The St. Cloud journal., 1870-02-10

several postmastsrs, to insure regularity
in tho delivery Of mails.
a.. No pay will be made for trips not
performed; and for each ofsueh omissions
not satisfactorily explained, three times
the pay Of the trip will be deducted. For
arrivals so far behind time - 10 break
connection with derending mails, and not
ciently excused, one-fourth Of the COM
Pensatiou for the trip is subject to forfeit
ure. For repeated ddelinquencie Of the kind
herein specified, enlarged penalties, pr }.
portioned to the nature thereof, and I e
importance Of the mail, may be made.
.. For leaving behind or throwing ID
aamlssicn Of passengers, or for being con
cerned in setting up or running an express
conveying intelligence in advance of the
man quarters pay may oe deducted.
| =. Fines will be irpo, ed, unless the de-
1nquency be promptly aud satisfactorily
| explained by certificates Of postmaeters or
Inc afhdavits Of other credible persons, for
falling to arrive in contract time for ne
glectlng to take the mail from, or deliver
1t into a pos: Office; for suffering it to be
wet, injured, destroyed, robbed, or Lost:
| and for refusing, after demand, to convey
'ie mail rs frequently as the contractor
runs, or is concerned in running, q coach.
car, Il steamboat on route.
Z, The Postmaster General NAV aunul
the contract for repeated failures TO
rau agreeably TO coutret; for vi
1iso5eying the Instructions of the
Department for refusing to discharge =
carrier when required by the Department
10 DO go; :or running an express as afore-
said; or for transporting persons or packa-
ees conveying mailable matter out of the
mail.
2. The Postmaster General may order an
lncreaEe Of service on route by allowing
therefore pro rata increase on the con-
tract pay. He may change schedules of
departures and arrivals in all cases, and
particularly to make them conform to con-
nections with railroads, without increase of
pay, provided the running time be not
abridged The Postmaster General may
also discontinue or curtail he service, in
whole or in part, in order TO place on the
route superior service, or whenever the
public interests in his judgment, shall re-
quire such discontinuance or custailment
for any other cause, he allowing as full
indemnity to contractor one months extra
pay on the amount Of service dispensed
with, and a pro rata compensation for the
amount OF service retained and continued.
8. Payments will be made by collections
from or drafts on, postmasters, or otherwise,
after the expiration Of each quarter-say
in November, February, May, and August.
~. The distances are given according
to the best information but no increased
pay will be allowed should they be great
er than advertised, if the points to be sup.
piled are correctly stated. Bidders must in
form Themselves on this point, and also in
reference to the weight of the mail, the
condition of roads, hills, streams, &C., and
all tol-bridgss. ferries, or obstructions of
any kind by which expense may be incur
redNo claim for additional pay, based on
such ground, can be considered; nor for
alleged mistakes or Misrepresentation as 10
the degree of service nor for bridges des-
troyed, ferries discontinued, or other OBJ
structions increasing distance or expense,
occurring during the contract term. Of
hces established alter this advertisement is
issued, and also during the contract term,
are to be visited without extra pay, if the
distance be not increased.
II. Bidders are cautioned to mail their
proposals in time to reach the Department
by the day and hour named, e r. M, March
80, 1S7c,) for bids received after that time
.r'H not be considered in competition with
bids Of reasonable amount received in time.
Neither can bids he considered which are
without the guarantee required by law, and
certificate of the suficiency of such guar
au:ee.
II. Bidders should first propose for ser
vice strictly according to the advertisement,
and then, if they desire, separately for diff
ferent service; and if the regular bid be the
lowest offei ed tor the advertised service.
the other propositions may be conaidered
IL. There should he but one route bid
for in proposal. Consolidated or COM
bination bids (''propo osipg one sum for two
or more rou'es') are forbidden by law, and
cannot be considered
IA. The route, the service, the yearly
pay, the name and residence of the bidder,
(that Is, his usual post Office Address, and
the name Of each member of firm, where
company offers, should be distinctly
stated.
10. Bidders are requested to use, AS far
as practicable, the printed proposals. fur
nlshed BY the Department., to write out
in full the sum of their bids, and to retain
copies Of them.
Altered bids should not he submitted
nor should bids once submitted be with
drawn. No withdrawal of a bidder or
gu .rantor will be allowed unless the with
drawal is dated aud received before the
last day for receiving proposals.
The Department reserves the right to re-
ject any bid which may be deemed cxtrava
giant, and also to disregard the bids of fail
ing contractors and bidders. (Act of July
,, 1886. section "a
l6. The bill should be scaled, superscr.b-
ed Mail Proposals, State of Minnesota
addressed ''Second Assistant Postmaster
General, Contract Office" and sent by
mail, not by or to an agent and postmas-
tiers will not lnclose proposals Tor letters of
any klnd) IN their quarterly returns.
II. The contracts are to be executed and
returned to the Department by or before
the lst day of July, 1870; but the service
must be begun on that day, or on mail day
next after ii, whether the contracts be
executed or not.
Transfers of contracts, or of interests, are
forbidden by law, and consequently cannot
be allowed. Bidders will therefore take
notice that they will be expected to perform
the service accepted to them through the
l8- Pos masters at offices on or near
railroads, but more than eighty rods from
station, will, Immediately after the 3Oth
OF March next, report their exact distance
from the nearest station, to enable the
Postmaster General to direct mail mes
senger supply from the 1st of July next.
10. Section eighteen of an act of Con-
gress spprovcd March 8, l845. provides
that contracts for the transportation of
the mail shall be let, sin every case, to
the lowest bidder rendering sufficient guar
antees for faithful performance, without
other reference to the mode of such trans
portation than may be necessary 10
provide for the due celebrity, certainty,
and security Of such transportation, -
Under this law bids that propose to trans
port the mails with "cELrR1rY, CERTAINTY
AND SECURITY" HAVING BEEN DECIDED TO
BE THE ONLY LEGAL BIDS, ARE coNsThUkD
AS PROVIDING FOB THE ENTIRE NAIL, HOW
EVER LARGs, AND WHATEVER MAY BE THE
MODE OF CONVEYANCE NECESSARY TO H.
SURE ITS "CELERlTY, CERTAINTY AND Sc
CUR1TY," AND HAvE THE PREFERENCE OVER
ALL OTHERS, and no others are considered
20. A modification of = bid in any of it's
essential terms is tantamount to q new bid,
and cannot be received, go as to interfere
with regular competition. Making . new
hid, with guarantee and certificate, is the
only way to modify previous bid.