Arizona citizen., 1875-01-16

!, termediate office, when not otherwise speci f fled, for asserting che mails.
 2. On routes where the mode of convey ance admits oft, the special agents of tht l Post Office Departmen, also post office blanks, mail bags. locks and keys, are tc
 be conveyed without extra charge.
 3. "Way bils' or receipts, prepared by pOstmasters or other agents of the Depar; ment, will accompany the mails, specifying the number and destination of the several bags, to be examined by the uostmasters. 10 insure regularity in the delivery of bags land pouches.
 4. No pay will be made for trips not per- formed; and for each of such omissions, if the failure be occasioned by 'he fault of the contractor or carrier, three times the pay of the trip will be deducted For arrivals so 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. Forre- peated deIinquencies of the kind herein specified. enlarged penalties, proportioned to the nature u 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 cerned m 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 afiidavits of other credible persons, for failing to arrive in contract time; for neg
 ecting to take the mail from, or deliver it into, post office; for suffering it to be wet, injured, destroyed, robbed, or los {; and for refusing, after demand, to convey the mail as freqently as the contractor runs, or is concerned in running, coach, ear, or steamboat on a route.
 |! z. The Postmaster General may annul the contract for repeated failures to run tagreeably to contract; for violatiog the post office laws, or disobeying the instructions of the Department; for refusing to dis charge a carrier when required by the De- par ment to do so !; for running an express las aforesaid or for transporting persons or packages conveying mailable tier out of the mail.
 s. The Postmaster General may order sn increase of service on route by allowing therefor pro rata increase on the contract pay. He may change schedules of dcpar lures and arrivals in all cases, and partcu- 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- ltinue or curtail the service, in whole CT in ,part, in order to place on the route superior service, or whenever the public interests, lin his judgment, shall require such scon- Itinuance or c, rtailment for any other cause; he allowing as fuli indemnity to contractor, one months extra pay on the amount of service dispensed with, and pro rata com, pensaton 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 increase pay will be allowed should they be gr reater than advertised, if the points to be supplied are correctly stated. Bidders must infOrm thems elves on this point, and also in refer ence to the weight of the mail, the condi-
 
 bridges, turnpk k kes. 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 considereu nor flor alleged mistakes or misapprehension as to the degree of service; nor for bridges destroyed, ferries discon- Itinued, or other Instructions causing or in Icreasing distance or expense occurring dur ling the contract term. Offices established after this advertisement is issued, an also during the contract term, are to be visited without extra pay if the distance be not increased.
 H. Bidders are cautioned to mail their proposals in time to reach the Depa tment by the day and hour named in the adver- risement, as bids received after that time will not be considered in competition with bids of reasonable amount receivedin in time. Neither can bids be considered which are y;thopt the bond oath and certi 6rate re-