The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1866-12-15

Department to do so; for running an e1S.
press as aforesaid, or for TRANSPORTING
persons or packages conveying mailahlo
matter out of the mail.
8. The Postmaster General may order a.,
increase Of service on route by allowing
therefor pro rata increase on the con-
tract pay. be may change schedules of
departures and arrivals in all cases. and
particularly to make them conform to con-
nectlons with railroads, without increase
OF pay, provided the running time be not
abridged. He may also order an increase
OF speed, allowing. within the restrictions
or the law, pro rata increase of paw for
,Ii Ime addltional stock or carriers, if any.
Inc contractor may, however, IL, the case
q increase OF speed. relinquish the contract,
~, ny ttfllng ing prompt notice to the Depart
mcnt that he prefers doing so to carving
the order into effect. The Postmaster,
General may also discontinue or cnrta;I
the service, in whole or in part in order -
place on the route greater degree of SER
vice. or whenever the public interests. in
ms judgment, snau require such disconti-
nuance or curtailment for anv other canse.
he allowing, as a full indemnify to contract
or, one months extra pay on the amount
OF service dispensed with, and 4 pro ,.0iG
compensation for the amount Of service ro~
tanned and continued.
8. Payments will be made by collections
from or drafts on postmasters, or other
Wlse, after the expiration Of each quarter
say, IN November, February, May and Au
gust.
10. The distances are given according to
the best information; but no increased pay
will be allowed should they be greater than
advertised, II the points to be supplied arc
correctly stated. Bidders must inform
themselves on uais point, and also in refer
ence to the weight Of the mail, the coudi-
ton of roads, his, streams, &C., and all
toll bridges, ferries, or obstructions of any
kind by which expense may be incurred.
No claim for additional pay, based on such
ground, can be considered, nor for alleged
mistakes or mlsapprehensions as to the
degree OF service, nor for bridges DESTROYED.
ferries discontinued, or other distractions
increasing distance, occurring during the
contract term. Offices established after
this advertisement is issued, and also
during the contract term, arc to be visited
without extra pay, If the distance be not
increased.
IL. Bidders are cautioned to mail their
proposals in time to reach the Depart
ment by the day and hour named, g D. m.
February 2S, 1863 for bids received after
mat time Will not be considered in conlpe-
titlon with bid of reasonable amount re-
ceived in time. Neither can bids be consi-
dered which are without the guarantee
required by law, and a certificate of the
sutficiency of such guarantee.
II. Bidders should first propose for SER
VICE strictly according to the advertise
ment, and then, if they desire, seporotelg
for different service; and if the 7.equlo,- bid
be the lowest offered for the advertised
service, the other propositions may be con-
sidered
13. There should be but ono route bid
for IN proposal. Consolidated or comEi-
nation bids proposing one sum for two
or more routes are forbidden by law. and
cannot be considered.
II. The route, the service, the yearly
pay, the name and residence of the bidder.
L. atls, his usual post Office address, and
those of each member of o firm where q
company offers, should be distinctly stated.
10. Bidders are requested to use, as far
as practicable, the printed proposals fur
nShed by the department, to write out in
full the sum Of their bids, and to retain
copies Of them.
Altered bids should not be submitted;
nor should bids once submitted be with
drawn. No withdrawal of a bidder or
guarantor will be allowed unless the with
drawal is dated and received before the
last day of receiving proposals.
Each bid must be guaranteed by two re-
sponsible persons. The bid and guarantee
should be signed plainly with the full name
Of each person.
The department reserves the right to
reject any bid which may be deemed cx-
travagant, and also to disregard the bids
OF failing contractors and bidders.
1G. The bid should be sealed. SUPER
scrlbed Mail proposals, State Of South
Carolina" addressed Second Assistant
Postmaster General, Contract Office" and
sent by nadl1, not by or to an agent; and
postmasters will not enclose proposals Tor
letters OF any kindl in their quarterly re-
turns.
II. The contracts are to be executed and
returned to the Department by or before
the Isl ddy Of July, 1867; but the service
must be begun on that day, or on the mail
day next after it, whether the contracts be
executed or not.
transfers OF contracts, or of interest in
contracts, are forbidden by law, and con-
sequently cannot be allowed Bidders will.
therefore, take notice that they will be e1-
pected to perform the service accepted to
them through the whole term of the con-
tract.
IS. Postmasters at Offices on or near rail-
roads, bu. more than eighty rods from q
station, will, Immediately after the 29th Of
February next, report their exact distance
from the nearest station, and how they are
otherwise supplied with the mail, to enable
the Postmaster-General to direct mail
messenger supply from the 1st Of July
next.
10. Section eighteen Of an Act If Con-
gress, approved March 3, 1915, provides
that contracts for the Transportation of the
mall shall be let, sin every case, to tn % low
est bidder rendering sufficient guarantees
Tor faithful performance without other
reference to the mode Of such Transports
ton than may be necessary to provide for
the duo CELEBRITY, certainty and security of
such transportation. Under this law, bids
that propose to transport the mails with
,"cele'afy,, certainty and security hauing