Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1858-02-22
INSTRUCTIONS

Containing conditions 10 Be Incorporated In "a,
contracts 10 fts ertssf fAs department. mag Deem
Seven minutes allowed to each intermediate
ofos, when not otherwise specified, for openln M and
No pay will be made for trips not performed; and
for each of such omiss not sat-. factorllS eX
Quoted For arrivals SO far 6snd imp s 70 y
oouneIlon with depending RAILS. and gu m Gent
excused, on,ci4GI. OF the compensation for The
Fines viii be imposed. unless the delinquency he
81 pSstinas or the adavit. IF otheT diSs
persons for fang to arrive in contract time; for
post oiheej for suffering 1t to he wet, injured. de
The Postmaster GENERAL may annul the Contract
Tor repeated failures to run agreesby 10 contract
Tor violating ne Po;t ntee lsss or dsobeyIng the
charge a carrier when requested bS the Department
to DO 80; Tor sssgnns tns contract without the
persons or packages conveying maIRble matter out
The Postmaster General may order an increase of
service service On route 0y SLOWING therefor pro rafd
dulles Of departures and arrivals in ali casas s1d
tculaTiy 10 make them CONFORM to coBnex ions n
ming time be not abridged He may also order an in
crease of speed allowing, within the restrictions Of
the Jaw, PRO rGfI Increase OF for the
stock or carriers, # any. The contra ctor NAV how
ever, In the csse of increase Of speed renauis the
contract by giving prompt notice To the Departmeut
that he prefers doug so To carving the order M,
effect The Postmaster eneTal usy also ourfaii or
discontinue the service, whole or In part al pro
rata decrease oI pay, allowing one month's estra
compensation on the anloaut speExed with when
CURE the same, he desires TO super,eds AZ
BY different grade of transportation.
Paymsnts will be made for the service by colieo-
lions from, or drafts on, postmasters or otherwise
alter the ex PIrsion of each quSrter-sSy IA Febru-
AIRY, May, Aus gust, and November.
The distances are gwen according 70 the best in
formation hut n" increased pay VIII De allowed
to be supplied he correctly stated. Bidder, yassf
iHIoIn lhemss!res OH Ihts pOiAt.
Bidders are requested To use as far as practioa-
bic, the printed form OF proposals. furnished Low the
Department, to write out IN full the sum of their
bids, and TO retain c"pies OF them.
Each bid must be sGaTantIed 10y two Tespons bic
persons. General guarantees cannot be admitted
Proposals, State OF - addressed Second A.
sIstsnt Postmaster General. Contract Onioe and
sent by ma not by or To an agent; and BosfmsS-
tiers will pot enclose proposals tor letters of an,
kid In their quarterly returns.
The contracts are To De executed and returned 20
the Department by or before the LIST of August Lss
but the service must be commenced the Ist July,
or the Lext mail day thereafter, whether the oon
tracts be executed or not.
.. ctIon Is Of an act of Congress, approved March
l3%5 provides that contracts for the ne
OF the mail shall be let I'm every the lowest
bidder rendering sufficient Tor faithful
performance, without other reference To the moda
OF such Transportation than may be necessary IL
pfovlse tor the due eeeDty, certainty and security
scrption Of bid has been received % does moi sns
city mode of conveyance, bat engages TO take the
security using the terms Of the law. These BIDS
are sty from the manner IN which they are d.sig-
mated on the books OF the Department, "std, B,6,
and they will be construed providing for the eo1
vcy tnce oil the entire mail, kOIc,rsT lar, ara
tchdferer may Be the mode s,oessdry 10 an ,s
ce1ertfy, esTEdta n, and security"
20 all cases whore the lowe grade of ,ervica a
believed tosbe sufholent, the lowest bSvilI ba Sc
cseted n duy guaranteed, la preference TO a "stGy,
When the lowest bid 10 not a star bad and specific.
ether ao mode or an tnddeqHdts mode of coDyey-
amos u viii not he accepted, hut set aside for A ne
enc DAD proposing The necessary service
w men the Did does not specify . mode of oonys, TO-
snce; Also when Il proposes oarry .'sccordlng IL
the advertisement" but without such speciioafIon
vice. ~ " eoi
Postmasters sre to I've c'reful not 20 certify thu
sumcieiicy OF guarhntors ar sUretes without KNOW
ing " at they are persons of surcient i IN.
aho All bidders, guaTantors, and suretIes are dis
tnctly notified that, the failure enter into or
perform the contracts for the service proposed for
IN the accepted hds, their legal liabilities will be en-
forced against them.
Present contractors. and persons known M ths d.
partment, mus, equally with Others, procDre gnar
antors and certificates Of their sufciency suhsfsn
all IN the forms above prescribed. The certibcsfs.
Of sufic ency must be signed by a postms star or
judge of q court Of record VI
AARON v.BROwN.
Ie N-lsM4MI PoStmNster General
nRlGHrLf'S ANALYTICAL DIGEST oP
~ the Laws OF the United States from The Con
constitution up To the end OF the Thirty fourth
"The text given in the words OF the stain. hoo.
the matter arranged alphabetically and snslyt,,
, And the notes include the deoi.,ion, of all a..
courts, both state and Federal in which The 60.