Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1870-01-22

| is,c Office. when not otherwise specified. for
| opening aud esam;,. n. the mails.
No pa, will he made tor trips not pcrforr-..:
| and for each Of such omissions. not sa;isf.r-
| torilv exrlaircl three times t.- nay of Tho
| trip may be deducted. For arrival. so far be-
| hind time as to break connection with ,iei end
| ing mails and not sufficiently excused. one
| fourth OF the compensation !cr the trip IS sub
| j ct to forfeiture.
Fines will be imposed, unless the dclir-
quency be promptly and satisfactorily ex-
| planned by certificates Of posnnsters or the
| ahidavits OF her credible persons, for failing
| to arrive in contract time for newiecting to
| take the mail from. or deliver it into, II post
| Office Tor suffering it to be wet, injured de.
| stroycd, robbed or lost.
The Postmaster General may annul the
contract .Or repeated failures to run agreeahy
10 contract; for violating the post office laws
or .lisul,cJ ing the Instructions Of the depart
Incnt Cor refusing TO discharge Il carrier when
| requested by the department to do so for as
signing the contract without the assent o. the
Postum Stcr General or for transporting per
sons or packages conveying mailablc matter
ont of the nail.
The Postmaster Genera. may order m in
crease Of service on Il route Ivy nilowin! l.. ERE
for i'.'o r"ta Increase on the contract pay.
He may change schedules Of departures nud
them conform to connections with railroads.
without Increase Of pay, provided the running
time be not abridged. The Postmaster Ger
cral may also discontinue or cartGil the service,
| in whole or in part, IN order TO place on Il e
route n greater degree Of service, or hcnevel
the public Interests, in his Judgment, shall re-
qlirc such djSccntnuanrc or curtailinent for
any other cause he allowing rs fail indemnity
| to contractor one .month : extra pay on the
IN "a If Al Il n.if u,l
rata compensation for the amour. Of service
retained aad continued.
Payments will he made fer the service b,
collections from or drafts on uoSimastc;s. or
otherwise, after the expiration CT each qunt
say in November February May nri August.
The distances are given according 10 ,hc
| best information but no increase ofplr will
| be allowed should they hc greater than hdvcr-
tised, it the points to be supplied be correctly
stated. Bit'ierS Mtyt int1gm i,B,sc'reS on ms
| poiW.
Bidders are requested to use, rs far rs I'rGc-
| ticahlc. the printed form oj proposal furnished
| 10y tile department, 10 write out in iuli the sum
| of their bids and to return copies OF them
| Each bid must be guaranteed by two respon-
| siblc persons
The bid should be scaled, supcrscrbcd
| Mail Proposals, Territory of Washington, "
| addressed d" Second Assistant Postmaster Gen
cral, Contract Office, and sent by mail, not
! by or to an agent; and postmastcrs will not
| nclosc proposals Cor letters of any kind) in
their quarterly returns.
| The contracts are to be executed and re-
turned to the department by or before the Isl
| of July, 1870 but the service must be begun
on that day, or on the next mail day thcrcni-
| ter, whether the contracts be executed or not
| Transfers of conracts, or o! interests in con-
tracts, are forbidden by law, and conscIlcn
ly cannot be allowed. Bidders will therefore
| take notice that they will be required to per-
| form the service accepted to them through the
| whole term of the contract.
| Section eighteen of an act of Congress ap-
proved March 3, ls45, provides that contracts
for the transportation of the mail shall he let,
I" in every case, to the lowest bidder rendering
sufficient guarantees for faithful performance,
without other reference to the mode of such
transportation than may be Necessary to pro-
vide for the due celebrity, certainty, and srcu-
rty of such transportation" Under this law,
| bids that propose to transport the mail with
" CELEBRITY, certainty and security, having been
decided to be the only legal bids, are construed
rs providing for the entire mail, however large,
and whatever may be the mode of conveyance
| necessary to insure its @ celebrity, certainty,
| and security - and no others will be consid-
cred. Exceptin thee case of railroad and steam
boat routes, bids naming any particular mode Of
conveyance are mrariahiy rejected.
modification of bid in any Of its essen
tial terms is tantamount to q new bid, and
cannot be received, as to interfere with
regular competition, after the last hour set for
receiving bids. Making new bid, with guar
antec and certificate, is the only way to modify
a previous bid.
Postmastcrs are to be careful not to certify
to the sulicicncy of guarantors or suretcs
without knowing that they are persons of suf-
fcient responsibility a disrcgard Of tbs IN
straction by postmasers is rioiation OF their oah
Of office, Subjcet'ng them 10 immediate remoadi,
All bidders, gunrantors, and suretics are dis
tinctly notified that on u failure to enter into
or perform the contracts for the service pro-
posed for in the accepted bids, their legal liza
bilitics will be enforced against them.
Present contractors, and persons known Mt
the department. must, equally with others,
procure gnarantors and certificates, of their
sunicicncy, substantially iH the forms above
prescribed. The certificate Of suhicicncy must
be signed by postmaster, or hy a Judge Vi n
court of record no other will be admitted
JNO. A. J. CRESWELL,
Postmaster General