National Republican., 1876-06-12
MAIL ROUTES.
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Leave yerdierVille Tuesday and Friday at
al
Arrive at Glenora by l2 N.
Bond required with bid, $3.50.

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INSTRUCTIONS TO BIDDERS AND POST
MASTERS:
contGinins also conditions 10 be incorporated in
| the contracts to the ertenf the Department may
deem proper.
The Postmaster General warns bidders and
their sureties to acquaint themselves fully with
carrying Of the mails, (the Important provisions
of which cited herein,) and also to familiarize
themselves with the instructions and forms herein
furnished, before they shall assume any liabil-
ties as such bidders or sureties, and to prevent
misapprehensiol or cause of complaint there
after.
Postmasters are required to make themselves
familiar with the laws and these instructions
that they may be able to inform and direct
i. Seven minutes are allowed to each intermc-
diate ofhee, when not otherwise specified, for as
2 on routes where the mode of conveyance ad-
mits Of il the special agents Of the Post Office De-
paTtment, also post once blanks, mail bags, locks
charge.
3. away 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 Postmasters, to insure regularity in the delv
cry of bags and pouches.
1. No pay will be made for trips not performed
and for each of such omissions, If the failure be
OccasiOned by the fault of the contractor or car.
rier, three times the pay of the trip will be de-
Quoted. For arrivals SO far behind time as to
break connection with depending mails, and not
sufficiently excused, one fourth OF the compensa-
tiOn for the trip is subject to forfeiture. For
peatcd deinquences Of the kind herein specified,
thereof and the Importance Of the mail, may be
made.
or any portion Of them, for the admission of pas
sengers, or for being concerned in setting up or
running an express conveying intelligence in ad-
vance of the mail, quarters pay may be de-
Quoted.
6. Fines will be imposed, unless the delin-
quency be promptly and satisfactorily explained
other credible persons, for falling to arrive in
contract time; for neglecting to take the mail
from or deliver it into post 9fioej for suffering
and for refusing, after demand, to convey the
mail as frequently as the contractor runs, or is
concerned in running, coach. car or steamboat
!. The Postmaster General may annul the con-
tract for repeated failures TO run agreeably to
contract; for assigning the contract; for violating
the Post Office laws, or disobeying the instruc-
tions of the department.; for refusing to discharge
carrier when required by the department to do
so; for running an express as Aforesaid; or for
transporting persons or packa ges conveying mail
able matter out of the mali.
s. The Postmaster General may order an in
crease of service on a route by allowing therefor
pro rafo increase on the contract pay. He may
change; schedules of departures and arrivals in
all cases, and particularly to make them conform
to connections with railroads, without increase Of
pay provided the running time be not abridged.
The Postmaster General may also discontinue 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 re-
Quire such discontinuance or curtailment for any
other cause, he allowing as full indemnity to con-
tractor one months extra pay on the amount of
service dispensed with, and pro rGiG comPensa-
tion for the amount Of service retained and con-
tinued.
9. Payments will be made by collections from,
or drafts on, pcstmasters, otherwise, after the
expiration OF each quarter-say in November,
February, May, and August, provided that re-
quired evidence of service has been received,
10. The distances given are believed to be SUBJ
stantially correct; but no increased pay will be
allowed should they be greater than advertised,
If the points to be supplied correctly stated.
Bidders must inform Themselves on this point,
and also in reference to the weight of the mail,
the condition Of the hills, roads, streams, &C., and
distractions of any kind by which expense may be
incurred. No claim for additional pay, based on
mistakes or misapprehension as to the degree of
service; nor for bridges destroyed ferries discOn-
tnued, or other distractions causing or increasing
term. Ofhees established after this advertise
ment 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 pro-
posals in time to reach the Department by the
bids received after that time iciH not be consid-
cred in competition with bids Of reasonable
amount received in time. Neither can bids be
considered which are without the. bond, oath and
certificate required by section 245 act Of June g.
1874.
if they desire. SepdrGie'y for different service;
and II the regular bid be the lowest offered for
the advertised service, the other propositions may
be considered.
u. There should be but one route bid for in
proposal Consolidated or combination bids
C'prOpOsing one sum for two or more routes')
cannot be considered.
II. The route, the service, the yearly pay, the
name and residence Of the bidder, (that is, his
usual post Office address, and the name of each
member Of a firm where a company offers, should
be distinctly stated.
ticable, the printed proposals furnished by the
Department, TO write out in full the sum Of their
bids, and to retain copies Of them.
Bids altered in the route, the service the yearly
pay, the name Of the bidder, by erasures or in
terlinea tions should not be submitted; and If so
submitted will not be considered in awarding the
contracts No withdrawal of u bid will be al
lowed unless the withdrawal is received twenty
four hours previous to the time fixed for opening
10. In case of failure of the accepted bidder to
execute a contract or of the abandonment of ser
vice during the contract term, the service will be
readvertised and re-let at the expense of the
failing bidder or contractor, and any accepted
bidder who shall wrOngfully refuse ial to enter
into contract in due form, nd to perform the
vice described in his proposal, may be deemed
guilty of misdemeanOr, and, on conviction
thereof, he fined and imprisoned therefor.
II. The Postmaster General reserves the right
to reject any bid which may he deemed eXtrava-
giant; and alsO to disregard the bids of failing
contractors and bidders
No contract for carrying the mail shall be made
with any person who has entered, or proposed TO
enter, into any combination 10 prevent the max
ing of any bid for carrying the mail, or who has
made any agreement or given or performed, or
promised to give or perform, any consideration
whatever to induce any other person not to bid for
any such contract.
No bidder for carrying the mails shall he re-
leased from his obligation under his bid or pro-
Posal, notwithstanding an award made to lower
bidder, until contract for the designated SER
vice shall lave been duly executed by such lower
bidder and his sureties, and accepted, and the
vice entered upon by the contractor to the salts
faction of the Postmaster General.
by regulation OF the Department, no carrier can
be employed who Is under sixteen years of age:
and no bidder will be accepted who is under
twentyoGe years OF age, or who is married
woman.
Is. The bid should bc sealed. superscrIbed Mail
Proposals, State OF Virginia." addressed Second
Assistant Postmaster General Contract Once"
-. Every proposal must be accompanied by a
bond with two or more sureties approved by a
postmaster, and in cases where the amount of the
bond exceeds hye thousand dollars (Sj 0O0) by
postmaster OF the trst, second or third class.
Bids for service, the pay for which at the time Of
advertisement exceeds five thousand dollars,
(S5,0JO,) must be accompanied by n certified
check, or dran, payable to the order of the Post
master General, on some solvent national bank,
of not less than hye per centum on the amount Of
the annual pay on such route and in case of new or
modified service. not less than five per centum of
the amount of the bond accompanying the bid, if
the smOunt Of said bond exceeds (S5,O00) five
thousand dollars.
The amount of bond required with bids, and the
present pay when il exceeds ts5,0OO) five thousand
dollars are stated in the advertisement under the
Suretfes on the bond of a bidder must take an
oath before officer qualified to administer Oaths
that they are the owners of real estate worth in
the aggregate 4 sum double the amount Of said
bond, over and above all debts due and owing by
them, and all judgments, mortgages, and execu-
tiOns against them after allowing all exemptions
of every character whatever.
%. All checks deposited with bids will be held
until contract is executed and the Serrirc COM
7nenced by the accepted bidder. Checks IciH then
be returned by mail, on the Driftcn request Of the
bidder, or de,ir6red 10 any one on his order.
y. The cOGfrdcis are 10 be erecufed and returned
10 tie Department by or before the 10th day Of Ser
fCMber, 1876 otherwise The accepted bidder piH be
considered as having failed, and the Postmaster
General may proceed 10 contract for the serpice
lrih other PGTties according 10 iGr.
Assignments of contracts. or Of interest in con-
tracts, are forbidden by law, and consequently
cannot be allowed. Neither can bids, or interest
in bids, be transferred or assigned TO other parties
Bidders will therefore take notice that they will
he expected to perform the service awarded TO
them through the whole contractterm.
22 Section 249 of the act of June s, lSg5 provides
that contracts for the transportation Of the IN li
shall lie awarded to the lowest bidder rendering
sufficient guarantees for faithful performance,
without other reference to tie mode Of such trans
pOrtaton than may be necessary to provide for the
due celebrity, certainty. and security thereof"
Under this law bids that propose TO transport the
lie ,rfth