Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1863-03-09

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agents Of the Post Office Department also post ofBc.
blanks mail bags, Ncks and keys, are to be Convened
without extra charge.
g. Steamboat companies required to take thu mail
FROM and deliver il into the post Office Al the COM
mencement and end of their routes and to and from
al omces not more than eighty rods from landing =
Proposals may be submitted for the performance of all
from landing ~e'' 'SD'
Receipts will be required for mail bags conveyed in
charge OF persons employed by railroad comnan;es =
There will also be"way Bills prepared by postmaster
or other agents of the department TO The
mails, specifying the number and destination Of the
several bagj On the principal stage routes likewise
receipts will be required and way bills forwarded the
latter to be examined by the several postmasters 10
insure regularity in the delivery of mail bags.
4. No pay will be made for trips not performed; and
Tor each OF such omissions, not satisfactorily explained
three timos the pay OF the trip may be deducted For
arrivals so far behnd time TO break connection with
depending mails and not sufficiently excused one-fourh
OF the compensation for the ps subject to forfeiture
Deduction will also be ordered Tor grade OF perform
ance inferior to that specified in the CONTRACTS For re-
Peated delnquencies of the kind herein specified en-.
argea penalties, proportioned TO the nature thereof
| ana tne Importance Of the mail, may be made
D. for leaving behind throwing off the mails, or
any portion OF them, for the admission of passengers
or ior oeng concerned in setting up running eI
press, conveying intelligence in advance of the mail
| quarters pay may be deducted.
D. Fines VIII be imposed, unless the delinquen-
cy be promptly and satisfactorily explained by
certificates of postmasers the adavs of other cred.
ibe persons for failing to arrive In contract time for
neglecting to take the mail from, or deliver il into
post Office for suffering it to he wet injured DESTROYED
robbed or lost aud for refusing after demand to con-
vey the mail frequently the contractors runs or is
concerned in running coach, car or steamboat on
route.
T. The Postmaster General may annu the contract
o ly IN far
violating the post Office laws disobeyng the iDstruc
tons of the department; for refusing to discharge q
carrier when required by the department to do for
RAINING an express as Aforesaid or for transporting
persons packages conveying malabe matter out Of
the mail
8. The Postmaster General may order an increase Of
service route by allowing therefor pro rata in
crease the contract pay. He may change schedules
Of departures and arrivals in oil cases. and particularly
to make them conform to connections with railroads.
without increase of pay provided the running time be
not abridged. He may also order increase Of speed,
allowing within the restrictions OF the law pro rata
increase of pay for the additional stock of carriers If
any. The contractor may however, in the case of in
crease Of speed, reliiqush the contract. by giving
prompt notice TO the department laat he prefers doing
to carrying the order into effect The Post master
General may also curtai discontinue the service in
whole or in part, pro rata decrease of pay allowing
one months extra compensation on the amount dis
pensed with, whenever, in his mon, the public inter-
es require the change, in lie desires super
sede it by different grade OF transportation.
Q. Payments will be made by collections from, or
drafts on, pOstmasters Otherwise after the expia-
ton of each quArtcr--say in February May, August
and November.
10. The distances given according the best in.
formation but no increased pay will be allowed should
they be greater than advertised if the points to be
supplied be correctly stated Bidders must form
themselves this point, and also in reference TO the
weight of the mail the condition of roads, hills, streams
&C.. and all tobrdges ferries or distractions of any
kind by which expense may be incurred. No claim for
additional pay, based on such ground, be conic-
ered for alleged mistakes or Misrepresentation az to-
the degree OF service; bridges destroyed ferries
discontinued other distractions increasing distance
occurring during the contract term. Offices established
after this advertisement is issued and also during the
contract term, be visited without extra pay, If
the distance be not increased
H. bid received after the last Day and hour named,
without tile guaranty required by law aud a certf-
cate to- the suicency OF such guaranty cannot be
considered in competition with regular proposal rea-
sonable in amount.
according to the advertisement, ard then, if they de-
SIRE separately for different service; and il the regular
bid be the low offered for the advertised service the
other propositions may be considered.
S SSae SG I9s one U Ss W 70
one for two roaes') are forbidden by law,
and cannot be considered.
ii. The route, the service the yearly pay, the
and residence Of the bidder THAT is his usual post Office
address, and those of each member Of firm where
company ofltr sh'ud be distinctly stated.
Y i. Bidders requested to use lar praccablei
the printed form of proposal furnished by the depart
ment 10 write out in full the Of their bids and to
retain copies of them.
Altered bids should not be submitted; nor should bids
ouce submitted be Withdrawn. No withdrawal Of bid
der or guarantcr will be allowed unless dated and re-:
ceysl before the last day for receivi proposals.
Each bid must be guarentie by two responsible per-
SOM.
General guarantees cannot be admitted The bid and
guaranty should be signed plainly with the full name Of
each person.
The department reserves the right to reject any bid
which may be deemed extravagant, and also to dsre
gard the bids of failing contractors and bidders.
l6. The bid should be sealed, supcrscribed mail
Proposals, State Of" addressed "Chief of the
Contract Bureau, Richmond, Virginia" and sent by
mail not by to agent; and postmasters will not
enco,e Tor letters of any kind in their quar-
tery returns.
H. The contracts are to be executed and returned to
the department by before the lst day Of august,
1868 but the service must be commenced on the LIST
July preceding the mail day next after that date
whether the contracts be executed not No PROPOSE
ton 10 transfer will be considered until the con-
tracts are executed and receveda the departments and
then transfer will be Flowed unless good and sufficient
therefor given to be determined by the de-
partment In all cases the retiring contractor will be
CURED TO become of the suretieS the new
tract.
Is. Railroad routes are not alver;ised, and postmas
ters at Offices railroads but than eighty
reds from station, WILL Immediately after the Both Of
March next report their distance from he nearest
station, and how they otherwise supplied with the
mail, to enable the Postmaster General direct mail
messenger supply from the lst of july next.
TO- Section eighteen Of an act of Congress, approved
March 3, lS45 and the % section OF approved
5h March, 1861 provide that contracts for the trans
portaon Of the mail shall be let in every to the
lowest bidder rendering sufficient guarantees for faithful
performance without other reference to the mode of
such transportation than may be necessary to provide
for the due CELEBRITY certainty and security OF such
transE CITATION Under Mse iars bids that propose 10
transport the mail nth '"esisrity, certainty and
security" haring been decided to Do the only
leqal 5id., are construed prosding for the entire
mail however large and Whdterer may be tie mode Of
Conveyance necessary 10 insure as "ceerity certainty
anil sec1rLun and ,niN hnrs Tie nrcter1nce frsr al