The weekly Arizona miner., 1873-11-08

1. Seven minutes arc allowed to each ntermc- Hate office, when not otherwise specified, for as orting the mails
 ?. On routes where the mode of conveyance ldmits of it, the special agents of the Post Office Department, also post office blanks, mail bags, | locks and keys, are to De conveyed without extra charge.
 g. Way bills" or receipts, prepared by post. masters or other agents of the Department, will the mails, specifying the number and destination of the several bags, to be examined by the postmasters to insure regularity in the de- livery Of bags and pouches.
 f. No pay will be made for trips not perform ed 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 de. ducled. For arrivals far behind time a to | break connection with depending mails and not | sufficiently excused, one-iourth of the compeusa- | ton for the trip Is subject to forfeiture For re. pcated denquencies of the kind herein specified, | enlarged penalties, proportioned to the nature | thereof, and the importance of the ma may be !. made.
 g. For leaving behind or throwing of the | malls, or any portion of them, for the admission of passengers, or for being concerned in setting up or running an express conveying intelligence 1 iu advance Of the mail, quarters pay may be deducted.
 6. Fines will be imposed, unless the delin. duency be promptly and satisfactorily explained by certificates of postma.ters or the aidayits of other credible persons for failing to arrive n tract time for negleclng to take the mail from, or deliver t into, post oillce for suffering t to be wet, injured, destroyed robbed or lost and for Tv+-Sing, after demand, to convey the mail as fre- quenlly as the contractor runs, or is concerned in running, coach, car, or steamboat on a route.
 1 The Postmaster General may annul the con trrct for repeated failures to run agreeahly to contract; for violating the post office laws, or dsobeying the instructions of the Department for refusing to discharge carrier when required by the Department to do so for summing ex- press as aforesaid; or for transporting persons or packages conveying mailable matter out of the mail.
 S. The Postmaster General may discontinue or extend a 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 or for in- creased speed, If the employment of additional stock or carriers is rendered necessary; and in case of decrease, curtailment or discontnuance of service, as full indemnity to said contractor, one months extra pay on the amount of service dispensed with, and pro rata compensation for the service retained. PTopided horeuer that, in case ofincreased expedition the contractor may, upon timely notice, relinquish the contract
 D. Payments will be made by collections from, or drafts on, postmasters or otherwise, afer the expiration of each quarter-say In November, February, May and August, provided that requir- cd evidence of service has been received.
 10. The distances given are believed to be sub stantially correct but no increased pay will be allowed should they be greater than advertised if the points to be supplied are correctly stated. Bid deTs must nfoTm them o, this yoont and also
 in reference % the weight of the mai the eondi- tion of hills, roads, streams, &c, and all toll bridges, turnplkes plankroads, ferries, ob- struetions ofapy kind by which expense may be Incurred. No claim for additional pay, based on such ground, can be considered; nor for alleged mistakes or uIsapprehenslon to the degree of service; nor bridges destroyed, ferries diseon. Or O lSr ing distance or expense occurring during the con- tract term. Offices established after this adver- tiseInent is issued, and also during the contrac, term, are to be visited without extra pay, If the distauees be net ReFeAe@S. H. Bidders are cautioned to rlail their propos. | als in time to reach the Department by the day and hour named (3 ?. m., February 2, lS74) as bids received after that time Ic ,ot De considered | in competition with bids, of reasonable amount received In time. Neither can bids be considered which are without the gIertutec required by law and A certificate of thc sufheiency of such guaran. tee, and the oath 0f the bidder according to sec ton 246, act cfJunc 8, 1872
 l2. Bidders should first propose for service strictly according to the advertisement, and then
 f they desire, separately for different service and
 if the regular bid be the lowest offered for the ad. yerIised service, the other propositions may be | considered.
 13. There should be but one route bid for in proposal. Consolidated or combination bids | t"proposng one sum for two or more routes') | cannot be considered.
 l4. The route, the service, the yearly pay, the
 name and residence of tbe bidder (that is his us- | ual post-office address), and the name of each member of frm, where a company offers, l should be distinctly stated
 l5. Bidders are requested to use, as far as prac- iicable, the printed proposals furnished by the Department to write out in full the sum of their | bids, and to retain copies of them
 Altered bids should not be submitted nor sheald bids once submitted be withdrawn. Nc withdrawal of bidder or guarantOr will.be allow. ed unless the withdrawal Is received twenty -four
 hours previous to the time fixed for opening the
 proposals.
 Each bid must be guaranteed by two respousi.
 Die persons. The bid and guarantee should be
 signed plainly with the full name of each person.
 The Postmaster General reserves the right to
 reject any bid which may be deemed extrayagant ;
 and also to disregard the bids of failing contract
 ors and bidders. (Act of June s, 1872 section 2ID) l6. The bid should be sealed. superscrlbed
 Mall Proposals Territory of Arizona" address. } cd Second Assistant Postmaster General. Con. tract Ofice." Bids of 900 per annum and up. , ward must be accompanied by certified check,
 or draft, on some solvent national bank, equal 10
 per cent. of the amount; also bids for service | which now costs e 900 er more her annnm f Where the present pay Is $500 or more, 1t is stated In the adyertisement under the appropri. ate route.
 r The contracts are to De eIecuted and returned to he Departns1H by or before he lst day of June Ao'f OHttIWtSo be ucccpfeo Ottder cW be consider
 ed as hdring .faiied, and Me PoJtDsastey Ge,,eraI
 may proceed 10 contract for Me serUice toih otAev
 parties, according tO LaD.
 Transfers of contracts, or of interest in con.
 tracts, are forbidden by law, aud consequently
 cannot be allowed. Neither can bids or interest , in bids, bc transferred or assigned to other par
 ties. Bidders Will tbeEefeFesake notice that they will be expected to perform the service awarded < 10 them through the whole contract term. j IS. Section 2i9 of the act of June $, 1872, pro ydes that contracts for the transportation of th,
 mall shall bo awarded 10 the lowest bidder ten n daring sufficient guarantees for faithfu perform
 ahce, withoBt other reference to the mode Of sue 7 transportation than may be necessary to proyid, for the due celerily, certainty and security there 7 off Under uiis law, bids that propose Co trans
 port the mas with "eekeTity, ceytaiRfy, and sec,, e Hy, haring been decded 10 be hs oniy IeJaI bids e are construed da prooidig for he entire mail hop
 euer large, and ohateUw may be he mode of con r ueydnee necessary tO insure its "celeriiy cey {. tanty and Sees1ity" aNd have Me pvefereaee ore D aH others, and no others are considered excep D for steamboat routes. hA .N
 l9. modification ofa bid in any of It's essen 2. tlal terms Is tanlamonnt to new bld and canno