The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1866-12-21

agreeably to contract; for violating the
post Office laws, or diSobeving the instruc-
tlons of the Department; for refusing to
discharge carrier when required by the
Department to do so; for running an ex-
press rs aforesaid, or for TRANSPORTING
persons or packages conveying nailablo
matter out of the mail.
8. The postmaster-G General NAV order an
increase OF service on a route by allowing
therefor pro rata increase on the con,
tract pay. He may change schedules of
departures and arrivals in all cases and
particularly to make them conform to con-
nectlors 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
of The law. = pro f0tu increase Of pay for
thc additional stock o. carriers, if anv.
The contractor may, however IN the case
V wc?FHSe ~ Speed, rclinquish the contract,
by giving pronpt notice to the Depart
ment that he prefers doing so to CARRYING
the order INTO effect. The Postmaster
General may also discontinue or curtail
the service, i'll whole or in part, in order to
place on the route a greater degree Of SER
wee. or whenever the public interests, in
his judgment, shall require such disconti
nuancc or curtailment for anv other cause,
he allowing, as full indemnify to contract
or, one months extra pay ON the amount
o: service dispensed with, and . pro rata
compensation Tor the amour. OF service re-
tainca and continued.
9. Payments will be made by collections
from or drafts on postmasters, or other
wise, after the expiration Of each quarter
say. III 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, if the points TO be supplied are
correctly stated. Bidders must inform
UentSe!rcS or H,is 1ooi't, and also in refer
ence TO the weight Of the mail, tho condi-
ton Of roads. hills, streams, &c, and all
toll bridges. ferries, or obstructons of any
lund by which expense may be incurred
No claim for additional pay, based on such
ground can be considered, nor for alleged
mistakes on misapprchensions rs to the
degree OF service, nor for bridges des trovcG
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.
II. Bidders are cautioned 20 mai their
proposals i'll time to reach the depart
mcnt 10y the day and hour named, q p. M,
February IS, 1863 for bids received after
that time viii not be considered n compe-
titon with 4 bid OF reasonable amount re-
ccivcd i'll time. Neither can bids be consi-
dcrcd which are without the guarantee
sutlciencv OF such guarantee
| y. Bidders should first propose for ser
vice strictly according to the advertise
ment, and then, if they desire, separately
for different service; and if the reJ,elor bid
be the lowest offered for the advertised
service, the other propositions may be con-
| sidcred.
13. There should bo but one route bid
for in proposal. Consolidated or conbi-
nation bids [''proposins, 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,
| lthatls, his usual post Office address, and
those Of each member of a firm where a
company offers, should be distinctly stated
10. Bidders are requested to uso, IS far
| as practicable, the printed proposals fur
nished by the department, to write out in
| full the sum of their bids, and to retain
copies of them.
Altered bids should not bo submitted;
nor should bids once submitted be with
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 ex-
travagaut, and also to disregard the bids
OF failing contractors and bidders.
16. The bid should be sealed, super
scribed mail proposals, State of South
Carolina" addressed Second Assistant
Postmaster General, Contract Office" and
sent by nadll, not by or to an agent; and
| postmasters will not enclose proposals for
letters OF any kind] in their quarterly re-
| turns.
II. The contracts are to be executed and
returned to the Department by or before
the LIST day 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, arc forbidden by law, and con-
sequently cannot be allowed. Bidders will
| therefore, take notice that they will be eX-
pccted to perform the service accepted to
them through the whole term of tho CON
tract.
19. Postmastcrs at Offices on ornearrai!-
roads, but more than eighty rods from a
station, will, Immediately after the 2Sth OF
| February next, report their exact distance
from the nearest station, and how they arc
the Postmaster-Gencral to direct a mail
messenger supply from tho 1st of July
next
| 70. Section eighteen Of an Act Of Con-
| gress, approved March 3. 1915, provides
that contracts for the transportation Of the
mail shall be let, ''in every case, to the low
! est bidder rendering sufficient guarantees
for faithful performance, without other
reference to the mode of such transporta-
! ton than may be necessary to provide for
| the duo celerity certainty and snc11rtv Of