, 1859-01-07
Arrive a 81 Paul In IS days;
Leave s.. Paul on the lst and 18th Of each
mouth;
Arrive al Seattle In IS days.
INSTRUCTIONS.

INSTRUCTIONS,
Coiaiaiag e0adiiioas 10 BE- snbraosd in s contracts
% tks sTfeni tAs Department may deem proper.
l. No pay will be made for the trips not perfounod;
and for each Of such omissions not satisfactorily eN
planned three times the pay Of the trip may be de
Quoted. For arrivals ~ far behind time u break
connection with depending mails. and not sufficiently
excused onefOurth OF the compensation for the trp
Is subject b forfeiture Deduction will also be ordered
for grade Of performance Inferior n that specified
In the contract For repeated delnquencies Of the
kind herein specified enlarged penalties proportional
10 the nature thereof and the importance Of the mail
may be made
4 For leaving behind or throwing Cd the mails OF
any portion Of them for the admission of passenger
or for being concerned in setting up or running an
express conveying intelligence In advance Of the
mail, quarters pay may be deducted
3 Fines will be imposed. unless the delinquency be
promptly and satisfactorily explained by certificates
Of pO,tmasters or the adavts Of other credible per
sons for falling 70 arrive In contract time for neg
ecting 10 take the mail from or deliver It INTO post
once; and for suffering It lowing either to the un-
snitaleness Of the place manner Of carrying t 10
be wet, injured, destroyed, robbed, or lost.
{. The Postmaster General may annul the contract
for repeated iaues 10 agreeably 70 contract for
violating the post once laws, dis0beying the in
struoiions Of the department. for refusing 10 discharge
carrier when required by the department 70 do 20
for assigning the contract without the assent Of the
Postmaster General; for running an express; or for
transporting persons OF packages conveying maiable
s. The Postmaster General may order an increase
Of service route by allowing therefor pro rata
increase on the contract pay. He may change sehed
ues Of departures and arrivals without increase Of
pay, provided the running time be not abridged. He
may also eurtail discontinue the service. in whole
or In part at pro rata decrease Of pay, allowing one
months extra compensation on the amount dispensed
with, whenever in his opinion the public interests do
not require the same, or 10 case he desires 10 super
sede Il by different grade Of transportation.
6. Payments will be made for the service BY collee-
The expiration Of each quarter-say in February May
August, and November.
]. The distances are given according to the best In
formation; but no increased pay will be allowed
should they be greater than advertised u the points
70 be supplied be correctly stated Bidders must in
form eMseires lis point; and also In reference 70
the weight Of the mall, the condition Of roads, hills,
streams, &C., and all tollbrdges ferries, obstrue
tons Of any kind BY which expense may be incurred.
No claim FOR additional pay based on such grounds
can be considered; for alleged mistakes misap
prehensions a. TO the degree Of services; nor for
bridges destroyed or other distinctions increasing
distance, occurring during the contract time. 0fces
establs he'd after this ADVERTISEMENTS ssued and also
during the contract term, are 10 be visited without
extra pay, u the distance be not increased.
s. The route. the SERVICE the yearly pay, the name
and residence Of the bidder hat is his usual post
oliee address, and those Of each member Of firm
where company Offers should be distinctly stated;
also the mode Of conveyance, II higher mode than
horse back be intended. The words " with due ce-
lerty certainty, and security" inserted to indicate
the mode Of conveyance will constitute star bid. >.
When star bid" Il intended no specific conveyance
must be named.
FORM OF PROPOSALS.
L. -, county Of -, State (orI
ne US.a se ron e. m Of SG1y'y yoy s5S %' To gsSs
30, 1861 on route No. -, from - to -,
agreeably TO the advertisement Of the Postmaster
General dated 18th Of October 1855 and by the fol
lowing mode Of conveyance, viz:
This proposal - made soith fiR knO,riedgs of the
distance Of s route, the Deight Of The mail 70 Be
ed and all ether particulars IN TeTtnce 10 fhe route
and ssTvies and alpo after careful examination Of the
a'es and nst'eticns attached 10 The advsTtissmeRi
(Dated) (Signed)
The undersigned, residing at -, State Tor Ter
itOry) Of -, undertake that, II the foregoing bid
for carrying the mail on route No. - be accepted
by The Postmaster General, the bidder shall prior 10
the lst day Of July 1859, enter into the required ob
gation or contract 70 perform the service proposed
with good and sufhcient sureties.
Tbs ire do, undersiaading dstinety hs obligations
and liabilities assunled By guGrantOrs under the 27h
section Of the act Of Congress Of July 2, 1885.
Oated) (slgned BY two guarantors)
CERTIFICATE
The undersigned, postmaster Of -, State Tor
Territory Of -, eertihes, under his oath Of office
that he Is acquainted with the above zuArantors and
knOws them to be men Of property, and able to make
good the guarantee.
| (Dated) (Signed)
o. The BID should be sealed; saperscribed " Mail
Proposals, Territory Of -" addressed Second
Assistant Postmaster General" Contract Office and
sent by mail not BY or to an agent; and postmasters
Will not enclose proposals Tor letters OF any kind) In
their quarterly returns.
10. The contracts are TO be executed and returned
10 the Department BY before the lst Of July 1859
but the service must be commenced on that date
whether the contracts be executed or not
A. V. BROWN,
Postmasier General.
Posr 0EFoE DEPARTMENT,
October Is, 1858. AVA