The Weekly Arizonian., 1869-12-18

-No pay VIII CS Ha1S HOY tKtps nst performed and for each e{ sacb on ssi0ns, no satisfactorily explained, three times the pay of tas trip may be ! deducted. For arrivals 50 far behind time ts break connection with depending mails, and no, sutnciontly excused one fourth of the compensation for the tripi subject to forfeiture.
 Fiues will be imposed, uuless the delinquency DC pr mpty and satisfactorily explained by certi- hcates of Postmasters or the afidavits of other err alols persons, for failing arrive in contract time; for negleeting to take tho mail from, or ueiFer IL into, post office; for suffering 1t to be wet, injuren, destroyed, robbed, or lost
 The Postmaster General may anEul the contract TOT repeated failures to agreeably to contract: Tor violating the post Ctfice laws, or disobsyiug the instructions of tho department; fer refusing 10 discharge carrier when requested by the depart ineht to do so; for assigning the contrae without the assent of the Postmaster General; or IT transporting persons or packages conveying msil- able matter out of the mall.
 The Postmaster General may order an increase ot 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 conform to conneo- onS with railroads, without increase of pay, pro- Vidsd the running time Do not abridged. He may also order an incl ease of speed, allowing within the restrictions of the law pro rata increase of pay for the additional stock or carriers, if any. Tho contractor may, hOwever,sin the case of ins crease of speed, relinqush the contract by giving prompt notice to the department that he prefers dcing to carrying the order into effect The Postmaster General may also discontinue or curtail the feryice, in whole or part, in order to place on the route greater degree of service, when ever the public interests, in his judgment, shall require such dseontinuancs or curtailment for any other cause he allowing full indemnity to contractor one months extra pay on the amount of service dispensed with, and pro rata com~ psnsaton for the amount of service retained and | continued
 Payments will be made for tho service by coilcc- tions from or drafts On Ostmasters, or otherwise after the expiration of each quarters J in Mo- vember, February, May, and August.
 The distances arc given according to the best information; but no increase pay will be allowed should they oe greater than advertised, if tao points to be supplied be correctly stated Bidders must inform themselves on this point.
 Bidders are requested to use, as far vs practi- cable, the printed form of proposal furnished by the department, to writs out iu full the sum of their bids, and to retain copies of them.
 Each bid must be guaranteed by two respon- sible persons,
 The bid should be sealed, superscribed "Mail Proposals, Territory of Arizona,' addressed "Se- cond Assistant Postmaster General, Contract 0fce," and sent by mail, not by CT to an agent ;and Postmasters will not enclose proposals tor letters of any kind) in their quarterly returns.
 The contracts are to be executed and returned to tho department by or before the Ist Uf July, 1869 but the service must be begun on that day, or on the next mail day thereafter, whether the contracts be executed or not, Transfers of con-. tracts, or O. interests in contracts, are forbidden by law, and consequently not allowed. Bidders will therefore take notice that they will be re- quirel to perform the service accepted to them through the whole term of the contract.
 o:<. oc oc March 3, I845, provides that contracts for the transportation of the mail shall be let, Gin every case, to the lowest bidder rendering sufficient guarantees for faithful performance, without eth. CT reference to the mode of transportation than may be necessary to provide for the du9 celerity, certainty, and security of snch transportation" Under this law, bids that propose to to transport the mail with "celerty, certainty, and security" having been decided to be the only legal bids are construed as providing for the entire mail, how. ever large, and whatever may be the mode of conveyance necessary to it's 'celeyity. cer. tainty, and security j" and no others will be con- sidered. Except in the of railroad and steam boat routes, bids naming any particular mode of conveyance are invariably rejected.
 modification of bid in any of it's essential terms is tantamount to new bid and cannot be received, so as to interfere with a regular com petition, after the last hour set fer receiving bids. Making new bid with guarantee and certificate, 10 'no 0Hiy way Vo modlIy pIeTIoaS Dld.
 Postmaster are to be careful not to certify to the suficiency of guarantors or sursties without knowing that they are persons of sufficient respon- sibility disregard of this instruction by post masters is violation of their oath of office, subiecting them to immediate removal. All bid ders guarantors, and sureties are distinctly noti fed that on 8 failure to enter into or perform the contracts for the service eroposed for in the accepted bids, their legal liabilities will be en- forced against them.
 Present contractors. and persons known at the department, must, equally with others, procure guarantors and certificates, of their suffciency, in the forms above prescribed. The certificate of suficiency must be signed by a postmaster or by judge of 8 court of record; no other will be admitted.
 JN0. A. CRESWELL,
 St Postmaster General,