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

| NOTES.
| l. Seven minutes are allowed for opening and
closing the mails at all offices, where no particular
time is specified; but on railroad and steamboat
routes there is to be more delay than is necessary
to deliver and receive the bags.
The mail Is to be conveyed IN preference 10
passengers and to their entire exclusion, Its weight
and bulk require H.
g. 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 ma lines admitting OF such convey ance
| s. 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 assor-
ing and safe. keeping of the mall is to be provided
by the contractor under the direction Of the De-
partment.
6. In all cases there is to be forfeiture OF the
pay of the trip, when the trip is not runs forfeiture
of at least one-iourth part oft, when the running or
arrival is far behind time to lose the lion
with depending mail and forfeiture OF due
proportion oft, when grade ofsefvice is renders
inferior that in the contract. These forfeitures
may be increased into penalties OF higher amount,
according to the nature frequency of the failure
| and the Importance OF the mall
| z Fines will be imposed, unless the delinquency
be satisfactorily explained in due time, or failing
TO take from, deliver al post Office the mail OF
any part of It; for suffering i to be wst injured,
lost, or d stroyed for conveying II IN place or
manner that exposes IT to depredaoni loss, or in 4
| jury; for refusing after demand 10 convey a mail by
any coach, railroad car, or steamboat, which the
contractor regularly runs on the route, beyond the
pecfied number OF trips in the contract; and ioi
not arriving al the time set And for setting up or
gence in advance Of the NAL, penalty will be ex
acted equal 10 quarters pay,
| 8 The Postmaster General may annu the con
tract for repeated failures; for violating the Post
Office laws; for dsobeying 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 running an express as
| aforesaid
The Postmaster General may alter the contract,
and alter the sch, due, 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, it the employment OF
additional stock carriers is rendered necessary
but the contractor may in such case, reinqu sh the
contract, on timely notice, If he prefers II to the
change. He may also discontinue or curail the
service, he allowing one months extra pay on the
amount dispensed with.
10. phe yaymeats will be made through drafts
on post OTnCeS OlntTWiSe, alteT inc
each quarter, say 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.
12 The Postmaster General is prohibited by law
from knowingly making a contract for the transpor
tation 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 msil 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 An, consideration to do, or not to d.,
| 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 as shall be needed,
and may be suitable for the service, at fair vaua-
| ton; and make payment therefor by reasonable in
! staments, his pay becomes due, unless the pre-
sent contractor shall continue TO run stages on the
route. Should they not agree rs to the sutableness
| 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
lentOn to take not to take the stock and if the
after, Of his reasons and the present contract is
% determine, on the first application, whether he
will sell it or not.
| H. A bid received after time, to wit: the 18th
April next at pm, or without tie guarantee re-
| quircd by law; or that combines several routes in
one sum of compensation, cannot be considered in
competition with regular proposal, not adjudged
to be extravaganza.
Is bidder may offer on coach, railroad, or
steamboat routes, where that transportation is diff
cult or mpractcabe at certain seasons, to substitute
| horse or wagon conveyance, or to lnterm service,
specified number of days. weeks, or months, He
may propose to omit Office that Is inaccess bic, or
is not on the stage road, the railway, or at steam
boat landing as the may be, 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 more running time /.
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 of p
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
| 16 There should be but one route bid Tor 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.
49, The following is the form of the guaranty
which should be filled, the first blank with the
Il anne 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
| L H. XVII he rtIar nj nr
who must be shown by the written certificate OF
postmaster, or other equally satisfactory test mo-
NAL, to be man of property, and able to make
good his guaranty. This guaranty, SO certified,
should accompany each bid.
| "The undersigned - guarantees that 49, 1t