Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1857-05-23
INSTRUCTIONS.
Containing conditions 10 De Incorporated IN the con-
fraeu % he eEfenI ths DsParimenl nay deem proper.

Containing conditions TO be Incorporated in the con-
tracts 10 fhe erfsnt the Department may deem proper
1. No pay will Be made for trips nst Performed; and
for each OF such omissions not satisfactorily explained
three times the pay OF the trip may be deducted. Dedto-
tions viii also Be ordered for q grade Of PERFORMANCE Infe-
riOr h that specified in the contract. For repeated de-
linQuences OF the kind herein specified enlarget penalties,
pr0pOrtioned TO the nature thereof and the importance o.
the mail, may be made
.. For leaving b-hind or throwing Of the mails, or any
portion OF them, for the admission Of passengers, OF for
being concerI ed IN setting up or running an express con-
veying intelligence in advance Of the mail, a quarters
pay may be deducted
) Fins viii BE- imposed, unless the Delinquency be
promptiy and satisfactorily explained by certificates OF
p0stmasters, or the aGldaFits Of other credible persons,
for sling 70 arrive in contract time; for neglectiug 10
take the mail from OF deliver It into a ~pOstodicei To- SUI
fering il Owing either 10 the unsHitabieness Of The place
or manner OF carryirg i) 70 BE- wet, Injured, destroyed
robbed, or lost; and for refusing, after demand. 10 con-
vey the mail IS frequently As the contractor runs or IS
concerned IN running 4 cuach on the route.
l. The POstmaster General Elay annul the contract for
repeated failures TO run agrecsbly 10 contracts for Vi0-
lating the post Office laws, or Gis0beying the instructions
Of the Department.; for refusing. TO discharge a carrier
when required By the Department TO do so; FOR assign
ing the contrast without th9zssent u the Postmaster
General; for running an EXPRESS as Aforesaid; or Tor
5. A bid reoeivedSft the last day and hour named,
or without the guaranty required BY law, cannot Be con
siiered in competition with a regular proposal rea-ona-
3. The rou e. the service, the yearly pay, the name and
residence Of the bidder, CHAT IS. his usual post odice ad-
dress and those Of each member Of a drm, where a
company offers sbould be distinctly stal-d
7. Altered bids should Rot be submitted nor should
bids once ubmitted be Withdrawn.
3. Each bad must Be guaranteed BY two 5r more respon-
sible pers3ns satisfactory 20 the Postmaster General.
guaranty should be signed plainly with the full name OF
9. The department reserves the right TO reject any bid
which may be dsemed exIravagsnt, and also the bids Of
failing contractors and bidders
10. The bid should b sea Ell superseded " Neil pro-
pOsals for overland route 10 California, T" addressed Sec
- Assistant pDsfma sfer General - Contract Once.
IL A mobilization Of a bid in any Of its esseniial
terms is tantAmount TO q new bid, and cannot be received,
so as 70 interfere with q regular competition aftert the
last hour set for receiving bids
u. Postmastsrs are 10 be careful not % certify the SUI
hciensy OF gusrantors or sure;ies without knowing that
they are prisons OF su1ciert fesponsitihtyi ahl a. bia-
ders, qua antofs =. and sureties are distinctly notified that,
on a failure to enter into or perform the contracts for ne
SERVES proposed for in the accepted bids, their ~lessllia-
bIifseswi be enforced against them
II. Present contractors. and persons knswn at the De-
partment must, equally with others, procure guarantcrs
and Of their sun. isncy substantially N the
forms afove Prescribed The certificates OF s~uniciency
must be signed By a Postmastcr, OF b. a judge Of a court
o. record.
directed to the followinglaws, viz
Sec. .. Act March ;, ISIS, rrquirins contractors, EAR
ricrs. sc. to b. sworn.
Sec. a. Act Of March 3 Iss5. in relation to failure to
Sec. n. Aetof July :. fsss. liabilities Of guarantors.
Sec. 81 Act OF July 2, 1896 authorizing idsO Of failing
contractors to be rejected.
Sec. %. An act Of July ?, 1886, in relation TO eombina-
tions amongst bidtrrs.
Act Of April 81. 1905 provides that nomsmber Of Con-
grexs can be q contractor.
Sec. ~ An act OF March :, 1S15. pr-vidss that no
postmaater, assistant postmaster, or clerk iu post Office
shall be a contractor.
sec. 7. Act Of Mar 5, 1925, provides that no other
thau a free white male person shall D employed Ia car
rying the mail
IN Po.tnssisr General vii reserve 10 LiuSelf the
right Of a~nnulIng any contract lnsd- uuuer the above
act, whenever he shall discover that ees same, or any
part Of 1t, is offered for sale in the market. for The pur-
pose Of spceu alton; and be viii in no case sanciion a
transfer OF the same, In whole o~rrepaIt. 90 any assignee
or sub-oontractor less Quahhtd in Bis opinion than the
original contractor to carry the ssEH fnto sucqssfui OPP
Grafton. AARON V
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