The Weekly Arizonian., 1869-11-27

No pay will be made for trips not performed; and for each of such omissions, no satisfactorily explained, three times ths pay of the trip may bs deducted. For arrivals far behind time as to break connection with depending mails, and not sufficiently excused, one-fourth of the compensation for the tripis subject to forfeiture.
 Fines will be imposed, unless the delinquency be pr mpuy and satisfactorily explained by eerti- fcates Of postmasters or the aiidavits eff other CT di5le persons, for failing to arrive in contract time; for neglecting to take the mail from, or deliver 1t into, post office for suffering it to be vet, injaren, destroyed, robbed, or lost.
 The Postmas ter General may anruI the contracts for repeated failures to agrseably to contract for violating the post cfiee laws, or disobeying the Instructions of the department; for refusing to discharge carrier when requested by the depart- ment to dO so; for assigning the contrat without the assent of the Postmaster General or r transporting persons or packages conveying m aiI. able matter out Of the mall.
 The Postmaster General may order an ipcrs,.a of service on a route by allowing therefor 3 pro rata increase on the contract pay. HemaV eha1ge schedules Of departures and arrivals in III eases and particularly to make them conform to oonnee- tons with railroads, without increase of nav nro. yided the running time be not abridged lie may also order an inc ease of speed. allowfnr yeithi1 the restrictions of tho law pro rata i9creaso of pay for the additional stock or carriers. if any 1hs contractor may, however, in tho case of in, crease of speed reiinquish the contract by giving prompt notice to the department that he nrsfe-s doing 50 to carrying the order into effect. Tbn Postmaster General may also d!scoDtinus or orrt;1 the service. in whole ia part iii order to rIsra on the route a greater degree of service. when. ever tho public interests, in his judgment, shall require such dlSeoutIauancs CT curtaiire7t far ar other cause; he allowing full indemnity , contractor one months extra pay on the a,nount 1 of service dispensed With and a pro rata c m pe1sation for the amount of service retained and continued.
 l Payments will be made for tho service by collee- | tons from or drafts On ostmasters. or otberv;so after the expiration of each quarters iu No. vember, February, May, and August.
 The distances are given according to the b... information; but no increase pay will be alIov.5 should they os greater than advertised. if points to be supplied be correctly stated, BijJars must inf,rm themselves on this point
 Bidders are requested ts use, as far ra praeti- cable, the printed form of proposal furnished bv 1 the department, to write out in full the sura of their bids, and to retain copies of them
 Each bid must be guaran teed by two resnon- sible persons,
 The bid should be sealed, suporscribed osf.iI Proposals, Territory of Arizona, ,'5 addressed ..S
 con0 Assistant Postmaster General, Contr,ot Office" ani sent by mail, not by or to s1 agent ;and Postnasters will not enclose rronos.I I tor letters of any kind) ia their alsrtor., returns. ! Inc contracts are to be executed and rstu-r.I | 70 the department by CT before the Ist ,f .T,I,r ! 1863 but the sefvlce must be begun on that day ] 0r oa the next mail day thereafter wdetbar +S contracts be eLecatod or not Transfers oF ,'- tracts, interests ia contracts, are f,rhidIor, | hy iaW, and consequently not allowed. Bidder, will therefore take notice that they will bs ra. quirel to perform the service aceepted in tba., tlyeush the whole ,ern o. tks contract.
 Section eighteen of an act of congress a,,rov., | M1rch ,, Ie45, provides that contracts f[r +E transportation of tho mail shall be let, Gin orar ease, to the lowest bidder rendering sufficient guarantees for faithful performance. without otL CT reference to the mode of Transportation tbor may be necessary to provide for the oU.. c .I-is certainty, and security oE snch transportatfo,,, /, Under this law, bias that propose to to transno-. tue mail Titu "c5leTity, certaintv and spcrrit ., having been teided to be tle only legal bids. aro construed as providing for the entire mail. how ever large, and whatever may be the mods of conveyance necessary to en its "celeritv. cer tainty, and security" and no others will he con. sidered. Except Ill the of railroad and steam boat routes, bids naming any particular mode of conveyance are invariably rejected.
 1 modification Of bid in any of it's osse1tisI terms is tantamount to a new bid and cannot be received, so as to interfere with q repuJar co,, ! Making new bid with guarantee and certificate is the only way to modify previous bid. Postmas ters are to be careful not to certify to the suiiciency of guarantors or sureties without knowing that they are persons of sufficient rospon sbiisy a disregard Of this instruction by post masters is violation of their oath of office. ! suIiecting them to immediate removal, All bi1- der5, guarantors, and sareties are distinctly noG- 1 fed that on q failure to enter into or perform the contracts for the service proposed for in the accepted bids, their legal liabilities will be en n- forced against them-
 Present contractors, and persons known at the department, must equally with others, procure cuarantors and certificates, of ther suffciency. in the forms above prescribed. The certificate of suficiency must be signed by postmaster or by q judge of Q court of record; no other will be admitted.
 JN0. 4. CRESWELL,
 Ct Postmaster General,