Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1858-02-20

Containing conditions 10 be tncorporated IN IA,
contracts TO the extsnt the department. moy deem
Seven minutes are allowed to each intermediate
office, when not otherwise specified, for opening and
No pay will be made for trips not performed; and
Tor each ol such omissions not satisfactorily ex-
Quoted For srvss 50 far 6enind time az 70 e
connehlon with depending mails. and not sufficient
y excused one-iouIih of the compensation for The
trip 10 subject TO forfeiture.
Fines will be imposed, unless the delinquency be
Of postmasters: the afhdavits of other credible
persons. ior iang to arrive IN contract time; for
post othcei for suffering AZ TO be wet, injured, De-
stroy ed, robbed. or lost.
The Postmaster g eneral may annuI the contract
for repeated failures Ia run agreeaby TO contract
Tor violating the post Office laws, dsobeyIng the
charge a carrier when requested bv the Department
10 90 So for ASST nlne the ooEtract without the
persons or packages conveying mallsble matter out
The Postmaster General may order an increase Of
service route 10y allowing therefor a pro rnfI
increase on the CONTRACT pay. lie may change sc,e
dulles o departures and arrivals IN ali and par
tIcnlsrly to make them conform to conneI IONS TN
railroads, without increase Of pay, provided the run
crease OF speed. allowing, within the restrictions Of
the Jaw, pro vdta Increase of pay for the additional
ever In the case Of increase of speed reliRaui the
contract by giving prompt notice 10 the Department
eect He fostmsster General m, aso cprf, in or
discontinue the service, whole or IN part at PRO
compensation ON the amount dis pens ed with whom
ever IN hIs opinion the public interests do not re
by different grade of Transportation
Payments will be made. for the service by collec-
alter the expiration of each quarter-ssy m FebTu
airy, May, August, and November.
formation; but increased pay Will be allowed
should they greater than advertised n the points
inform taenseIres on fkts pofSf.
bldders are requested TO use, as far as practices
Depa tn,-nt, TO write out in full the sum of tbeIT
bids, and to retain copies Of them.
persons. General guarantees cannot he admitted
:, The bid should be seeded; supencribed Mail
sistsnt Postmaster General Contract Once. and
sent by NAL. not by or 10 an agent; and postmss-
kind in their quarterly returns. " my
, Inc contracts are TO be executed and returned 10
but the service must be commenced on the lei July,
or the text mail day thereafter, whether the oon-
section Is Of an act Of Congress. approved March
S845 provides that contracts for the trans porsen
bidder rendering sufficient guarantees for faIbIui
performance, without other reference tn the mole
provide for the due celebrity, certainty and seoutT
of such transportation" Under this law a new de,
entire mail each trip with CELEBRITY, CERTAINTY and
styled from the manner an which The, are DESC
mated on the books Of tue Department ssfGr 6ids'-
veyanoe OF the entire mail, hotcecsT iaTge and
nh1ierer may be the mode nseessaTy 10 ins,,, as
'eeiertfy, Ger AMY, and secNri.p'
In all cases whore the lowe grade of .e,,,oa 49,
believed tosbe sufficient, the lowest Ind will he ac
or specific bid ''
When the lowest bd 10 not a star bid. and ,,so,ss.
ellner no mode or an fHddequafe mode of convey
ancs VIII not be accepted, but set ssIde for spe
enc bid proposing the necessary service.
When the bud does not specify mode of oouyey-
ahce; Also, when n proposes To carry according 10
me advertisement but without such specification
vice.
Postmasters are to he c1reful not 20 certify the
sumclency OF guarantors sursties without know
lux tfat they persons ofsufcent responsible ity:
ana all bidders, guaTantors, and surrties are dis
tncty notified that the failure To enter into or
perform the contracts for the s-ryce proposed for
IN the accepted blds, their legal Liabilities will be en-
forced against them.
Present contractors, and persons known at the de-
partment, musf, equally with others, procure FusT
antors and oertIhcltes Of their suciency snbstant
ally IN the forms above prescribed. The Certificate.
Of sufhc ency must be signed by a post,naste, N, n
Judge Of a court Of REGARD
AARON v. BROWN,
II 4-ltWfwE PosfFDsster f.ano-.l