Arizona citizen., 1873-02-22

and with the intention to enter into con 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 I believe the said guarantors to be pecuniarily responsible for and able to pay all damages the United States shall suffer by reason of my failing to perform ny obligations as such bidder.
 Sworn to and subscribed before nc for the of -, this - day of
 -, A. D. l07 ,and in testimony there of hereuu to subscribe my name and affix my official seal the day and year aforesaid.
 GNOTE.-When the oath is taken befor a justice of the peace, the cert fcate of the clerk of a court of record should be added, under his seal of office, that the person who administered the oath is 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.
 l. Seven minutes are allowed to each intermediate office, when not otherwise specified, for asserting the mails.
 ?. 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 bilIs' or receipts prepared by postmasters, or other agents of the Depart ment, will accompany the mails, specify | ba bar nd Of tb eral bags, to be examined by the postmas- 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 mails, and not sufficiently ex- cused, one-fourih of the compensation for the trip is subject to forfeiture. For re- peated delinquencies of the kind herein specified, enlarged penalties, propol toned 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 admission of passengers, or for being con- cerned in setting up or running an express intelligence in advance of the mail, quarters pay may be deducted.
 6. Fines will be impo sed, unless the de- inquency be promptly and satisfactorily | explained by certificates of postmasters or the afidavits of other credible persons, for failing to arrive ill contract time; for neg ecting to take the mail from, or deliver it mo, 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, gar, or steamboat on a route.
 z. The Postmaster General may annul the contract for repeated failures to run lgreeably to contract; for violating the post office laws, or disobeying the instruc- ions 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 ons or packages conveying mailable mat CT 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 tres and arrivals in all cases, and particu.- arly to make them conform to connections with railroads, without increase of pay, pro- 'ided the running time be not abridged The Postmaster General may also discon- inue or curtail the service, in whole or in art, in order to place on the route superior ervice, or whenever the public interests, n his judgment, shall require such discon- inuance or curtailment for any other cause; le allowing as full indemnity to contractor me months extra pay on the amount of ervice dispensed with, and pro rata com- ,ensation for the amount of service retained nd continued.
 g. Payments will be made by collections rom, or drafts on, pOstmasters or other wise. after the expiration of each quarter ay in November, February, May and Au-