Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1868-01-10
FORM OF PROPOSAL, GUARANTEE AND
CERTIFICATE.
PROPOSAL.

PROPOSAL.
The undersigned - -, whose post
Office address Is, county of -, State.
of -, proposes to convey the mails of the
United States, from July l., 1868, to Jhne 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
nual sum Of dollars.
This proposal is made nth full k11oscLedge Of the
distance of the route, the ,oeigM of the mail to be
carried and all other particulars reference 10 the
route and service, and also after careful examination
Of the La,cs and instructions attached to tr aduer-
tisenent
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 LIST day of July. 1868, enter into the
required obligation or contract to perform the
rcrrice proposed, with good and sufficient sure
ties. .. -7-7..s-
This ,oe do, understanding distinctly the obliga-
hons and liabilities assumed by guaranors under the
9th section of the act of Cjnress of July 2, 1886.
Dated (Signed by two guarantors.)
The undersigned, postmaster at -, State
of -- certifies, UNDER HIS OATH OF OFFICE,
that he is acquainted with the above guaran-
tors, and knows them to be men of property,
and able to make good their guarantee. ~,
- Duted ~, .' ~ 6
INSTRUCTIONS TO BIDDERS AND POST
MASTERS;
Containing also conditions 10 be Incorporated in the
contracts to the extent the Department
may deem proper.
/. Seven minutes are allowed to each inter-
,S,l
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
routesSwhere the mode OF conveyance admits of
it, the special agents of the Post Office Depart
meut, also post Office blanks, mail bags. locks
and keys are to be conveyed without extra
charge. ---s
3. On railroad and steamboat lines the route
agents of the Department, also the British and
Canada mails, when offered, and the agents ac-
companying them, are to be conveyed without
charge and for the use of the United States
agents a 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. -.-T = -s
Railroad and steamboat companies are re-
quired to take the mail from and deliver it into
the post Offices at the beginning and end of
their routes, and to and from all offices not more
than eighty rods from a 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 5,3i' -s.
There will be way billsn prepared by post
masters. or other agents of the Department, to
accompany the mails conveyed on railroads and
steamers, specifying the number and destination
oT 4 horr n thorr,
likewise, receipts will be;required and way bills
forwarded the latter to be examined by the
several postmasters, to insure regularity in the
delivery of mails. nI .eEt tt.-
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 deducted. 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,s and the i'm
portance of the mail, may be made.
S. 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, a quarters pay may be
deducted. l---.
6. Fines will be imposed, unless the delin-
quency be promptly and satisfactorily explained
by certificates of postmasters or the afdavits 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 aud for refusing, after demand, to con-
vey the mail as frequently as The contractor
runs, or is concerned in running, b coach, car,
or ste imboat on route.
Z. 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 So; for rum
ming an express as aforesaid or tor transport
ing persons or packages conveying mailable
matter out of the mail.
The Postmaster General may order an in.
crease of service on a route by allowing therefor
a pro rata increase ON the contract pay. He
may change schedules Of departures and arrivals
in all cases, and particularly to make them con-