Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1835-02-02

Postmasters are required TO render an account
every three months the commissioner, and pay
any balance due, TO him, at such time and IN
such manner as he may direct-if any postmas-
ter fail to render such account or pay over pal
ance within one month after the expiration OF
the quarter he shall forfeit and pay double the
amount of the hostages received at his office in
any equal portion OF time; and if he fail to rem
der account or pay balance for two successive
quarters, he shall, forthwith, be discharged.
In case of failure of any postmaster to render
his quarterly account or pay over the balance
due from him, at the expiration Of the quarter,
the commissioner is required, within one month
after the expiration of the quarter, to place his
account in the hands of the solicitor, who is to
cause suit, forthwith, to be brought against the
delinquent and his suretes for the sum due and
the penalty. All suits to be brought in the name
OF the United States, &C. All bonds of posmas-
tiers hereafter to be given to the United States
&C.
There shall be annual lettings Of Mail Con-
tracts as heretofore public notice Of which shall
be given by the Post Master General in one news
paper at Washington, and in one or more ofthe
Newspapers published where the Contracts are
to be performed for eight weeks prior to the let
ting-The Advertisement to describe the places
from and to which the mail is to be conveyed
on each mail route the time at which it is to be
made up,-and the day and hour at which it is to
be delivered. Each proposal to be sealed-the
day ofits receipt to be endorsed upon it-and to
be kept sealed until the bddings are closed, and
then TO be opened and registered in the presence
Of the Post Master General or one OF the assist
| ant Post Masters General and of the Commits
soner or Solicitor Within thirty days after the
| lettings the Post Master General shall lodge a
duplicate of this Register Of proposals in the Of
| fee Of the commissioner, noting thereon the
bids which have been accepted-and within
ninety days after the letting, lodge a copy ofthe
| contracts as executed, together with the orig-
| nal proposal in the office of the commissioner.
| No person whose bid is accepted shall receive
any compensation for service until he shall have
fulfilled his contract.
Whenever it becomes necessary 10 contract
| for the transportation Of the mail at any other
| time than that Of the annual letting, the Post
Master General shall give public notice in one
| Newspaper at Washington, and one near the in
tended route. for four weeks before making such
contract, inviting proposals-which proposals
are to be received, opened, registered &c. as at
The annual letting and the contract made there
| on.
| No additional compensation shall be made to
any contractor for additional service upon any
route which shall have been established for five
years or upwards, prior to the execution of his
contract, nor upon any route so as to increase
| his additional compensation to more than double
the nett proceeds of hostages received thereon,
or so that the compensation for additional servi-
ces exceeds the exact proportion which the con-
| tract allowance bears to the contract service
! And when any extra service shall be ordered,
the allowance therefor shall be sgnified in the
order and forthwith entered on the books of the
| Department.
The amount necessary for the services of the
Post Office Department, to be appropriated an
| nualy by law, as in the other Departments.