The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1856-03-21
= The Postmaster General nav annoI the

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cot.tract for repeated failures TO run agreeably
10 contract for violating The Post Cfice laws,
or disobeying the instructions Of thed department,
i,, refusing II discharge carrier when required
by the department to do 50 tor assigning the
/ contract without the assent Of the Postmaster
!! General for running an express as Aforesaid
or for transporting persons or packages convey
1 ing naiiable matter out ot the mai.
/ &. The Postmaster General may order an IN
crease Of service on route by allowing therefor
a pro rato increase On The contract pay. lie
may change schedules OF departures and arri-
/ walls, and make then, conform in all cases 10
/ connexions with railroads, without Increase OF
/ pay, provided the running time BE- rot abridged
/ He may also order an increase oi sprpd, allow
ing, within The restrictions Of The law AFRO rdfa
increase OF paw ior the additional stock or car
rip'S, i! any. The contractor nay, however,
in the ease of increase Of speed, rriinquish ih.-
contract by giving prompt Hotie, 10 the depart
meni ttat he rreir5s loiag to carrying b"
order into ELECT Tie Postmaster Grnefa
may also cprtaIl 81 discontinue ghr seFvice,in
whole OF IN Paft, at pro rata decrease Of paf,
allowing one months extra compensation OH
the amount dispenard with, whenever, in il,7
opinion, The public interests do not require tii-
Saur, or in case he desires To supprsede II by "A
different grade Of transportation.
=. Payments wlil BE- made for The ,rsite by
collections from, OF drafts on, postnasters, Or
otherwise, after ihe expiration of each quarter
--say IN FebrGary, May, August, aad Noven,-
ber.
10. The distances are given according 10 the
best information; bot no increased pay will BE-
allowed should iher be greater than adpertisee,
II The paints 10 h. supplied be correctly stated.
Bidders must nioYm heafSelues on tdis Po'nf
and also - reference to the weight Of thr mail,
The condition Of roads, hills, streams, &c. and
all toll bridges, ferries. or ohstructicns oI any
kind by y hlch expense may be incurred No
claim for additional pay, based on such grounds.
can be considered: nor for bridges destroyed, or
other 05StFuciious, increasing distance, occur
rif- during the contract term. Offices es:ab-
lished after the advertisement is issued, and al!
81 during the contract term, are TO be supplied
with extra pay il the distance be not increased.
II. The Postmaster General is prohibited b+
law from knowingly making a contract for ;t'.
Transportation Of ihr nails with any person
who shall have entered into, or proposed to err
ter ia,o, any combination 10 prevent the max
ing of any bid for mail contract by any other
person Or persons. or y ho shall have made any
agreement, or shall have gtyen or periofu.ed, or
promised 10 give or perform, any consideration
whatever, OF 10 DO, or not TO Go, any thlGg
whatever, in order 10 udgce any other person
OF persons not 10 bid for nail contract.
-. 4 bid received after time, OF withou!the
rnaraatec required ay IaV, or that combines
several Eoa4eS 10 one sam of compensation,
cannot be considered in competition with
guiar proposal. reasonable il amount.
l3. Bi,;A-rs should, IN al cases, tirs Propos'
for service strictly according 20 th@ advertSs--
merit, and Their, If they desire, separately, for
djfrreut service: aad ii the REGULAR bid be the
lowest offered for tee advertised service. the O.
ti.er propositions nav b- considered.
II. There should be 6ut one route bid ioF IN
q proposal.
-. The route, tine ss7vice, tie yearly pay,
the name and residence Of the bidder, lthat is,
lis usual post Office address) and those OF each
member Of = firra where a company offers, sho'd
be distinctly stated; also, the mode Of convey
ancr, III higher mode Than horseback be inten-
ded The a,.eFtFs -.,viih due CELEBRITY, certain
~, and security inserted 10 Indicate the mode
Of conveyance, will constitute ''sfar bid.
u hen s.star bid' is intended no specific con-
vryaDce must he named.
is. Bidders are requested TO Use, as far as
practicable, the printed form Of proposal furn-
3S!lrE ~ l!F EdTt!i5el!t7 80 "titt Stt IN
t;c sun. Of their bids, and to retain copies OF
thcra.
Ne altered BID can be considered, and no bid
once submitted can BE- " ilfdrawu.
Each bid mast be guaranteed By two rpsPon-
si5!.. persons General guarantees cannot be
admitted.
IL The bii should he sealed; suprrscribed
email Proposals, State of ----'' addressed 'sSe-
rart Ac.;g,o,4 p,st,~os4ar IrAnsrqi > f'oniracs
CHice, and sent bv mnH, not by or 10 an agent,
and PoStmastefs will not enclose Proposals, i"F
leier< Of any kindl in their quarterly returns.
lS. TIE contracts are II 81 executed aud f.
Turned to H., Department hy or before the first
ofJulv, 1896, but slie service aust be comTrh-
cd On lit. neil dav next after that date, whr
ther the contracts be executed Or mol. No pTa-
position i,f TRANSFERS wiil be considered until
tie contracts art EXECUTED in doe form and re-
ceived a thr department; acd then no transfers
viii be allowed unless coed and snitcrat rra-
sons therefor are circa, 70 ts determined hy the
department.
iA poslmasters at odces en- or near rail
reads, BOT more lan eighty IoaS troEa station,
will, insnl,diae!y alter Er l0'h oi April next,
report ;h,ir cxac, distance from the nearest sta
ton, and how thry are otherwise supplied with
the mail, to rnah!- the Postmaster General 10
direct nail intsseog'r suppl! from. the first Of
july pr>t.
20 Srctioa Is Of an set of Congress apProv-
rsl March 3, 1916, provides that contracts for
ihe transportation Of the nail shall be let, ''in
every CASE. to the loves; bidder rendering sufil-
ciept guarsniers FOR faithful performance, with
ou; other reference 20 the u.oLe Of such trans
portation than may be necessary TO provide for