The Arizona sentinel. [volume] (Arizona City [Yuma], Yuma County, A.T. [Ariz.]) 1872-1911, 1873-11-01

| DWUIu ~ duu buDSCT IDeu UtIOiC Llt---
for the - of - this - day o
-, A. D. 49,, and in testimony
thereof l hereunt0, subscribe my name
and affix my official seal the day and veal
Aforesaid.
SEAL.1
N0TE.-When the oath is taken before
justice of the peace, the certificate of Tao
clerk of court of record should be added
under his seal of office, that the person
who administered the oath is duly quail
fed justice fthe peace.
| INSTRUCTIONS TO BIDDERS AND POST
MASTERS;
Containing also conditions to be incorpOr
| ated IN the contracts to the extent the
Department may deem proper.
!. Seven minutes are allowed TO eacl
intermediate Office, when not otherwise
| specified, for asserting mails.
2. On routes where the mode OF convey
ance admits of it, the special agents of the
Post Office Department, also post Office
blanks, mail bags, locks and keys, are to be
conveyed without extra charge.
3. WAY Bills or receipts, prepared by
postmasters or other agents of the Depart
nent, will accompany the mails, specifying
lShe number and destination of the several
lfags, to be examined by the pOstmasters,
TO insure regularity in the delivery of bags
Hand pouches.
4. No pay viii be made for trips not
performed; and for each OF such omissions
if the failure be occasioned by the fault Of
the contractor or carrier, thee times the
no nf tba frin ha !.
rivals 80 far behind time as to break con-
nectlon with depending mails, and not
sufficiently excused, one-fourth Of the
compensation for the trip is subject to for
fixture. For repeated deliuquences ofth
kind herein specified, enlarged penalties,
DroDotioued to the nature thereof, and the
iApa lance o. 5.5 MALI may 9a made.
d. tor leaving behind ar ;1.oG,u7 9I tue
mails, o. aGy portion Of them, 70! ae adj
mission of passengers, or for being CON
cerned IN setting up or running an express
conveying intelligence in advance Of the
mail, quarters pay may be de9vc-sl
g. Fines will Dc imposed, gG.a5 te de-
liHqueDcY BE- promptly and satisfactorily
explained by certificates of postmasters or
the affidavits of other credible persons, fo-
failing to arrive in contract time; for neg
Iecting to take the mail from, or deliver it
into, q post Office; for suffering it 10 be
wet injured, destroyed, robbed, or lost !;
and for refusing. after demand, to convey
the mail as frequently as the contractor
runs or is concerned in running 4 coach,
car, or steamboat on the route.
7. The Postmaster General may annual
the contract for repeated failures to run
agreeable to contract; for violating the
post Office laws, or disobeying the instruc-
tons Of the Department.; for refusing to
discharge carrier when required BY the
Department to do SO; for running an ex-
press as aforesaid; or for Transporting per-
sons or packages conveying mailabe mat
ter out of the mail
8. The Postmaster General may dscOn-
tnue or extend contract, change the
schedule and termini of route, and alter,
increase, decrease, or extend the service,
in accordance with law, be allowing a pro
rata increase of compensation for any adj
itional service thereby required, or for in
crease of speed, if the employment of ad-
dltiOnal stock or carriers is rendered ne
cessary; and IN case Of decrease, curtail-
ment, or olscOntinuance of service, as &
fall indemnity to said contractor, one
months extra pay on the amount of SER
vice dispensed with, aud pro rata com
pensotiOn fer the service retained. Pro-
vlded. however, that, in case of Increase
expedition, Che contractor may, upon time
: rati01. T5iigluist the u
9. EaTuaa5a will be made .y collections
tr~a. a--i- 90, pc ull-7 or other
wise .-tci III Pila5-4a n rIarteT-
ay ia November, February, May, and
August, provided tAaa ~eggi-cd evidence,
of series hos b-aan received.
Sd Tho distances given ago believce 70
be substantially cofrec5i bug no Increased
-, VII - allowed -.eu.~ 10y - g.,..sos
chan advertised, if the points to be supplied
are correctly stated Bidders must inform
themselves on this point, and also in refer
ence to the weight of mail, the condition
of hills, roads, streams, &c, and all toll
bridges, turnpikes, plank-roads ferries, or
distinctions of any kind by which expense
may be incurred. No claim for addition
al pay, based on such ground, can be con-
sldered nor for alleged mistakes or mis-
apprehedsons as to to the degreee of SER
vice; nor for bridges destroyed, ferries
discontinued, or other distractions causing
or increasing distance OF expense occurring
during the contract term. Offices es-
tablshed after this advertisement is issued,
and also during the contract term, are to
be visited without extra pay, if the distance
be not increased.
ii. Bidders are cautioned to mail their
proposals in time TO reach the Department
by the day and hour named g P. m, Feb
ruary 2, 1870, as bids after that time will
not be considered 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 sufficiency of such
guarantee, and the oath of the bidder ac-