National Republican., 1876-06-19

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Arrive at verdierville by sp.m.;
Leave Verdierville Tuesday and Friday at
Arrive at Glenora by 12m.
Bond required with bid, s2so.
INSTRUCTIONS TO BIDDERS AND POST
MASTERS:
Containing also conditions TO be incorporated in
the eontracts to the erfent the Department may
The Postmaster General warns bidders and
their sureties to acquaint themselves fully with
the laws Of Congress relating to contracts for the
carrying of the mails, (the Important provisions
Of which are cited herein and also to fsmilsriIe
themselves with the instructions and forms herein
furnished, before they shall assume any liabili-
ties such bidders or sureties, and to prevent
Misrepresentation 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
l. Seven minutes are allowed to each interme-
diate ONCE, when not otherwise specified, for as
sorting the mails.
2 on routes where the mode of conveyance ad-
mits Of it the special agents of the Post OGce De-
parment also post oftice blanks, mail bags, locks
and keys, are TO be conveyed without extra
g. sway 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 postmasteIs to insure regularity in the deliy
!. 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 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
peated delinquencies Of the kind herein specified,
enlarged penalties, propOrtiOned to the nature
thereof and the Importance Of the mail, may be
made.
s. For leaving behind or throwing off the mails,
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 sd-
vance of the mail, quarters pay may be de-
dueted
@. 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, deliver II into, post office; for suffering
and for refusing, after demand, to convey the
mail as frequently as the contractor runs, or is
concerned in running, q coach, car or steamboat
on o route.
!. The Postmaster General may annul the con-
tract for repeated failures to run agreeably to
the Post Once laws, or disobeying the instruc-
tions OF the department; for refusing to discharge
a carrier when required by the department TO do
Transporting persons or packages conveying mail
able matter ont Of the mail.
8. The Postmaster General may order an in
crease Of service on . route by allowing therefor
pro rata increase on the contract pay. He may
change schedules of departures and arrivals 10
to connections with railroads, without Increase Of
pay, provided the running time be not abridged.
The Postmaster General may also discontinue or
curtai 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
auire such discontinuance or curtailment for sny
other cause, he allowing as full indemnity to con-
tractor one months extra pay on the amount Of
service dispensed with, and pro rata compensa-
tinued.
9. Payments will be made by collections from,
or drafts on Postmssters, or otherwise, after the
quired evidence Of service has been received,
sanay ba no 70 viii be
If the points to be supplied are correctly stated.
and also in reference to the weight of the mail,
the condition Of the hills, roads, streams, &C., and
all tollbridges, turnpikes, plankroads, ferries or
distractions of any kind by which expense may be
incurred. No claim for additional pay based on
such ground, can be considered; nor for alleged
mistakes or misapprehension as TO the degree OF
service; for bridges destroyed ferries discon-
tinued, or other distractions causing or increasing
distance or expense occurring during the contract
term. Offices established after this advertise
mcnt Is issued and also during the contract term,
are to be visited without extra pay II the distance
be not increased.
IL. Bidders are cautioned to mail their pro-
posals in time to reach the Department by the
day and hour named in the advertisement, rs
bids received after that time riH not be consid-
amount received in time. Neither can bids be
considered which are without he-bond, oath and
certificate required by section 245, act Of June q,
L. Bidders should first propose for service
strictly according to the advertisement, and then,
and If the resIisr bid Be the lowest offered for
the advertised service, the other propositions may
be considered.
proposal. Consolidated or combination bids
(''prOposing one sum for two or more routes'D
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 frm where company offers, should
Is. Bidders are requested to use, as far as prac-
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 or the name Of the bidder, by erasures or in
terlineatiOns, should not be submitted; and If so
submitted will not be considered in awarding the
contracts. No withdrawal of bid will be al
lowed unless the withdrawal is received twenty
four hours previous to the time fixed for opening
I6. In case Of failure of the accepted bidder to
execute q contract, or of the abandonment of ser
vice during the contract term, the service will be
re-advertised and re-let at the expense of the
falling bidder Or eonttaet0r, and any accented &C i
into contract in due form, and to perform the SER
vice described in his proposal, may be deemed
guilty Of . misdemeanor, and on conviction
thereof, be fined and imprisoue ed therefor.
II. The Postmaster General reserves the right
to reject any bid which may be deemed eItrays-
giant; and also to disregard the bids Of falling
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 to 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 be re-
leased from his obligation under his bid or pro-
bidder, until a contract for the designated SER
vice shall have been duly executed by such lower
bidder and his suretes and accepted, and the ser
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
| twenty-one years Of age, or who is married
Is. The bid should be sealed, superscribed small
Proposals, State of Virginia." addressed Second
Assistant Postmaster General, Contract Once"
10. Every proposal must be accompanied by .
bond with two or more sureties approved BY
postmaster, and in cases where the amount OF tho
bond exceeds five thousand dollars (s6, ,ooo) by
postmaster Of the tirst, second or third class
Bids for service the Pay for which at the time OF
| (s5,oJo,) must be accompanied BY q certified
check or draft, payable TO the order Of the Post
master General, on some solvent national bank,
of not less than fve per centum on the amount OF
the annual pay such route, and in case Of new or
modified service. not less than ve per oentum Of
| the amount of the bond accompanying the bid, If
| the amount of said bond exceeds (s5,oOO) nTe
The arsount Of bond required with bids, and the
present pay when it exceeds ,oeo) hve thousand
dollars stated In the advertise ent under tne
Surettes on the bond of bidder must take sn
oath before an ofhcer qualified to administer oaths
| the aggregate Q sum double the amount Of said
| bond, over and above all debts due and owing oy