, 1858-03-05


10 the srtsHt The Impairment may think proper.
|. Seven minutes arc allowed to each intermediate
Office, when not otherwise specified, Tor asserting the
mails. .te
2. Railroad and steamboat companies are required
TO take the mail rum, and deliver u into the post OH
ces ut the and end Of their routes aud
10 and from all Offices not more than so rods from q
station landing. Proposals may be submitted for
the performance Of all the side serviee-that Is Tor
Offices over eighty rods from station or landing.
5. No pay will be made for trips not periUImedi
and for each Of such omissions not satisfactorily ex
planned, three times the pay Of the trip may be de-
Quoted. For arrivals 70 far behind time a. 10 break
connection with depending mails and not sufficiently
excused, onefourth Of the compensation Of the trip
Is subject to forfeiture. Deduction will also be or
dcred for grade Of performance Inferior to that spe
cited Ia the contract For repeated delnquencics Of
the Kind herein specified, enlarged penalties, proper
toned to the nature thereof and the importance Of
the mail, may be made.
I. For leaving behind.or throwing OF the mails, or
any portion Of them. for the admission Of passenger
or FOR being concerned IN setting up or running
press conveying intelligence In advance Of the mail
quarters pay may be deducted.
5. Fines will be imposed, unless the delinquency
be promptly aud satisfactorily explained by certih-
Gates Of postmasters the ahdavits OF other cred
BILE persons FOR falling 70 arrive IN contract time; for
neglectng T. take the mall from deliver It into
post office; for suering Il towing either 70 the insult
wet injured destroyed robbed, Or LOST and for leu.
sing after demand, TO convey the mail as frequently
tie contractor runs, or s concerned In runiIing
coach. car, or steamboat on a route.
G. The Postmaster General may anunl The contract
FOR repeated iare8 to run agreeably 70 contract; Tor
violating the post Office laws, disobeying the in
strnetions Of the department. forrefapg g discharge
carrier whoa required BY the department. 70 a AZ;
for assigning The contract without the assent 81 The
Postmaster General; for running express o. afore
said orfor Transporting person pae ascs convey
I. The Postmaster General may order an increase
Of service on route BY allowing therefor pro ala
increase on the contract pay. He may change sehod-
ues Of departures and arrivals in a cases, and par
ticularly u make them conform 70 connections with
railroads. without increase Of pay, provided Tie run
ming time be not abridged, He may also ofler an
increase Of speed, allowing within the restrictions o
the law pro rata increase Of pay for he additional
stock or carriers Il any. The contractor my. how.
ever In the of increase Of speed, renqush the
contract by giving prompt notice to The department
that he prefers doing 20 70 carrying The order into e.
feet Tie Postmaster General may also curlail or dis.
continue the service IN whole or In part a pro rata
decrease Of pay allowing one months extra compeu-
saiion on the amount dispensed with. whenever. IN
his opinion, the publlc interests do not require The
ent grade o. transportation.
g. Payments viii be made for the service by col
ect.ons from drafts postmasiers, % nthefvi-e,
after the expiration of each quartesay In February,
Nay, August and November.
o. The distances are given aecoriing 70 the best
informaiion but no increased ray VII be allowed
should they be greater than advertised " the points
70 be supplied be correctly stated. Bidders must in-
form teHsfDss on nis point; and also IN reference b
the weight Of the mall the condition Of roads, his,
streams, &C. aud all tOllbrdges, ferries, ohsiruc-
tons Of any kind by which expense may BE- inenrrcd
No claim for additional pay based on sach grounds
can be considered; nor for alleged mistakes mis-
apprchensons as 10 the degree Of service; nor fof
bdg destroyed or other distractions increasng DIS
lance occurring during the contract term. Onlcea
established after this advertisements 4 Issued. and al
during the contract term, to be visited wthOat
extra pay, II the distance be not increased.
10. a bid received amer The last day and hour pa
med, or without the guarantee required BY las. or
that combines several routes IN one of eompen-
sail0n, cannot be considered IN cnmpetlicn with .
regular prOposal reasonable In amount. " .ss
H. Bidders should nrst propose for service strict
~ according 10 the advertisement, and then, they
DESIRE separately for different service; and te reg
uar bid he the lowest offered for the advertised
Ice, the other propositions may be condderod.
II. There should be but one route bid forin pro
posal.
ls. The ronte the service The yearly pay, the
name aud residence Of the bidder, Chat Is bis usaa
post Office address) and those Of each member Of a
rm where company ofers should be distinctly ia
ted; also the mode Of conveyance, n higher mode
than horseback be Intended. The words with due
certainty and security" inserted to indiate the mode
of conveyance, will constitute "sfaT bid" When a
'star bid s intended, no specific Conveyance mnst
he named.
H. Bidders arc requested 10 use fir a. praciie-
able the printed form Of proposals. furnished hy The
department to write out IN full the Of their bids
and TO retain copies Of them.
FORM OF PROPOSAL