Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1865-01-20

sureties.
1his IRE do understanding distinctly the obligations
and liabilities assumed By guaroafars undr the 2ifh
section of the act Of Cong,es, of July "a, 1886.
Dated (Signed by two guarantors)
Certificate.
The undersigned, postmaster at,
State Of, certifes, UNDER HIS
!. OATH OF OFFICE, that he is acquainted
with the above guarantors, and knows
them to be men of property, and able to
make good their guarantee.
Dated (Signed
The above certificate must have affixed to it a
five cent revenue stamp, cancelled, US the law
requires.
Instructions to Bidders :as,el POST
/ masters.
Containing also conditions to Be incorporated IN The
contracts to the orient the Deyartncat may deem,
proper.
4 |. Seven minutes are allowed to each
intermediate Office, when not otherwise
specified, for asserting the mails; but on
railroad and steamboat routes there is to
be no mere delay than is sufficient for an
exchange Of the mail pouches.
. On railroad and steamboat lines.
and other routes where the mode of con-
veyance admits of it, the special agents OF
the Post Office department. also post Office
blanks. mail bags, locks and keys, are to
be conveyed without extra charge.
3. On railroad and steamboat lines the
route agents of the department, also the
British and Canada mails, when offered,
and the agents accompanying them, are to
he conveyed without charge, and for the
j use of Tie United States agents, conf
modious car. or apartment in the centre OF
a car, properly lighted, warmed, and fur
nished, and adapted to the convenient
separation and due security of the mails,
is to be provided by the contractor, under
the direction of the department.
Railroad and steamboat companies are
required to take the mail from and deliver
Il into the post offices Mt the beginning and
end of their routes, and to and from all
offices not more than eighty rods IRON q
station or landing. Proposals may be
submitted by the companies for the per-
Torrance of all other said service-that is,
for offices over eighty rods from a station
or landing.
Receipts will be required for mail bags
conveyed in charge of persons employed
by railroad companies, There will also be
:" way-bills," prepared by postmasters, or
other agents OF the Department, to ac-
company the mails, specifying the num-
Der and destination OF the several bags.
On the principal routes, likewise. receipts
will be required and way-bills forwarded :;
the latter to be examined by the several
postnasters. to insure regularity in the
delivery of mails.
4. No pay will be made for trips not
performed; and for each of such omissions,
not satisfactorily explained, three times
the pay of the trip may be deducted. For
arrivals so far behind tine as to break con
neNion with depending mails, and not suf-
iicienty excused, one-fourth of the conf
pensation for the trip issuhjeet to forfeit
ure. Deduction will also he ordered for
Il grade OF performance inferior to that
specified IN a contract For repeated de-
enlarged penalties, proportionci to the
nature thereof, and the Importance OF the
mail, may be made.
}. For leaving behind or throwing off the
mails, or any portion of them. for the adj
mission oi passengers, OF Tor being con-
cerned III setting up OF running an express
conveying Intelligence in advance Of the
mail a quarter pay may be dedaetcd.
q. Fines will be imposed, unless the de
lin1uencf he promptly AMI satisfactorily
Npiaincd by certificates of nnstHlas;,'rs
Of ihe atli,layits OF other creditab,c persons
for failing to arrive in contract tine: for.
( hcglacting it to be wet, Injured, DESTROYED
/ robbed-or lost: and for refusing, after de-
man;i, to convey the mail as frequently as
the contractor runs, or is concerned in
running, a coach, car, or steamboat Oh
route.
Z. The Postmaster General may aunu
the contract for repeated failures to run
agreeable to contract; for violating the
post Office laws, or disobeying the iustruc-
tons Of the departments for refusing to
discharge a carrier when required by the
department to do so, for running an en-
press as aiorcsaid or for transporting
persons or packages conveying mailablc
matter ont OF the mail.
{. The Postmaster General NAV order
an increase of service on route by al
lowing therefor pro rata increase on the
contract pay. He may change schedules
of departures and arrivals in all cases, and
particularly to make them conform to
connexions with railroads, without i'll
crease of pay, provided the running time
he not abridged lie may also increase of
speed, allowing, within the restrictions of
the law, a pro rata increase Of pay for the
additional stock or carriers, if any. The
contractor may, however, IN The case OF in
crease If speed, relinquish the contract, by
giving prompt notice to the department
that he prefers doing so to carving the
order into effect. The Postmaster Gen
eral may also discontinue or curtail the
service, in whole or in part, in order to
place on the route greater degree of SER
vice, or whenever the public interests, in
his Judgment Shall require such discontinue
ance or curtailment for any other cause:
he allowing us a fol- indemnity to contract
or one months extra pay on the amount
of service retained and continued.
9. Payments will be made by collec-
tons from or drafts on postmasters or 9th.
erwse, after the expiration of each quar-
ter-say, in February, May, August, and
November.
10. The distances are given according
to the best information; but no increased
pay will be allowed should they be great
er than advertised, if the points to be sup
piled are correctly stated. Bidders must
inform hemselres on this point, and also in
reference to the weight of the mail, the
condition of roads, hills, streams, &C.,
and all toll bridges, ferries, or distractions
of any kind by WHICH expense may he in
cured. No claim for additional pay,
based on such ground, can be considered;
nor for alleged mistakes or misapprehen-
sion as to the degree or service; nor for
bridges destroyed, ferries discontinued, or