Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1834-08-22

Leave Rocky Mount every Monday at 8 p m, arrive at Patrick
Leave "si rs sas b. g : Fl. =" e.srv "wednesday i, ,
Rock! Mount next day by 10 I'm.
NOTES.
po anose VINO propose 70. mail contracts, are apprired By the
more full, set forth in the pamphlet ad eriisement' ""N" ''
me right to expedite the mails and alter the hours of their
reser ed by the Department. - ~' expense a any ume' Is
= Seen minutes are generally allowed for opening the mail,
!. Five dollars will be the forfeit for e cry ten minutes delay
if not proved to be una oidaJIe, to be absolu,eI, enforced.
pau carriers are to be =" free white persons
payments are made quarterly.
9 Proposals must state the mode of transportation, whether
advertisement does not specif, the mode, the mail may be car
rnd ON horseback, or in u sulky.
:; The mode, time and frequency of transportation, are stated
IN gls ad ertssment, as At IS designed that TIC mail siali be car
ments, or corrections of any omissions, will be considered
Q. Ihe best form for a proposal is
:" will convey the mail, agreeably to ad ertisement, on
aou'e NO. from to for the yearly
State the No. of The route, the beginning and the end Of il.
ONCE II . Denari- to sea, w ihe , PPs0po oGn% and direct &c il TIC the Post
residence of the bidder must be sated-and if not a Contractor.
recommendations are required.
!. The Contractor must be his own Judge of the distances;
as o increased Pa' can be allowed for any difference when the
i"r repeated failures to arrive in tme-or for disobe,in ing an, in
IL. should nm, person refuse a contract at his accepted bid.
he stal, forfeit all other contracts he may have, and be held re-,
IL No contract nor bid can be transferred without the written
consent OF the Postmaster General first had and nm, such as
signment without thus, NAV forfeit the contract or bid.
rs. III . Contractor, or an, agent, shall transmit intelirence
b. express more rapid. than the mail, the contract shall be for
ieited and when n stage ia run on n mail route more rapidl, or
more frequently than is contracted for, the mail must be carried
IN the mos; frequent and most rapid con, q, ance, without addi-
tional charge.
il When a route is discontinued or curtniled, one months
extra pay VIII be allowed on the amount deducted.
10. Where a Contractor, on a stage route, is superseded b, ON
underbidder, he must purchase such of the stage horses and pro-
pert as ma, be needed for the ser ice, at n fair valuation, TO be-
paid b, reasonable instalmenis-if they disagree ON an point.
each must choose a person, who ma, appoint u third to decide,
VI NC Sunaste henerai VIII appoint the umpire-if the I'M
derbidder fal to comply, his bid will be offered TO the present
Contractor; but If nc refuse il, the proposal OF the rnJerbidder
will he accepted uncondtionally.
10. General bids should not be made compromising routes
not connected with each other. And when Sc, eral continuous
routes shall be included in a Joint bid g. conditioned on the
acceptance OF the whole-it ID required that an estimated price
should be named for each of the routes, separately.
The contracts to be made b, this adj ertisement, shall com.
mence on the first of Janurr, next, and continue four = ears.
The time for recei' ing bids closes the Goth of October next:
and The decisions will be made known on the 3ist of the same
month w. 4. BARRY.
Posr OFFICE DEPARTMENT,
10Th JuI,, 1884.