Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1867-12-20
FORM OF PROPOSAL, GUARANTEE AND
-f CERTIFICATE. ,,a.r


The undersigned - -. whose post
office address IS -, county of .W. State I.
of ---, proposes to convey the mails of the
United States, from July l, 1865 to June 80,
1872, on route No. -, between -- and
-, under the advertisement of the Post
master General, dated October 81, 1867, with
'celerity, certainty, and security" for the an
nual sum of -- dollars.
This proposal is made acith full knopledge of the
distance Of the route, the ,oeigM of the aaiI to be
carried and all other particulars in reference TO the
route and service and also after careful examination
of the Laaos and instructions attached TO the adper
tisenaeat. ..-- =..- . s ..-,..--.5r
Dated .. (Signed.)
The undersigned, residing at ---, State of
----, undertake that, if the foregoing bid for
carrying the mail on ronte No. - be accepted
by the Postmaster General, the bidder shall,
prior to the lst day of July, 1868, enter into the
required obligation or contract to perform the
service proposed, with good and sufficient sure
ties. i'--
This aoe do, understanding distinctly the obliga-
tons and Liabilities assumed By gudran'ors under the
9Th section of the act Of Congress Of July q 1886.
Dated (Sigued by two guarantors.)
CERTIFICATE. -ra
The undersigned, postmaster at -, State
that he is acquainted with the above guaran-
tors, and knows them to be men of property,
and able to make good their guarantee. b.
Duted - --r ....-t
INSTRUCTIONS TO BIDDERS AND POST
..' MASTERS ..-..
Containing also conditions to be incorporated in the
contracts to the ertent the Department nj
may deem proper. -..tr .sa.
l. Seven minutes are allowed to each inter-
mediate office, when not otherwise specified, for
asserting the mails, but on railroads and steam
| boat routes there is to be no more delay than is
sufficient for an exchange of the mail pouches.
| 2. On railroad and steamboat lines, and other
routes where the mode of conveyance admits of
it, the special agents of the Post Office Depart.
ment, also post Office blanks, mail bags. locks
| and keys are to be conveyed without extra
charge. --'-Il
3. On railroad and steamboat lines the route
agents of the Department, also the British aud
Canada mails, when offered, and the agents &C
companying them are to be conveyed without
charge I; and for the use of the United States
agents commodious car, or part of car,
properly lighted, warmed and furnished, and
| adapted to the convenient separation and due
security of the mails, is to be provided by the
contractor, under the direction of the Depart
ment.
Railroad and steamboat companies are re-
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| the post offices at the beginning and end OF
their routes, and to and from all offices not more
| than eighty rods from station or landing.
| Proposals may be submitted by the companies
| for the performance of all other side service
that is, for offices over eighty rods from sta
| tion or landing. i'ts
| There will be sway billsr prepared by posi-
| masters. or other agents of the Department, to
accompany the mails conveyed on railroads and
steamers, specifying the number and destination
| of the several bags. On other principal routes
| likewise, receipts will be required and way bills
| forwarded ); the latter to be examined by the
several posttnasters, to insure regularity in the
delivery of mails
4. No pay will be made for trips not per-
formed and for each of such omissions, not sat-
isfactorily explained, three times the pay of the
| trip will be deductGa. For arrivals so far be-
| hind time as to break connexion with depending
mails, and not sufficiently excused, one-fourth
| of the compensation for the trip is subject to
forfeiture. For repeated delinquencies of the
kind herein specified, enlarged penalties, pro-
portioned to the nature thereof, and the i'm
portance Of the mail, may be made.
| 5. For leaving behind or throwing off the
mails, or any portion of them, for the admission
of passengers, or for being concerned in setting
| up or running an express conveying intelligence
| in advance Of the mail, quarters pay may be
| deducted.
| 6. Fines will be imposed, unless the delin-
quency be promptly and satisfactorily explained
by certificates of postmasters or the afidavits of
other credible persons, for failing to arrive in
contract time; for neglecting to take the mail
from, or deliver it into, post office; for suf-
| fering it to be wet, injured, destroyed, robbed
or lost and for refusing, after demand, to con-
| vey the mail as frequently as the contractor
runs, or is concerned in running, coach, car,
or steamboat on a route.
7. The Post Master General may annul the
contract for repeated failures to run agreeably
to contract; for violating the post office laws,
or disobeying the instructions of the Depart.
ment for refusing to discharge carrier when
required by the Department to do 80 for run
ming an express as aforesaid or for transport
| ing persons or packages conveying mailable
| matter out of the mail.
8 The Postmaster General may order an in
crease of service on a route by allowing therefor
pro rata increase on the contract pay. He
may change schedules of departures and arrivals
in all cases, and particularly to make them con-