Arizona citizen., 1873-11-22

Increase, decrease, or extend the service, in
 accordance with law, he allowing A pro
 rata increase of compensation for any ad-
 dl1onal service thereby required or for in
 creased speed, if the endowment of ad-
 dltlOnal stock or carriers is rendered neces-
 sary; and in case of decrease, curtaiIment,
 or dlscontlnuance of service, as a full in-
 demn1ty to said contractor one months
 extra pay on the amount of service dis
 pensed with, and a pro rata compensation
 TOT the service retained. Provided how
 ever, that, in case of increased expedition,
 the contractor may, upon timely notice
 rel1nquish the contract.
 9. Payments will be made by collections
 rom, or drafts on, pOStmasterS or other
 wise, after the expiration of each quarter say in November, February, May and
 August, provided that required evidence Of service has been received.
 10. The distances given are believed to
 be substantially correct; but no increased pay will be allowed should they be greater than adVert1Se ted, if the points to be supplied are correctly stated. Bidders must inform themselves on this point, and 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 Instructions of any kind Dy which expense may be incurred. No clalm tor additional pay, based on such ground, can be considered; nor for alleged mistakes or misapprehension as to the degree of service; nOrf for bridges destroyed, terres discontinued, or other Instructions causing or increasing distance or expense hces established after this advertisement IS issued, and also during the contract term, are to be visited without extra pay, Ii 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 6 D. rn., Feb fuary Z, 1874, as bids received after that tl!ne VIII not be considered in competition with bids, Of reasonable amount, received m t1ne. Neither can bids be considered WhIch are without the guarantee required Dy law, and certificate of the sufficiency or such guarantee, and the oath of the bid 1872.
 I2. Bidders should first propose for ser vice strictly according to the advertise 1nent, and then, if they desire, separately for different service: and if the regular bid be the lowest offered for the advertised service, the other propositions may be con-
 13. There should be but one route bid for in proposal. Consolidated or combina- tlon bids C proposing one sum for two or more routes '') cannot be considered.
 l4. The route, the service, the yearly pay. the name and residence Of the bidder that is his usual post-Office address), and the name of each member of firm, where a company offers, should be distinctly stated.
 b. Bidders are requested to use, as far as pIetCCICttDlG, Jue pTIQJ6u prOpOSdlS IurnlSQ- ed 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 should bids once submitted be with drawn. No withdrawal of a bidder or will be allowed unless the with draWal is received twentg g-four hours pre- v1Ous to the time fixed for opening the pro- pOsals.
 Each bid must be guaranteed by two r1cf1 l.; T antee should be signed plainly with the full name Of each person.
 The Postmaster General reserves the right to reject any bid which may be deem- ed eXtravagant; and also to disregard the bids Of failing contractors and bidders, Act of June s, 1872, section 249.)
 l6. The bid should be sealed, Superscrib- ed '' Mail Proposals, Territory of Arizona,' " Second Assistant Postmaster General, Contract Office" Bids of S5.OGO per annum and upward must be accom- panied by certified check, or draft, on some solvent national bank, equal to per cent. of the amount; also bids for service which now costs 5000 or more per 2nnum. Where the present pay is S5,OOO pr more, it is stated in the adyertisenent lnder the appropriate route.
 Y. The contracts are to be executed and returned to the Department by CT before he lst day of June, 1874, otherwise the ac- ;epted bidder will be considered as having ailed, and the Postmaster General may proceed to contract for the service with other parties, according to law.
 Transfers of contracts, or of interest in contracts, are forbidden by law, and con- cannot be allowed. Neither can bids, or interest in bids, be transferred or assigned to other parties. Bidders will therefore take notice that they will be ex- 1ected to perform the service awarded to hem through the whole contract term.
 Is. Section 249 Of the act of June s. 1872, provides that contracts for the tranSp0rta- ion of the mail shall be "aWarded to the OWest bidder rendering sufficient guar lrtees for faithful performance, without other reference to the mode of such trans oortatiOn than may be necessary to pro Iide for the due celerity, certainty, and md security thereof" Under this law bids that propose to transport the mails with "celerity, certainty and security,n having been decided to be the only legal bids, are construed as providing for the ,ntire mail, however large, and whatever nay be the mode of conveyance necessary Q insure It's "celerlty, certainty and Secur- ty," and have the preference over all others, and no others are considered, ex- ,ept for steamboat routes.
 19. A modification of bid in any of it's essential terms is tantamOunt to new bid md cannot be received, so as to interfere with regular competition. Making a new )id, with guarantee and certificate, is the )niy way to modify previous bid.
 20. POstmasterS are to be careful not to certify to the sutficiency of guarantors without knowing that they are persons of sufficient responsibility. (See section 2l7. tct of June s, 1S72.) They must not sign the certificate until the sum of the bid is in- erted, and the bid and guarantee are sign ,d by the bidder and (two) guarantors; a or this instruction by pOStmaSt- ITS will subject them tO mediota rar,,ox--