The spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1840-1844, 1841-02-26


TO- The payments will be made through drafts on
post offices Otherwise ,afer the expiration OF each
quarter, say in February, May, August, and Nov.
II. The distances given according to The best
information; but no increased pay will be allowed,
should they prove to be greaier than is advertised,
II the places are correctly named.
IL. l he Postmaster General Is prohibited by law
from knowingly making contract Tor The transport
tatlon OF the mail with any person who shall have
entered into any combination, or proposed to enter
into any combination, IN 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.
49, 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tor shall be superseded by an underbidder, who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 shall be need
ed and may he suitable for the service at fair
valuation; and make payment therefor by reason
able instruments, as his pay becomes due, unless
the present contractor shall continue 10 run stages
on the route. Should they not agree as to the sua-
bencss of the property, the TENS, or the security
each may choose person who may appoint thlro
and their decision shall be final; or the Postmaster
General will name the umpire. Should the under
bidder fail to comply, his lid will he offered to tho
contractors; but should he decline it, the proposals
ofhc underbddcr will be accepted Internationally.
The underbidder should give early notice of his i'll
tenOn 10 take or not TO take the stock, and il the
latter, Of his rcasons and the present contractor is
to determine. on the first application, whether he
| viii sell it or not.
! II. A bid received after time, TO wit; the 10Th
| April next at 3 p. m. or without The guarantee
quired by law; or that combines several routes in
! in one sum Of compensation, cannot be considered
competition with regular proposal, not adjudged
/ to be extravaganza
10. A bidder may offer on coach, ralrond or
steamboat routes, where that transportation is DIFF
fcut or impractcabie at certain seasons TO substi-
lute horse wagon eyance, or to nteTmit SER
vice, specified number of DAYS, weeks, or months.
lie may propose 10 omit an office that is inacces-
sble, or is not on the stage road, the railway, or at
n steamboat landing, as the may he, or he may
offer TO substitute an inferior mode of supply in
such cases. lie may propose dliicrent days and
hours of departure and arrival, provided no more
running time is asked, and II is obvious that no
mail connection or other public accommodation Is
prejudced lie may ask for a specified number Of
days for more running time TO the trip at certain
seasons of peculiar bad roads. But beyond these
| changes, proposal irr service different Rom The
advertisement will prevent It's being considered in
competition whn regular hd not set aside for en-
travagance and where bid contains an, of The
above alterations, their disadvantages will be esli-
mated in comparing it with other proposals
| l6 There should be but ono route bid for in
proposal.
II. I he route, the service, the yearly pay, the
bidders maine and residence, and the Of each
member Of the irm, where Il con pany offers, should
be distinctly stated.
Is. The following is the form Of the guaranty
which should be filled, the first blank with the name
OF the gunrnnor, the second with that of the bidder
and the third and fourth with the beginning and
terminating points Of the route; and after heinz da
ted, should be signed by the guaranlor, who mus.
be shown BY The written certificate of postmaster,
or other equally satisfactory testimonial, 10 be n
man Of property. and able to make good his guar
amy. his guaranty, so certified, should accom-
p1ny each bld.
"1hr undersigned - guarantees that - fhiS bid
for carry ing the mail from to - be aCct ptcd by
the Postmaster General shpl cuicriu obligation prior
to the 18th dny Of Junc n"Nt with gud and sufficient
ties, to perform the service proposed.'
"Dntrl
The hid shohl be sent m der seal addressed to the r,
Assistant Postmaster General with Mail Proposals IN the
State Of -" written the face Of the letters nd
should be despatched in time to be received by before
the 10Th April next, nj O'clock pm.
90 The contracts To he executed before The h Iunc
neNt. IOl VI. NILES.
Posi- OFFICE DEPARTMENT., Dee 22, lsiO. I5s-is