The Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1837-1845, 1842-03-22
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The Village to be Supplied from Point Coupee,
8 miles and back, once week.
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 be delay than IS necessary
to deliver and receive the bags
2. The mail is to be conveyed in preference to
passengers and to their entire exclusion IT Its weight
and bulk require it.
3. 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
credentials are to be conveyed without further
charge mail lines admitting of such conveyance.
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 case separate apartment for the assort
ing and keeping of the mail, is to be provided
by the contractor under the direction of the De-
pArtment.
E. In all cases, there is to be forfeiture of the
pay of the trip when the trip is run; forfeiture
of at least one-fourth part Off, when the running or
arrival is far behind time as to lose the connection
with depending mail; and forfeiture of due
proportion Of it, when grade ofseIvice is rendered
inferior to that in the contract. These forfetures
may 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 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 10 convey mail by
any coach. railroad Car, or steamboat, which the
contractor regularly runs the route, beyond the
soeci6ed number OF trips in the contracts and for
not arriving at the time set And for setting up or
running an express to transmit commercial inte
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 or carriers is rendered necessary
but the contractor may, in such case reinqu;sh the
contract on Timely notice, if he prefers it to the
change. He may also discontinue curtail the
service, he allowing one 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 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-
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 per-
sons, or who shall have made any agreement, or
shall have given or performed, or promised TO give
perform, An, consideration to do, or not to dc,
anything whatever to induce any other person not
to bid for mail contract.
IS. On coach routes where the present contractor
shall be superseded by an underbidder, who may
not have tho 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, his pay becomes due, unless the pre-
sent contractor shall continue to stages on the
route Should they not agree us to the suitabeness
of the property, the terms, the security, each
may choose person who may appoint third. and
their decision shall be final; the Postmaster Cen
era 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
tention to take not to take the stock and if the
latter, of his ressOns and the present contractor is
to determine, on the first application, whether be
will sell it or not
II. A bid received after time, to wit: the 18th
April next at m, or without the guarantee re-
CURED by law; or that combines several routes in
one sum of compensation, cannot be considered in
competition with regular proposal, not adjudged
to be exlravagant.
Is. bidder may offer coach, railroap, or
steamboat routes, where that transportation is diff
cult impracticable at certain seasons, to substitute
horse or wagon conveyance, to intermit service,
specified number of days, weeks, or months He
may propose to omit office that inaccessible or
is not on the stage road, the railway, at steam
boat landing, as the case may be- he may offer to
substitute inferior mode Of supply in such cases.
He may propose different days and hours Of depart
urc and arrival, provided no more running time is
asked and is obvious that no mail connection or
other public accommodation is prejudiced. lie
may ask for specified number of days for more
running time to the trip at certain of pecu
liar bad roads. But beyond these changes pro-
posa for service different froa the advertisement
will prevent its being considsred in competition
with regular bid, not set aside for extravaganza
and where bid contains any of the above atera-
pairing it with other proposals.
16 There should be but one 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.
ID. 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 g,iarantor,
who must be shown by the written certificate of a
postmaster, or other equally satisfactory testmo-
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