The spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1840-1844, 1841-04-09

10. The payments will be made through drafts on
post offices otherwise ,aier the expiration of each
quarter, say in February, Nay, August and Nov.
ii. The distances are given according TO the best
information; but no increased pay will be allowed,
should they prove TO be greater than Is adv ertlsed
if the aces are correctly named.
| II. The Postmaster General is prohibited BY law
from knowingly making contract for the transport
talion of the mail with any person who shall have
entered into any combination, or proposed to enter
into any conbinatlon.to prevent the making of any
bid for mail contract by any other person or per-
sons, OF who shall have made any agreement, or
shall have given or performed, or promised to give
or perform, any consideration to do, not to do,
any Thing whatever to induce any other person not
to bid for mail contract.
IL. On coach routes where the present contrac-
tor shall be superseded by an underbidder, who
may not have the stage property requisite for the
performance of the contract, he shall purchase from
the present contractor such of his coaches, teams,
and harness belonging to the route as shall be need
cd and may he suitable for the service, al fair
valuation and make payment therefor by reason
able instruments, as his pay becomes due. unless
the present contractor shall continue to run stages
on the route. Should they moi agree as to the suta-
bleness of the property the terms, or the security,
each may choose person who may appoint third
and their decision shall he final or The Postmaster
General will name the umpire. Should the UNDER
bidder fail to con ply his bid will be offered to the
contractor; hut should he decline it, the proposals
oflhe underhlddcr vii! be accepted Internationally.
The underbdder should give early notice of his i'll
tenton 10 take not TO take the stock and if the
latter, of his reasons; and the present contractor il
to determine, on the first application, whether he
will sell it or not.
IA. A bid received after time, to wit: the 10th
April next at p. m. or without the guarantee re-
qnred by law; or that combines several rontes in
IN one sum OF compensation, cannot be considered
competition with regular proposal, not adjUdged
TO be extrayHgant.
10. bidder may offer on coach, railroad or
steamboat routes, where that transportation is DIFF
fcuIt lmpracticabe at certain seasons to snbs,i-
ne horse or wagon CONVEYANCE, or to intermit ser
vice, specified number of days, weeks, or months
lie may propose to omit an office that is inacccs-
sibe or is not on the stage road the railway or at
steamboat lunding, as the case may be, or he may
offer TO substitute an inferior mode Of supply in
such cases. lie may propose different days and
hours of departure and arrival, provided no more
running time is asked, and it is obvious that no
mail connection or other public accommodation IL
Preludlced. lie may ask for specified nanber of
days for more running time to the trip nj certain
seasons Of peculiar bad roads, Rut bcS ond these
changes, proposal for service different from the
advertisement will prevent It's being considered in
competition wha regular bid, not set aside for ex-
trayagance; and where bid contains an, of the
above alterations, their disadvantages will be esti-
mated in comparing it with other proposals.
10. There should be but one route bid for in a
proposal.
II. The route, the service, the yearly pay, tho
bidders name and residence, and the name ofeach
member Of the firm, where con pany offers, should
be distinctly stated
IS. The following is the form Of the guaranty
which should he filed, the first blank with the name
ofthe guarantor, the sccond with hat Of the bidder;
and the third and fourth with the beginning and
terminating points of The roue and after being dn-
ted, should be signed by the guaruntor, who mus,
be shown by the written certificate of postmaster,
or other equally satisfactory testimonial, TO be
man Of property, and able TO make good his guar
amy. This gunrauty, 81 certified, should avrvnI-
pnnv each bid.
"Thr undersigned - guarantees that - ifhs hid
for carr lrg the mail from - to - be accCrted by
the Postmaster &c, cra shall enter into an oga,ou prior
To the 18th dHI Of June n with good uHd sufficient sure
ties. To perform the service proposed"
dated
The bid should he under seal addressed to the FRS,
Assistant Postmaster General with "Anil Proposals in tho
state Of -" written on the face Of the letter; and
should be despatched in time be received by or before
the ltth April next, al O'Clock, Pm.
90 The contracts are 10 lie executed before the 18th Juno
neyt. JOHN NJ NIIES
Posi- OFFICE DEPARTMENT. Dec. 90, 1910. SS--io