The weekly Arizona miner., 1873-11-29

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 l. Seven minutes are allowed to each intermc- diate office, when not otherwise specified, for as. sorting the mails.
 2. On routes where the mode of conveyance admits of it, the special agents of the Post Office Department, also post office blanks, mail bags, locks and keys, arc 10 be conveyed without extra charge.
 s. Way bills" or receipts, prepared by post masters or other agents of the Department, will | accompany the mails, specifying the number and | destination of the several bags, to be examined | by the postmastcrs, 10 insure regularity In the de- livery of bags and pouches.
 |. No pay will be made for trip. not perform | ed and for each Of such omissions, if the failure be occasoned by the fault of tue contractor or carrier, three times the pay of the trip will be de. ducted. For arrivals so far behind time as to break connection with depending mails. and not sufficiently excused, oue-ourth of the compensa- ton for the trip is subject 10 forfeiture. For peatcd delinquencics of the kind herein specified, | enlarged penalties, proportioned to the nature | thereof, aud the importance of the mail, may be made.
 ]. For leaving behind or throwing of the | mails, or any portion of them, for the admission | of passengers, or for being concerned in setting ! up or running an express conveying intelligence In advance ot the mail, quarters pay may be ! deducted.
 G. Fines will be imposed unless the delln. queney be promptly and satisfactorily explained by certificates of postiDasters or the aidavits of other credible persons, for failing to arrive in tract time; for negecting 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 ire quently as the contractor runs or is concerned in running, a coach, car, or steamboat on route.
 z. The Postmaster General may annul the con. trrct for repeated failures to run agreeably to contract; for violating the post office laws, disobeying the instructions of the Department :; for refusing to discharge a carrier when required by the Department to do so; for running ] as O Or : packages conveying mailabe matter out of the mail.
 s. The Postmaster General may discontinue or extend a contract, change the schedule and ter , mini of q route, and alter increase decrease, or extend the service, in accordance with law, he a lowing pro rata increase of compensation for any additional service thereby required, or for in creased speed, if the employment of additional
 stock carriers Is rendered necessary; and in case of decrease, curtailment, discontinuance of service, as full indemnity to said contractor, - one months extra pay on the amount of service
 dispensed with, and pro rutd compensation for s the service retained. Provided, hoiecrer, that In case ofincreased expedition, the contractor may, upon timely notice, relinquish the contract.
 9. Payments will be made by collections from
 or drafts on, postmasters or otherwise, after the expiration of each quarter-say in November, February, May and August, provided that requir- , cd evidence of service has been received. 4 10. The distances given are believed to be sub stantially correct but no increased pay will be allowed should they be greater tban advertised, if the points to be supplied are correctly stated. Bid
 ders must form UeDlselUes tis poinf aud also in references to the weight of the mail, the condi. , tion of hills, roads, streams, Sc., aui all toll
 bridges, turnpikes, plank-roads, ferries, or ob- s:ructons ofany kind by which expense may be
 incurred No claim for additional pay, based on such ground, can be considered nor for alleged
 mistakes or misapprehension as to the degree of service; for bridges destroyed, ferries discon- tiDued, or other obstrucilous causing or increas-
 ing distance or expense occurring during the con ,all l,aA IA.
 tisement is issued, and also during ;he contract
 term, are to be visited without extra pay, if the
 distance be not increased.
 O H. Bidders cautioned to mail their propos. a als in time to reach the Department by the day
 and hour named 6 ?. m, February 2, 1874, as
 bids received after that time cW not be considered
 in competition with bids, of reasonable amour,
 received in time Neither can bids be consiG red
 which are without the guarantee required by law n and certificate of the suniciency ot such guaran a tee, and the oath of the bidder according 10 sec
 ton 246 act ofJune S. 1872.
 l2. Bidders should first propose tor service
 strictly according to the advertisement, and then
 if they desire separately for different service; ana
 if the regular bid be the lowest offered for the ad
 vertised service, the other propositions may b, 'e considered.
 a l3 There should be but one route bid for in {
 proposal. Consolidated combination bidl sc ("proposing one sum for two or more routes''
 cannot be considered.
 DO II. The route, the service, the yearly pay, th,
 name and residence of the bidder that Is, his us t. ua post-otiice address), and the name of eacl
 member of firm, where company offers
 should be distinctly stated.
 Y 15. Bidders are requested to use far as prac E' ticable, the printed proposals furnished by thu
 Department, to write out in full the sum of thei
 bids, and to retain copies of them. r.
 Altered bids should not be submitted no H. should bids once submitted be withdrawn N, of withdrawal of bidder guarantor will be allow be ed unless the withdrawal Is received twenty-fou s, hours previous to the time fixed for opening th
 proposals.
 n' Each bid must be guaranteed by two responsI .r ble persons. The bid and guarantee should b he signed plainly with the full name of each person
 The Postmaster General reserves the right t t reject any bid which may be deemed extravagant e and also to disregard the bids of failing contract and bidders. (Aet of June S. 1872 section 249 ~ 16. TAe bid should be sealed, superscribe "a Mail Proposals, Territory of Arizona" address 70 o cd " Second Assistant Postmaster General Cor "a tract Ofice" Bids otS5, 900 per annum and III '' ward must be accompanied by certified chcci or draft on some solvent national bank, equal {
 per cent. of the amount also bids for seryjc
 which now costs 5000 or more per annuu of Where the present pay Is 5000 or more, 1t Tor stated in the advertisement under the appropr ed ate route.
 for IT. The contracts are Co Je crecuted aud re,yus 'b- to e Depdrtle'n 6g or betore Me lSt day of Jun TO- lS74 otheroise he accepted bier oiH Je eonsid
 ed as haring faiied, aud Me Postmaster Ge,erc yG- may proceed to contract tor Ms serUiee lo othe
 parties, according Co lap.
 Q Transfers of contracts, or of interest in COT tracts, are forbidden by law, and consequent
 cannot be allowed. Neither can bids or intere, of in bids, be transferred or assigned to other pa ha, ties Bidders will therefore take notice that the md will be expected to perform the service awarde to 10 them through the whole contract term. md io. sect'oh sto or the ac' ol June e ls'2, pr'
 mail shall be "awarded to the lowest bidder tel ,ya derng sufficient guarantees for faithful perform n ance without other reference to the mode of sue @s transportation than may be necessary to provId Hm for the due ceerity certainty and seen finer '| Of" Under this law, bids that propose to tran
 port the mails with "celeriy, certaiafy, aud secu he ny" hdring been decided 10 be Me Oiy legal bid '''e construed Provid'g Jor he entire na To,
 euer large, aud ichatecer M0y bs Me mode of co OF reyanoe necessary tO ensure is "cekerity oe TX tdiHty, aud secvity" aud hape he prefereHce op ND oH others and no others are considered. exceI FED for steamboat routes.
 l9 A modification ofa bid In any of It's esse