Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1865-03-30

nueu ny the oohH"o'"T unu't INC direction %
Railr ad ami steamboat companies ara =.
quired 10 take the mail from aud deliver IL int
the ost offices At the beginI ing and end eftheit
| routes aud to and from al offices not more than
| eighty rods from station or landing. Propos
| ais NAV be submiued by the companies for tba
| perform tnee of all tther side sAUvioe-that Ia
for offices over eighty rods from station or
landing,
Receipts Will he required for mail bags con.
| Veyed IN charge Of persons employed by rail.
road companies. There will also be "way-bnlsn
| pre- AIRED by pOstmasters, or othrr agents OF the
| Department, to ac rompany the mails, specifying
! the mum er and destination OF the several bags
! On other principal routes likcw Sc, receipts will
| be required and way-h'ls forwarded the latter
| TO he examined by { e several pOstmasters 10
| insure regularity IN the delivery Of malls.
I No Fay will be made for trips not performed
| and for each Of such omissions, rot satlsiaote
| rily explained, three umts the pay OF the trip
my be deducted FIR arrivals SO far behind
time as TO break connection with depending
| m lis, and not sufficiently excused, one-tourh
OF the oompensaucu for the trip is subject 20 fer
| iture Deduction will al,o he ordered for
! grade of pc 70 nance inferior to that specified
| il contract. For repeated delu quenre' If the
kind herein specific eula ged penalties, proper
ito Ne d TO the nature the cot and the lmpOrtaAee
! OF the mai, may b. made.
| For leavi z behlud Qr throw ng oitthe mails,
| or any portion If them, for tn AdmrsiOn OF
! p tssengers, or for being concerned In setting up
or running an exp CONVEX ing in diligence in
| advance OF the mail a quarter pay may be de-
| Quoted.
e. Fines II be imposed, unless the delmquen
| cy be promptly and satisfactorily eXp,aned by
cert hcates fpO,tmaSters or the atiday Z, Of 9TH
! er credible prisons, FIR falling TO arrive ia con
| tract time TO neglecuRg TO take the mail
from, or deliver it in o, a post office for suffering
II 20 he W {, injured, destroyed, robbed, or lost
! and for refusing, after demand, 20 convey the
mail as trequeutiy AS the contractor runs, or is
concerned n running, a COACH car or steam
boat on a route.
l. The Postmaster General may annul the
contract tor repeated failures to run gretably
TO contract; Tor oIaung the post office laws, or
disobeyng the Instructions of the department;
I refusing TO dis barge carrier when required
by the Partment TO do so for running an ex-
press AS aforesaid; or for transporting persons
| or packages conveying maiable matter out Of the
| mail
! $. The Postmaster General may order IN in
crease OF service on route by allowing therefor
| a pro rata increase on the tOutracy pay. He
may change hedules Of departures ana ivals
/ in all se~, and part Cularly to make them con-
| form TO connexions with llrOtds, without in
| crease of pay, provided the running time be not
| abtidg, d. He may also order an incret Sc OF
| speed, allowing, within the re trietons of the
/ law, pro rata increase Of pay tor the additional
| SOCK or carriers, II any. The contractor may,
however, in the case Of increase Of speed, rehn-
qulsh the contract by giving prompt notice to
the department that he pr fers dong so to car
! TyIng the order into effect, The Postmaster Gen
| eTal may also discontinue or cur. all the service,
! III whole or IN part IA order 10 place on the
| route a greater degree Of service, or whenever
! the pub iC interest IN his judgment, shall re-
| guiye such disCOntinuauce or curtailment for
any other cause he allowing as a full indemri-
ty to contractor one months extra psy on the
amount Of service dispensed with, and pro rata
compensation Tor the amount of service re-
! tanned and continued.
Q. p yments will be made by collections from
drafts on 1stmasters, or other Use, after the
| exprHion Of each quarter say, N February,
| May, August, and November.
10 The distances are given according to the
! best informal but no increased pay will be
| allowed tould hey be greater than advertised.
! If the points be supplied correctly stated
Bidders must in form tfcnSe!usS on hiS point, and
! also IN reference 10 the weight OF the mah, the
! condition of roads, hills, streams, &c, ana all
! toll bridges, ferries, or distractions OF any KIND
! nv which expense may he incurred. No claim
| for additional paw, based en- such ground, can be
| considered, for alleged mistakes or mlsap-
! prohcusiou as 10 the degree of service; nor for
bridges destroyed, ferries discontinued, or other
distinctions increasing distance, occurring du-
ring the contract term. Offices tablished after
thi' advertisement Is ssued, and also during the
| contract term, are 10 tie visited without extra
| pay, ii the dIstanC' be- no increased.
Bidders are cautioned to mail their proposals
! in time to rtash the department by the day al d
| hour ramei, % p. m March, 30,) for bids
ceived after hat time iciU not be considered in
| competlt n with bid Of reasonable amount re-
| Celyed il time Neither can bids be considered
| which are vi hoI1 the qua ant required by law
! and a certificate Of ;he suiicenCy + uch guar
| antee
T. Bidders should frs propose tor service
| strictly acc riding 20 the advertisement, and
then, If thy desire, separately for different
vice; and if the regular bid be the lowest offered
| Tor the advertised service, the other propositions
may be considered
IS. There should b. but one route bid FIR in a
| propo al. Consolidated or mbiuation bids
| ('':roposlng one um for two more routes')
| are FORBIDDEN by law and cannot be considered.
IA. The route the service, the yearly paw the
name aud residence Of the bidder, CHA is, his
usual post office address,) and those Of each men,
Der Of firm, where a company offers, should be
| distinctly .tated.
10. Bidders requested 10 use, as far as prac-
| ticanle, the printed proposals furnished by the
depar ment, TO write out 10 fun the sum of their
bids, and to retain copies of them.
Altered bids should not be submitted; nor
should bids once S omitted be Withdrawn. No
| withdrawal OF a bidder Ut gusra tor will be al
lowed unless the withdrawal is dated and re-
ceivei before the last day for receiving propos-
ais.
aea bid must be guaranteed by two RESPONSE
BILE persons. The bid and guarant- should be
siyned plainly with the full name of each person,
The department reserves the right 10 reject any
i'd which may be deemed extravagant, and also
to disre- ard the ids OF failing contractors and
| bidders.
l6 The bid should be sealed, superscribed
Mail Proposals, State of Vermont" sddressed
Second Asslstant Postmaster General, Contract
Office, and sen by NAL, not by or to an agent
and p tmas.ers will not enclcse proposals Tor
letters of any kind) IN tleir quarterly returns.
IL The contracts are to be executed and re-
turned to the apartment by or fore the LIST day
| o. JuiY 1900 out lLe service must be begun
that day, CT on the mail day next after it. wheth-
er he contracts be executed or not.
Transfers of contracts, or of interest in con-
tracts, forbidden by law, and consequently
cannot he allowed Bidders will therefore take
notica . at they will be expected to perform the
Sc vice accepted to them through the whole term
OF the contract
IS Postmastcrs at Offices on or near railroads
but more than eighty rods from a station will,
imme lately after the Both of March next, re-
DO their exact distance from the nearest sta
ton, and how they are otherwise suyplied with
the mail, to enable the Postmaster Genrrai O al
rect mail-nessep ger supply from the LIST of July
| next. ......
10. Section eighteen Of the act of Congress an
proved March s. 1916, provides that contracts for
| the transportation of the mail shall be let Gin
every case, to the lowest bidder rendering sufi-
eenf guarantees for faithful performance, with
out other reference to the mode of such trans
portaiion than may be necessary to provide for
the due celebrity, certainty, and security of suoh
transportation" Under this law, bids that pro-
pose to transport the mails with "ceLerttv GER
tainty. and security" h0piHg been decided to be
the only legal bids, construed proUtdiHg for
the entire mail hOIcerer large, and s0hdtsuer may
be the mode Of conveyance accessory to its
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