Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1857-05-28
(Signed.)
IN9TRICTIONS
Containing conditions TO be incorporated in the
contracts to the s1tent the Department may


contracts to the sntent the Department may
l. No pay will be made for trips not performed !;
and for each of such oms sons not satisfactorily ex
planned three times the pay Of the trip may be de
of performance inferior to that speech ed in the con-
tract FOr repeated denquencies of the Kind herein
ture thereof and the Importance of the mail, may be
made.
2. For leaving behind or throw ing of the mails or
any rtiou of them. for the admission of
or fer beng concerned IN setting up or running
press conveying Intelligence in advance of the mail,
a quarters pay may be deducted
s. Fines will be imposed, unless the delinquency be
Of postnssters, or the nifida9ts of other credible
persons for failing to arrive In contract time for
nesiectlng TO take the mail from or delivering 1t INTO
post office; for suffering 1t towing either 10 the
suIfabeness OF the place or anner Of carry ing It TO
refusing, AFTER demand, to convey the mail fire.
quenty as the contractor runs or Is concerned in
unnlng coach on the route.
4. The Postmaster General may annul the contract
Tor repeated failures TO run agreAaby 10 contract for
structions of the Department; for refusing dis
charge carrier when required by the Department to
OF the Postmaster General for running on express as
aoresad; OF i1r transporting persons or packages
5. bid received after the last day and hour named
or wit hout the guarantee required by law, cannot be
considered IN competition with regular proposal
e. The route .he service, the yearly pay the name
Office address. and those Of ca h member ofthe firm
where company offers; should be distinctly stated
bids once submitted he withdrawn.
8. Zach bId must be guaranteed by two or more
General. General guarantees cannot be admitted.
Tine bid and guarantee should be signed plainly with
9. The Department reserves the right to reject any
bud WHICH may be deemed extravasant, and so the
DDS 81 failing contractors and bidders.
10. The bid should be seal ed superscribed Mail
Proposals for overland route to California" address
ed Second Assistant Postmaster General" Con-
IL, H. modification Of a bid in any of its essential
oelved as to interfere with a regular competition
after the last hour set for receiving bids.
X Postnasters are to be careful not to certify the
suhciency Of guarantors as sureties without know
ing that they are persons Of sufficient responsibility;
y notified that, failure to enter into or perform
the contracts Tor tine service proposed for IN the
ce2ted BIDS their legal liabilities will be enforced
, ID Present contractors, and persons known at the
antors and certificates of thor sufcicncy substan
taly IN the forms above prescribed. The certificates
OF s4iholrncy must pc signed by postmaster, or by
The attention of bidders, guarantors, sureties, e.
Sec.e. Act Of Msrcla, 1875, requiring contractors
carriers, q G. to pc sworn.
Sec. q Act Of July 1885, liabilities of guarantor..
failing contractors to De rejected. ''N' u
Sec: D. AN act Of July 2 1885, in relation to oombi
Act of April q, 1873, provides that no member of
Congress can be a contractor.
pOstmater, assistant postmaster or clerk in post
Office shall be contractor.
Sec. 7. Act OF March g. 1925 provides that other
THAI a free white male person shall be employed in
Carrying the mail.
sell the right annuns any e9nract made under the
above act, whenever he shall discover that the
the purpose of speculation, and he will, in case,
sanction transfer Of the same, in whole in part
his opinion than the original contractor to carry the
same into successful operati99n; npouN
ap O-StawtlstJune Postmaster General.
STAIR RODS AND PLATES.
as5 dozen Superior STAIR RODS. in oil widths,
from inch to Ia, some OF which are in entirely new
f@s xsI s sIs.
%iss: sR A Ssss, c5oSiFSIcEs. ARGaEs, and
beds All Indispensable artsa lP ~ ard mosquito
CUMBERLAND COAL.
y Just received by canal two oargoes of CUM
BERLAND COAL, which We will sell at the low
Al our Goals are kept upon plank floors, thereby
rendering them entirely free from earthly matter
winch o. the H'' cAssTLEMAN !1s BRo
Corner of 9th and streets,
NAV 15-aoew opposite Nationel Hotel.
from the @portsfs' large and complete stock
5: and ~asa % HOSE Ss
A Pc SG Silk e fG GS.'0n do do
DO Thread do.
Jouvin's and Beaudin's KID GLOVES.
Also, a large stock of PARASOIS, Of all quail
ties and prices, with a great variety of articles of
taste and fashion, all of which he will sell cheap for
cash. FRANK A. MCGEE,
ap 2a-eolm 244 Pa. ave.. bet. 18th and 18th SITS.
IMPORTANT TO PRINTERS.-Havin been
appointed the sole agent for the sale of Printers
Ink In the District for that old and long tried estab
hshment Of q. and II. Lghtbody, of New York. for,
h shs Collins Lightbody, am now RECEIVING and
ent grades Of Inks which shall sell at factory pri