Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1855-03-24

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In the state OF FLORIDA. postmastsp Of efAoss
ct the con { hoase or eounty+eaf o. each county;
b.Iiowa Jas p,r Jennings, Mandarin, Mos.ly Hall,
Newport, Nes smyrns, Picolsta, Tampa, Uche Anna,
ocals, Pilstka, Quincy, Warrington.
Csditions TO Be iaco7poratcd IN s CONTRACTS 70 %
eztent The Department may deem proper.
1. Seven minutes are allowed to each intermedi-
the mails; but on railroad and steamboat routes
thsre Is 70 be no more delay than Ia sufficient Tor a
exchange OF the mail bags.
2. On routes where the mode Of conveyance admits
eff IL, the special agents Of the Department also
post Office blanks, mail bags, locks and keys, 10
Be conveyed without extra charge.
3. On railroad and steamboat lines, British and
Canada mails, when offered are to be conveyed with
partment, for whose exclusive use while travelling
with the mails, commodious ear, or apartment in
the centre of q car, properly lighted, warmed, and
furnished, ard adapted 10 the convenient assortment
and due security Of the mails Is TO be provided By
the contractor, under the direction Of the Depart
ment.
L. No paw will be made for trips not performed;
and for each Of such omissions not satisfactorily
planned three times the pay Of the trip may be
deducted For arrivals so far behind time TO break
connexion with depending mails, and not sufficiently
is subject TO forfeiture Deduction may also be
derei for grade Of performance inferior 10 that
speci ed in the contract For repeated delnQ
Of the kind herein specified, enlarged penalties pro-
portioned to the nature Thereof and the importance
Of the mail, may be made.
8. For leaving behind or throwing OF the mails or
Any portion Of them for The admission OF passengers,
or for being concerned in setting mp running
inf
the mail, q quarters pay may be deducted
| g. Fines will be imposed, unless the delinquency
DO promptly and satisfactorily explained by certih-
Gates Of postmasters, the adavts Of other cred
liable persons for failing 70 arrive In contract time
for negecting TO take the mail from. or deliver
into, post Office suffering IL lowing either 10 the
unsuitsbleness Of the place or manner Of carrying
IT'D to be injured destroyed robbed, or lost and for
refusing, after demand, TO convey the mail fire.
quently the contractor runs or is concerned in
running, a coach, car, or steamboat on route.
z. The Postmaster General may annul the contract
for repeated failures TO run agreeaby 70 contract
for disobeying the post coe laws, or the instruo
tions Of the Department; for refusing to discharge
a carrier when required by the Department to do so
fer assigning the contract without the assent Of the
Postmaster General for running an express as afore
said or for transporting persons or packages con-
veying mailsble matter out Of the mail.
s. The Postmaster General msy order an increase
CT service route by allowing therefor pro rata
increase on the contract pay. He may change
the schedule Of arrivals and departures, without
increase of pay, provided he does not curtaii the
amount Of running time. He may also order an
increase Of speed he allowing, within the restrc-
tons Of the law, apro rata increase Of pay for the
additional stock or carriers, If any. The contractor
ling the contract by giving prompt notice to the
Department that he prefers doing 20 carrying the
order into effect The Postmaster General may also
curtei or discontinue the service, at pre- rata de-
crease Of pay, allowing one months extra COM
pensstion on the amount dispensed with, whenever
in his opinion the public interests do not require the
same, or in case be desires to supsrsede il by differ
eat grade of transportation
9. Payments viii be made for the service By collec
tons from, or drafts postmssters, otherwise,
after the expiration Of each quarter-ssy in Febru-
| airy, May, August. and November.
~. The distances are given according TO the best
Information; but increased pay will be allowed
should they be greater than advertised il the points
10 be supplied be correctly stated Bidders must 10
| form themselves on this noint.
| IL. The Postmaster General Is prohibited BY Law
from knowingly making contract for the transport
taton of the mails with any person who shall have
entered into, or proposed 10 enter ino any combine
ton to prevent the making Of any bid for a mail
| contract by any other person or persons, or who
shall have made any agreement, or shall have given
or performed, or promised 70 give perform. any
consideration whatever, or to do or not 70 do any
thing whatever, in order to induce any other person
or persons not TO bid for mail contract Particular
attention IL called TO the 18th section Of the act
1886, prohibiting combinations to prevent bidding
IL. hid received after time, viz: IN ofthe 10th
April, 1855. or without the guaranty required by
law, or that combines several routes In one sum Of
improvisation, cannot be consdered In competition
with regular proposal reasonable In amount.
L. Bidders should, in all cases, first propose for
service strictly according to the advertisement and
then, II they desire, ssparatey for different service
AID if the regular bid be the lowest offered for the
advertised service the other bids may be considered;
II the alterations proposed are recommended by the
postmasers and citizens interested or if they shall
sppear manifestly right and proper.
IA There sheold be bat one route bid for In o
proposal.
| Is. The route, the service, the yearly pay, the
name and residence Of the bidder and those of each
| member Of firm, where company offers, should
be distinctly stated also the mode Of CONVEYANCE If
| higher mode than horseback be INTENDED. The
words with due celebrity, certainty snd security
inserted to indicate the mode Of conveyance, viii
constitute " star bad"
To- Bidosrs are requested to rsa, as Ear practi-
CABLE tie printed form of proposal furnished by the
department, 70 write out In full the Ct the.r
BIDS, and to retain copies Of them.
l No altered bids can b considered, and no bids
| once submitted can be withdrawn.
Each BID must be guaranteed By txo responsible
| persons General guarantees cabnst 10 sdrlitted.
IL. The bid should be sealed: superscribed " Mai
ond Assistant Postmaster General, Con IA Offce
and sent by mad, not by, 10, an sepnt, and pos
masters win net enclose proposals Tor letters Of any
| kind) IN their quarterly returns.
| Is. The contracts TO be executed and returned
TO the Department by before the LIST of july 1885
but the service must be mmenced on the mail day
ncAs uate, Mn6tn-r he ntracts be
cuted or not No proposition for transfers win be
considered until the contracts executed in due
| form and received st the department.; and hen nc
iraosters viii be allowed unless good and su0cieu,
reasons therefor are given 10 be determined by the
1 department.
49, Postmssters at Offices on or railroads but
more than eighty rods from a station, will imme
diately after the 10th Of April next report their
exact distance from the nearest station, and how
they are otherwise supplied with the mail to enable
ihe postmaster General to direct a mail messenger
| supply from the LIST Of July next.
| 20 Section Is Of an net of Congress, approved
March B. lS45 provides that contracts for the trans
portaticn of the mail shall be let in every case
| the lowest bidder rendering sufficient guarantee
Tor faithful performance, without other reference
the mode of such transportation than may be neces
sary to provide for the due CELEBRITY, certainty and
security of such transportation" Under this Law
new description Of bids has been received IL doe
not specify mode Of conveyance, but engages q
take the entire mail each trip with CELEBRITY certain
ty, and security, using the terms Of the law Thes
bids are styled, from the manner in which they ar
DESIGNATED on the books Of the Department q sta
ods" and they win be construed providing for tn
| entire mail, hopeuer large, and Uhdterer mar b
ne mode Of conveyance necessary TO insure its ceIy