Nebraska advertiser., 1862-02-13
Containing conditions to Be Incorporated
IN the CONTRACTS 10 tie extent Tie de-
11rfme0f man dem DrOper.

PdTtment mag DEEM proper.
/. Seven minutes are allowed 70 ssca inssrEs4i-
ate Office, when not otherwise specified, for assert
ing the mails; but on railroad and teamb1ntr outcs
there is to be no more delay than i suHo5ent for an
/ exchange Of the mail bags.
2 On railroad and stssmboat lines. and other
routes where the mode Of Conveyance admits Of H.,
! the special agents Of the Post Omcs D-cpar1nenA.H a.
50 post Office blanks, mal bays, iooks, and keys, alo
to be conveyed without extra charge.
3. On railroad and steamboat lines the route
agents Of the department, also tie British and Can
, ada mails when offered, and The agents Rccompany4
igg them, are 70 be conveyed without charge and
for their exclusive use, while travelling With tho
mails, a eommOdius car, or department. in the centre ef
q car, properly lighted, warmed, aRd furnished, and
adapted to the convenient separation and due sscu-
rity Of the mails. is 70 DO provided By tbs contractor,
under the direction Of the department.
Railroad and steamboat Companies ere required TO
take the mail from and deliver il into the post oGces
at the commencement and end Of their roates, and
TO and from All Offices not more than eighty rods from
: station or landing. Proposals may be sAbuitted
for the performance Of all other side seTTiee-bas
il, for Offices over eighty rods from q station 0r
landing.
Receipts will be required Cor nal bags conveyed
in charge Of persons employed BY railroad ooETa-
MES. There will also be sway bills" prepared b
postmasters, % other agents Of the department, u
accompany the mails, specifying the numbsg ana
destination Of the several bags. On the pTin5ipal
stage routes, likewise, receipts viii be required ana
way bills forwarded the latter 70 be examined By
the several pOstmasteEsi 10 iLsuro regularity in tho
delivery Of mail bags.
4. No pay viii be made for trips not performed;
and for reach of such omissions not satisfactorily ex-
planned, three times the pay 81 tho trip may b. d.
Quoted. For arrivals so far behind time as 70 break
connection with depending mails, and not sufficiently
excused, one fourth CT the compensation for the trip
is subject to forfeiture. Deduction will also be err
dered for q grade Of performance inferior b that
specified in the contract. For repeated delinquen.
eies Of the kind herein specified, enlarged penalties,
propOrtiOned TO the nature thereof and tho import
ance Of the mail, may be made.
5, For leaving behind, or throuingof the mails, ar
any portion Of them, for the admission Of pssssn-
gers. or for being concerned in setting up or running
an express conveying intelligence in adTaRos Of th0
mail, q quarters pay may be deducted.
8. Fines will be imposed, unless tho delinquency
be promptly and satisfactorily explained By eertiG-
Gates Of postmaters or the afidAvits of other Oredibl0
persons, for failing TO arrive in contract time for
Beglecting to take the mail iron or deliver it into =
post Office; for suffering it TO b vet, injured. des-
trOyed, robbed, or lost and for refusing. after de-
nand, TO convey the mail as froqueutly as tho eos
tractor runs, or is concerned in running, q eOaoh, car,
or steamboat on the route.
z, The Postmaster General map annul ths coz
tract for repeated failures to run Rgrseably 70 con
tract for violating the post ofice law, or dis0boy-
ing the instructions Of the department FOR refrzing
to discharge a carrier when required By the depart
ment to do SO for running IN express as aforesaid
or for transporting persons or packages conveying
nailable matter out Of the mail.
8. The Postmaster Genef Il may order an Increase
Of service on a route by allowing therefor u rorots
increase on the contract pay. he may chang5
schedules of departures and arrivals IL al cases, and
particularly to make them conform 20 connections
with railroads, without increase Of pay, provided
the running time be not abridged. lie may also Or
der an increase Of speed, SLOWING, within TIA re-
~strietiOns Of the law, a pro rata increase Of pay Tor
the additional stock or carriers, if any. Tho con-
tractor may, however, in the case II increase e
speed, relinquish the contract, By giving prOmpt no.
tice 10 the department thai ho prefers doing 20 20
carrying the order into effect. The Postmaster Cen
eral may also eurtail or discontinue the sasVic8 Ga
whole or in part, at pro rata decrease Of pay, allow
ing one months extra compensation on tho amOCns
dispensed with, whenever, in his opinion, the public
the public interest require the change, or in case BIO
desires to supercedei it by a di8ersRt grade Of trans
p~ortatiOn.
9. Payments will be made By collections from o.
drafts on postmasters, or otherwise, after the ezpirs-
tion Of each quarter-say, in February, May. Au-
gust, and November.
10. The distances are given according 10 the best
information; but no increased pay viii be allowed
should the points be grester than advertised, II tho
points to be supplied be correctly stated. Bidders.
must inform themsslUes on his point and also il
reference to the weight Of Inc mail, the eoRditiou 0f
roads, hills, streams, &c, ard all ton bridges, ferries,
or distractions Ofany kind by which expenIe may
be incurred. No claim for additional pay, based on
such ground, can be considered nor for alleged mis-
takes OF misapprehensiOn a. to the degree o~fseFViOo ;
nor for bridges destroyed, ferries discontinued, or
other distractions increasing distance, occurring d.
ring the contract term. Offices established after thla
advertisement is issued, and also daring The contncs
term, are to be visited without extra pay, 1.-THE dis
lance be not increased.
IL. A bid received after tho last day and hour
named, or without the guarantee required By law
and a certificate as 70 the saficiency Of such guafnn-
tee, cannot be considered in competition With q regu-
lar proposal reasonable j nGmount.
II. Bidders should first propose fnr service strictly
according to the advertisement, and then, If they.
desire, separately for different service and if the
regular bid be the lowest offered for the advertised
service, the other propositions may be considered.
Is. There should be bat one route BID for Ia q
proposal. Consolidated or combination bids pro-
posing one sum for two or more routes" are forbid
den by law, and cannot be considered.
IA. The route, the service, the yearly pay, tbs
name and residence Of the bidder, (thati is bis usual
post Office address, and those Of each membar Of
q firm, where a company oilers, sh6ald be distinctly
stated.
Is. Bidders are requested to use, as far a. pracii-
cable, the printed form Of proposal fuFniFhei By tho
department, to write outin full the san Of their
bids, and to retain copies Of them.A
Altered bids should not be submitted nor should
bids once submitted be Withdrawn. No withdrawal
Of a bidder OF guarnntOr will be allowed unless dated
and received before the last day for resolving pro
pOsals.
Eeaen Du musb DC BueEAntee4 " Two teSfOno1Sfo
persons.
General guarantees cannot DO admitted. The bid
and guarantees should be sigEed plainly with the
full mama Of each person.
The department reserves the right 10 reject any
bid WhicL may be deemed extravagant, and also 20
disregard the bids Of failing contractors and biddeE.
16. The bid should be scaled. superssrided "yiait
Proposals, Territory Of Nebraska" addressed HSso-
ond assistant Postma ter General Contract once"
and sent by mai, and not BY o. two an agent and
pOstmasters will not enclose proposals Cor letters O.
any kind in their quarterly returns.
II. The contracts are C. be executed and reluFued
to the department by or before the tst day Of Angasi
1852; but the service must be commenced on the lss
July preceding. or on the mall day next after tbas
date, whether the cOntracesb be executed OF EOG.
IL. POstmasters at Offices on OF near railroads, bus
more than eighty rods fr1ma station, VIII. immedi-
stely after the 3lst Of darch next, rep0st thcir exact
distance from the nearest station, and bow they are
master General to direct 2 -mail-msssenger supply
from the Ist Of duly next.
10. Section eighteen Of an act Of Congress ap-
proved March 8, 1915. provides that contracts for
The transportation Of mafi shall be let 'in every
case to the lowest bidder rendering ~sufiofnt guaran-
tees for faithful performance, without other refer
ence to the mode Of such transportation than may
be necessary to provide for the due celerityj ~eertain-
ty, and security Of EEch transportation" Under
tkjs La1, bids that psoD2Sef0 fraRsBOE The mail Vifb
"celerifg, certainty 0Hd sesHr5fB" haUiHg been dec
dedt to be The onty tsgqfJids, are eoHsidersd o. prouid
ana for tie entire mail, hoDeUer large, and shafsrer
NAV be the mode 0feoRVsyOHcs Hecsssorg 90 iHsure5ss