The weekly Arizona miner., 1873-11-15

 admits Of 1t, the special agents of the Post office Department, also post office blanks, mail bags, locks and keys, are to be conveyed without extra charge.
 g. "way bills" or receipts, prepared by post. | masters or otber agents of the Department, will | accompany the mails, specifying the number and | destination Of the several bags, to be examined | by inc postmasters, to Insure regularity In the de livery Of bags and pouches. 1. No pay will be made for trips not perform | ed and for each Of such omissions, if the failure be occasioned by the fault ot the contractor or carrier, three times the pay of the trip will be de- ducted For arrivals so far behind time as to l ] break connection with depending mails. and not | sufficiently excused, oneiOurth of the compensa. ton for the trip is subject 10 forfelture. For re- peated delluqueucies Of the kind herein specified, | enlarged penalties, propOrtioned to the nature thereof, and the importance of the mail, may be made. B. For leaving behind or throwing of the | mails, or any portion Of them for the admission l Of passengers, or for being concerned in setting up or running an express conveying intelligence In advance Of the mail, quarters pay may be deducted.
 6. Fines Will ha imposed unless the deln. quency be promptly and satisfactorily explained by certificates of postma.ters or the atidayits of other credible persons, for failing to arrive n tract time; for negecting to take the mail from, or deliver t into, post office; for suffering it to be wet, injured, destroyed robbed, or lost; and for refusing, after demand, to convey the mail as fre- quently as the contractor runs, or Is concerned In running, coach, car, or steamboat on a route. , .. The Postmaster General may annul the con- trrct for repeated failures to run ugreeably to contract; for violating the pos; office laws, or disobeying the instructions Of the Department for refusing 10 discharge a carrier when requ red by the Department to do so; for summing ex- press as aforesaid or for transporting persons or 1; packages conveying mailabe matter out of the mall.
 8. The Postmaster General may discontinue or extend a contract, change the schedule and ter. l n4tn nf a rnufn nd aff fnrra extend the service, in accordance with law, be a- ' lowing pro rctG increase Of compensation for any additional service thereby required, or for n- 2. creased speed, if the employment Of additional stock or carriers is rendered necessary; and in t case of decrease, curtailment, discontinuauce
 of service, as full indemaity to said contractor l. one months extra pay on tbe amount of service
 dispensed with, and pro rata compensation for . tue service retained. ProUided hoioerer that in 2 case Of increased expedition, the contractor may upon timely notice, relinquish the contract.
 9. Payments will bc made ey collections from, or drafts on, postmasters or otherwise, after the expiration Of each quarter--say In November
 February, May and August, provided that requir- ed evidence of service has been received. d 10. The distances given are believed to be sub stantially correct; but DO Increased pay will be allowed should they bc greater than advertised if the points to be supplied are correctly stated Bid
 deTs must inform hemseices his point, and also
 iu reference to the weight of the maii the condi- V bridges, turnpikes, plank-roads ferries, or ob- structIOns ofaDy kind by which expense may be
 incurred. No claim for additional pay, based on
 such ground, can be considered; nor for alleged
 mistakes or misspp.eLens!on as 10 the degree Of service; nor for bridges destroyed, ferries discon- $ tinued or other obstruetious causing increas-
 ing distance or expense occurring during tue con
 tract term. Offices established after this adVer-
 tisement is issued, and also during the contract
 term, are to be visited without extra pay, if the
 distance be not increased.
 o II. Bidders are cautioned to mail their propos- A als tn tune 10 reach tue Department by the day
 and hour named t3 p. m, February 2, ls74), as
 bids received after that time oH not be considersd
 In competition with bids, Of reasonable amount
 received in time. Neither can bids be considered
 which are without the guarantee required by law, . and certificate Of the suticiency of such guaran. " tee, and the oath Of the bidder according sec. \ ton 2i6, act Of June $, 1872
 l2. Bidders should first propose for service
 strictly according to the advertisement and then
 If they desire separately for different service; and
 if the regular bid be the lowest offered for the ad
 yertlsed service, the other propositions may be Fe considered.
 l3. There should be but one route bid for in a
 proposal. Consolidated combination bids SC c'pToposing one sum for two or more routes")
 cannot nr considered m IA. The route, the service, the yearly pay, the
 name and residence of the bidder (that Is, his us #. ual postotiice addressl and the name of each
 member of firm, where a company offers
 should be distinctly stated.
 ?, l5. Bidders are requested to use as far as prac 1' ticaole, the printed proposals furnished by the
 Department, to write out In full the sum of their
 bids, and 10 retain copies Of them.
 Altered bids should not be. submitted; no, .. should bids once submitted be withdrawn. Nc C withdrawal of bidder or guarantor will be allo
 cd unless the withdrawal .s received twenty ion, p pa hours previous 10 the time fixed for opening th, 70 proposals
 - Each bid must be guaranteed by two responsI n ble persons The bid and guarantee should bs signed plainly win the full name Of each person '' The Postmaster General reserves the right to f, reject any bid which may be deemed extrayagant ne and also to disregard tLe bids of falling contract DC ors and bidders (Act Of June s. 1872 section 24g 70 l6. The bid should De sealed, superscribet IT, Mali Proposals Territory of Arizona" address to cd " Second Assistant Postmaster General, Con is- tract Ofhce." Bids of g 900 per annum and up B, ward must be accompanied by a certified cheek
 or draft, oD some solvent national bank equal ts
 , per cent Of the amount i; also bids for seryIc,
 which now costs 5000 Or more per annum of Where the present pay is s5,000 or more, 1t |, Or stated In the advertisement under the approprl ed ate route.
 or IT. Ths contracts are Co De exeeued aud rsurnee 10. 10 e Department 6y before the lst day of June 1874, ohsroise the aeeeptsd bidder 0H Je conSiey
 ed as hauiag failed, aRd Dte Postmaster Genera ,a may proceed Co contract for Ms srrice t0M ohe,
 parties dco0Tding Co idD
 Transfers Of contracts, or of interest in con
 tracts, are forbidden by law, and consequent,
 cannot be allowed. Neither can bids or lnteresi =. in bids, be transferred assigned to other par @ ties. Bidders will therefore take notice that the, d will be expected 10 perform the service awarded .u .u to them through the whole contract term S IS. Section 249 of the act of June s, 1872 pro
 yides that contracts for tue transportation Of th,
 mall shall be awarded to the lowest bidder ten - deTing sufficient guarantees for faithful perform nk uncei "noVt Osnc i0'c enc0 '" 'ne moue oi sucl iAs transportation than may be necessary to provide Un for the due ceeriy, certainty, and security there i@ Of" Under this law, bids that propose to trans
 port the malls with 'oeeyity, certainly aud Secuy the iy" haping been decided tO bs Ms OHy Legal bids lee construed proridng for e entire nail ho.o
 eUeT large, aud ohaferer may be ne mode 0f con or peyanee necessary to insure ns "oekerity, eey rx- taiptty and seerif" and hare the Dyefzeee o,n ND GA others, and no others are considered excep ED for steamboat routes.
 i9 A modification ofa bid in any of It's essen ey- tAl terms s tantamouDt to new bid, and cannO - De Iecelfeo, 90 as TO interfere With regular com ul. petition. nakinga new bid, with guarantee ana Is certificate, Is the only way to modify pTeyiOu en. bid.