The spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1840-1844, 1841-02-19

10. The payments will be made through drafts on
post offices o. the expiration Of each
quarter, say in lehruary, May, August, and Nov
IL. he distances are given according 10 the best
inlornalion; but no increased pay will be allowed,
should they prove to be greater than is advertised
if the places are correctly named
II. i he Postmaster General is prohibited by law
from knowingly making contract for The transport
laon of The mail with any person who shall have
entered into any combination, or proposed TO enter
into any combination, to prevent the making of any
bid for mail contract by any other person or per-
sons, or who shall have made any agreement, or
shall have given or performed or promised to give
or perform, any consideration TO do or not 10 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tor shall be superseded by an underbidder, who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 beOnglngtO the route shall be need
ed and may be suitable for the service, at IA 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 not agree as to the sua-
beness of the property, the terms, or the security,
each may choose person who may appoint hro
ana lUcU ucCISOH sllill Nc VI tle
General will name the umpire. Should the UNDER
bidder fail to comply, his bid will be offered to the
contractor; hut should he decline it., the proposals
oflhe underbiddcr will be accepted uncondlonally
The underbiddcr should give early notice of his in
ention TO take not to take the stock and il the
ntter of his rensOnS and the present contractor is
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 3 p. IN. or without the guarantee re-
qured by law; or that combines several routes in
in one sum of compensation, cannot be considered
competition with regular proposal, not adjudged
to be extravagunt.
Is. a bidder NAV offer on coach, railroad, or
steamboat routes, where that transportation is DIFF
cuIt or mpracticable at certain seasons, to subsi-
tn,e horse wagon eyance, or to internt ser
vice, specified number of days, weeks, or months,
He may propose 10 omit an office that is inacces-
slble or is not the stage road, the railway, or at
a steamboat landing, as the case may be, or he may
offer to substitute an inferior mode of supply in
such cases, He 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 Is
prejudiced. He may ask for specified number of
days for more running time to the trip at certain
seasons of peculiar bad roads, But hey ond these
changes, a proposal for service different from the
advertisement will prevent its being considered in
competition With regular bid not set aside for en-
rayagance; and where bid contains an, of the
above alterations, their disadvantages will be est-
mated in comparing it with other proposals,
Is. There should be but one route bid for in
proposal,
| II. The route, the service, the yearly pay, the
bidders name and residence, and the name Of each
member Of the firm, where Il company offers, should
be distinctly stated
49, The following is the form of the guaranty
which should be filed, the first blank with the name
ofthe guaran'or, the second with that ofihe bidder;
and the third and fourth with the beginning and
terminating points of the route; and after heing da-
ted, should be signed by the guarantor who mus,
be shown by the written certificate of postmaster
or other equally satisfactory testimonial, to be a
man OF property, md able to make good his guar
amy his guaranty, so certified, should accom-
pnny each bid
k " The undersigned - guarantees that his bid
finr chrrNtn. the mail from - he accented nv
the Postmaster General shall enter into an obligation pror
To the 18th day olunc next with guod and sufficient sure
ties to perform the service proposed"
"Dacd
The hid should he urdcr seal addressed to the FRS,
Assistant Postmaster General with Mail Proposals in the
state of -" written the fIcc of the letter; nud
should be despatched in time be received by or before
the 10th April NEXT, at O'Clock, n M
90 The contracts are TO be executed before the eth June
newt JOHN NJ. NILES.
Posi- OFFICE DEPARTMENT, Dec. 90, lelO. l3s-i9