Arizona citizen., 1873-02-01

antors.
 Certiicate.-The undersigned, postmas- ter at State of -, certfies, under his oath of office, that he is acquaint- ed with the above guarantOrs, and knows them to be men of property, and able to make good their guarantee; and that bid der and guarantors are above the age of 2l years.
 Bids of $5,000 and upward must be ac companed by a certified check, or draft, on some solvent national bank, equal to , per centum on the present annual pay on the route; or in case of new service, not less than per centum of one years pay pro- posed in bid.-(Section 253, Act of June s, l872.)
 The Postmaster must not sign the certif- cate until the sum of the bid is inserted and the bid and guarantee signed by all the parties, and dated.
 FORM OF PROPOSAL, ETC. Oath required by section 246 of an act of
 Congress, approved June s, 1872, to be
 affixed to each bid for carrying the mail,
 and to be taken before an officer qualified
 to administer oaths.
 I. of -. bidder for con- veying the mail on route Mo-, from =, do swear that I have the ability pecunarily to fulfill my obligation as such bid der; that the bid is made in good faith, and with the intention to enter into cCn- tract and perform the service in case said bid shall be accepted; and that the sigma lures of the guarantors thereto are genuine. and that believe the said guarantOrs to be pecuniarily responsible for and able to gay arf damages the United States shall suffer by reason of my failing to perform tpy obligations as such bidder.
 Sworn to and subscribed before me-, for the of -, this - day of
 -, A. b. 1S7 ,and in testimony there of hereunto subscribe my name and aflix my official seal the day and year aforesaid.
 SEAL
 TNOTE-When the oath is taken befoI justice of the peace, the certl fcate of the clerk of court of record should be added under h is seal of office, that the person who administered the oath is a duly qualified justice of the peace.
 Instructions to Bidders and Postmas-
 ters;
  porated in the con tracts to the extent the Department may deem proper.
 l. Seven inmates are allowed to each Intermediate office, when not otherwise specified for asserting the mails.
 2. On TO utes where the mode of convey anee admits ot it, the special agents of the Post Office Department, also post office blanks, mail bags, locks and keys, are to l.. han ytr aoho
 3. "Way bills" or receipts prepared by postmasters, or other agents of the Depart ment, will accompany the mails, specify eral bags, to be examined by the posmas- ters, to insure regularity in the delivery of bags and pouches.
 4. 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 the trip will be deducted. For arrivals so far behind time as to break connection with depending mails, and not sufficiently ex- cused, one-fourih of the compensation for the trip is subject to forfeiture. For re- peated delinouencies of the kind herein specified, enlarged penalties, propo toned to the nature thereof, and the importance of the mail, may be made.
 3. For leaving behind or throwing off 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 of the mail, a quarters pay may be deducted.
 6, Fines will be impos sed, unless tue de- linquency be promptly and satisfactorily | explained by certificates of postmasters or the afidavits of other credible persons, for failing to arrive in contract time; for neg lecting to take the mail from, or deliver it into, a post office; for suffering it to 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, coach, | car, or steamboat on a route.
 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 instruc 1 tions 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 mallable mat ter out of the mail.
 s. 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-