The daily Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1841-1845, 1841-12-30
NOTES.

The Village u be supp, from Point Coupee,
q miles AID nack, once weak.
NOTES.
| l. Seven minutes are allowed for opening and
closing the mails at all Offices, where no psNicusr
lime Is spec'fed but on railroad AID steamboat
routes Their. Ia be delay than IS accessory
| 10 deliver and cewe the bags.
| The mail i, 10 be conveyed in prefer nee 10
pas enger, AMI 10 their entire exclusion, It's iBh
aud bulk reqhre T.
| 3. A preference is to be given to passeng rs
brought IN the connecting NAL Inns over those
ua,ellng IN any 9th r.
| a. Post Office banks mail bags, and The special
agents OF the Department. on the exhiouon th' IT
crt ds"t,als, are To be conveyed without further
charge ii a lines admitting OF such convey ance.
5. Mail agents are 10 convt ytd without cliai &c
on the principal railroad and steamboat lines, where
the size OF The ma Is and the number Ut tue Offices
will eqire their employment by the Department,
and ia thst separate apartment for the assort'
ing and sAfe.keeping Of the MAIL is To be provided
by the contractor under the direction OF the De-
pArtment.
g. In all cases, there is to be forfeiture Of the
pay Of the trip, when The trip is not run; forfeiture
OF least fourth part ot when The rum ng or
arrival Is far behind me As to love the connection
| with depending NAL; and forfeiture OF n due
proportion OF 1t, when grade oil Sc vice IS rendered
inferior 10 that in the contract These foriei'urs
according to the nature or frequency of the failure
and the importance OF the mail.
z Fines will be imposed, unless the delinquency
be sati tactorily explain. III due lime, Tor iail'hY
TO Ike from, dc liver AT post office, the nal or
any part OF 1T for suffering to be w-t, injured
lost, or d, stroy ed; for conveying II in place or
manner that exposes It to depreciation, loss, or in
| ury for refusing alter demand 10 convey mail by
any coach, railroad car, or ste amboat, which the
contractor tgularly on the route, beyond the
spec fed number OF trips in the conract and io
not arriving at the time set And Tor setting up OF
running an express to transmit commercial in,eil
gence in advance Of the mall penalty will be ex
acted equal 10 qlsrtePs pay.
| The Postmaster General may annul the con
tract for repeated failures; for violating the Post
Office laws; for disobry ing the Instructions OF the
Department; for tfusing to discharge carrier
when required by the Depar ment; for assigning the
contract without The consent OF The Postmaster Gen
era', or for setting up or running an express as
| aforesaid.
The Postmaster General may alter the contract
and alter the sch, dule, he allowing pro rata Ia
crease of improvisation, within the restrictions I'm
posed BY law for the additional service CURED
| or for the increased speed, it the employ ment oil
additional stock carriers is rendered necessary
| but the contractor may, in such Case reinqu sh the
contract, on time ly notice, If he prefers II to the
change. He may also discontinue Or curtal the
service, he al owing one months txtra pay on the
amount dispensed with.
TO- phe ya,m me ats will be made through drafts
on post Offices or otherwise, after the expiration OF
each quarter, say in February, May, August, and
| November.
IL. The distances are given according to the best
nformaiion but incre ased pay will be allowed,
should they prove to be greater than is advertised
if the places are CORE city named
- The Postmaster General is prohibited by law
from knowingly making contract for the trHnspor
taton Of The mail with any person who shal have
entered into any combination, or proposed 10 enter
il to any combination, 10 prevent the making OF any
bid for msil act by any other person or per
sons, or who shall have made any agreement, or
SHALL have gwen or performed, promised TO give
or perform, consideration to do, or not TO d.,
anyt ing whats yer to induce any other person no,
| to bid tor mail contract.
49, On coach routes where the present contrsc' or
shall be superseded by undo rbidder, who may
not have tic stage property requisite for the per-
firmarce f,he contract. he shall purchase from the
present cont nc, such of his COACHES, teams, and
harm, belonging to the route rs shall be needed
aud may be sui atle for the service, at fair valua
tor; aud make pa, ment ,hertf r by Re asonabe IN
salments, AZ his pay becomes due, ufIess the pre-
sent contractor stall continue to run stages on the
route. Should they not .gree rs to the .u'taolenesS
| of the property. tre terms or tAe security, ac'
| may CT oose person who may appoint y, rd. and
their d. cisi,n shall be final; the Postmas er Cen
eI al i'll the umpire. Should tie underoldder
fail TO comp y, lis bid wi be Offered 10 The con-
tractor; but should h decline it, the pop ssIs o
the un Il rbdder viii be accepted Internationally.
The under bidder Should give carly mott e OF his in
entiun to take not ts take the stock and it the
after OF his reasons; and the pr sent COM actor is
70 d /, rmne, on the first apple -tion, whtt eI he
i'll sell it or not.
a. A bid rec ved after time, 10 wit: the l0th
April MT xt At m, or without tie guarantee re-
| Ia. al. Il, IN
o"e of comp n>at'on, ca mot be nd. RED ~
competition wuh regular proposal, not adJudged
to he extav+gant.
| Is bidder may offer coach, ralroa J, or
steamboat route where that transportation IS dlfh-
cul or mpratt cable at certain seams, 10 sub tue
horse or wagon conveyance, or 10 intermt service,
spec fled number of days, weeks, or months IL
NAV propose to nit AN office that is inaccess bic, or
IL moi on the age road, the railway, or al s'eam.
boat ,nding, the case may be- or he may otter 10
substitute AN .ferinr mode If supply III su h cases
He may propose diff rent days and hours VI depart
,rc and arriv |, provided 10 more running time
asked, and it is obv GUS that no NAL conneclon or
other public accommodation is pr Ju, iced. lie
nav ask for a specified number vi days tor more
running time t. the nip at certain seasons OF Gu
liar bad roads. But hey ond these changes, pro
posal fur service different from the adv, riisem nj
will prevent its beng considered In competition
with re guar bid, not set aside for extravaganza;
ana whel a bid contains any OF the above altera
TONS their Disadvantages viii be estimated in com
pairing it With other proposals.
l6. There should be but one route bid for in
proposal.
H. The route, the service, the yearly pay, the
| bidders name and residence, and The name OF each
member OF the firm, where company offers, should
be distinctly stated.
49, The following is the form Of the guaranty
which should be hi!ed, the first blank with the
name of the g,aranlor, the second with that OF The
bidder and the third and fourth with the begin
mig and t rminaing points OF the route and alter
being date |, should be signed by the glsrantor,
who must be shown by the written certificate OF
postmaster, or other equs y satisfactory test mo-
NAL to be man of property, and able to make
good his guaranty. This guaranty, SO certified,
| -....la accnrnnatu each hid.