Owyhee tidal wave. [volume] (Silver City, Owyhee County, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1869-1870, 1869-11-11
INSTRUCTIONS:


Seven minutes are allowed to each liter
rnetfiate office, When not otherwise specified.
for opening and examining the mails
No pay will be made for trips not perform
ed; aud for ca. h of such omissions, not sal
istacioriy explained, three times the pay az
the trip may Ge deducted. For arrivals SO
far behind lime as to break connection with
depending mails. and not sufficiently excus-
ed, one-iouIih Of the compensation iVr the
trip is subject TO forfeiture
FINES viii he imposed, unless the delinquen.
cy be promptly aid satisfactorily explained
10y certificates Of postmasiers or the afiidayiis
OF other credible PERSONS, for failing TO ar
live in contract time; for negleciing to take
the mail from, OF denver it into u posloflice,
for suffering II to be wet, Injured, destroyed,
robbed or lost
The Postmaster General may annul the
contract for repeated failures To run agreea-
bly, to contract: for violating the postofilue
laws or disobe, ing the instructions of the
department; Tor refusing To di charge car
rier when requested 10y the department TO >
so; for assigning. the contract without the
ass,nt OF the Postmaster General; or Tor
transporting persons or packages convey ing
Inailab matter out OF tue mail.
The Postmaster General may order an in
cieHse oil service on Il route 10y allowing
therefor pro rata increase on the contract
pay He may change schedules Of depart
urcs and arrivals IN all cases, and particular
ly 10 make them can;oim To Connect ,ns
with rnlro4a<. without increase OF pay.
provided The running time he hot abridged.
The P,rsIm ,sfer General may also discontinue
ar curtdil the service, in whole or in part,
in order TO place on the route n greater de-
gree oi service, or whenever the public III
ind t..It
hisconlinuanc. or curtailment for any other
cause he allowing MS full indemnify to con
tractor one month's extra pay on the amount
OF service dispensed with, and pro rata
compensation FIR the amount OF service re-
tainrd and continued.
Payments will he made for The service by
| collections from or drafts on poStmastcrs, or
| otherwise. after The expiration of each quar-
tcf-siiy in November. February, May, and
/, August.
' lie distances are Civ according to the
bert iBisH nation; hut nn ia, ASS of pay
| will TIE allowed should they br greater Than
advertised, IL the points 10 he supplied he
correctly stated. Bitidt RS must sform them
Ssires on ttis point
bidders are requested to use. as far as
| pracficali;e, the printed form of proposal
furnished 10y the department, to write "ut ID
iuii tiif ruth VI thttt uturs anu W tttaih S"p
/, ieS of them.
Each bid must he guaranteed by two re
| spoiisible persons.
| The hid should be sealed, supeTscrbed
Mail Proposals, Territory of idlhu," adj
| dressed = second Assistant Postmaster Gen
| eral, Contract office, aud sent by mai. no
by or To AN agent, and pustmlsiers Will nn
| inco.e prnpo<itis Tor letters of any kind II
their quarterly returns.
The contracts are To be executed and re
| turned To the department 10y OF before TIN
| 1st nf July, 1870; but the service must b
begun on that day, or on the next nlaii dii.
thereafter, whether The cantrscis be executor
or not Transfers OF cOntiaris, or oil inter
esis in contracts, are f'rbiddeii liy law, ant
consequently cannot lie allowed. Bidder
will therefore take nniice that they will III
required 10 perform the service accepted &,
| them through the whole term Of tue con
| tract
Section eighteen of an act uf Congress ap
proved March 8, 1915 provides that CONTRACT!
for the transportation of the mails shall b.
let, in every c.i>c, TO the lowest bid Ie
rendering sufficient guarantees for fdthfil
performances without other reference 10 Tia
mode of such transmrtaio ion than may u
necessary 10 provide for the due CELEBRITY ger
tainty and security ct such transportation.
Under this Law bids that propose to transpur
the mail with CELEBRITY. certainly and secuii
tv.i having hecn decided 10 be the O ly leg
bids, are construed as providing for the en-
tire mail. however itrge, and Whatever may
he the mode nf conveyance necessary TO in
sure lis '-c,leriry. certainty, and security :,
and no Others will he considered. Except II
the case Of railroad aud steanitOlt routes
bids naming am particular mode Of conrey
ance are Invariably rejected
modliicaii IA af n III in any 0f its essen
tia terms is tantam0unt Ia IL new bid, an'
cannot be received, 80 rs tu interfere with !
regular competition. after the last hour Sc
for receiving bids Making new hid. will
guarantee and certificate, Is the only way Il
modify previous bid.
Pnstmasiers are Ia he careful not 10 cfrtit,
TO the sufic ency Of guarantnrs or sur,tie
without knowing that they are E"rsnns @
sufficient responsibility; a Disregard Of tau
instruction BY posimdsterS is a Vioiation Q
their oath of Office, satJecting ttem to intDte
diafe TsB,oudi. All bidders. guar.sniors, an'
surcries are distinctly NOTIFIED that on "a fail
| IRE To enter into ar perform the Contracts i"
The service proposed for VA tue sc
repted bids, their legal liabilities will be en-
forced against them
Present contractors. and persons kno ~
at the Department. must equally with ether
nrocprr ruarantur- and crriilic ,ies of thei
su,Jiciency substantial in the forms alnv'
( nresrribed The Ger. iticafe uf sIiflicieney mus
be signed by postmaster. or by a judge 81
royrt Of record: no other will he admitted
JN0. A. j. cRtSwt IL.
$1,000 f,os's1r'