The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1873-01-16

or deliver 1t into, post office for suffering it o
be wet, injured, destroyed, robbed. or lost and
for refusing after demand to convey the M Ill as
frequently as the contractor runs or is concern.
ed in running, coach, ear, or steamboat on q
route.
I. TIE Postmaster General NAV snuul tho
contract for repeated failures to run agreeablv;a
contract ; for violating the post office laws, or
disobeyng the instructions of the Department
Tor refusing to discharge carrier when required
by the Department to do SO; for running an az
press rs aforesaid ; or for transporting persons
or packages conveying mailabe matter out of the
mail
8. The Postmaster General may order An Inc
crease OF service en- route by allowing therefor
pro rata increase on the contract pay. He may
change schedules of departures and arrivals in
all cases, and particularly to make them conform
to connection with railroads, without increase of
pay, provided the running time be not abridged
The POSTMASTER General may also discontinue OF
curtall the service, in whole in part. in order
to place on the route superior service, or when
ever the public interests, in his Judgment, shall
require such discontinuance or curtail nent for
any other cause, he allowing as full indemnity
to contractor one months extra psy on the e.
mount Of service dispensed with, ana pro rate
compensation for the amount of service retained
and 60 itinued.
y: Payments will be made by collections from,
or drafls On pOstmasters or otherwise after the
expiration of each quarter-say in Novem ber
February, May, and August. prov ded that re.
CURED evidence of service has been received.
~. me distances given are believed to be
substantially correct; but no increased pay will
be allowed should they be greater than adver-
USED, II the points to be supplied are correctly
stated. Btdders must inform themselves on this point,
ana also IN reference to the weight of the mail
the condition of hills, roads, streams &C., and all
toll bridges turnpikes. plank-roads, ferries, or
distractions OF any kind by which expense may
be incurred No claim for additional pay, based
on such ground, can be considered nor for allep-
gu mistakes or Misrepresentation as to the degree
OF service; nor for bridges destroyed fel res dis
continued, or other obstructions causing or in
cfeaslng distance or expense occurring during the
ntr.ct tern. Offices established after tn adj
vertisementis issued. and also during the con
tract term, are to be visited without extra pay II
the distance be not increased
IL. Bidders are cautioned to mail their prepo-
sails IN time to reach the Department by the day
and hour named e p. m, March g. 1871 for
bids received after that time aci not be considered
In competition with bids, of reasonable amount
received In time. Neither can bids be considered
which are without the guarantee required by
law, and certificate of the sutficiency of such
guarantee, and the oath of the bidder according
to section 49, act Of June s, 1872.
49, OiUoCto SaOusu Ifbt propose Tor SERVED
strictly according to the advertisement, and then
if they DESIRE separately for different service and
II the regular bid be the lowest offered for the ad
vertlsed service, the other propositions may be
ID. There should be but one route bid for in
proposal. Consolidated or combination bids
(''prop' using one sum for two or more routes'0
cannot be considered.
IA. The route, the service, the yearly pay, the
name and residence of tho hiddar
usual post Office address, and the name of each
member ola firm where company offers, should
be eistinc'ly stated.
10 Bidders are requested to use, as far as
practicable, the printed proposals furnished By
the Department. to write out full the sum OF
their bids, and 10 retain copies of them.
Altered bids should not be submitted; nor
should bids once submitted be Withdrawn Nc
withdrawal OF q bidder or guarantor will be al
lowed unless the Withdrawal is received twenty.
four hours previous 10 the time fixed for open
ing the proposals
Each lid mast be guaranteed by two RESPONSE
bic persons. The bid and guarantee should ba
stgnea plainly with the full name of each person.
The Postmaster Gentrsl reserves the right to
reject any bid which may be deemed extravageat
and also to disregard the bids of failing contrae-
tors and bidders. Act of June s, 1879. section
249.)
l6. The bid should be sealed, superscrihed
''Mal Proposals, State of . addressed
''Second Assistant Postmaster General Contracs
Office. and sent by mail. not by or to an agent.
Bids OF S5 600 per annum and upward must be
accompanied by certified check or d, aft on
some solvent national bank, equal to per cent
Of the amount (See law of Congress of June
8, 1927
H. The contracts are to be executed and returned to
the Department By or before the LIST day of June,
1873, otherwise the accepted bidder acU be considered
as having failed, and the Postmaster General mav
proceed 10 contract for the serpice wih other parties
| according to law.
Transfers of contracts, or of interest in con-
| tracts, are forbidden by law, and consequently
cannot be allowed. Neither can bids, or ints-
rest in bids. be transferred or assigned to other
parties. Bidders will therefore take notice that
they will be expected to perform the service
awarded to them through the whole contract
term.
Is. Section 249 Of the act OF June g. 1872, pro.
vides that contracts for the transportation of the
mail shall be s.awarded to the lowest bidder ten
dering sufficient guarantees for faithful perform
ance, without other reference to the mode of such
transportation than may be necessary to provide
for the due CELEBRITY, certainty and security there
Of" Under this law bids that propose 10 trans
port the mails with seeleritg, certainty and sreu-
riy,' hapsng been decided to 6et4e only legal bids,
are construed providing for the entire mail hoao-
epeT CHTye, una Nt0tsOeT DC ne WOGe OF convey
ance necessary to insure its .'ceery certainty and
security. and have The preference all Others and
others are considered, except for steamboat
routes.
Ia. modification Of bid in any of its essen
tial terms is tantamoant to new bid and can.
not be received SO IS to interfere with regular
competition. Making q new brd, with guaran-
tee and certificate. is the only way to modify q
previous bid
% fnr nrn FL hn nj or Ia oarf;.
fly to the suthcenoy of guarantors without know
ing that they persons of sufficient responsible
ty. (See section z47. act of June s, 1872. -
They must not sign the certificate until the sum
of the bid is inserted and the bid and guarantee
are signed by the bidder and (two) guarantors
disregard Of This instruction by postmasters wilJ
subject hem to issediate REMOVAL and 10 severe penal
ties.
Postmasters are also liable to dismissal from
office for acting as agents of contractors or bid
dsrs. with OF without compensal ion. in any bust
| ness, matter, or thing, relating 10 the mail SER
vice. They are the trusted agents of the Depart
ment and cannot consistently act in both capaci-
ties.
81. ALE bidders. guarantors. and sureties are
distinctly petihed that on a failure to enter into
or perform the contracts for the service proposed
for in the accepted bids, their legal liabilities
will be enforced against them.
%. Present ccatraelors. and persons known at
| the Department, must. equally with Others pro.
graran and cert fcates of til cir sufficient
cy substantially in the forms above prescribed