The weekly Arizona miner., 1873-10-25
TO BIDDERS AND
 POSTMAS1ERS;
Containing also conditions 10 De incorporated ia the contracts Co the extent he Experiment.
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l. seven minutes arc allowed to each lnleFtnc- diatc office, when not otherwise specified, Tor as- sorting the mails.
 2. On routes where the mode of conveyance admits of it. the special agents of the Post Office Department, also post office blanks, mail bags, iCcks and keys, are to be conveyed without extra charge.
 g. "Way bills" or receipts, prepared by post masters or other agents of the Department, will accompany the mails, specifying the number and destination of the several bags, to be examined by the postmasters to insure regularity in the de- livery of bags and pouches
 A. No pay will be made for trips not perform ed and for each Of such omissions, If the failure | be occasioued by the fault Of the contractor or ! carrier three times the pay of the trip will be de- ducted. For arrivals SO far behind time as to break connection with depending malls, and not sufficiently excused, one-iourth of the compensa- ton for thc trip is subject to forfeiture. For peated delinquencles of the kind herein specified, enlarged penalties, proportioned to the nature thereof and the importance of the mall, may be made. ,. For leaving behind or throwing of the mails, or any portion of them for the admission of passengers, or for being concerned in setting up or running an express conveying intelligence | in advance oi the mail, quarters pay may be deducted.
 6. Fines will be imposed, unless the dcn. quency be promptly and satisfactorily explained by certificates of postmasters or the atidayits of other credible persons for failing to arrive in con tract time for neglecting 10 take the mail from, HF delfcr t intO, post Otncci Tor suuBrinE H 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. z. The Postmaster General may annul the con trrct for repeated failures to run agreeably to contract; for violating the post office laws, or | dsobeying the instructions of the Department for refusing to discharge a carrier when required | by the Department to do so; for running an GA. press aforesaid or for transporting persons or | packages conveying mailabe matter out of the mail
 S. The Postmaster General may discontinue or extend a contract, change the schedule and ter mini of a route, and alter, increase, decrease, or extend the service, in accordance with law, he al. lowing pro rata increase of compensation for any additional service thereby required, or for in- creased speed, II the employment Of additional stock or carriers Is rendered necessaTy and in case of decrease, curtailment, or discontnuance of service, as full indemnity to said contractor, one months extra pay on the amount of service | dispensed with, and pro rGtd compensation for ths service retained. PrOpided, hopeUer, that, in case Ofincreased expedition, the contractor may, 1 upon timely notice, reliDquish the contract
 9. Payments will be made by collections from, or drafts on, postmasters or otherwise, after the expiration of each quarter-say h November, l February May and August provided that reQuir- cd evidence Of service has been received
 10. The distances given are believed to be suS- | stanually correct but DO increased pay will be allowed should they be greater than advertised, If 4 ders 11'tst , form UeDselces is p0iat and also in reference io the weight of the mal the condi- tion of hills, roads, streams, Sc., and all toll l bridges, tuTnpikes, plank roads, ferries, ob- structions ofany kind by which expense may be incurred. No claim for additional pay, based on such ground, can be considered; nor for alleged mistakes or msapprehsnsion as to the degree Of service; nor for bridges destroyed, ferries dscon { tiGued, or other Instructions causing or iucTess ing distance or expense occurring during the con- tract term. Offices established after this adyer- tsement is issued, and also during the contract term, are 10 be visited without extra pay, if the distance be not increased
 , II. Bidders are cautioned to mail their propOs- als in time to reach the Department by the day and hour named 6 p. m, February 2, 1874, as
 bids received after that time ciH not De considered
 in competition with bids, of reasonable amount
 received in time. Neither canb bids be considered
 which are without the guarantee required by law,
 and certificate of the suiiciency Of such guaran- , tee, and the oath of the bidder according to sec ! ton 246, act Of June $, 1872
 F. Bidders should first propose for service
 strictly according to the advertisement and then
 if they desire, separately for different seryce and
 if the regular bid be the lowest offered for the ad | vertised service, the other propositions may be 6 considered
 a 13 There should be but one route bid for in s 1 proposal. Consolidated or combination bid. o ("pToposing one sum for two or more routesi T
 cannot be considered. n IA. The route, the service, the yearly pay, the
 name and residence of the bidder (that is, his us [, ual post-ofice address), and the name of each
 member Of a firm, where company offers
 should be distinctly stated.
 , 15. Bidders are requested to use, as far prac z, ticable the printed proposals furnished by tho
 Department, 10 write out in full the sum of thei
 bids, and to retain copies of them.
 Altered bids should not be submitted no
 should bids once submitted be withdrawn NJ '. withdrawal of bidder or guarantor will be allow VI ed unless the withdrawal Ia received twenty -fou e hours previous to the time fixed for opening th v proposals .. - Each bid must be guaranteed by two respons nn- U ble persons The old and guarantee should b i signed plainly with the full name of each persoI le The Postmaster General reserves the right {
 reject any bid which may be deemed extrayagant ie and also Io disregard the bids Of failing contract oe ors and bidders. Act Of June & lS72 section 249 to l6. The bid should be scaled, superscTibe IT, Mall Proposals, Territory of Arizona" address 70 cd Second Assistant Postmaster General, Cor ls- tract Office" Bids Of q, 900 per annum and uI D, ward must be accompanied by a certified ehecl
 or draft, on some solvent national bank, equal [
 Q per cent of the amount also bids for seryic
 which now coats $500 or more per annun of Where tho present pay is 5000 or more, 1t or stated in the advertisement under the appropr ed ate route
 or r. Ths contracts are to De e1eeaed aud yetyne b- to he Department by betore he lsf day of Ju TO- 1874, OteToise the aecepted bidder ioR 5e consie
 ed as hauing failed, aud hs Postmaster Gefiert ,a mag proceed 10 contract for Me SerUiee to otAt
 parties, according Co iaa.
 
 tracts are forbidden by law, and consequent
 cannot be allowed Neither can bids, or intere, o, in bids, be transferred assigned to other pa o ties Bidders will therefore take notice that the A will be expected to perform the service avarde . ,o 10 them through the whole contract term. S lS Section 24D of the act of June $, 1872, prt
 yides thai contracts Tor the transportation Of tl
 mail shall be |" "awarded to the lowest bidder tel . derlng sufficient guarantees for faithful perform l ance, without other reference 10 the mode Of sue Us transportation than may be necessary to provid for he due celerity, certainty, and security ther s@ OL" Under thls law, bids that propose to tran
 port the mails with "ceierity certainly aud secia the HY h0uiag been decided to be e 0niy iegai 5id os construed propidHg for Me entire Diad, ho,
 epeT large, and triatoter may bs he mode of col OF reyance heecssary to inSi0e ds "ceierity, co IX ta,nfy and sec0ity" Ggd haye he preteye,ice oU ND GH others, and no othets are considered, excel ED for steamboat routes.
 10. modification of a bid in any of its esse ey- tial terms Is ta1tamount to new bid, and cann -- be received, SO ss 10 interfere with regular con fnl. petition. Making new bid, with guarantee au