Arkansas true Democrat., 1859-03-23
INSPECTIONS.


 COntGining conditions to Ge iacorporated q, tIe co0
 tracts 10 lpe eTteHthe department may deem Droger l. Seven minutes are allowed to each intermeli- ate office, when not otherwise specified for asserting the mails; but on railroad and steamboat route. there is to be no more delay than Is sufficient for an exchange of the mail bags.
 ;. On railroad and steamboat lines. and other routes where the mode Of conveyance admits of it.
 the spedal agents o the department, also post office blanks, mall bags, locks and keys, to be con- veyed without extra charge.
 j. On railroad and steamboat lines the route of the department are to be conveyed without charge and lo' ther exclusive use, while travelling with the malls d cOnmOdlous car or apartment in the cen Ire Ot car, properly lighted, warmed, and furnish ed, ald addptel to the conv venent separation and due security of the mails, is to be provided by the contractor under the direction of the department Railroad and steamboat companies are required 10 take the mali rom and deliver it into the post office at the commencement and end of the routes and 70 and from all offices not more than eighty rods iroIn a station or landing. Proposals may be sulltte 'r the performance of all othei side ser Vice-tiiat Is, for offices over eighty rods from a station anding.
 Receipts will be required for mail bags conveyed m charge oi persons employed by railroad companies There will also be "way bills'' prepared by post masters, or other agents of the department to ac-
 
 tinatlon of the several bags. On the principal sage routes, hkeW sc receipts will be required and way bills lorwarded the latter to De examined by me several pOstmasers, to insure regularity in the delivery of mail bags.
 4 No pay will be made for trips not performed; al for eacI of such omissions not satisfactorily ex- piilhed three times the pay of the trip may be te- dUted. For arrivals 50 far behind time as to break cdneXon with depending mails, and not sufficient IyeNcused, one-iourth of the compensation for the trp Is subject to forfeiture Deduction will also be o4ered for grade of performance inferior to that specified m the contract. For repeated denouen- ues ol the kind herein specified enlarged penalties. p0portloned to the nature thereof and the impor- lance of the mail, may De made.
 ,. For leaving behind or throwing off the mails, any portion ot them, for the admission of passen s'ts or for being concerned ill setting up or run nnS an express conveying intelligence in advance the malls, quarters pay may be deducted.
 o Tines Will be imposed, unless the delinuuency b promptly and satisfactorily explained by certif- ctes Of postmasters or the aidavits of other cred be persons, for failing to arrive in contract time: lT heglectng to take the mail from or deliver it llto post office; for suffering it to he wet injured dastloyed robbed, lost; and for reIusing after demand, to convey the mail frequently as the con tnctor runs, or is concerned in running, a coach, cT, CT steamboat on d route
 (. The Postmaster General may annul the con lnct for repeated failures to run agreeabIv to con- tnct for violating the Post Office laws, or disobey le the instructions ot the departments; for refusing todIscharge carrier when required by the depart nnnt to do so; for running an express as aforesaid; ortor transporting persons or packages conveying iniiable matter out of tine mail.
 S. The Postmaster General may order an increase oiservice on route by allowing therefor pro rata inrease on the contract pay. He may change sdledules oi departures and arrivals in all cases, and particularly fo make them conform to connexions fth railroads, without increase of pay provided the unnlng time be not abridged. He may also order an increase ot speed, allowing, within the restric- ItionS of the law, pro rQN increase of pay for the Additional stock or carriers, if any. The contrac- tor may, however, in the case of increase of speed rehnqush the contract, by giving prompt notice to the department that he prefers doing to carving the order into effect. The Postmaster General may also curtail discontinue the service in whole or Tn part, at pro raa decrease of pay, allowing one month extra compensation on the amount dispens- cd With, whenever, in his opinion, the public inter ests require the change, in case he desires to s persede It by different grade of transportaton
 ,. Payments will be made by collections from or drafts on postmasters otherwise, after the exp- ration of each quarter-say in February, May Au- gust, and November.
 ID. The distances are given according to the best iniormatlon; but no increased pay will be allowed should they be greater than advertised if the points, to De supplied be correctly stated Bidders must in- form fhensetoes this point, and also in reference to the weight of the ma the condition of roads, hills streams etc., and all toll bridges, ferries or ohsuc uons or any klnd'by which expense may be incurred IN cialm Tor additional pay, based on such grounds can be considered; nor for alleged mistakes or mis apprehension sto the degree of service; nor for bridges destroyed ferries discontinued or other oh S~ucuons increasing distance, occurring during the ,lSI tseheht IS issued, and also during the contract teim are to be visited without extra pay, if the dis tance be not increased
 IT, A bd received after the last day and hour haeo, or without the guaranty required by law and cert1cate as to the sufiicency of such guaranty. cohhot he considered in competition with regular proposal reasonable in amount.
 l@. Bidders should first propose for service strict Y according to the advertisement, and then if they uesre, separafey for different service; and if the regular bid be the lowest offered for the advertised service. the other propositions may be considered.
 I3. here should be but one route bid for in a proposal Consolidated or combination bids (' pro- posing one sum for two or more routes'') are for bldden by law, and cannot be considered.
 IA, 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 nrm, where company offers, should be distinctly ''a'eu' aiso the mode o1 conveyance II higher mode than horseback be intended. The words with due celerity, certainty, and securty' insert ed to indicate the mode of conveyance, will con stitute star bid.' When star bid is intended. no specific conveyance must be named. But in case tco modes of conveyance are named at the same compensation, the highest or best for the service will be taken
 10. Bidders are requested to use, as far as prac- tcable the printed form of proposal furnished by the department to write out in full the sum of their iids. and to retain copies of them.
 Altered bids should not be submitted; nor should iids once submitted be withdrawn. No withdrawal oi bidder guarantor will be allowed unless dated and received before the last day for receiving pro-