The Arizona sentinel., 1873-11-29

States shall suffer by reason OF my failing
to perform my oblga. legg as such bidder
Sworn to and subsss ih4d before me-
or the --- Vi ---t this - day o
-, A. D. 49,, and in testimony
thereof | hereunto, subscribe my name
and affix my official seal the day and yea
Aforesaid.
SEAL
NOTE.-When the oath is taken befOr'
Justice of the peace, the certificate of thu
clerk Of court of record should be added
Tugder bis seal of office, that the person
" no administered the oath is a duly quail
fed JUSTICE of the peace.
INSTRUCTIONS TO BIDDERS AND POST
MASTERS ~ f's> h'-
Containing also conditions to be incOrpor
ated IN the contracts to tie extent TIT
Department may deem prteer.
/. Seven minutes are allowed TO eacf
intermediate Office. when not otherwise
specified, for asserting mails.
2. On routes where the mode Of convey.
ance admits of 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 bills" or receipts, prepared BY
p0stmaSters or other agents of the Depart
nent, will accompany the mails, specifying
the number and destination of the sever a
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
performed; and for each ofsuch 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,
-PEoP0t!oneG 10 the nature thereof, and the
Importance O ,le mail, may be made
5. For leaving behind or throwing off the
mails, or any portion 0f them, for tho i'd
mission of passenger, or for being con-
ceTaed in setting up or running an express
conveying intelligence in advance of the
mail, quarters pay may be deducted.
b. Elues will % Imposed, unless tks de-
linquency be promptly and satisfactorily
explained by certificates of postmasters or
the affidavits of other credible persons, foz
failing to arrive in contract time; for neg
Letting to take the mail from, or deliver it
into, 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 the route.
2. The Postmaster General may annual
the contract for repeated failures to run
agreeable to contract; for violating the
post office laws, or disobeying the instruc-
tons 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 rpackages conveying nathalie mat
ter put of the mail.
8, The Postmaster General may discou-
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 ed-
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 dscOntinuance 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-
vlded. however, that, in case of increase
the contractor may, upon time |
J. o-ico relinguish the contract,
$. Pas ments will be made by collections
from. of drafts on. postnasters or other !
wise, ailsr the expiration Of each quarter
say iu November, February, May, and
Aug proVided that required evidence.
OF s3rriee has beeeH received.
o. lao distances given are believed to
be Subs ntially correct but no increased
Puy -. be allowed should they 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
DIIpSVo, Su'HPinOo, pldHh-IOduS I6rrleS, or
distractions OF any kind by which expense
may be incurred. No claim for addition
al pay, based on such ground, can be con-
nor for alleged mistakes or mis-
as to to the degreee of ser
vice; nor for bridges DESTROYED, ferries
or other Instructions causing
or increasing distance or expense occurring
during the contract term. Offices es-
ta5lished after this advertisement is issued, |
and also during the contract term, are to
be VISITED without extra pay, ifthe distance
be not increased.
ii. Bidders are cautioned to mail their
proposals in time TO reach the Department
by the day and hour named g p. m, Feb
ruafy~2, 1874, as bids after that time will
not be Considered in competition with bids,
of reasonable amount, received IN time
Neither can bids be considered which are
witboG the guarantee required by law,
and icate Of the sufficiency of such
qua lnlee, and the oath of the bidder ac-