Arizona citizen., 1875-02-13

termedate office, when not otherwise speci- flied, for asserting the mails.
 2. On routes where the mode of convey ance admits of it, the special agents of the Post Office Departmen, also post office blanks, mail bags, locks and keys, are to be conveyed without extra charge.
 3. "Way bills" or receipts, prepared by postmasters or other agents of the Depart ment, will accompany the mails, specifying the number and destination of the several bags, to be examined by the postmasters, |, 10 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 ofthe contractor or carrier, three times the pay of the trip will be deducted. For arrivals Iso far behind time as to break connection with depend ding mails, and not sufficiently excused, one fourth of the compensation for the trip is subject to forfeiture. For re- peated delin4uencies of the kind herein specified, enlarged penalties, proportioned 10 the nature tl ereof and the impor tance 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 conveying intelligence in advance of the mail, a quarters pay may be deducted.
 6. Fines will be imposed, unless the de linquency be promptly and satisfactorily explained by certificates of postmasters or the afiidavits of other credible persons, for failing to arrive in contract time for neg lecting to take the mail from, or deliver it into, post office; for suffering it to be wet. injured, destroyed, robbed, or lost j; and for refusing, after demand, to convey the mail as freqently as the contractor runs, or is concerned in running, a coach, car, or steamboat on a route.
 ! z. The Postmaster General may annul the contract for repeated failures to run agreeabIy to contract; for violating the post office laws, or disobeying the instructions of the Department; for refusing to dis charge a carrier when required by the De- parrment to do so for running an express as aforesaid or for transporting persons or packages conveying mailable matter 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. hc may Ol uCpdi I lures and arrivals in all cases, and particu- larly to make them conform to connections with railroads, without increase of pay, provided the running time be not abridged. The Postmaster Ge eral may also discon- tnue or curtail the service, in whole or in part, in order to place on the route superior service, or whenever the public interests, in his judgment, shall require such dscOn- tnuance or c, rtaiment for any other cause; he allowing as full indemnity to contractor, one months extra pay on the amount of service dispensed with, and pro rata com, Ipensation for the amount of service retained and continued.
 9. Payments will be made by collections from, or drafts on, postmasters or other wise, after the expiration of each quarter say in November, February, May, and Au- gust, 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 advertised, if the points to be supplied are correctly stated. Bidders must inform i themselves on this point, and also in refer ence to the weight of the mail, the cOndi- tion of hills, roads, streams, &c., and all toll-bridges, turnp' k es. pl ank-roads, ferries, or Instructions of any kind by which ex- pense may be incurred. No claim for Additional pay, based on sr.ch ground, can be considered nor for alleged mistakes or misapprehension as to the degree of service; nor for bridges destroyed, ferries discOn- tinued, or other Instructions causing or in- creasing distance or expense occurring dur ing the contract term. Offices established :. after this advertisement is issued, and also during the contract term, are to be visited without extra pay if the distance be not increased.
 II. Bidders are cautioned to mail their proposals in time to reach the Department by the day and hour named in the adver- tisement, as bids received after that time will not be considered in competition with bids of reasonable amount receivedi in time. Neither can bids be considered which are without the bond, oath, and certificate re-