The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1870-03-03
several postmastcrs, to insure repu.or;,,
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4: NO pay will be made for Nips nc,
Pc. 1ormeo' ana for each OF such omissions
not satisfactory: explained ,I,rsr fines
the pay Of the rip will be deducted For
arrivals so far Lei.iEd time az TO break
connection with ccfending n ais. and not
sufficient ~ excused, one fourth of the com
pensation Cor the trip is subject to forfeit
ure. For repcatcddelinquencies Of the kind
here specified, enlarged penalties. rro-
porto ned to the nature thereof. and the
importance OF the mail, may be made.
.. FOR leaving behind or throwing Of
the raalls, or any portion Of them, for the
aomisslcn OF passengers, or for being con
cefnea IN setting up or running an express
conveying intelligence in advance Of the
mali quarters pay may be deducted.
.. flaes WILL be imposed, unless the de-
lnqnency be Promptly and satisfactorily
explained by certificates of postmasters or
the athdavlts OF other credible persons. for
! failing to arrive in contract time for me-
glecting to take the mail from. or deliver
II into post office; for suffering it to be
wet, injured, destroyed, robbed, or LOST:
ana for refusing, after demand, to convey
'ne mai as frequently as the contractor
runs or Is concerned in running, coach,
car tr steamboat On q route.
- Inc postmaster General may annul
lne contract for repeated failures to
rnu agreeably to coutrct for vi
| oiating the post Office laws, or
| dlsobeying the instructions of the
department for refusing to discharge a
carrier when required BY the Department,
to 90 SO; Cor running an express as afore-
said s; or for transporting persons or packa-
ges conveying rlailable matter GU: Of the
| mail.
&. The Postmaster General may order an
increase 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-
nect1ons with railroads, WITHOUT increase of
pay, provided the running time be not
| aorldged- The Postmaster General may
aiso 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-
qulre such discontinuance or cu-tailment
!or any other cause, he allowing as full
indemnity to contractor one months extra
Pay on the amount of service dispensed
| with, and pro rata compensation fo- the
amount OF service retained and continued.
.. 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.
~. Inc distances are given according
70 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 them'elves on this point, and also in
reference to the weight of the mail, the
condition of roads, hills, streams, &c., and
all toll-bridgss. ferries, or obstruction 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 misapprehension as to
the degree Of service ; nor for bridges des-
troyed, ferries discontinued, or other ob-
structions increasing distance or expense,
occurring during the contract term. Of
ices established after this advertisement is
issued, and also during the contract to. IL,
are to be visited without extra pay, if the
distance be not increased.
IL. Bidders are cautioned to mail their
proposals In time to reach the Department
oy the DAY and hour named, e F. m, March
~, loW,) for bids received after that time
souI not be considered in competition with
Neither can bids be considered which are
without the guarantee required BY law, and
certificate Of the sufficiency of such guar
autee.
-. Bidders should first propose for SER
vice strictly according to the advertisement,
and then, if they desire, separately for dit
ferent service; and if the 7egulur bid be the
lowest Offer ed tor the advertised service,
the other propositions may be considered.
IL. There should be but one route bid
tor in proposal. Consolidated or COM
b1natlon bids ("proposing one sum for two
or more routes' 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
| nlSnea 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 bidder or
guarantor will be allowed unless the with
drawal is dated and received before the
last day for receiving proposals.
The Department reserves the right to re-
ject any bid which may be deemed cxtrava
gont, and also to disregard the bids of fail
ing contractors and bidders. (Act of july
2, 1885, section 24)
l6. The bid should be sealed, superscrib-
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 inclose proposals Tor letters Of
any kind) in their quarterly returns.
II. The contracts are to be executed and
returned to the Department by or before
the LIST day of July, 1870; but the service
must be begun on that day, or on mail day
next after it, whether the contracts he
! 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
whole term of the contract.
IL. Posmasters at offices on or near
railroads, but more than eighty rods from
q station, will, Immediately after the 3Oth
OF March next, report their exact distance
| H10'AA VAN AAe"AeSe otdI4Ou, 10 ena BILE the
Postmaster General to direct mail-mes-
senger supply from the LIST of July next. "a
10. Section eighteen of IN act of Con-
gress approved March 5, 1s45, provides
that contracts for the transportation Of
the mail shall be let, Gin every case. 10
the lowest bidder rendering sufficient guar
antees for faithful performance, without
other reference to the mode of such trans
/ portation than may be necessary 70
provide for the due CELEBRITY, certain,v
and security of such Transportation.
Under this law bids that p, oppose to trans
port the mails with "cELER1rr. CERrA1<T,
AND SECURITY" HAVING BEEN DEc1nrn 70
BE THE ONLY LEGAL BIDS, ARE coysr1rrn
AS PROVIDING FOR THE ENTIRE NAIL. now
EVER LARGE, AND WHATEVER MAY DE ri,E
NODE OF CONVEYANCE NECESSARY TO ~
SURE ITS 'cELERITY, CERTAINTY AND ST.
cuR1TT," AND HAVE THE PREFERENCE OVER
ALI. OTHERS, and no others are considered.
20. modification of bid in anv of II.
essential terms is tantamount to newsbid.
and cannot be received, so as to interfere
with regular competition. Making a new
bid, with guarantee and certificate, is the
only way to modify a previous bid.
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