The daily Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1841-1845, 1842-01-14

Spring tilil To Be applied from Chehey tllle, 4.
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 ell Offices, where no particular
time Is specified, but railroad and steamboat
routes there is to be delay than is necessary
to deliver and receive the bags.
The mail is to b conveyed in preference 10
pas engers, and to their entire exclusion its weight
and bulk require il.
3. A preference is 10 be given to passeng r.
brought in the connecting mail ines over those
travelling in any other.
4. Post Office banks, mail bags, and The special
agents of the Department, on the exhi0ton Of their
| credentials, to be conveyed without further
charge al lines admitting OF such conveyance
). 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 separate apartment for the assort-
ing and safekeeping 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 a forfeiture Of the
pay Of the trip when the trip is not run; fol eiture
Of at least fourth part oft, when the rum ng or
arrival is far behind time lose the connie on
with depending mail; and a forfeiture of due
proportion Of it, when grade OF Sc vice is rendered
inferior to that in the contract. These forfei'ures
may be increase 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 III for suffering to be wet, injured,
manner that exposes il to Depreciation loss, or in
jury; for refusing after demand to convey mail by
| any coach, railroad car, or steamboat, which the
contractor regularly 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.
| g. 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 sch, dule, he allowing pro rata In
crease of compensation, within the restrctiohs 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, such case, renqu sh the
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| change. He may also discontinue or curtail the
service, he allowing months extra pay on the
amount dispensed with.
10. The payments will be made through drafts
post offices otherwise, after the expiration OF
each quarter, say in February, May, August, and
November.
| IL. The distances 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.
| H. The Postmaster General is prohibited by law
from knowingly making contract for the transpor-
taton Of the mail with any person who shal 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 performed, or promised TO 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 eded,
and may be suitable for the service at fair vaua-
ton; and make payment therefor by reasonable in
salments, as his pay becomes due, unless the pre-
sent contractor shall continue to run stages the
route. Should they not agree to the suitableness
of the property, the terms or the security, each
| may choose person who may appoint third. ami
their decision shall be final; the Postmaster Gen
eiai 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
enton to take or not to take the stock and if the
after, Of his ressons and the present contractor is
to determine, on the first application, Whether he
will sell it or not
| IA. A bid received after time, to witt the Nth
April next at m, or without the guarantee re-
quired by law; or that combines several routes in
one sum Of compensation, cannot be con>ide red in
competition with regular proposal, not adjudged
to be extravagant
Is. A bidder may offer coach, railroad, or
steamboat routes, where that transportation is diff
Gull or imprac cable at certain seasons, TO substitute
horse wagon conveyance, or TO intermlt SERVICE
specified number of days, weeks, months He
may propose TO omit office that is naccess BILE,
is not on the sage road the railway, or at steam
boat landing, the case 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 30 more running time IL
asked and it is obvious that no mail connection or
other public accommodation is pr,judiced 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 re gular bid, not set aside for extravaganza
and whe bid contains any Of the above altera.
tons, their disadvantages will be estimated in COM
pairing it with other proposals
16 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.
18. 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 giarantor,
who must be shown by the written certificate of a
postmaster, other equally satisfactory test mo-
NAL, to be of property, and able to make
good his guaranty I'hs guaranty, so certified,
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