The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1867-01-04

the contract tor repeated failure to RIM
agreeably to contract; for violating the
post Office laws, or disobeving the instruc-
tons of the Department.; for refusing to
discharge carrier when required by the
Department to do SO; for running an e1-
press as aforesaid, or for transporting
persons or packages conveying mailablo
matter out of the mail.
3. The Postmaster General may order an
increase OF service on a route by allowing
therefor Il pro rata increase on the con-
tract pay. He may change schedules of
departures and arrivals in all cases, and
P"i .lcuEtrly TO make them conform to con-
hectlons with railroads, without increase
OF pay, provided the running time be not
aDrldScd He may also order all increase
OF speed, allowing. within the restrictions
OF inc law, a pro rata increase of nav for
inc Ite additional stock or carriers, if auv.
~ dfi',.ol, coltrae!of may, however, IN the case
y increase Of speed, relinQush the contract.
ny giving prompt notice to the Depart
mcnt that he prefers doing so TO carr,ino
the order into effect. The Postmaster,
General may also discontinue or curtail
| the service, in whole or in part in rider fo
place on the route greater degree of ser
wee. or Whenever the public interests. in
his Judgment, shall require such disconti-
nuancc or curtailment for any other cause.
he allowing, az full indemnify to contract
or, one months extra pay on the amount
OF service dispensed with, and a p,,o rata
tanned and continued.
y. Payments will be made by collections
from or drafts on postmasters, or other
wise. after the expiration of each quarter
say, November, February, May and August.
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 arc
correctly stated. Bidders must info1n,
uemselres on Mis point, and also in refer
ence to the weight of the mail, the condi-
ton Of roads, hills, streams, &c, and all
toll bridges, ferries, or distractions 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 mlsapprehensons as to the
degree of service, nor for bridges DESTROYED.
ferries discontinued, or other distractions
increasing distance, occurring during tho
contract term. Offices established after
this advertisement is issued, and also
during the contract term, are to be visited
without extra pay, if the distance be not
increased.
II. Bidders are cautioned to mail their
proposals in time to reach the Depart
ment by the day and hour named, (3 D. m.
February Is, 1863 for bids received after
that time will not be considered in compe-
tltlon with bid of reasonable amount re-
dered which are without the guarantee
required by law, and a certificate of the
sufficiency of such guarantee.
II. Bidders should first propose for SER
vice strictly according to tho ADVERTISE
ment, and then, if they desire. seD,,rdtelu
for different service; and if the reqnlo,. BID
be the lowest offered for the advertised
service, the other propositions may be con-
sidered.
l3. There should be but one route bid
for in proposal. Consolidated or combi-
nation bids [''proposing one sum for two
fpr I
cannot be considered.
II. The route, the service, The yearly
pay, the name and residence OF the bidder,
[thatis, his usual post Office address, and
those OF each member of \ firm where q
company offers, should be distinctly stated,
Is. Bidders are requested to uso, as far
as practlcable, 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 be submitted;
nor should bids once submitted be with
drawn. No withdrawal of 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-
sponslble 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-
travagant, and also to disregard the bids
of failing contractors and bidders.
16. The bid should be sealed, super
scribcd Mail proposals, State Of South
Carolina" addressed ''Sccond Assistant
Postmaster General, Contract Office" and
sent by mail, not by or to an agent; and
postmasters will not enclose proposals Tor
letters OF any kind] in quarterly returns A
II. The contracts are TO be executed and
returned to the Department. by or before
the ~ aay U July, 1867; but the service
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 ex-
pected to perform the service accepted to
them through the whole term of contract.
1S. Postmasters ut Offices on or near rail-
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
otherwise supplied with the mail, to enable
the Postmaster General to direct mail
messenger supply from 1st Of July next.
19. Section eighteen of an Act Of Con-
gress, approved March 3, 1S45, provides
that contracts for the transportation of the
mall shall be let, s'in every case, to the low
est bidder rendering sufficient guarantees
1or faithful performance, without other
reference to the mode Of such Transports
ton than may be necessary to provide for
the due celerity, certainty and security of
such transportation" Under this law, bids
that propose to transport tho mails with
"cese'1ty, certainty and sec7n1ty'' havinq
been ciGed to be the Only LeGdL bids are con-