The Arizona sentinel., 1873-12-06
INSTRUCTIONS To BIDDERS AND POST
MASTERS

INSTRUCTIONS To BIDDERS AND POST
MASTERS;
Coptaining also conditions to be incprpor
ated IN the contracts to Eis extent tht
Department may deem proper
j. Seven minutes aie allowed 10 each
intermediate Office, when not otherwlse
specified, tor asserting mails.
: On routes WHERE thr mode Of convey.
ance admits of IT,, he SPECIAL agents of the
Post Office Department. also post office
blanks, mail bags. locks and keys. are to be
conveyed without extra charge.
). Way bills" or receipts, prepared by
pOstmasters or other agrnts of The Depart
menl, will accompany the mais. specify ing
The number aud destination oi the several
bags, to be examined by the pnstmastrrs,
to insure regularity in the delivery of bags
and pouches.
4 No pay will be made for trips not
performed; and for each OF such emissions
if the failure be accustomed by the fault Of
the contractor or carrisr h~a-, fines the
pay Of the trip will be drdgete/ For ar
,-7als So far behind time as t. .renk CON
nection with depending ma aud not
sufficiently excused onr-iou-fh of the
Compensation for the trip IS 81 ~ 4ct 10 f,r-
FIXTURE. For repeated deli0qptnces of the
hlnI 5ereln specified, enlarge penalties,
propotioned % the n1turc tier e. and the
importance O.. he mail may be made.
B. For leaving behind or throwing off the
mails, or any portion of them, for the adz
MISSION OF passengers or for being con-
ctrned Ill setting up or running an express
conveying intelligence in advance of the
mail. "A quarters pay may be deducted.
8. Fines will De imposed, unless the de-
linquencv be promptly and satisfactorily
explained by certificates OF postmasters or
the affidavits of other credible persons, fo-
talilng 80 arrive in contract time; for neg-
ectlng to take the mail from, or deliver 1t
into, post office; for suffering il 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 a coach,
car, or steamo8lt on the route.
4. The Postmaster General may annual
the contract for repeated failures to run
agreeable to contract; for violating toe
post office laws, or disobeying the instruc-
lions of the Department. for refusing To
discharge a carrier when required by the
Department to do so; tor running an ex-
press as aforesaid; or for Transporting per
sons or packages conveying mliable mat
ter out of the mail.
8. The Postmaster General NAV discon-
tnue ar extend contract, change the
schedule and termini OF rodte. aud sitter.
1anrnaca It.,,H ba
in accordance with law he allowing ii pro
rata increase OF c0mpens ltiOn for any adj
itionai service thereby required. or for in
crease III speed if the employment of adj
ditiOnal stock or carriers is rendered ne
cessary; and in case of decrease, curtail-
mrnt, or discOntInuance of service. as II
foil indemnity to said contractor, one
months extra pay on the amount of ser
vice dispensed with aud pro rat. com
yensnrIgn /, .h- service retained ro-
yided howe er. chat, ~ Ease Of increase
expedition, the contractor may upon tune
Iy na-ics rrlinqnish the contract
3 Payments will be 1 de by collections
trom, or drafts 1n, post .tssters or other
WISE, after The expiratin Of each G,l77ter-
say 20 November. J bruary. Nv. sud
August provided that required tslce.
OI service has beeen received.
TO- rhs 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- supplied
are correctly stated Bidders must inform
themselves on tins point. and also in refer
pnce to the weight Of mail. the conditi N
of hills, roads. streams. &c and all toll
bridges, turnplkrs, plank-rOads ferries. or
DISTRACTIONS OF any kind By which EXPENSE
may be incurred. No claim for additIon-
al pay, based on such ground, can be con.
sidered nor for alleged mistakes or mis-
ipprehrdsOns rs to to the degreee of ser /
vice; nor Tor bridges DESTROYED, ferries
discontinued, or other distractions causing |
1r increasing distance or expense occurring
during the contract term. Offices es-
after this advertisement is issued, /
and also during the contract term. are to
1e VISITED without extra pay, il the distance
De not inch ease1
IL. Bidders are cautioned to mail their
prop 1sals IN time to reach the Department
~ the day and hour named g p. m, Feb
ruary :, 1870, as bids after that time will
not be considered in competition with bids,
IF reasonable amount, received in time
Neither can bids be considered which are
without the guarantee required by law,
md certificate of the efficiency of such
guarantee, aud the oath OF the bidder ac-