The Arizona sentinel. [volume] (Arizona City [Yuma], Yuma County, A.T. [Ariz.]) 1872-1911, 1873-11-08

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NOTE.-When the oath is taken before
a justice of the peace, the certificate of the
clerk of a court of record should be added,
under his seal of office, thai the person
who administered the oath is duly quail
fed justice of the 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.
J. Seven minutes are allowed TO each
intermediate office, when not otherwise
specified, for asserting mails
2. On routes where the mode of convey
ance admits of 1t, 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
postmastors or other agents IF the Depart
ment, will accompany the mails, specifying
the number and destination of the several
bags, to be examined by the pOstmasters,
to insure regularity in the delivery of bags
and pouches.
A. No pay will be made for trips not
Derformed and for each otsuch 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 ar
rivals so 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 of the
kind herein specified, enlarged penalties,
propotioned to the nature thereof, and the
Importance of the mail, may be made.
5. For leaving behind or throwing off the
mails, or any portion of them, for the ad-
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 deducted.
6. Fines will be imposed, unless the de-
linquency be promptly and satisfactorily
explained by certificates of postmasters or
the affidavits of other credible persons, foT
failing to arrive in contract time; for neg
Iectirg TO- take the mail from, or deliver it
into, pest 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 a coach,
car, or steamboat on the route.
z. The Postmaster General may annual
the contract for repeated failures to run
agreeable to contract; for violating the
post office laws, or disobeyng the instruc-
tions of the Departments; 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 mailable mat
ter out of the mail
8. The Postmaster General may discon-
tnue or extend a contract, change the
schedule and termini of route, and alter,
increase, decrease, or extend the service,
in accordance with law he allowing pro
rata increase of compensation for any ad-
itional service thereby required, or for in
crease of speed, if the employment of ad-
ditiOnal stock or carriers is rendered ne
cessary; and in case of decrease, curtail-
ment, or discontinuance of service, as a
full indemnity to said contractor, one
months extra pay on the amount of ser
vice dispensed with, and pro rata COM
pensotiOn for the service retained. Pro-
yIded. however, that, in case of increase
expedition, the contractor may, upon lime
ly notice, relInqulsh the CONT
9. Payments win be made collections /
from, or drafts on. pOstmastr or other
wise, after the expiration ofele quarter
say Iu November, Eebrua May, and
August, provided that require evidence,
of service has beeen received
3d. The distances given are believed to
ho sr4 Ls4snfto1lvr -.r,,.s,ot. hut !
pay viii oe allowed should .ney be greater
than 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, turnptkesy paHk-roads ferries, or
Obstructions-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-
apprehedsiOns as to to the degreee of SER
vice; nor for bridges destroyed, ferries
discontinued, or other Instructions causing
or increasing distance or expense occurring
during the contract term. Offices es-
tabllshed after this advertisement is issued,
and also during the contract term, are to
be VISITED without extra pay, if the distance
be not increased.
IL. Bidders are cautioned to mail their
proposals in time to reach the Department
by the day and hour named g F. M, Feb
ruary 2, 1870, as bids after that time will
not be considered in competiti0nwlth bids,
of reasonable amount, received in time
Neither can bids be considered which are
without the guarantee required by law,
and a oarf;E oota Of fha sniff cionov of si1 oh
guarantee, and the oath of the bidder &C.