tantainount to bid, and cannot be re-
ccivcd, to interfere with regular competitions
alter the last hour set for receiving bids.
- postmasters are to be careful to certify the
sufeency of guarantors or suretcs without know
ing that they persons of sufficient responsibility
and all bidders, gnaranors, and sureties distinct
ly notified that, failure to enter into perform
the contracts for the service proposed for in the
cepted bids, their Legal liabilities will be enforced
againststhem.
-. The contracts viii be substantially in the forms
heretofore used in this department, except in the
respects particularly mentioned in these Instructions
and on all railroad and steamboat routes tho cohe
tractors will required to deliver the mails into the
post offices at the ends of the routes and into all I'd;
int srmediate post Offices not than eighty ross
irnm the railroad or landing.
q. Present contractors,Gnd persons known at the
department, must, equally with others, procure
gnaFantors and certificates of their sn.cency sub
stantialy in the forms above prescribed. The cer
eates OF snfieieney mast be signed by postmaster
at one of the places before named, or Judge OF
court of record.
Pastmasters at the ends of routes on which thev
think the present mode OF convey Inadequate Min
weigh The mail each "Trip for six successive weeks ca
weekly routes and three weeks ON other routes, AID
report the result by the loth April 1850.
JAMES GAAIPBELL,
fosina.ter General,
Jan 2T--law l2w,