The daily Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1841-1845, 1843-03-11
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NOTES.
l. Seven minutes are allowed for opening and clos
ing the mails at all Offices, where no particular time
is specified,
q Post office blanks, and mail bags, to be con-
veyed without further charge mail lines admitting
Of such conveyance.
g. In all cases there is TO be forfeiture OF the pay
Of the trip, when The trip is not rum forfeiture oil
at least onefourih part OF it, when the running or ar
rival is far behind time as TO lose the connection
with depending mail; and forfeiture OF cue
proportion Of it, when grade Of service Is rendered
Inferior that in the contract These fofititores
may be Increased into penalties OF higher amount ac-
cordng 10 the nature frequency OF the failure aud
the importance OF the mail
A. Fines will be imposed, unless the delinquency
be satisfactorily explained in due time for failing to
take from, deliver at post office, the mail or any
part Of it for suffering il TO be wet, injured, lost or
destroyed for conveying II IN place or manner that
exposes it to depreciation, loss, or INJURY aud Tor not
arriving at the lime set And Tor setting up or run
ming an express to transmit commercial Intelligence
in advance of the mail, penalty Will be exacted
equal TO a quarters pay.
s. The Postmaster General may annul the contract
for repeated failures for violating the fost once
laws for dsobeyiDg the instructions Ut the Depart
ment for refusing to discharge u carrier when re-
auired by the Department for assigning the con-
tract without the Of the Postmaster General
for setting up or running an express as aforesaid
4 The Posma ster General may alter the contract,
crease of compensation, within the restrictions i'm
posed by law for the addt onal service required, or
for the increased speed, il the employment oil addi
tonai stock carriers rendered necessary but the
contractor may, in such case rcnquish the contract
on timely notice. il he prefers II to the change lie
may also discontinue curtail the Sc vice. he allow
ing one months extra pay the amount dispensed
with.
7. The payments will be made through drafts on
post offices otherwise, after the expiration OF each
RI I'D Nov
Der.
g. The distances gren according 10 the bts i1or-
nation but increased pay rih be aiowed, should they
prore 10 be greater than adretsed The places are cor
reilly named,
O. The Postmaster General is prohibited by law
from knowingly making contract Tor the transport
tation of the mail with any person who shall nave
entered into any combination, or proposed 10 enter
into any combination, to prevent the making oil any
bid for mail contract by any other person or per-
sons or who shall have made any agreement, or snail
have given Performed, or promised to give or per
FORM any consideration to do, or not to do, anything
whatever to induce any other person not TO BID ior
mail contract 800,
10 A bid received after time, to wit; the 18th
April next at 3 %. m. or without the guarantee re-
oured by law that combines several routes IN
one sum of compensation, cannot be considered III
competition with regular proposal, net adJu geo 10
be eXtraNa CANT. - -,
IL. A bidder may propose different days and hours
of departure and arrival, provided no more running
time Is asked and it is obvious that no mail connec-
ton or other public accommodation IS preJudiced-
lie may ask for specified number oil days ior more
running time TO the trip al certain seasons Of peculi-
arl, bad roads. But beyond these changes, Propo-
sal for service different the advertisement VIII
prevent its being considered in composition with
regular bid, not set aside for extravaganza and
where a bid contains any of the above alterations,
their disadvantages will be estimated in comparing II
with other proposals.
10 There should be but one route bid for in pro-
possl
49, The route the service, the yearly pay, the bid
ders name and residence and the name OF each mem
Der of the firm, where a company offers, should be
distinctly stated.
a. The following IS the form Of the guaranty
which should be filled, the first blank with the name
of the gusrantor, the second with that OF the bidder
aud the third and fourth with The beginning and ter
minating points of the route and after being dated
should be signed by the who must be shown
by the written certificate OF postmaster, or other
equally satisfactory testimonial, To be a man of pro-
perry, and able To make good his guaranty. This
guaranty, so certified, should accompany each bid
"The undersigned - guarantees that - IL
his bid for carr, ing the mail from TO - be
accepted by the Post master General - shall en-
ter into obligation prior to the lst day of July next
with good and sufficient sureies to perform the ser
vice proposed
" Dated-"
Is The bid should be sent under seal, addressed
TO the First Assistant Postmaster General with "Nail
Proposals IN the state of - )" written on the fac
of lie letter md should be despatched in time to be
received by or before 18th April next at O'Clock
p. m.
Is The contracts are to be executed before the |
LIST July next
PosT OfrIcE DEPARTMENT,
January &C. lsi3.
CHARLES A. WICkLiFFE.
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