The national Republican. [volume] (Washington City [D.C.]) 1866-1870, 1868-01-06
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|YoRM OF PROPOSAL. GUARANTY, AND
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lsIs on .. .sus. \, \, ,v.rtissmsnt o. the Post
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mall TO Be carried, md III other pss. Al A.
rsfsrsaos 70 the roats and ssrvies, .. liz; H.
afisr careful exsmination Of the laws an IN
sirss.iens attached to Ne advertisement.
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Ths undsrfgnsd, rssIding 81 ---, State of
-, undertake that, II the foregoing bid for
carrying The mail on route No. - be accepted
BY the Postmaster General, the bidder shall,
prior to the LIST day Of July, 1858, enter into
the rsqaifsd obligation or contract TO perform
the service proposed, with good and sufficient
surstissL ~ - y ~ ..-.
This We do, ndsrstandius distinctly the obi
cations and liabilities assumed BY guarsntors,
under the twenty seventh section Of the act Of
cengrsss Of Jaly 2, 1886. H
Dated ~ Gisnsd by two suarsntors)
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The undsnignsd, postmastsr at -, State
Of -, osrti6ss, under bis oath Of once, that
be Il asquaintsd With the above guarantors, and
knows them to Do men Of property, and able to
make good their guaranty. g.
INSTRUCTIONS TO BIDDERS AND POST.
MASTERS,
Containing also conditions to Do incorporated in
theeontraets to heertem The Department may
deem proper.
I. Seven minutes arc allowed to each inter
mediate once, when not otherwise specified, for
asserting the mails but on railroad and steam.
boat routes there 10 to DO no more delay than
is sufficient for an exchange Of the mail pouches
Q. On railroad ond steamboat limos, and other
routes where tho mode Of conveyance admits
Of It, the special agents Of tho Post Office De.
partment, also post Office blank, mail bags,
locks and keys, arc to DO conveyed without
extra charge.
5, On railroad and steamboat iiues the route
agents Of the Department also the British and
Canada mails whom offered, and the agents ac
oompapying then. arc to be conveyed without
charge and for the use Of the United States
properly lighted, warmed and furnished and
adapted to the convenient separation and due
security Of the malls, Is to DO provided by the
contractor, under the direction Of tho Depart.
ment.
Railroad and steamboat companies arc 70.
CURED to take the mail from and deliver 1t
into the post Offices at the beginning and end
more than eighty rods from station or land.
ing Proposals may be submitted BY the com.
panies for the performance Of all other side
ssrviee-that Is for Offices over eighty rods from
Q station or landing
There will DO "way Bills prepared BY pot.
accompany the malls conveyed on railroads and
steamers, specifying the number and destination
Of the several bags. On other principal routes,
likewise, receipts will DO required and way bills
forwarded; the latter to DO examined by the sew
eral postmasters, to insure regularity in the de.
livery Of mails.
and for each Of such omissions not satisfactorily
explained. three tmss the pay Of the trip will be
deducted. For arrivals so far behind time as to
break connection with depending mails, and not
sufficiently excused, one. fourth Of the eompensa.
ton for the trip is subject to forfeiture. For re-
peatsd delinquenoies Of the kind herein specified,
enlarged penalties, proportional to the nature
thereof, and the Importance Of tho mail, may DO
made.
5. For leaving behind or throwing OF the mails,
or any portion Of them, for the admission Of pas.
sengers, or for being concerned In setting up or
running an express conveying intelligence In ad'
vance OF tho mail, q quarters pay may DO de-
Quoted.
g. Fines will DO imposed, unless the dolin.
quency be promptly and satisfactorily explained
BY certificates Of postmastsrs or the afidavits Of
other credible persons, for failing to arrive in
contract time for neglecting to take the mail
from, or deliver 1t into, post Office; for suffer
ing It to be wet, injured, destroyed, robbed, or
lost and for refusing, after demand, to convey
tho mail as frequently as tho contractor runs, or
10 concerned In running, . coach, car, or steam
boat on . route.
T. The Postmaster General may annul the
contract for repeated failures to run agreeably
to contract; for violating tho post office laws. or
disobsying the instructions Of the Department.
for refusing to discharge o carrier whom required
BY the Department to do SO; for running an ex.
press as aforesaid or for transporting persons or
mail.
g. The Postmaster General may order an in.
crease Of service on o route by allowing therefor
Q pro rata Increase on tho contract pay. He may
change schedules Of departures AID arrivals in
all cases, and particularly to make them conform
to connexions with railroads, without increase OF
pay. provided the running time DO not abridged.
he may also order an increase Of speed, allowing,
within the restrictions Of the law, pro rata In.
crease Of pay for the additional stock or carriers
II any. The contractor may, however, in the
edso Of increase Of speed relinquish the contract
by giving prompt notice to the Department that
he prefers doing so to carrying tho order into
elect. Tho Postmaster General may also dis.
continue or curtail the service, In whols or in
part in order to place on the route greater de.
gree Of service, or whenever tho public interests
In his Judgment shall require such discontinu.
ance or curtailment for any other cause; he al.
lowing as full indemnity to contractor one
months extra pay on the amount Of service dis
ponsed with, and pro rata compensation for
the amount Of service retained and continued.
0. Payments will DO made BY collections from
or drafts on postmasters, or otherwise, after tho
expiration Of each quartsr-say In November
February, May, and August.
10. The distances arc given according to tho
best information; but no increased pay will DO
allowed should they DO greater than advertised
II the points to be supplied are correctly stated
Bidders must inform themselves on this point
and also in reference to the weight Of the mail
tho condition Of roads, hills, streams, 80, and
oil toll bridges, ferries, or distractions Of any
kind BY which expense may DO incurred. No