The Kansas herald of freedom., 1858-02-13
Forms Of Proposal, Guaranty and cerdacais.
PROPOSAL.

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Forms Of Proposal, Guaranty and certheais.
PROPOSAL.
address Is 80, county Of -, State of
United States; from july lst. lsSe to june 80
---, agreeably to the advertisement of
ls57. for the annual sum of - dollars.
Tiis proposal Is made soith fHu kRoscsa1ge of
Ne diska9ee or tie T0ute the eceiht 81 tie mai 70
10 tie rYnte and sereiee, dasd Gkso ater careful er
animation OF the Sdscs and fnstrgcfi0is tdched to
Dated '' (signedJ
The undersigned. residing at ---, State Of
--. undertake that, if the foregoing bid for
carrying the mail on route No. be accepted
by the Postmaster General, the bidder shall, pri-
required obligation. or contract, to perform the
service proposed, with good and sufficient sure
ties.
tioRs and liabilities assumed by gWGrdstors Hader
khs 2afh sectios Of tie act Of congress Of July 2d.
1885,
Dated (Signed by two gusrantors.l
CERTIFICATE.
The undersigned. postmaster at ---.
state Of -., eertites, JEpER HIS HIS OATH
guarantors. and knows them TO be men OF prop
Dated (Signed.)
Instructions.
Containing conditions to Be Incorporated IN tie
contracts to tie extent tie department may deem
proper.
l. Seven minutes are allowed to each interme-
diate office. when not otherwise specified for as
sorting the mails but on railroad and steamboat
routes there is to be no more delay than is sufi-
eient for an exchange of the mail bags.
9 On railroad and steamboat lines, and other
routes where the mode of conveyance admits of
it. the special agents of the department.. also
post Office blanks, mail bags, locks and keys, are
TO be conveyed without extra charge.
8. On railroad and steamboat lines the route
agentsof the department are to beeonTeyed with
out charge, and for their exclusive use, while
travelling with the mails, q commodious car, or
apartment in the centre of car, properly light
ed, warmed and furnished, and adapted to the
convenient separation and due security of the
mails, is to be provided by the contractor, under
the direction of the department.
Railroad and steamboat companies are re-
qnired to take the mail from, and deliver it into,
their routes, and to and from all Offices not more
than eighty rods from station or landing. Pre-
posals may be submitted for the performance of
all other side seryiee-that is. for offices over
eighty rods from a station or landing
Receipts viii be required for mail bags con-
veyed In charge of persons employed BY railroad
companies. mere Will also De way DlilS" pre-
pared by pOstmasters. or other agents of the Post
Ohlee Department. to accompany the mails spe-
cltying The number and destination of the sew
erai bags. TN the principal stage routes, like
wise, receipts will be required and way bills
forwarded; the latter to be examined by the
several postnasters, to insure regularity in the
delivery of mail bags.
4: No pay viii be made for trips not performed;
and for each OK such omission. not satisfactorily
explained, three times the pay of the trip may
be deducted. For arrivals so far behind time as
70 break competition with depending mails. and
not sufficiently excused, one e-fourth of the COM
pensation for the trip is subject to forfeiture.
Deduction will also be ordered for grade of per-
fOrmanees inferior 70 that specified in the con
tract. For repeated delinquencies of the kind
herein specified, enlarged penalties propOrti"ned
to the nature thereof and the Importance of the
mail. may be made.
5. For leaving behind or throwing off the mails,
OF any portion of them, for the admission of pas
sengers, or for being concerned in setting up or
running an express conveying intelligence in
Quoted.
6. Fines viii be imposed, unless the delinauen-
ey be promptly and satisfactorily explained By
certlhcates OF postmasters. or the aiidavits of
other credible persons, for failing to arrive in
contract time; for neglecting to take the mail
from, or deliver it into. post Office; for suffer-
ing II lowing either to the unSultabieness of the
place or manner of carrying it) to be wet, in
Jured. DESTROYED, robbed, lost; and. for refus-
ing. after demand, to convey the mail as fre-
quently as the contractor runs, or Is concerned
IN running, coach, car, or steamboat on a
route.
:. The Postmaster General may annul the con-
tract Tor repeated failures TO run agTeeably to
contract; for violating the Post Office laws, OF
disobeyiDg the instructions Of the department;
for refusing TO discharge carrier when required
oy the department to do 50; for assigning the
contract without the assent OF the Postmaster
General; for running an express aS aforesaid; or
for transporting persons or packages conveying
mailab Bile matter out of the mail.
c. The Postmaster General may order an in
crease of rRFite n. 4fIour3pu thareSor
o pro rata increase on the contract pay lie mar
change schedules of departures and arrivals In
all eases. and particularly to make them conform
to connections with railroads, without increase
Of pay, provided the running time be not
abridged. He may also order an increase of
speed, allowing, within the restrictions of the
law, pro Tdfd increase Of pay for the additional
st 1ek or carriers, if any. The contractor may,
however, in the case Of increase of speed relin-
quish the contract ey giving prompt notice to
the department that ne prefers doing so to car
rying the order into effect, The Postmaster Gen
eral may also curtaii or discontinue the service
in whole or IN part at pro rata decrease of pay
allowing one months extra compensation on the
amount dispensed with, whenever, in his opinion,
the public interests require the change, or in
ease he desires to supersede it By q different
grade Of transportation.
9. Payments will be made by collections from
or drafts on, postmasters or otherwise after the
expiration Of each quarter-say in February
Nay. August and November,
i0. The distances are given according to the
best information; but no increased pay will be
allowed should they be greater than advertised,
IT the points to be supplied be correctly stated
Bidders must INFORM tRemslres on this point;
and also in reference 10 the weight of the mail,
the condition of roads, hills, streams &c., and
all toll bridges, ferries, or distractions of any
kind by which expense may De incurred. No
claim for additional pay, based on such grounds,
can be considered; nor for alleged mistakes or
mIsapprehensions as to the degree of service:
nor for bridges destroyed, or other obstruc tions
increasing distance. occurring during the CON
tisement is issued. and also during the contract
term, are to be visited without extra pay, If the
distance is not increased.
IL. A bid received after the last day and hour
/ named, or without the guarantee required by
/ law, or that combines several routes in one sum
OF compensation, cannot be considered in COM
petition with regular proposal reasonable In
Il. Bidders should first propose for service
strictly according to the advertisement, and
vice; and ifthe regular bid be theloWest offered
for the advertised service. the other propositions
may be considered.
- There should be but one route bid for in
| u proposal.
/ IL. The route, the service, the yearly pay. the
| nams and residence ofthe bidder. THAT is his
usual post Office address, and those OF each
member of a firm, where's company offers should
/ be distinctly stated; also the mode of convex
anee, if q higher mode than horseback be intend-
ed. The words with due celebrity, certainty.
! and security inserted 70 indicate the mode OF
eonyeyanee, will constitute ..star bid. - When
star bid is intended, no specific eonveyance
must be named. But In case ter0 modes of con-
yeyanee are named et the same compensation.
| the highest or best for the service will be ta-
ken.
IS bidders are requested to use, asf far as pTae-
ticable, the printed form Of proposal furnished
b. the department, 10 write out in full the sum
/ Of their bids, and to retain copies of them.
| Altered bids shoaid not be submitted: nor
should bids once submitted be withdrawn
Each bid must be guaranteed by two response
bic persons.
tienerai guarantees cannot be admitted The
bid snd guarantee should be sfgRa1 plainly with
the full name of each person. .
The department reserves the right to reject
ans bid which may be deemed extrGyisaat: aad
slse TO disregard the bids Of failing contractors
and bidders.
rs. The bids should be sealed, sEpeFseribed
Asii Proposals. Territory Of kaasas.s address
ed Second Assistant Postmaster General, - Con-
tractors efiee. and sent b. maH, not by or 70 an
agent; and postmasters will not enclose psopo-.
sails Tor letters Of any kind, IN their quarterly