The Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1837-1845, 1842-03-08
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| 8 miles and back, once = week.
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/. Seven minutes are allowed for opening and
closing the mails at al Offices, where no particular
time is specified; bat railroad and steamboat
routes there is be delay than necessary
to deliver and receive the bags
The mail is to be conveyed in preference 70
passengers and their entire exclusion II It's weigh'
and bulk require 1t.
8. A preference is to be- given TO passengers
brought in the connecting mail lines over those
travelling in any other.
4 Post Office banks, mail bags and the special
agents of the Department, on the exhibition OF their
credrntials are to be conveyed without further
charge mail lines admitting OF such conveyance
| 5. Mail agents 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 separate apartment tor the assort
ing and safe-keepng of the mall 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 not runs forfeiture
of least onefourth part oft, when the running or
arrival is 80 far behind time to lose the connection
with depending mail; and forfeiture OF due
proportion of it, when grade OF service is rendered
inferior to that in the contract These forfeitures
may be increased into penalties of higher amount,
and the Importance of the mail.
7. Fines will be imposed, unless the delinquency
be satisfactorily explained in due time, for failing
to take FROM deliver at post office, the mall or
any part of it; for suffering it to be wet injured,
| lost, or DESTROYED; for conveying it 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, steamboat, which the
contractor regularly runs on the route, beyond the
soecfed number of trips in the contracts and tor
mt arriving the time set. And for setting up or
running an express to transmit commercial ntelli
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 disobeying 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 i'm
| 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 msy in such case, relnqu sh the
contract, on timely notice, If he prefers 1t to the
change. He may also discontinue curtail the
service, he allowing ore months extra pay on the
amount dispensed with.
TO- The payments will be made through drafts
on post Offices or otherwise, after the expiration of
each quarter, saw in February, May, August and
November.
IL. 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
taton 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, consideration to do, or 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 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 yalua
ton; and make payment therefor by reasonable in
staments, as his pay becomes due, unless the pre-
sent contractor shall continue to run stages on the
route. Should they not agree to the suitabeness
of the property, the terms, or the security each
may choose person who may appoint third. anil
their decision Shall be final; 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 o
the underbidder will be accepted Internationally.
The underbidder should give early notice of his in
tenton to take or not take the stock, and if the
latter of his reasons and the present contractor is
to determine, on the first application, whether be
will sell it or not.
| H. A bid received after time, to witt the 14th
| April next at m, or without tie guarantee re-
quircd by laws or that combines several routes in
One m IF cannot be considered in
competition with regular proposal, not adjudged
| to be extravagant.
Is. A bidder may offer on coach, railroap, or
steamboat routes, where that transportation is diff
cult or mpractcable at certain seasons, to substitute
horse or wagon conveyance, to ntermit service,
specified number of days, weeks, or months He
may propose to omit office that is inaccessible,
is not on the stage road, the railway, 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
ure and arrival, provided no more running time il
asked, and it is obvious that mail connection
other public accommodation is p-ejudiced. lie
may ask for specified number of days for more
running time the trip at certain seasons of p-cu-
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 bid contains any of the above altera-
tons. their disadvantages will be estimated in COM
pairing it with other proposals.
l6 There should be but route bid for in a
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.
10. 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
being dated, should be signed by the guaraDtor,
who must be shown by the written certificate Of q
postmaster or other equally satisfactory testimo