The daily Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1841-1845, 1842-01-12

| spring Hill to be Supplied IRON Cheney vile, Is
miles and back, once . week
The Village to be supplied from Point Coupee,
miles and back, once . week.
NOTES.
l. Seven minutes are allowed for opening and
closing the mails at al Offices. where no particular
time is specIfed but on railroad and steamboat
routes there is 10 be delay than is necessary
to deliver and receive the bags
2 The mail is to be conveyed in preference 10
pas engers and to their entire exclusion, Its weight
and bulk require il.
3. preference is TO BIO given to passeng 70
brought in the connecting mail lines over those
travelling in amy othrr.
4. Post Office banks, mail bags, and The special
agents Of the Department. on the exhibition OF their
credentials, are to be conveyed without further
charge on nal lines admitting OF such convey ance.
5. Mail agents are TO conveyed without charge
on the principal railroad and steamboat lines, where
the size of the mails and the number Of tue Offices
will require their employment by the Department.
and in that case 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 not run; forfeiture
Of at least fourth part oft, when the running or
arrival is far behind time to lose the connection
with depending mail, and forfeiture of due
proportion oft when grade ofse vice is render,
inferior 10 that in the contract. These forteiures
may be increased into penalties OF higher amount,
according 10 the nature frequency of the failure
and the importance of the mail.
7. Fines will be imposed, unless the delinquency
be satisfactorily explained in due time, for falling
to take from, deliver At post office, the mail or
any part of il; for suffering to be wet, injured,
lost or d. stroyed; for conveying il in place or
manner that exposes Il to depreciation, loss, or in
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any coach, railroad car, or steamboat, which the
contractor regularly runs the route, beyond the
specified number OF trips in the contract; and tor
not arriving at the time set. And for setting up or
running an express to transmit commercial intell
gence in advance Of the mail, penalty will be ex
acted equal TO quarters pay
8 The Postmaster General may annul the con
tract for repeated failures; for violating the Post
Office laws; for disobe yng the instruct ons OF the
Department; for refusing to discharge a carrier
when required by the Depar ment; for assigning the
contract without the consent of The Postmaster Gen
eral, or for setting up or running an express as
aforesaid.
The Postmaster General may alter the contract
and alter the scht dule, he allowing pro rata In
crease Of compensation, within the restrctiors i'm
posed by law, for the additional service required,
or for tn increased speed. it the employment OF
additional stock carriers is rendered necessary
but the contractor may, in such case, renqu sh the
contract, on timely notice, it he prefers II to the
change He may also discontinue or cur'ail the
service, he al owing ore months xtra pay on the
amount dispensed with.
10. The payments will be made through drafts
on post offices or otherwise, after the expiration OF
each quarter, say in February, May, August, and
November.
H. The distances are given according to the best
information; but increased pay will be allowed,
should they prove to be greater than is advertised
If the pisces are correctly named.
IL. The Postmaster General is prohibited by law
from knowingly making contract for the transpor-
tation Of the mail with any person who shall have
entered into any combination, 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, consideration to do, or not to de-,
anything whatever to induce any other person not
to bid for mail contract.
49, On coach routes where tn present contractor
shall be superseded by an underbidder. who may
not have the stage property requisite for the per-
Torrance ofthe contract. he shall purchase from the
present contractor such of his COACHES, teams, and
harness belonging to the route shall be needed
and may be suitable for the service, at fair valua
ton; and make payment therefor by reasonable in
stalments, as his pay becomes due, unless the pre-
sent contractor shall continue to run stages on ths
of the property the terms, or the security, eacf
| may choose person who may appoint third. am.
their decision shall be final; the Postmaster Gen
| eral will name the umpire. Should the underbiddeI
fail to comply. his bid viii be offered TO The con
tractor; but should he decline it, the proposals o
the underbidder will be accepted Internationally
The underbidder should give early notice Of his in
entiOn to take not to take the stock, and it the
AFTER of his ressons and the present contractor il
| to determine, on the first application, Whether be
will sell it or not
| IA. A bid received after time, to wit: the l4th
| April next at m, or without the guarantee re-
quired by law; or that combines several routes In
one sum of compensation, cannot be considered in
competition with regular proposal, not adjudged
| to be exTavsgant.
| Is bidder may offer on coach, railroad, OF
steamboat routes, where that transportation is diff
cult or at certain seasons. to subs. ute
horse wagon conveyance, or to intermt service,
specified number Of days, weeks, or months He
NAV propose to omit office that is inaccessible OF
is not on the sage road, the railway, or at steam
boat landing, as the may be, he may offer &c
substitute an Inferior mode Of supply in such cases
He may propose different days and hours Of depart
urc and arrival, provided no more running time i,
asked, and il is obvious that mail connection OF
other public accommodation is prejudiced. lie
may ask for a specified number Of days for more
running time to the trip at certain seasons Of Gu
liar bad roads. But beyond these changes pro-
posa for service diAersnt from the adv. rtise m-ni
will prevent its being considered in competition
with regular bid, not set aside for extravaganza
and where bid contains any of the above alera
tons, their disadvantages will be estimated in com
pairing it with other proposals.
| l6. There should be but one route bid for in 8
proposal.
H. The route, the service, the yearly pay, the
bidders name and residence, and the name OF eaci
member of the firm, where company offers, shoule
be distinctly stated.
10. The following is the form Of the guarant,
which should be filled, the first blank with thu
name Of the guarantor, the second with that of The
bidder and the third and fourth with the begin
ming and terminating points of the route and afte
being dated, should be signed by The garantor
who must be shown by the written certificate of
postmaster, or other equally satisfactory test mo
nial to be man Of property, and able to make
good his guaranty. This guaranty, SO certified