The Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1837-1845, 1842-03-29
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QOTES.
1. Seven minutes are allowed for opening and
closing the mails at all Offices where no particular
time is specified; bat railroad and steamboat
routes there be more delay than IS necessary
to deliver and receive the bags.
The mail is to be conveyed in preference 10
Passengers and their entire exclusion II It's weight
and bulk require it.
3. A preference is to be given to passeng rs
brought in the connecting mail lines over those
travelling in any other.
A. 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 NAL lines admitting of such convey ance.
5. Mail agents to conveyed without charge
on the principal railroad aud steamboat Ines 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 safekeeping Of the mail, is to be provided
by the contractor under the direction of the De-
p.rtment.
6. 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 oft, when the running or
arrival is far behind time to lose the connection
with depending mail; and forfeiture OF due
proportion of it, when grade ofsevice is rendered
inferior that in the contract. These forfeitures
may be increased into penalties of higher amount,
according to the nature or frequency of the failure
and the Importance of the mail.
be satisfactorily explained in due time, Tor failing
take FROM deliver at post Office the mail,
any part of it, for suffering it to be wet, I'M ured,
lost, destroyed; for conveying II in place or
manner that exposes IT to depreciation, loss, or IN
ury; for refusing after demand to convey mail by
any coach, railroad car, or steamboat, which the
contractor regularly the route, beyond the
soecifed number OF trips in the contract; and for
not arriving at the time set And for setting up or
running an express to transmit commercial intelli
gence in advance Of the mail, a penalty will be ex
acted equal TO a quarters pay.
8. The Postmaster General may annul the con
tract for repeated failures; for violating the Post
Office laws; for disobeyng the instructions of the
Department; for refusing to discharge carrier
when required by the Department.; 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 sche dule, he allowing pro rata of.
crease of compensation, within the restrictions inn
posed by law, for the additional service required,
or for the increased speed, if the employment in
additional stock carriers is rendered necessary
but the contractor may, such case, renqu sh the
contract, Timely notice, if he prefers IT to the
change. He may also discontinue curtail the
service, he allowing months extra pay on the
amount dispensed with.
TO- The payments will be made through drafts
each quarter, saw in February, May, August, and
November
H. The distances are given according to the best
information; but no increased pay will be allowed,
should they prove to be greater than is advertised,
if the places 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, anI consideration to do not to do,
anything whatever to induce any other person not
to bid for mail contract.
49, On coach routes where the present contractor
shall be superseded by underbidder, who may
not have the stage property requisite tor the per-
Torrance fthe contract, he shall purchase from the
present contractor such of his coacies teams, and
harness belonging to the route as shall be needed,
and may be suitable for the service, at fair valua
ton; and make payment therefor by reasonable in
stalments, his pay becomes due, unless the pre-
sent contractor shall continue to run stages on the
route Should they not agree as to the suitableness
of the property, the terms, or the security, each
may choose person who may appoint third. and
their decision shall be final; or the Postmaster Gen.
eral will name the umpire. Should the underbidder
fail to comply, his bid will be offered to the con-
tractor; but should he decline it, the proposals
the underbdder will be accepted Internationally.
The underbidder should give early notice of his in
tenton to take not to take the stock, and if the
latter Of his reasons and the present contractor is
to determine, the first application, whether be
will sell it or not.
A. A bid received after time, to wit: the l4th
April next at 8 p m, or without tie guarantee re-
CURED by law; that combines several routes in
one sum of compensation, cannot be considered in
competition with regular proposal, not adJudged
to be ex,ravagant.
Is. A bidder may offer coach, railroap, or
steamboat routes, where that transportation is diff
cult or mpractcable at certain seasons, to substitute
horse wagon conveyance, or to ntermlt service,
specified number of days, weeks, or months. lie
may propose to omit office that Is inaccessible, or
is not the sage road the railway, or at steam
boat landing, the may be, or he may offer to
substitute an inferior mode of supply in such cases
He may propose different days and hours of depart
urc and arrival, provided more running time /, |
asked, and it is obvious that no mail connection or
other public accommodation is prejudced. lie
may ask for specified number of days for more
running time to the trip at certain seasons of pecu
liar bad roads. But beyond these changes, pro-
posal for service different from the advertisement
will prevent its being considered in competition
with regular bid not set aside for extravaganza;
and where a bid contains any of the above altera-
tons their disadvantages will be estimated in COM
pairing it with other proposals.
It, 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
ID. The following is the form of the guaranty
which should be filled, the first blank with the
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 after
hoi, Jato1 he hV
who must be shown by the written certificate of
postmaster, or other equally satisfactory testmo-
NAL, to be of property, and able to make
God his guaranty. This guaranty, so certified,
should accompany each bid.
"The undersigned - guarantees that -