The daily Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1841-1845, 1842-01-08
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NOTES.
1. Seven minutes are allowed for opening and
closing the mails at all Offices, where particular
time is specified; but railroad and steamboat
routes there is TO be delay than necessary
to deliver and receive the bags.
The mail is to be conveyed in preference TO
pas engers and to their entire exclusion 1t Its 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 oi their
credentials, are to be conveyed without further
charge on a. lines admitting of such convey ance.
S. Mail agents to conveyed without charge
on the principal railroad aud 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
ny 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 not run; forfeiture
Of at least one-ourh part Off, when the rum ng or
arrival is S, far behind time to lose the connection
with depending mail; and forfeiture OF due
proportion oft, when grade of SCI vice is renders
inferior TO that in the contract. These forfcures
may be increased into penalties of higher amount,
md the Importance of the mail.
T. Fines will be imposed, unless the delinquency
be satisfactorily explained in due time, for failing
10 take from, deliver AT post Office, the mail or
any part Of IT. for suffering to be wet, injured,
lost, or destroyed; for conveying il in place or
manner that exposes II to depreciation, loss, or IN
jury; for refusing after demand to convey mail by
any coach, railroad car, or ste au boat, which the
contractor regularly on the route beyond the
sp CITED number OF trips in the contract, and ioI
not arriving at the time set. And for setting up
running an express to transmit commercial Intelh
gence in advane of the NAL, penalty will be ex
acted equal 10 "a quarters pay
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 a 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 sch, dule, he allowing a pro rata In
crease Of compensation, within the resirctioRs i'm
posed by law, for the additional service required,
or for tn increased speed, if the employment OF
additional stock carriers is rendered ssary
but the contractor may, in such case, renqu sh the
contract on timely notice, if he prefers it to the
change. He may also discontinue or curail 1he
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.
IL. The distances are given according to the best
information; but no mere ased pay viii be allowed
sculd they prove to be greater than is advertised
if the places are corr city named.
~ The Postmaster General is prohibited by law
from knowingly making contract Tor the transpor
,h.,sk .lh aEs
entered into any combination, or propos d 70 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 perform, d, promised 10 give
or perform, consideration to do, or not to d (,
anything whatever to induce any other person not
to bid Tor a mail contract
49, On coach routes where the present contrac or
shall he superseded by an underbidder, who may
not have tie stage property requisite for the per-
formance ofthe contract, he shalt purchase from the
present cont actor such of his coaches, teams and
harness belonging to the route as shall be needed,
and may be suitable for the service, vt fair valua
ton; and make pay ment there FIR by Re asonable IN
stalments, as his pay becomes due, unless the pre-
sent contract Tor shall continue TO stages the
route. Should they not agree to the suitaoeness
of the property, the terms, or the security eacn
may cnoose person who may appoint third. AMI
their de csion shall be final; the POstmas'er Gen.
era will name the umpire. Should tue underbdder
fail to comply, his bid WI be offered TO he con-
tractor; but should h. decline il, the prop sails o
the underbidder will be accepted Internationally
The underbidder should give early notice Of his in
.enton to take not take the stock, and if the
AFTER OF his reasons; and the present contractor is
to dete rmine, the first application, whether be
will sell 1t or not.
IA. bid received after time, 10 wit: the l4th
April next at p m. or without tee guarantee re-
CURED by law; or that comb nes several routes in
one sum Of compensation, cannot be con-idt red in
competition with regular proposal, not adjudged
to be extravagant.
Is. A bidder may offer coach, railroad, or
steamboat route, where that transportation IS diff
cu or mpract cable at certain seasons, TO sub't ,ue
horse or wagon conveyance, or to ntermt service, a
specified number of days, weeks, or months H
may propose to nit Office that is naccess BILE, or
is not the sage road, the railway, or al steam
boat landing, the may be, or he may offer to
substitute an Inferior mode Of supply in su cases
He may propose different days and hours Vt depart
ure and arriv: !, provided 70 more running time
asked, and it is obv Gus that no mail connection or
| other pubic accommodation is prtjn iced. lie
| may ask for specified number of days for more
running time to the tip at certain seasons Of Gu
| liar bad roads. But beyond these changes, pro-
posal for service different from the advertiser mt
will prevent its being considered in competition
tn re gular bid, not SET aside for extravaganza
and whe bid contains any OF the above al'era
lions their disadvantages VIII be estimated in com.
pairing it with other proposals
| Is. There should be but one route bid for in a
proposal.
IL. The route, the service, the yearly pay, the
bidders name and residence, and the name OF each
msmber of the firm, where company offers, should
be distinctly stated
| H. The following is the form of the guaranty
which should be filled, the first blank with the
anne Of the gnarsntor, the second with that OF The
bidder and the third and fourth with the gin
nlng and terminating points Of the route and attic
being dated, should be signed by he g,larantor
who must be shown by the written certificate of q
postmaster, other equally satisfactory test mo
NAL to be man of property, and able to make
good his guaranty. Thus guaranty, SO certified
should accompany each bid
! "The undersigned -- guarantees that -- il