Arizona citizen., 1873-02-15


 for the - of this - day of "A. D. lS7 ,and in testimony there of I hereunto subscribe my name and afix my official seal the day and year aforesaid.
 INoTE.-W hen the oath is taken befor a justice of the peace, the certl fcate of the clerk of court of record should be added, under his seal of office, that the person who administered the oath is a duly qualified justice of the peace
 Instructions to Bidders and Postmas-
 ters;
 Containing also conditions to be incor- porated in the contracts to the extent the Department may deem proper.
 I. Seven minutes are allowed to each intermediate office, when not otherwise specified, for asserting the mails.
 2. On routes where the mode of convey ance admits ot 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 ment, will accompany the mails, specify ipg the number and destination of the sey- eral bags, to be examined by the posimas- ters, to insure regularity in the delivery of bags and pouches.
 i. No pay will be made for trips not per formed; and for each of such omissions. if the failure be occasioned by the fault of the contractor or carrier, three times the pay of he trip will be deducted. For arrivals so far behind time as to break connection with depending mails, and not sufficiently ex- cused, one-fourth of the compensation for the trip is subject to forfeiture. For re- peated delinquencies of the kind herein specified, enlarged penalties, propoi toned to the nature thereof, and the importance of the mail, may be made.
 | 5. For leaving behind or throwing of the mails, or any portion of them, for the admission of passengers, or for being con- cerned in setting up or running an express conveying intelligence in advance ot the mail, a quarters pay may be deducted. 6. Fines will be impo sed, unless the de- linquency be promptly and satisfactorily explain ed by certificates of postmasters or the afidavits of other credible persons, for failing to arrive in contract time; for neg lectipg to take the mail from, or deliver 1t into. a post office; for suffering 1t to be wet. injured, destroyed, robbed, or lost 1; and for refusing, after demand, to convey the mail as frequently as the contractor runs, or is concerned in running, a coach, car, or steamboat on a route. l T. The Postmaster General may annul the contract for repeated failures to run agreeably to contract; for violating the pOst office laws, or disobeying the lnstruc- tions of the Department; for refusing to discharge a carrier when required by the Department to do so; for running an ex- press as aforesaid or for transporting per sons or packages conveying mailable mat ter out of the mail.
 8. The Postmaster General may order an increase of service on route by allowing therefor pro rata increase on the contract pay. He may change schedules of depart ures and arrivals in all cases, and particu- larly to make them conform to connections with railroads, without increase of pay. pro- vided the running time be not abridged. The Postmaster General may also discon- tinue or curtail the service, in whole or Tn part, in order to place on the route superior service, or whenever the public interests, in his judgment, shall require such discon- tinuance or curtailment for any other cause !: he allowing as full indemnity to contractor one months extra pay on the amount ot service dispensed with, and pro rata conn., pensation for the amount of service retained and continued.
 g. Payments will be made by collections from, or drafts on, postmasters or other wise, after the expiration of each quarter say in November, February, May and Au-