The Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1837-1845, 1842-03-15
NOTES.

NOTES.
1. Seven minutes are allowed for opening and
closing the mails at An Offices. where no particular
time is specifcd but on railroad and steamboat
routes there is to be more delay than necessary
| to deliver and receive the bags
2 The mail is TO be conveyed in preference 70
passengers and to their entire exclusion It's weBh'
| and bulk require it.
8. A preference is to be given to passengers
| brought in the connecting mail lines over those
| travelling in any other.
e. Post Office banks mail bags, and the special
agents of the Department, the exhibition Of their
credentials, are to be conveyed without further
charge on mail lines admitting OF such conveyance.
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 tor the assert
ing and safe keeping Of the mail, 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 not runs forfeiture
of at least oneourth part oft, when the running or
arrival Is far behind time to lose The connection
with depending mail, and forfeiture OF y due
proportion of it, when grade OF service is rendered
inferior to that in the contract These forfeitures
may be increased into penalties of higher amount,
according to the nature or frequency OF the failure
and the Importance OF the mail
T. Fines will be imposed, unless the delinquency
be satisfactorily explained in due time, Tor failing
take from, deliver at post Office, the mail, or
any part of it; for suffering It to be wst, injured,
lost. or destroyed; for conveying il in place or
manner that exposes It to depreciation, loss or IN
ury for refusing after demand TO convey mail by
any coach, railroad Car, steamboat, which the
contractor regularly runs on the route, beyond the
soecfied number Of trips in the contract; and tor
not arriving 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
I 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 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 carriers is rendered necessary
but the contractor may, in such case, reinqush the
contract, Timely notice, if he prefers it to the
change He may also discontinue curtail the
! service, he allowing months extra pay on the
amount dispensed with
10. The payments will be made through drafts
on post Offices otherwise after the expiration OF
each quarter, saw in February, May, August, and
November.
IL. The distances are given according to the best
nformation 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 transport
tation of the mail with any penson who shali have
snfered 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 TO give
or perform, consideration to do, or not to do.
anything whatever to induce any other person not
to bid for a mail contract
49, On coach routes where the present contractor
shall be superseded by 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 as shall be needed,
and may be suitable for the service, at fair valua
ton; and make payment therefor by reasonable in
stalme,ts, his pay becomes due, unless the pre-
sent contractor shall continue to run stages on the
route. Should they not agree to the suitabeness
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.
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
the underbidder will be accepted Internationally.
The underbidder should give early notice of his in
tentOn to take not to take the stock and ii the
latter of his reasons; and the present contractor is
to determine, on the first application, whether be
! will sell it or not
| ID. A bid received after time to witt the l4th
! April next at m, or without the guarantee re-
quired by law; or that combines several routes in
| one sum of compensation, cannot be considered in
competition with regular proposal, not adjudged
| to be extravagant
! Is. A bidder may offer on coach, railroap, or
steamboat routes, where that transportation is diff
cult impraccable at certain seasons, to substitute
horse or wagon conveyance, to ntermit service,
specified number of days, weeks, months He
may propose to omit office that is inaccessible,
is not on the stage road, the railway, at steam
boat landing, 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
ure and arrival, provided more running time i.
| asked, and it is obvious that 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 p
liar bad roads. But beyond these changes, pro-
posal for service didersnt fro0 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
| L. There should be but one route bid for in
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. ha
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 g,larantor,
who must be shown by the written certificate Of q
postmaster, other equally satisfactory test mo-
God his guaranty. This guaranty, so certified,
should accompany each bid.
"The undersigned - guarantees that - if