The weekly Arizona miner., 1873-11-22

may deem prCper.
 1. Seven minutes arc allowed to each ntcrmc. diate office, when not otherwise specified, for sorting thc mails
 ?. Gu routes where the mode of conveyance admits of it, the special agents of the Post Office Department, also post office blnnks, mall bags, locks and keys are 10 be conveyed without extra charge.
 3. "Way bills" or receipts. prepared hy post. masters or other agents of the Department, will accompany the maus, specifying the number aud destination Of the several bags, to be examined by the pOstmastcrs, to insure regularity in the de- livery Of bags and pouches.
 1. No pay will be made for trip. not perform. ed and Tor each oi such omissions, if the failure be occasioned by the fault of the contractor or carrier three tlmes the pay ot the trip will be de- ducted. For arrivals SO far behind time ns 10 | break connection with depending mails. and not sufficiently excused, one.iourth of the compensa- ton for the trip Is subject to forfeiture. For ! peatcd denqucncies Of the kind herein specified, l enlarged penalties, proportioned to the nature 1 thereof, and the importance Of the mail, may bc made.
 ! g. For leaving behind or throwing of the mails, or any portion Of them, for the admission ! Of passengers, or for being concerned in setting i up or running an express conveying intelligence in advance oi the mall, quarters pay may be : deducted.
 G. Fines will be imposed, unless the dclln. | quenoy be promptly and satisfactorily explained by certificates of pOstnasters or the afiidavjts of other credible persons, for failing 10 arrive in con tract time for negecting 10 take the mail from, or deliver it into, post office; for suffering t Co be wet, injured, destroyed robbed or lost and for refusing, after demand, 10 convey the mail as ire quently as the contractor runs, or is concerned in 1 running, coach, Car, or steamboat on a route. (. The Postmaster General may annul the con trrct for repeated failures to run agreeahly 10 contract; for violating the post office laws, or disobeying the instructions of the Department for refusing 10 dseharge a carrier when requ red by the Department to do so for summing press as aforesaid or for transporting persons 1 packages conveying mailaolc matter out Of the mall
 | s. The Postmaster General may discontinue or | extend 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, for In. creased speed, if the employment Of additional stock or carriers Is rendered necessary; and in l case of decrease, curtailment, or discontinnance Of service, as full indemnity to said contractor, 1 one months extra pay on the amount of service ! dispensed with, and pro rata compensation for the service retained Frorided, hoteerer, that, in case Of increased expedition, the contractor may, upon timely notice, renquish the contract. z. Payments will be made by collections from, or drafts on postmasters or otherwise, after the l expiration of each quarter-say in November, February May and August, provided that requir. ! cd evidence of service has been received. 10. Tue distances given are believed to be sub ! stantiaiiy correct but no increased pay will be allowed should they be greater than advertised if
 the points 10 be supplied are correctly stated. Bid deTs BtuSt tu form theUseiUes Uis point and also In reference 10 the weight of the nail the condi- tion of hilis roads, streams, dsc.. and all toll bridges, turnpikes, pIank-roads, fcrrles or ob- | structoDs 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 misapprehension as 10 the degree Of service; nor for bridges destroyed ferries discon- | raN.a ing distance or expense occurring during the con | tract term. Offices established after this adyer- ] tisement is issued, and also during the contract term, are to be visited without extra pay, if the | distance be not increased.
 II. Bidder. are cautioned to mali their propos- l als in time to reach tho Department by the day and hour named 6 D. m, February 2, ls74), as bids received after that time tciH not be eonSieTed ! In competition with bids, Of reasonable amount received in time. Neither can bids be considered l which are without the guarantee required by law and certificate Of the suiiicieney Of such guaran tee, and the oath of the bidder according to sec ton 24S net ofJune S, 1872.
 l l2. Bidders should first propose for service strictly according to the advertisement, and then fthey desire separately for different service; and if the regular bid be the lowest offered for the ad. yertised service, the other propositions may be considered.
 l3. There should be but one route bid for in a proposal. Consolidated UT combination bids C'proposing one sum for two or more rontes') cannot bc considered.
 l4 The route, the service, the yearly pay, the name and residence of the bidder (that is his us. ual postofiice address), and the name Of each member Of a firm, where a company ofer. should be distinctly stated.
 l5. Bidders are requested to use, as far as prac. ticable, the printed proposals furnished by the Department, to write out in full the sun of their
 bids, and to retain copies of them.
 Altered bids should not be submitted nor should bids once submitted be withdrawn. No
 a1s.Ea rr
 cd unless the withdrawal Is received twenty -four
 hours previous to the time fixed for opening the proposals.
 Each bid must bc guaranteed by two responsI- | ble persons. The bid and guarantee should be
 signed plainly with the full name of each person. The Postmaster General reserves the right 10
 reject any bid which may be deemed extrayagant
 and also 10 disregard the bids of failing contract. and bidders. (Aet of June s, 1872 section 24g1 , l6 The bid should be sealed, superscribed Mall Proposals, Territory of Arizona" address. , cd Second Assistant Postmaster General, Con- : tract ofice." Bids Of $500 per annum and up- ward must be accompanied by q certified check,
 or draft, on some solvent national bank. equal ,o
 j per cent of the amount also bids for service
 which now costs $500 or more per annum. f Where the present Day ia 5000 or more, 1t is ' stated in the advertisement under the appropri. ate route.
 Y. The oogtraets are Co be ezected and returned to he Department by 6efore Me lst day of June
 1874, otheTteise Me deeeDted bidder H be consider.
 ed dS NdriTJ J0ited, GNd De IO&OluSfeT General
 may proceed to contract for he Jeruioe toih other
 paTtieS aoo0Tding tO Lan.
 Transfers of contracts, or of interest in con.
 tracts, are forbidden by law, and consequently
 cannot be allowed Neither can bids, or Interest in bids, be transferred or assigned to other par
 ties. Bidders will therefore take notice that they t will be expected 10 perform the service awarded z 1 to them through the whole contract term J is Section 2i5 of the act of June s. 1872 pro
 yides that contracts for the transportation Of the
 mail shall be " awarded 10 the lowest bidder ten , dering sufficient guarantees for faithful perform
 ance, without other reference 10 the mode Of such l, transportation than may be necessary 10 provide
 for the due celerily certainty. and security there / Of" Under this law, bids that propose 10 trans
 port the mails with "ceierity, oeTtanty, aud iecla s ny" haUing been decided 10 be Me ony legal bids e are construed provid'ng foy he entire na Aoao
 ereT large, and lohater0 may be he mode cf con ? reyanee Hsoestary to iHsUe m "oeierity, cer l. fai,,fy aud securiy" and hape Ms pTefyeaoe ore, D aR others. and no others are considered, except D for steamboat routes.
 10. A modification of bid in any Of hs essen 2. tal terms IA tant tn A new Lid and cannot