, 1855-04-21

Cny, StciIacoom, Calhlapoollc, and Port Towns
send
CcnditinnSNo he incorpo ate1 in the contracts to
the cAteIt the Department may deem proper.
/. SrveiItnfIte:tS are allowed 10 each inteIme.
diate office, when nnt otherwise specified, for as
sofling the mails; but on railroad and steamboat
roocs there is to be no more Delay than is sufii.
clent for m exchange ofthe mail bags.
.. GA routes where the mode Of conveyance
admits of 1t. the special agents of the department.
also post Office blanks, mail hags, locks aud keys
are to be conveyed without extra charge.
3. Nopny will be made for trips nj pcrfurmeJ:
and for each of such omissions not satisfactorily
explained, three times the pay of the trip may be
deducted. For arrivals 50 far behind time as to
break conn"Xdn with depending mails, and not
sufficiently excused, one-iounh Of tho cornpcnsa-
ton for the trip is subject 10 forfeiture. Dejuc-
ton will also he ordered for grade of performance
inferior to that specified in the contract. For re
peAted d'linqencies Of the kind herein specified.
enlarged pcnallie', proPOrloned to The nature
lhereoi and the importance Of the mail, may be
made.
4. rar leaving bthind, or throwing off the
mails. or any poniun Of them, f5r the admission Of
passengers, fIr being concerned in setting up or
running an express conveying commercial inlelii-
Gcnce ahead of the mail, quarters pay may be
deducted
8. Fines will lie imposed unless the denqucn-
cy he promptly and satisfactorily explained by
uiraIeS Of postmasters, or the dtidavits Of other
credtahe persons for failing 10 arrive in contract
time: for ncgectins TO take the mail from, or de-
liver it into, post office; for suffering il lowing
either to the unsuilsblencss Of the place or man
OF carrying ~ to he injured destroyed, robbed,
or losi md for refusing, after demand. to con.
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or is concerned in running, coach, car. or steam
boat on a route.
6. Tho Post Master General may annul the
contract for repeated failures to ngreeably to
contract: for disoheying toe Post pihce laws, or
the instructions Of the department: for refusing
to discharge a carrier WHEN required by the de-
partmenl to 30 so-ior ass. ming the contract with.
nut the assent Of the Postmaster General-for run
ming All express as sfJre,aid or for transporting
persons or pncks:es conveying mailable matter
out Of the mail
2. The Postmaster General may order an in-
crease o! service nn Il 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 cur.
tail the amount of running time. He may also
order an increase Of speed, he allowing. with
in tie restrictions Of the law, pro rata increase
Of pay for the additional sincS carrerA, If any.
The contractor may, howeSer In the case Of in
crease Of speed. rrlinguish the contract by giving
prompt notice to the department that he prefers
doing 20 to carrying the order into effect. The
Postmaster General may also curtail OF discon,in.
the service, At pro rata decrease Of pay, allow
ing one months extra comPensai Jon on the amount
dispensed with. whenever. in hW opinion, the pub
lie interests do not require the same or in he
desires to supersele II by different grade OF trans
pcrtaIion.
q. Payments ~ be made fr the service by
collections from. drafts on. postmasiers, or eth
erwisc after the expiration Of each quarter-say
in February. May. August and November.
o. The distances are given aecorjing 10 the
Lest iniormatiun.- hut no increased pay will he
allowed should they hc greater than advertised, il
the points to he supplied he correctly stated Bid
ders must inform themselves on this paint.
10. The Postmaster General Is prohibited by
law iom knowingly making contract for the
transportation Of the mAls with any person who
shall have entered into. proposed to enter into,
any combination 70 prevent the making Of any bid
for mail rouirac, by any other person ar persons.
Or who shall lave made any agreement. or shall
have given or performed. or promised to give OF
perfarm, any consideration Whatever, or to do, OF
not to do, anything whatever, in order To induce
sny other person "r Persons not TO hid for mail
contract Particular attention is called to the SIh
section Of the ac, of 1850, prohibiting eombina.
lions to prevent bidding.
I. a bid received after iime-Viz: m of
the 18th Of May, eighteen hundred aud fifty five
or without the guarantee required by law, or that
combines several routes in one sum Of compensa-
tion, cannot be considered in competition with
regular proposal rrssOnablc in amount.
~. Bidders should, in all cases, first propose
for service stricky according 10 the Advertisement
and then, if they desire, separately for different;
SERVICE and If the regular bid be the lowest Of
fetsd for the advertised service the other bids may
he considered. if the alterations proposed are re-
commJrd l,y the pnstmasters and citizens interest,"
ed, If they shall appear manifesily right and
proper.
10. There should he but one route bid for in
proposal.
"a. 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, il niger mode than hoorsebsck be in.
tended. The words with due celebrity, certainty,
aud security" inserted to indicate the mode Of
conveyance. will constitute ''Star bid"
Is. Bidders are requested to use. as far as
practicable, the printed form Of proposal furnished
by the department, TO write out in full the sum Of
their bids, and to retain copies Of them.
No altered bids can be considered, aud no bids
once submitted can be Withdrawn.
Each bid must be guaranteed by two responsible
persons. General guarantees cannot lie admitted.
10. The bid should be sealed; superscribed
"Msi Proposals State Of or Territory Of y
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