Arkansas true Democrat., 1859-03-16
INSPECTIONS.
Contdin'Rg conditions to be incorporated in the con tracts 10 tle ereidtte department aiaij deen groDer

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 l. Seven minutes are ailowel to each intermedi- ate olhce, when not otherwise specified for asserting the mails; but on railroad and steamboat routes there Is tO bc nO delay than is sufficient for an exchange Of the mail bags
 /. On railroad and steamboat lines, and other routes where the mode ot cony eyance admits oI it. the special agents of the department, also post office blanks, mali bags, locks and keys are to be con- NeNed without extra charge.
 l. On railroad ana steamboat lines the route agents oi tle department to be conveyed without charge; ana Tor tAeIr exclusive use, while travelling with tie lhdiis, d collmodOus Car, or apartment i'll the cen Ire oi d ear, properly lighted, warmed, and furnish eu, and adapted to the conl enient separation and que security Ol the mails. Is to be provided bv the | contractor under the direction of the department Railroad and steamboat companies are required to take the mail from and deliver it into the post OElce at the commencement and end of the routes | anu to and rom all offices not more than eighty rods rom station pr landing Proposals may De submitted for the performance of all other side ser Nlce-that k, for offices over eighty rods from station or landing.
 Receipts will De required for mail bags conveyed m charge ot persons employeI by railroad companies lhere will also be way bills' prepared by post masters, or other agents of the department to ac- company the mails specifying the number and des- tmatIon oi the several bags. On the principal stage routes likewise, receipts will be requliei and way biiIs iorWarue1; the latter to be examined by the several pOstn.asters, to insure regularity in the delivery Oi mail bags.
 + N pay will De made for trips not performed; ; and Tor elci oi such omissions not satisfactorily ex- plalned three times the pay of the trip may be de- ducted. For arrivals 90 lar behind time as to break | cohheAoh with depending mails, and not sufficient
 Y excused, one fourth ol the compensation for the
 trip IS subject to forfeiture. Deduction will also be ordered for grade of performance inferior to that 1 specified in the contract. For repeated dclinquen- cies 0i the klnd herein specified enlarged penalties | moporuonel to the nature thereof and the mpor- tance of the mail, may be made.
 ,. Tor leaving behind or throwing off the mails or any portion o them for the admission of passen- | gers or for being concerned in setting up or run mns an express conveying intelligence in advance oi tne inliIs, quarters pay may be deducted. b. Fnes will be imposed, unless the delinquency be promptly and satisfactorily explained by certih- cates ol postmasters the ailidays of other cred ble persons, for failing to arrive in contract time; | for neglcctlng to take the mail from or deliver it into post office; for suffering it to be wet, injured destroyed, robbed or lost; and for refusing after demand, to convey the mail frequently as the con | tractor runs, or Is concerned in running, coach. car, steamboat on a route.
 | |. The Postmaster General may annul the con tract for repeated failures to agleeably to con tract; for violating the Post Office laws or disobey
 ing the instructions of the department; for refusing to discharge d carrier when required by the depart ment to do so; for runnlng an express as aforesaid; | or for transporting persons or packages conveying mailabe matter out of the mail.
 | $. The Postmaster General may order an increase Of service on route by allowing thereora pro rata l increase on the contract pav He may change schedules of departures and arrivals in all cases and particularly to make them conform to connexions with railroads without increase of pav provided the running time be not abridged He may also order an increase of speed, allowing. within the resric- tons Of the law, pro rdu increase of pay for the additional stock or carriers, if any. The contrac- tor may however, in the case of increase of sneed relnquish the contract, by giving prompt notice to tine department that he prefers doing so to carving the order into effect. The Postmaster General may also crtal or discontinue the service, ill whole or in part, at pro ra'd decrease of pay, allowing one months extra compensation on the amount dispens- ed with, whenever, in his opinion. the public inter ests require the change, or ill he desires to s l persede 1t by different grade of transportation. | J. Payments will be made by collections from or drafts on postmasters or otherwise, after the expi- ration oi each quarter-say in February, May, Au- gust, and November.
 l0 The distances are given according to tine best | Information; but no increased pay will be allowed should they be greater than advertised if the points, to be supplied be correctly stated. BiddeYs nlgst iR- lorm Menseces on Hs yoim, and also ill reference to the weght of the mail, the condition of roads, hills streams, etc., ad all 0ll-biGges ferries OF obstruc- tons of any kind by which expense may be incurred No claim for additional pay, based such grounds, can De consiGered; nor for alleged mistakes or ms- apprehension as to the degree ot service: nor for bridges destroyed, ferries discontinued or other ob- structions increasing distance, occurring during the contract term. Oces established after this adver- tlsement Is lssued and also during the contract term, are to be visited without extra paw if the dis tance be net increased.
 II. A bid received after the last day and hour named or without the guaranty required by law and certificate as to the suiiicency of such guaranty. connot be considered in competition with a regular | proposal reasonable i'll amount.
 l2. Bidders should first pronose for service strict ly according to the advertisement. and then if they desire separately for different service: and if the rcgutdr bid be the lowest offered for the advertised service, the other propositions may be considered | Is. There should be but one route bid for in n proposal. Consolidated or combination bids (s. nro- posing one sum for two or more routes'') are for bldden by law, and cannot be considered | A. The route, the service the yearly pay the name and residence of the bidder, (that s his usual post office address,) and those of each member of a firm, where company offers, should be distinctly stated; also the mode of conveyance, if higher mode than horseback be intended. The words
 with due ceerty, certainty and securty.'' insert ed to indicate the mode of conveyance will con- stitute ''s star bid'' When starbid is intended no specific conveyance must be named. But in case tpo modes of conveyance are named at the same compensation, the highest or best for the service will be taken.
 io Bidders are requested to use, as far as prac- ucaoie, the printed form of proposal furnished by the department, to write out in full the sum of their ilos and to retain copies of them
 Altered bids should not be submitted: nor should blds once submitted be withdrawn. No withdrawal oi bidder or gnarantor will be allowed unless dated and received before the last day for receiving pro- posals.