Arizona citizen., 1875-01-30

|termediate 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. B "Way bills" or receipts, prepared by Ipostmasters 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, to 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 depending mails, and not sufi ciently excused, one fourth of the compensation for the trip is subject to forfeiture. For re- peated delinquencies of the kind herein specified, enlarged penalties, proportioned to the nature tt ereof and the importance of the mail, may be made.
 5. For leaving behind or throwing of
 the mails, or any portion of them, for the admission of passengers, or for being con- oerned in setting up or running an express
 conveying intelligence in advance of the
 mail, 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 afidavits of other credible persons, for failing to arrive in contract time for neg llo foI hn o;, T q, into, post office; for suffering it to be
 wet. injured, destroyed, robbed, or lost ; and for refusing, after demand, to convey the mail as freqently as the contractor runs, or is concerned in running, coach, car, or steamboat on & route.
 z. The Postmaster General may annul the contract for repeated failures to run agreeably to contract; for violating the post office laws, or disobeying the instructions of the Department; for refusing to dis charge 8 carrier when required by the De- par,ment to do so l; for running an express las aforesaid; or for transporting persons or packages conveying mailable matter out of the mail.
 8. The Postmaster General may order sn increase of service on 8 route by allowing therefor pro rata increase on the contract pay. He may change schedules of dcpar 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- tinue 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 d scon- ltinuance or c, rtailment 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. pen nsation for the amount of service retained and continued.
 g. Payments will be made by collections from, or drafts on, postmasters CT 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
 themselves on this point, and also in refer
 ence .o the weight of the mail, the copdi-
 tion of hills, roads, streams, &c., and all
 toll bridges, turnp'kes. pl ank roads, ferries, or Instructions of any kind by which ex- Ipense may be incurred. No claim for additional pay, based on such ground, can be considered nor for alleged mistakes or
 misapprehens ss to the degree of service;
 nor for bridges destroyed, ferries discoR-
 tinued, or other Instructions causing or in- creasing distance or expense occurring dur ling the contract term. Ofbces established i after this advertisement is issued, an d 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- Itisement. as bids received after that time