The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1871-10-14


falling to arrive in contract time: TO
neglecting to take the mail from, or delive
it into, post office; for suffering it to b
wet, injured, destrO yed, robbed, or lost
and for refusing, after demand, to cenve,
the mail as frequently as the contracto
runs, or is concerned in running, a coach
/ car, or steamboat on a route.
Z. The Postmaster General may annu
the contract for repeated failures to ru1
agreeably to contract; for violating til,
post Office laws, or disobeying the instruc.
tions of the Department; for refusing tc
discharge carrier when required by the
Department to do so; for running an express
as aforesaid; or for transporting persons OF
packages conveying mailable matter out Of
| the mail
=. The Postmaster General may order an
| increase of service on a route by allowing
| therefor pro rata increase on tile contract
! pay. He may change schedules of depar.
lures and arrivals in all cases, and particu-
larly to make them conform to connections
with railroads, without increase of nav.
provided the running time be not ABRIDGED.
The Postmaster General may also discou-
tlnue or curtail the service, in whole or in
part, in order to place Oh the route supe-
rlor service. or whenever the public inter-
ests in his judgment, shall require such
dlscontinuance or curtailment for 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 for the amount of
service retained and continued.
y. Payments will be made by collections
from, or drafts on, postmasters or other
wise, after the expiration of each quarter
Noypmhar Eah
August, provided that required evidence of
service has been received,
III. The distances given are believed to
be substantially correct; but no increased
pay will be allowed should they be greater
than advertised, if the points to be SUD-
plled are correctly stated. Bidders must
MORN Themselves on this point, and also in
reference to the weight of the mail. the
condition of roads, hills, streams. &C., and
all toll-bridges, turnpikes, plank roads. fer
RES, OF distractions of any kind by which
expense may be incurred. No claim for
additional pay, based on such ground; can
be considered; nor for alleged mistakes or
misapprehensions as to the degree of SER
vice; nor for bridges destroyed, ferries dis
continued, or other distractions causing mr.
increasing distance or expense occurring
during the contract term. Offices estah.
llshed after this advertisement is issued.
and also during the contract term. are to
be visited without extra pay, if the dis
lance he not increased.
IL. Bidders are cautioned to mail their
proposals i'll time to reach the Department
by the day and hour named, Is D. M.
March |, 1921 for bids received after that
time 'osI not Do considered in competition
with bids, OF reasonable amount, received
IN time. Neither can bids be considered
which are without the guarantee required
oy law, and certificate of the suficiency
OF such guarantee.
IL. Bidders should first propose for SER
vice strictly according to the advertisement,
and then, it they desire. separately for diff
ferent service; and if the regular bid be
the lowest offered for the advertised service,
the other propositions may be considered.
IL. There should be but one route bid
Tor IN proposal. Consolidated Or combi-
nation bids ("proposing one sum for two
OF 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 a firm, where
company offers, should be distinctly
stated.
Is. Bidders are requested to use, as far
as practicable, the printed proposals fur
nished by the Department., to write out in
full the sum of their bids, and to retain
copies of them.
Altered bids should not be submitted:
nor should bids once submitted be with.
drawn. No withdrawal of a bidder or
guarantor will be allowed unless the with
drawal is dated and received before the last
day for receiving proposals.
Each bid must be guaranteed by two
responsible persons. The bid and guar
antee should be signed plainly with the
full name of each person.
The Postmaster General reserves the
right to reject any bid which may be deemed
and also to disregard the bids
of failing contractors and bidders. (Act
Of July 2, 1886, section 24.)
16. The bid should be sealed, SUPER
scribed email Proposals, State of Mary
lane" addressed "Second Assistant Post
master General, Contract Office" and sent
by mail, not by or to an agent. Bids of
30, 600 per annnm and upward must be
by certified check or draft,
equal to per cent. of the amount.
IL. The contracts are to be executed and
returned to the Department by or before
the 1st day Of July, 1872; but the service
must be begun on that day, or on the mail
day next after it, whether the contracts be
or not.
Transfers Of contracts, or of intereat in
contracts, are forbidden by law, and con-
'equently cannot be allowed. Neither can
bids, or interests in bids, be transferred or
assigned to other parties. Bidders will
therefore take notice that they will be
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