Arizona citizen., 1875-02-06

flied, for asserting the mails.
 I 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, 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 of the contractor or carrier, three times the pay
 of the trip will be deducted. For arrivals Iso far behind time as to break connection
 with depen ding mails, and not sufficiently 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 ttereof 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-
 cerned 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 Iexplained by certificates of postmasters or the affidavits 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 !;
 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 lofice laws, or disobeying the instructions of the Department for refusing to dis charge a carrier when required by the De- partment to do so; 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 a route by allowing therefor pro rata increase on the contract Ipay. 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 Gei eral may also discon- ltinue or curtail the service, in whole or in part, in order to place on the route superior service, or whenever the public interests, Itinuance or ce rtailment for any other cause; h. oJl f,,ll ;pAo nifU fo nfroa one months extra pay on the amount of service dispensed with, and pro rata com. pensation for the amount of service retained and continued.
 g. 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 themselves on this point, and also in refer ence to the weight of the mail, the condi- Ition of hills, roads, streams, &c., and all toll bridges, turnpikes. plank-roads, ferries, or Instructions of any kind by which ex-
 pense may be incurred. No claim for additional pay, based on such ground, can be considered nor for alleged mistakes or
 misapprehension ss to the degree of service;
 nor for bridges destroyed, ferries discOn- Itinued, or other Instructions causing or in-
 creasing distance or expense occurring dur ling 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 l by the day and hour named in the adver- ltisement, as bids received after that time
 will not be considered in competition with bids of reasonable amount reoeivedin time. Neither can bids be considered which are
 without the bond, oath, and certificate re- uuired by section 245, act of June 8, 1874 F. Bidders should first propose for serv- lice strictly according to the advertisement, and then, if they desire, separately for different service and if the regular bid be the lowest offered for the advertised service,