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 FORMS OF PROPOSAL, GUARANTY. AND
 CERTIFICATE.
 PROPOSAL.
 a, me u9defsgned- ---whose post office address is, of the United sare from July 1858 to Jone So s on onte No, hetween-and-agreea to the a,, er,is. ment of the Postmaster General dated December B. Is Tor The annual sun of -- dollars
 ms proposal made with full knowledge of the distance or the oue ihe weight of the to be carried and all oiher particulars in reeren and service and also aer careful of the laws and ;ns,nc o attached to the advertisement.
 Dated (signed) The undersigned, residing at - State or undertake that fhe foregoing bd carving the mail on to9e N9' be accepted by the Postmaster Genera the bidder shall prior the day August c59 enter into the required obligation, contract, perform the service proposed with good and sufficient sureties
 " uo unaers' landing distinctly the obligations and assumed by guarantos under the 27t6 section of the naoa9 act Gf Congress of July 2 le35.
 Dated (sgned Oy two guarantors.)
 CERTIFICATE.
 The undersigned postmaster at -, State of cerile' unde his oath of oifce that he acquainted with the above guarantos and knows be men of Dated fsisrad,
 INSTRUCTIONS
 Containing conditions to be incorporated in the contracts to
 the extent the department may deem proper
 l. Seven minutes allowed intermediate office when not otherwise specified for asserting mails but on railroad and steamboat there TO more delay than IS suifc'en for an exchange mail hags.
 9 On raroad and ues an othef routes where the mode Of It. the special agents of the department post office blanks mail bag> loeks and Keys, are 10 be conveyed without extra charge.
 j. On railroad and teamboa Ines the ageats of the department be conveyed without a, and f, ba eAcusiNe nSe, "he aveng with the maIls, cumnodious car, or apartment the of car, properly lighted warmed and urnshed and adapted sepa raon and due security of the mas be pro the contractor, under the direction Of the department.
 faT3ad and steamboat companie, required to take from dat tho commencement and end of her rones, and from all offices not more han erghty rods from landing fropo as may be submitted for the all othe or landing.
 Receipts will be required mail bags conveyed in charge Of persons employed by IrOad companies, There will De wa! bls prepared by postnasers, other agents me fo ohce Department. to accompany the mails, speci- Hs .ne number and des nation of the several bags, On the principal stage ties, kewlse recep will be Iequred ana way 'lis forwarded; the latter to be by l mali bags.
 No pay will be made for trips not perormed for each oi such omissions satisfactorily explained three tmes the pay ol the trip may be deducted For so tar henind time break depending mal. anu not sufficiently excused, fourth of he compen Tor the tp ublect to forfeiture Deduction will also be defed tor grade of performance inferior thai specified the contract For delinouencle of the ind beren specified enlarged penalties, popUrtoned to the nature thereof and the importance of the mall may be made
 D. to leaving behind throwing off the mails, or any portion of them, for the admso of or for be- Ing concerned in setting runung express ing m elhgenee Tn advance of the ma quarters pay deduced.
 t. Fines w be imposed, uness the delinquency be prompt y and satisfactorily expuiued by certificates of or the atdass of other credible persons, for ang Tn contract time for negeotng take the ma1om or de- liver Il nio post offices for suffering towing either the of the place of carrying m be wet njued destroy ed robbed lost; and tor refusing after demand, convey the mail frequently as the con. tractor runs, concerned running coach car or steamboat a route.
 T The Postmaster General may the contract for re. failures to agreeaby contract violating the Post oce laws or dsobey ing the instructions of the par'ment; for refusing discharge a when required by the department to do so, for assigning the with ou he seht o the Postmaster benera for press aoresad; for transporting persons or conveying mailabe matter of the mail. D. The Postmaster Generamay order increase of ser. wee on route by allowing therefor pro on the contract pay lie may change schedules of departures and as all to make them con- form to connexions with railroads without increase Of pay pr vided u running time be abridged. He may also order increase of speed, allowing within the ot the law rata of for the additional of carriers if The may, however, the case of increase of speed enqush the by giving prompt notce to the department that he prefers dong carrying the order into effect The Postmaster General nay also curta discontinue the whole part at pro raa decrease of allowing months pensaen on the amount dispensed wh Shene, er m his opinion, he public interests require the change n ease he deshes to snpercede by different grade ' a!ehts "l oe maae ol collections from, or drafts on, postmasefs, otherwise after the each 4uarter-sa in February, May, August and November
 le The distances gwen according ntor na. tIon but no increased will be allowed should they be greater than advertised f he points to be supplied cor Iecty sated BdderS aust tnJorm hemse tis point and also reference the weight of mail the cond,n or roads, nils, stfeam and all toll bridges obstrucuons of kind which expenses may oe No claim for additional pay based grounds can be cons deed; nor for alleged mistake to aeeee or servce nor Tor bridges destroyed her ob stuctions increasng distance occurring dn ng the tract term Offices established after tbs adv enent issued, and also during without extra pay, if tine distance he increased. H. bid received after the last day named without the required by that combines veGa routes of cannot be consd. cred Tn competition with regular proposal reasonable in amount
 l2 Bidders should first propose for service strictly accord ing to the advertisements and then if they desre separate ly different vice. ana if the regular bid he he nwe oHeed or the advertised the other propositions be considered
 I3 There should be but one route bid for in poposal
 H. The ronte the the yearly the name and residence of the bIdder lthat is his usual post office ad dess and those of each member of firm, where com pany offers, should he distinctly sated also the mode of conveyance, if higher mode than horseback be intended The words with due ceery, certainty aud security" Inserted 10 Indicate the mode of will star 6td When star bid is intended no specific con vey anee must be named But in mode convey best for the service will be taken.
 o Bidders are fequesed to use, far practicable the Ph'eo oi oi proposal furnished by the department, or them.
 Aieed bids should be submitted should bids submitted be withdrawn.
 Each bd must be guarantied by responsible persons Ueneral guarantees cannot be admitted. The bid and should be signed plainly with the full name of each person.
 The department reserves right reject any bid which may be deemed and also disregard the bids l of iaiilng contractors and bidders
 l6 The bd shou d be sealed, superscbed Maj F.opo sas, State of -" addressed Second Assistant Post General" Contract Office, and sent by ma not by agent; and postmasters will not enclose proposals GOT letters of any kind) in thelr quarterly returns IT, The be executed and returned to the department by before the lst day of August S5e but be the lst July preceding or the after that date, whether the be exc No propositions to transfer will be the executed and received at the ment; and then transfer will be allowed un es good and sufficient reasons therefor gven by department In all cases the retiring contractor will qured become of the on the ne contract
 e Postmasters at offices or near railroads than eighty rods from asiaon will immediate afier the 3ls of March next, report tbeir distance from the nearest station, and how they otherwise supplied with the mail, to enaOle the Postmaster General direct mail messenger supply from the Ist of July next. I9 Section IS of of Ingess, approved March