The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1856-02-22

fQnlTacf Tor repeated iallnTpS 10 run agrseably
I u contract for violating the Post Ctiice laws,
ar alsobeying the Instructions The department
! for refusing ioiiischaigc carrier when required
| BY the department 10 do so; for assigning the
contract Without the assent of the Postmaster
/ General for running an express as aforesaid;
or for transporting persons or packages convey
! ing nlailablr matter ont OF The mail.
/ S. The Postmaster General may order an IN
crease of service on foolr hy allowing therefor
pro ratio increase on the contract pay. HI.
may change schedules OF Gvpartures and arri-
walls, and make them conform n all cases 10
connexions with railroads, without increase OF
pay, provided the running time BE- not abridged.
He NAV also order an increase Of speed, allow
ing, within the restrictions Of the law agro rat1
increasr OF pay tor the additional stock or car
rierS, if any. The contractor nav, however,
in the case Of increase Of speed, rrIinquish The.
contract by giving prompt notice to tiir depart
mpnt that he prefers doing so to carrying the
order into effect. The Postmaster General
may also curtail or dlscontinvp the service, 10
whole or in part, at pro ruth decrease of pay,
allowing one months extra compensation on
the amount dispensed with, WHENEVER, in his
opinion, the public interests do not require the
SANE, or in case he desires 10 supers.de it by u
different grade of transportation.
8. Payments will b. roadp for the rvce by
collections from, or drafts on, postnastrrs, or
otherwise, after The expiration Of each quarter
say in February, May, August and Novem-
ber.
10. The distances are given according 10 the
best information: bot increased pay will be
allowed should they be greater than advertised,
ifht points to b. supplied be correctly stated.
B5ddefs mHSt form MemSei0es on Ills point,
and also 10 reference to the weight of the mail,
the condition Of roads, hills, streams, &c. and
all toll bridges, ferries. or ohstructionS Of any
kind hY which expense may be incurred. No
claim Tor additional pay, based on such grounds,
can br considered: nor tos bridges destroyed, Or
other oaSirncions, increasing distance, occnr-s
rns daring the contract trim. CHces esiab-
iIsArd alter the advertisement Is issued, and al
50 dnriag tbr contract trn., ara to br supplIed
with extra pay il the distance bn not increased.
/. The Postmaster General is prohibited br
law from Knowingly making contract for the
transportation Of the mails with any person
VINO shall have entered iutn, or proposed to en-
ter latn any combination TO prevent the max
ing of any bid for mail contract BY any other
person or persons, or gho shall have made any
agreement, or shall have given or performed, or
promised to give or perform, any consideration
whatever, or TO do, or rot 10 do, any thing
whatever, in order TO induce any other person
or persons not 10 bid for a mail contract
~. bid received after time, or without The
guarantee required by law, or that combines
several routes in one sum of compensation,
cannot be considered in composition with re-
guar proposal, reasonable in amount
Is. Bidders should, in all cases. frs; propos"
for service strictly according 20 the advertise
ment, and then, il they desire, separately, Tor
different service: and il the reguiar bid be the
lowest Offered for the advertised service, the o.
ther propositions NAV BE- considered.
H. There should be but one route bid for in
proposal.
Is. The route, the service, the yearly pay,
the name and residence Of the bidder, Chat is,
bis usual post office adlreSS) and those Of each
member ofa firm where a company offers, sho'd
be distinctly stated; also, the mode Of convey
ance, if higher mode than horseback be inten-
dtd. The words 'swith due CELEBRITY, certain
ty, and security" inserted TO indicate the mode
of conveyance, will constitute t:sfar bid"
When '.star bd' is intended no specific con-
veYance must be named.
16. Bidders are requested to use, as far as
practicable, the printed form of proposal furn-
lSuFu Nv tHP QFpaTt!NFEis 10 write Out III iEll
the SUM OF their bids, and to retain copies of
them.
No altered bid can be considered, and no bid
once submitted can be Withdrawal.
Each bid must be guaranteed by two respon-
sible persons General guarantees cannot be
admitted
II. The bid should be sealed; superscribed
small Proposals, State of -" addressed s'Se-
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Office, and sent by mqjI, not by or to an agent,
and Postmasters will not enclose Proposals, Tor
letters of any kind) in their quarterly returns.
IS. The contracts are 10 be executed and
turned 10 the department by or before the first
July, 1886, but the service must BE- comnrn-
crd on the mail day next after that date, whe-
ther the contracts be executed or not. 10 pro-
position for transfers will be considered until
the contracts are executed in dup form and re-
ceived at the department; and then no transfers
will be allowed unless good and sufficient rra-
sons therefor given, to be determined by the
department.
49, Postmasters at offices on or near rail-
roads, but more than eighty rods from station,
will, immediately after the 10Th of April next,
report their exact distance from the nearest sta
ton, and how they are Otherwise supplied with
the mail, to enable the Postmaster General to
direct mail messenger supply from the first OF
July next.
90. Section IS Of an act of Congress approv-
ed March 8, 1916, provides that contracts for
the transportation OF the mail shall be let. Gin
every case, to the lowest bidder rendering suti-
cient guarantees for faithful performance, with
out other reference to the mode Of such trans
portation than may be necessary TO provide for
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