The Norfolk post. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 1865-1866, 1865-09-25
FORM OF PROPOSAL, GUARANTEE, N oERTIFI
r.1 CATE.

and -, under the advertisement of the Postmaster
General, dated August J, u H. a lS0,, with .,m "eelerit 1o,, s,s-
This proposal is made NTH full k~nowledge Of the dis
iaace Of the route, the freight o. the mai 70 Dc carried,
and all other particulars IN reference 10 the route and
and service. and also a tter careful examination of the
Dated ~(signed.)
GUARANTEE.
The undersigned, residing ut -, State Of,
undertake that, If the foregoing bid for carrying the mail
on Route No. - be accepted by the Postmaster General
the bidder shall, prior TO the LIST day of January, 1866,
enter into the required obligation or contract to perform
Tifs ss do, nnderstandinS Distinctly the Obligations
and habitihes assumed by 9udrdators under The 9Th sec
'G pa e The act Of Congress t 81 1ssy BY 2 t lsSo susrantors,
CERTIFICATE.
The undersigned. postmaster at -; State Of -,
c%ertifes, UNDER HIS OATH OF OFFICE, that he is acquaint-
ed with the above guarantors, and Knows them to be men
of property, and able to make good their guarantee.
, The above certificate must have aAixed to II ivecent
revenue stamp, cancelled, as the law requires.
INSTRUCTIONS TO BIDDERS AND pOsTMAsTERs;
Containing also conditions to be incorporated in the con-
tracts to the ertent The Department may deem proper.
1. Seven minutes are allowed to each intermediate
Office, when not otherwise specified, for asserting the
mails but oil railroad and steamboat routes there is to.
be no more delay than is sufficient for an exchange Of
the mail pouches.
2 On the railroad and steamboat lines, and other
routes where the mode Of conveyance admits of 1t, the
special agents of the Post Office department, also post
bllNc ltuhs hbah bsS ioNho ohu h'sEt nv " w N'h
'yeyed without extra charge.
5. On railroad and steamboat lines the route agents
of tbs department are TO he conveyed without charge, and
for the use ofthe agents a commodious car, or apartment
in the centre of a car. properly lighted, warmed, aud
furnished, and adapted to the convenient separation ami
due security of the mails, Is to be provided by the con-
tractor, under the direction fthe department.
Railroad and steamboat companies are required to take
the mail from and deliver it into the post Offices at the
beginning and end of their routes, and to and from all
offices not more than eighty rods from Il station or land
ing. Proposals may be submitted by the companies for
Al. ~ al nfhap III hat IL far
Offices over eighty rods from a station or landing.
There will be g ~way-bills' prepared by postmastels, or
other agents Of the Department, TO accompany the mails
conveyed on railroads and steamers, specifying the mum,
Der and destination of the several bags. On other primer
pal routes, likewise, receipts will be required and w%ay.bills
forwarded the latter to he examined by the several post
masters, to insure regularity in the delivery of mails.
4. No pay WILDE made lor trips not perfoi me |; and for
| each of such omissions, not satisfactorily explained, three
times The nav of the trip may be deducted. For arrivals SO
far behind the time ms to break the connection win de,
pending mails, and not sufficiently excused, onefourthof
the compensation for the trip is subject to forfeiture
For repeated delinquencies of the Kind herein specified,
enlarged penalties, proper, Toned to the nature thereof, and
the importance Of the mail, may be made.
6. For leaving behind OF throwing of the mails, or any
portion of them, for the admission Of passengers, or for
| being concerned in setting up or running an express con
veying intelligence in advance oil the mai, a quarter pay
may be deducted.
8. Fines will be imposed, unless the delinquency be
promptly and satisfactorily explained by certificates Of
failing to arrive in contract time: for neglecting to taKo
the mil Rom, or deliver II into, a post ONCE; for suffering
IL TO be wet, injured, destroyed, robbed, or lost and fr re-
iusino af,er demand, 10 convey the mail as frequently as
The constractor runs, or is concerned in running, a couch
car or steamboat on a route.
Z. The Postmaster General may annul the contract Tor
repeated failures to run ~agreeably TO contract; tor viola.
ting the post Office laws. or ~disobeying the instructionsof
the department for refusing to d discharge a carrier when
required by the department to do so; for running an ex-
press as aforesaid or for transporting personsor packages
conveying mallable matter out " the mail
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service . u q y "u9nns 'h9ieior aPaG raa Increase
on the contract pay, he may change schedules OF de-
make them conform to connections with railroads
| without increase of pay, providing the running time be
not abridged. He NAV also order an increase of speeI,
allowing. within the restrictions of the law. n Dr0 rata
increase of pay for tho additional stock or carriers, if
any. The contractor may, however, an me case Of increase
81 sPeed, reilnquish ,he contract, by giving prompt notice
10 the department thai ne prefers uoing SO 10 carrying
discontinue or enrtali the service, III whole or IN part,in
order to place on the route a greater degree Of service,
or whenever tme pubic interests, hhis Judgment, shall
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kind by which expense may he incurred. No claim
for additional pay, based on such ground, can DO con-
sidered nor for alleged mistakes or Misrepresentation
40 to the degree of service; nor for bridges DESTROYED.
ferries discontinued. or other distractions increasing