Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1855-03-28


the distance of the route, the weight of the mail
ito be carried, and all other particulars i'll refer
cnce TO the route and service, and also after full
examination of the instructions and requirements
attached to the advertisement.
! Dated
(Signed.)
Form 0fG Guarantee.
The undersigned, residing at -, State OF
- undertake that, if the foregoing bid for
carrying the mail on route No. lie accep-
ted by the Postmaster General, the bidder shall,
prior TO the LIST day Of July, 1855, or as soon
| thereafter as may be, enter into the required
obligation to perform the service proposed, with
good and sufficient sureties.
| This we do with fully knowledge Of the OBJ
| legations and liabilities assumed by guarrantors
II nder the 9th section OF the act of Congress OF
| July 9, 1896.
Dated
(Signed by two guarantors.)
Form of a Certificate.
The undersigned postmaster Of, State
Of, certhcs, under his oath Of office, that
he is acquainted with the EubOve guarantOrs, and
knows them to be men Of property, and able to
make good their guarantee:
| Dated
(Signed.)
The sufficicncy Of gunrantors on proposals
may be certified, by judge of Il court of record,
and by postnusjers ut the following offices, and
no others
In the State Of VIRGINIA, Postmnstcrs Off
ces at the courthouse or county seat of each
county and at AvletIs, BerkeIy Springs, Bcr-
ryville, Bethany, Big Lick, Bridgeport, Browns
burg, Buckhannon, Christiansbmrg, ClarksviIc,
Columbia, DnnviIle, Eastvillc, Emory, FairmOnt,
! Fam outh, FarmviIIc, fredericksburg, Front
| Royal, GorCOnsville, GrcigsviIlc, GuyandOtte,
| Hurpcr's Ferry, Hurrsonburg, Howardsyillc,
Kanuwha Saline, Lexington, Middcbnrgh,
! Lvnchburg, MOrgantOwn, Newborn, New Mar
! ket. NowIOwn. SlcphcnSburg, North Mountain,
Oak Grove, Old Point CONTEXT, PattOmsburg
| Petersburg. Salem, ScOttsville, Sh"pcrdst0wn,
Union, University OF Virginia. Uppervie. War
saw, Waterford, WQynesboro', Weston, White
Sulphur Springs.
Also, Baltimore, Cumberland, Frederick, and
| IIugerst"wn, Md; Uniontown and Washington,
Pa; BIountsvilc, Tenn. Washington and
Georgetown, d. c.
Conditions 10 be incorporated in the contracts to the
! crtcnt the department may deem pT"pcr.
|. Seven minutes arc allowed to each inter
mediate office, when not otherwise specified. for
assoc ting the mails but on railroad and seam-
boat routes there is 20 he no more delay thTn is
sutlic cnt for exchange of the mail bags.
| 9. On routes where tho mode of convey nee
admits Of it, the special agents Of the department,
also post Office blanks, mail bags, locks and
| KEYS, are to be conveyed without extra charge.
| 3. On railroad and steamboat lines, British
ami Canada mails, when offered, I" be con-
vry"d without additional pay; also, the route
agents Of the department, for whose exclusive
use, while travelling with the mails, Il c"nmo-
diouS car, up lrtmcnt in the centre OF the cnc
po perry lighted, warmed, and furnished, and
! adapted to tho convenient assortment and auc
! security Of the mails is TO be provided by the
contractor, under the dircc ion Of the depart
mcnt.
i. No pay will be made for trips not prrfor
med and for each of such omissions not sat
iSf,ctorily explained three times the pay of the
trip may be deducted. For arrivals so far behind
| time to break connection with depending
mails, and not sufficiently excused, Onc-Guurth
! of the compensation for tho trip is subject to
! orrciturr. Deduction will also be ordered for
:, grade of performance inferior to that specified
! in the contract. For repeated drImlu"ncics of
j the kimdhcreim specified. cnlarge penalties. pro-
portiuncd to the nature thereof and the impor-
stance of the mail, may he made.
5. For leaving behind, or throwing Off the
mails, any portion Of them, for the ndmissi on
of passengers, or for being concerned i'll setting
up, running an express conveying CONNECT
! ci;iI intelligence ahead Of the mail, quarter S
pay may be deducted.
&. Fines will he imposed, unless The drlin-
tucncv be promptly and satisfactorily explained
by certificates of postInastcrs, or the nitid,viS
hoi other crcditablC persons for falling to arrive
i'll contract time for ncgIccting to take the mail
from, or deliver it into, st Office for suffer
ing it'll Owing either to the unSuiuhlcMcsS of the
oifce to manner of carrying iU TO he injured.
destroyed, robbed, or lost; and for refusing. after
! mnnd, to convey the mail as frequently as the
ucntruCtUr runs, or is concerned in running, Il
coach. steamboat, Il route.
| I. The Postmaster General may anmull the con-
tract for repeated failures to run arrrpublv to
contract for disobcying the Post Office laws. or
the instructions of the department for refusing
to discharge Il carrier when required bV the de-
Partmcnt to do so tor assigning the contract
without the assent Of the Postmaster General
for running an express aforesaid for trans
porting persons packages conveying maiIablr
matter out Of the mail
=. The Postmaster General may order an in
| crease of service route by allowing therefor
Il prO ruth increase OIL the contract pay. He may
change the schedule OC arrivals and departures
without increase of pay, provided lie does not
curtail the amount OF running time. lie may
| also order an increase of speed, he allowing,
within the restrictions of the law, pro rata in
crease OF pay for the additional stock carriers
if any. The contractor may, however, in the
case of increase of speed, rClinQush the contract
by giving prompt notice to the department thai
he prefers doing so to carrying the order into
effect. The Postmaster General may also cur
tail or discontinue tho service, at pro Tnfn de-
crease Of pay, allowing one months extra com
PcnsutiOn on the amount dispensed with, when
y ever, i'll his opinion, the public interests do not
require the same, or i'll case he desires O super
sede it by different grade of transportation.
! y. Payments will be made for the service bv
3 corrections from, or CrlilS on, pOStnHSterS, or
otherwise, after the expiration of each quarter
say i'll February, May, August, and Novcm-
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 10 be supplied be correctly stated
Bidders must inform themselves on this point.
IL. The Postmaster General is prohibited by
law from knowingly making contract for the
transportation of the mails with any person who
shall have entered into, proposed to enter in
to, amy combination TO prevent the making of
! or persons, or who shall have made any agree
mcnt. or shall have given performed, or pro.
missed TO give or perform, any consideration
whatrvcr,or TO do, orn"tto do anything whatever,
in order TO induce any other person or'persons not
TO bid for Il mail contract. Particular attention is
called to the 9Sth section of the act of 1885, pro-
hihiing combinations to prevent bidding.
! II. \ bid reCeiEed :lfter tiInn=YiZ 3 u. VI. Of