The daily Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1841-1845, 1842-01-11

ling, miles and baok, once week.
Spring Hill to be sNppfed from Cheneyville Is
miles and back, once Q week
The Village TO be supplied from Point Coupee,
q miles and back, once week.
| NOTES,
| I. Seven minutes are allowed for opening and
closing the mails at all Offices, where particular
time is specified, but on railroad and steamboat
there is be NO more delay than is necessary
TO deliver and receive the bags
| The mail Is to be conveyed in preference TO
pas engers and to their entire exclusion lifts weight
and bulk require it,
3. A preference is to BIO 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 on nal lines admitting OF such convey ance.
S. Mail agents are to conveyed without charge
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 for the assort-
ing and safe keeping of the mall is to be provided
by the contractor under the direction of the De-
pariment
g. In all cases, there is to be forfeiture of the
pay Of the trip, when the trip is not run; forfeiture
OF at least oneourth part oft, when the running or
arrival is 50 far behind time to lose the connection
with depending mail, and forfeiture Of due
proportion of il, when grade OF vice is rendered
| inferior 10 that in the contract. These forfeiures
my be increased into penalties OF higher amount,
according to the nature or 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 failing
to take FROM or deliver at post office, the mail or
any part of it; for suffering i to be wst, injured,
lost, or Dc stroyed; for conveying il in place or
manner that exposes It to depreciation, loss, or in
any coach, railroad car, or steamboat, which the
contractor regularly runs on the route, beyond the
specified 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, penalty will be ex
| acted equal 10 quarters pay
s 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 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 schs dule, he allowing pro rata in
crease of compensation, within the restrictions i'm.
posed by law for the additional service required,
or for the increased speed, If the employment OF
additional stock or carriers is rendered necessary
but the contractor may, such case, renqu sh the
contract, on iIneiy nOuCc, lie pTcieTs W INT
change. He may also discontinue or curta the
service, he al owing ore months extra 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 no increased pay will be allowed,
should they prove to be greater than is advertised
If the places are rectly 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, or proposed 10 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 10 give
or perform, consideration to do, or not to dc,
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 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 stages the
route Should they not agree as to the suitabeness
of the property, the terms, or the security, each
may choose person who may appoint third. and
their decision shall be final; the Postmaster Gen
eral will name the umpire. Should the underbdder
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
ention to take not to take the stock, and if the
AFTER OF his reasons; and the present contractor i,
to dete rhine, on the first application, whether he
/ will sell II or not.
L
IA. A bid received after time, to wit: the l4th
| April next at 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 adjudgeG
to be extravagant.
Is. A bidder may offer on coach, railroad, or
steamboat routes, where that transportation is diff
cult or mpracticable certain seasons subst tute
horse wagon conveyance, or TO intermt service, a
specified number of days. weeks, or months. He
may propose to omit office that is inaccessible, or
is not on the Stage road, the railway, at steam
boat landing, as the may be- he may offer to
substitute inferior mode of supply in such cases
He may propose different days and hours Of depart
ure and arrival, provided ho more running time i,
asked, and it is obvious that mail connection or
; 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 p: Gu
liar bad roads But beyond these changes, pro-
posal for service different from the advertiser ent
Will prevent us DcinB CohsiueTcu III CohPSuNo'i
with regular bid, not set aside for extravaganza
and where bid contains any of the above al'cra.
tons, their disadvantages will be estimated in COM
pairing it with other proposals.
I6 There should be but one route bid for in a
proposal.
II. 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.
IS. The following is the form of the guaranty
which should be filed, 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 guarantor,
who must be shown by the written certificate of a
postmaster, or other equally satisfactory test mo-
NAL, to be man of property, and able to make