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Seven minutes allowed to each intermediate Office,
when not otherwise specified for opening and examining
the mails
No pay will be made for trips not performed and for
each Of such omissions not satisfactorily explained three
times the pay of the trip may be deducted For arrivals
far behind time as to break connection with depending
mails and sufficiently excused fourth of the
pensation for the tip is subjsct to forfeiture.
Fines will be imposed unless the delinquency be prompt
and explained oy Certificates Of posmas
to arrive in contract me for neglectng take the mail
FROM deliver il into, post Office for suffering it to be
wet, injured, destroyed robbed or lost
The Postmaster General may annu the contract for
peated failures 10 agreeaby to contract for violating
the post Office laws, dsobeyng the instructions of the
Department. for refusing to discharge carrier when
quested by The department to do for assigning the
tract without the assent of the Postmaster Generals for
transporting persons packages conveying nathalie mat
ter out OF the mail
The Postmaster General may order an increase of SER
vice route by allowing therefor pro increase
the contract pay lie may change schedules of departures
and arrivals and make them conform in all
nexons with railroads. without increase of pay provided
the running time be abridged He may also order
increase OF speed allowing within the restrictions of the
law rata increase OF pay for the additional stock of
carriers any The contractor may however, in the
of increase of speed reinquish the contract by giving
prompt notice to the department that he prefers doing
to carrying the order into fleet The Postmaster Gene
may also curta discontinue the service in whole
part at pro rata decrease Of pay allowing months
ira compensation in the amount dispensed with, when
in his opinion the public interests do not require the
same in he desires TO supersede 1t by different
grade Of transportation.
Payments will be made for the service by collections
from, drafts postmasters otherwise after the
piraton ofeach qunrtersay in February May, August
and November.
The distances given according to the best nfoma-
ton but increased pay will be allowed should they be
greater than advertised IL the points to be supplied
rectly stated. Bidders inform hemseees this point
Bidders requested 10 use, far 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
Each bid must be guaranteed by two responsible persons
General guarantees cannot be admitted.
The bid should be sealed surperscrbed Mail propo-
sas State Of - addressed Second Assistant Postmas
ter General Contract Office and sent by mail not by or to
agent and posmasters will not enclose proposals for
letters of any kindly in their quarterly returns.
The contracts to be executed and returned to the de-
partment by before the ls of August 1851 but the
vice must be commenced the mail day next after July
lst whether the contracts be executed or not
Section Is Of act Of Congress approved March ls5
provides that contracts for the transportation Of the mail
shall be let lin every to the lowest bidder rendering
sufficient guarantees for faithful performance without other