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

dered for grade Of performance inferior 70 The,
specified in the contra act For repeated delinque1
s.esortionsd 70 thsnstass ilsr. and e &sosssss:
If the all, may be AIDE.
s. For leaving behind, or throwing Of the mas
or any portion VI then for tho Admission Of pasiAn.
gers, or being concerned in setting up or rsnniss
an express cenveyng commercial intelliseh ahead
of the nail, quarters pay may be deducted.
6. Fines will be in posed, unless the delinquency b
promptly and satisfactorily explained BY te1tffcstes
OF posmasters, the a.hdavits OF other ersdIabi-
persons, for failg to arrive il cont act nMei TOT
neglecting take the mail from, or deliver i. into
post office; for suffering it lowing either to the ai
suitabeness of the place manner Of carrying t) to
be injured destroyed, robbed lost and for refss-
ing. after demand, to convey the mail As frequently
as the contractor runs il concerned Id running,
coach, car, or steamboat, on 9 route.
T. The Postmaster General may annsl the scu-
tract fer repeated failures to run agreeable to
tract for disobeying the Post Office LAWS, the in
stfuctions of the department for retusing TO d.s
charge carrier when required b, the arpaEtment ~
do SO for assigning the contract without tie assent
of the Postmaster General for running express
as a foresad or for transporting persons or pscks
gso nveying mailable matter out Of the mail.
6. The Postmaster General may order increase
OF ser ice II route by allowing there for = pre-
rate increase on the contract pay. lie may. change
the schedule Of arrivals and departures without m
OF pay provided be does curta the amount
Of running time. He may also order an increase Of
pro rata increase Of pay for the additional stock
carriers il any. The contractor may, however, il
the ease o. increase Of speed relinqnsh the contract
by giving prompt notice to the DEP artment that he
prefers doing SO to carrying the.orde into effect.
The Postmaster General may also curtal or dscon-
nue the service. at pro rata decrease of pas, allow
iag enc months extra compensation on the amount
dispensed with whenever in his opinion. the public
Interests do not require the same, in case lie de-
sfcs to supersede ii by different grade Of trans-
portation.
0. Payments will be made for the service BY col
lscons rom, or drafts on, postT astsrs, cr other
Mise, after .iie expiration Of each quart SAY y
ondNn
10 The distances are given according 70 the ben
information but no increased pay will be allowed
should they be greater than advertised it the points
to be supplied Be correctly stated. Biddsrs mus.
inform themselves this point.
H. The Postmaster General is prohibited by Law
from knowingly making contract for the transpor
tatlon OF the mails with any person who shall have
eefed into, or proposed to enter into, any combina
tion to prevent the making OF any bid for mail
cont act by any other person or persons, who
shah have made any agreement shall have fivsn
OF performed or promised to give or perform, any
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 Particu-
lac attention is called to the 2sth section of the Act
OF 1886, prohibiting combinations to prevent bid.
ding.
Il. A bid received after time-vi.. sp. M of the
10th OF April 1s55-or without the guarantee rsquir~
ed by law, that combines several routes in
Of compensation, cannot be considered in compsu-
ton with regular proposal reasonable in amount.
H. Bidders should, in all cases. first propose for
service strictly according TO the advertisement, and
then, if they desire separately for different service
and il the regular bid be the lowest offered for the
service the other bids may be considered
if the alterations proposed are recommended by the
posmasels and citizens interested, or il they shall
appear nanitest'y right and proper
a. There should be bnt enc route bid for IN pre-
posal. ~
Is. Tho route, the service, the yearly pay, Ne
naMe and residence of the bidder, and tose 81 each
be distinctly stated also, the mode OF conveyan
j: higher mode than horseback be intended. The
words with due celebrity, certainty, and security"
ms rted to indicate the mode Of eonyeyancs will CON
sttute '.star bid
Is. Bidders requested to use, ~ far ~ pract-
cable the printed form of proposal furnished by the
d,ra.tment, to write cut in full the oftheir hidA
and to retain copies Oh them - Il
No altered bias be considered, and no bids onss
submitted can be withdrawn.
Each bid lnustbs guaranteed by two responsible
persons General guarantees cannot be ADMIT
ted.
II. The bid shoald be sealed superscsbed "maa
sisant Postmaster General" Contract Office, aud
sent b mai not by Dan agent, and postmsstsrs
viii not enclose proposals COZ letters OF any klnd) in
their quarterly returns.
Is. ihe contracts are to lie executed and returned
to the depa tment b or before the ls OF July 1855,
but the service must be commenced the mail day
next alter ha. date whether the contracts be
ted OF not No pio POSITION for transfers will be
sidered until the contracts executed in due form
and received at the department and then no trans.
iers will be allowed unless good and sufficient res
-'e 'AStS's. Nte 81 W 'S w she w
partmea.. 80 g
H. Postmasters at Offices on or near railroads.
but more than eighty rods from a tation will mn =
diatey after the 10th OF April next, report their ex-
act distance from the nearest station, and how they
are otherwise supplied with the mail, to enable the
Postmaster General TO direct uail-nesscnx.r sup
ply FROM the LIST OF July next
20. Section Is of an act of Congress approved
March 3 lS45, provides that contracts for Tie t.ahs
pogtaten o. tn. mail shall b. let, ,in every case to
The .srest bidder rendering sufficient guarantees for
faithful uthnut nther Pefnr In
mode OF such transportation than may be necessary ~
provide tor the due CELEBRITY certainty, and security
OF such transportstions. Under this. law new
description Of bids has been received. II does not
specify mode OF conveyance, but engages to take
the entire mai! each trip with celebrity certainty and
security using the terms OF the law. These bids are
styled, from the manner in which they designed
on thu books ri the department, star tsds," and
they viii be construed providing for the entire
maii hoeeter large anduhaterer may be tie ssods Of
eoaeeyaea accessory to i.sa,e iis sssery. esrssir
aad seealig.'
ll ali cases where the lowest grade of service IL b.
eved to be sufficient, the lowest bid will be accepted
ii duly guaranteed, in preference 70 "stsr" or sps
eile bid.
VI hen the lowest bid is not star bid, and spsca-
flies either mode inadequate mode OF convey
it Will not be accepted but set aside for sps
ciiie bid proposing the necessary service.
When the bid does not specify mode Of convey
ance, also when il proposes to carry according
the advertisement, but without such specification,
it viii be considered proposal tor horseback SER
vice.
Il. 4 modification Of bid, in any of its essential
terms, is taatalnount To bid, and cannot be
ceived, 10 interfere with regular competition,
after the last hour set for receiving bids.
~ Postnasters to be careful to certify the
suiiciency OF gusrantors or suretes without know
ing that they persons of sufficient responsibility
and all bidders, guaranors, and sureties dstinet
y notified that, failure to enter into perform
the contracts og the service rqposed for in the
copied bid-, their legal liabilities will be enforced
against. them,
Is. The contracts will be substantially in the forns
heretofore used in this department, except in the
respects particularly mentioned these Instructions
and on all railroad and steamboat routes the
tractors will required to deliver the mails into the
post offices at the ends OF the routes and into al the
intermediate post Offices not than eighty rods
from the railroad or landing.
"a. Present contractors and persons known at the
department, must, equally with others, procure
guarantors and certificates of their sufficiency sub
stantially in the forms above prescribed The
tcates OF suileicney must be signed by postmaster
at one of the places before named, OF Judge 0.
| court of record
/ Postnasters at the ends of routes which they
think the present mode Of convey indequate win
weigh the mail each trip for six successive weeks GU
weekly routes and three weeks other routes aa1
report the result by the 10th April, 1856
JAMES CAMPBELL,
Postmaster General
Jan 27--law l2w.
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