Arkansas true Democrat., 1859-03-30
RESTRICTIONS

L0RtGmng con HiaiOas tD 6e incOrglrafc7 ig t5e c7o
 tTacts 70 q" cr.eatdte department may aeegl lr0Der
 l. Seven minutes lre u!IoWei u each iuterlao ii ate ohlce whenIiJt UtAetU .se s3etAe4 .sYI " 'he MI.la; but on ril.rJIu aA4 sto.,inpJlt routes there Is tJ h" mo more ucldy than is tj,ut o. an exchange OI the mti pl les.
 :. OH rdl.roll aid s.etm5oat lines, and other routes "leie tAe IuJ.c Ji cJl!,u,ilIce .IpI, ot IL 'ie ere' agents oi t.e Ie ,4ry44t, a s1 post u.,. b"hh7, ih+A base, iye.s auI hys 5, lire t1 be con FeteI without extra e.Aa.-e.
 z. OAEuifoau 4ll4 ste4niDJat lines tAeroutc agents nl tAe1e .tmeht Ire to Ue cJiyty el wItAyGtcu44e;
 4id -or oleir exclusive Use, Wc tr4ve.nugW N t! .,t m4iis, cumnIylIOus clr, or apartment iu tie ue.i- Ire oi car iropery IGuJeI, ".,rne4, anu urlisil- ed' 4Ad adlpteI tJ the cOnienient se 5arItiUn and uut security q tie mAils, be provided by the cohjr~csor, undef the direction of the department
 htToaG anu steamboat com Iau.es aYe require . 10 tdhe the mall rom and dehyer 1t into tie post ohice 't the commencement and end oI the routes ald to ana from ai offices not more than eghsy roas from StLtOn or landing prouoslls n,ay he sabAiitel Or tlle performance of ali Other side Ser NIce-tAat IS, for offices over eirhtv rods from q statiOn or lanlng.
 Re1eita wli De required for mail bags conveyed li chlI5e oi persons employ yeI by rr Jaa clmtaries lnefe "lII also be "Way bus'' prepared bt Do.t- Maslcis' ol other agents Of tile department to ac- company tie mails, specifying the number and le.- hn~uoh ot the several btgs. On tne rrucjnI sISe ioUtes likewise, rcce pts will be re luirel and VA "l'a IoiWar-el; tIe latter to be cXaIalhg4 ly 'Ae several lostmasteT9, to insure regularity iii tlie uciNerN ui man bags.
 I. No IAy "ll Dc made for trips not performed: tud Tor efth Of suc omissions not satisfactorily ex- p't'Hed l-ree tune, tue uav of the trp may bc 0e- uHctet. IOr aalyais eo ArbehiHd time a. to bre K cohneAlon With GegcAviA1 ulls. and uot sufficient y cAt4.el, oAeiourth ul the conn eu-lt. jn Iur tAe tfiF ia suDect to forfeiture. Deduction Will also be or-t.ci iur grade 0r performance interior to that sc-ihed M tAe contract For rcpelte dc.iu4ueu- cieS oi 'le A'nd herein specific enlarged penalties poPOrtloncI ~ tEe natlre tIereol aill the ,luuoI- ttiAee oi the mall, may be ml,e.
 ,. For ieNmg beAind or throwing off the mails. OF any portion oi tnctn i0r the admission o4 sseu- FeFs' or Tor beng c3ncerel in setting ID o. run mug an express conveying intelligence in advance "i the mhis, quartet', pay my be deducted.
 Q. mes wiil be imposed. unless the deuQucncy De promptly and satisfactorily explained by cerih- cltes oI postmastes tue auidayts ol other creli- be persons, for falling 10 arrive in contract time. Tor heEiectlnS to take the mall from Or deliver 1t mic pos; ohce; for suffering it to be wet. nil.reI nestrolei, robbed, or lo~t and for refusing, after Gemlld, 10 convey the mai frequently as the con tractor runs, or ls concerned in running. q coach car, or steamboat on a route.
 (. me Postmaster General may annu the con tract for repeated failures t0 run agreelbv o con tract for violating the Post Ohge Jws, or disobev- hS the instructions o4 tte department; for refusing 10 uschAfge clrHcr when requre by tie ucpart- met to do So; for raining an express aforesaid; OF ior transporting persons or packages conveying naab.e matter out of the mail.
 g. The Postmaster General may order an increase nt service on route by allowing therefor Fro rafd increase on the contract pay. He may change schedules of departures anu arrivals in all cases and particularly to make them conform to connexions with railroads, without increase of paw provided the running time be not abriOgel. He miy also order an increase of speel, allowing, within the restrc- ilons oi the Inv, ITO ra& increase of nay for the additional stock or carriers. if any. The contrac- LOT my, however, m the clse of increase of speed relinqush the contract, by giving prompt notice to the department that he prefers doing so to ca1yinc the order into effect The Postmaster General may also curta or discontinue the service, in whole or III part, at pr0 TdtG decrease of pay, allowing one months extra compensation On the amount aspens- cd with, whenever, in his opinion, 5he public inter ests require tine change, or i'll he desires 50 su persede It by different grade of transDortation
 J. Payments will be made by collections from or drafts on postmastefs, otherwise, after the exD ration of each quarter-3ay in February, May Au- gust, and November
 ID. The distances are given according to the best ln!ormltion; but no increased pay will be allowed should they be greater than advertised if the points, to be supplied be correctly stated. Biddera must a- ''''c1to oft hftS pOLht, dli dSO ID feiefeDcc 70 the Weght oI the mli the condition oi roaus, hlils streams, etc., and all toll bridges ferries or obsruc uohs or any Kind by which expense may be incure !. NO cialm for additional pay, based on such grounds can De colsl0ered; nor Tor alleged mistakes or mis- apprehension as to the degree Of service; nor for pruSes destroyed. ferries discontinued or other ob strucuons mere sing distance occurring during the contract term. Offices established after this adyer tisement IS issued, and also during the contract term, are to be visited without extra paw if the dis lance be not increased
 IT, A bid received after the last day and hour named or without the guaranty required by law and certihcate IS to the sulfciencv of such guaranty connot De considered in competition with a regular proposal reasonable in amount
 l2. Bidders should first pronose for service strict Y according to the advertisement, and then if they desire, se0draely for different service; and if tie regular bid be the lowest offered for the advertised service, the other propositions may be considered.
 F. There should be but one route bid for ill proposal. Consolidated or combination bids (..pro- posing one sum for two or more routes'') are for bidden by law, and cannot be considered.
 IA. The route, the service, the yearly pay. the name and residence of the bidder that is his usual post office address,) and those of each member of firm. where company offers, should be distinctly stated: also the mode of conveyance, if higher mode than horseback be intsnded. The words "with due ceerity, certainty, and security, insert cd to indicate the mode of conveyance, will con sttute 6 star 6id.' When star bid is intended. no specific conveyance must be named. But in case tro modes of conveyance are named at the same compensation, the highest or best for the service will be taken.
 l5. Bidders are requested to use, as far as prac- ticabe, the printed form of proposal furnished by The department, to write out in full the sum of their bids, and to retain copies of them.
 Altered bids should not be submitted; nor should lhds once submitted be withdrawn. No withdrawal of bidder guarantor will be allowed unless dated