The daily Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1841-1845, 1843-04-03

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l. Seven minutes are allowed for opening and clos
ing the mails at all Offices, where no particular u'he
is specified.
q Post office blanks, and mail bags, are 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 Oh
at least oncfourth part OF H. when the running OF ar
rival is far behind time TO lose the connection
with depending mail and forfeiture oil que
proportion Of it, when grade OF service Is rendered
Inferior to that 10 the contract These iorieitures
may be Increased into penalties of higher amount &C,
cordng 10 the nature or frequency oil The failure ana
the importance Of the mail.
4. Fines will be imposed, unless the delinquency
be satisfactorily explained IN due ume for iang 10
take FROM deliver at post ofhce, the mai or any
part of il for suffering il to be wet injured, ios or
destroyed for conveying il in place or manner That
exposes it depreciation, loss, injury; and for not
arriving at the time set And for setting up or run
ming an express 10 transmit commercial Intelligence
in advance of the mail, penalty will be exacted
equal TO quarters pay.
S. The Postmaster General may annul the contract
for repeated failures for violating the Post Office
laws for dsobeying the instructions Of the Depart
ment for refusing to discharge carrier when re-
quired by the Department; for assigning the con-
tract without the consent OF the Postmaster General
or for setting up running an express as Aforesaid
6 The Postmaster General may alter the contract,
and alter the schedule, he allowing pro rata in
crease Of compensation, within the restrictions I'M
posed by law for the addt onal service required, or
for the increased speed, If the employment OF addi-
tona stock or carriers rendered necessary, but the
may in such case, relnqulsh the contract,
timely notice, if he prefers il to the change lie
may also discontinue curta the sesyice, he allow
ing months extra pay on the amount dispensed
with.
T. The payments will be made through drafts on
post Offices or otherwise, after the expiration of each
quarter, say in February, May, August, and Novem-
Der.
8. The distances giren according TO The best tfor-
nation but increased pay ,cH be aioced, should they
prore be greater than advertised II the places cor
reilly named.
9. 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 to 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 10 give or per
form any consideration to do, not to do, anything
whatever to induce any other person not TO bid for
mail contract 80,
TO- A bid received after time, to wit :. the 18th
April next at p. m 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, net adJu ged to
be eXtraya CANT
II. 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 man cohnec
ton or other public accommodation is preJndiced.-
He NAV ask for specified number of days for more
running time TO the trip at certain seasons OF Pecu-
arly bad roads. But beyond these changes, propo-
sal for service different from the advertisement VIII
prevent its being considered IN comPct'uon win a
regular bid not set aside for extrayagancei and
where bid contains any of the above alterations
their dsady aptagcs will be estimated IN comparing
with other proposals
10 There should be but one route bid for in pro-
posal.
IA The route, the service, the yearly pay, the bid
ders name and residence and the name oi each men,
Der Of the firm, where a company offers, should be
distinctly stated
Ia. The following is the form Of the guaranty
which should be filed the first blank with the name
of the euar,ntor the second with that of the bidder
and the third and fourth with the beginning and ter
minaling points Of the rout, and after being dated
should be signed by the guarantor who must be shown
by the written certificate Of postmaster, or other
equally satisfactory testimonial, 10 be man Of pro-
perry, and able to make good his guaranty This
guaranty, so certified, should accompany each bid.
aTbe undersigned - guarantees that -- il
his bid for carry ing the mail from ---to- be
accepted by the Post master General, - shall en-.
ter into an obligation prior TO the ls day of July next
with good and sufficient sureties, to perform the ser
vice proposed.
" Dated
ID. The bd shoulo DC sent uluor seaI' aouross'o
to the First Assistant Postmaster General, with "hlai
Proposals IN The State of - ~ written on the face,
of the letter and should be despatched in time to be
received by or before the 18th April next, at o'clock
p. m.
Is. The contracts are to be executed before the
LIST July next
PosI OrrIcE DEPARTMENT,
january 26, lsi3.
CHARLES A. WICKLIFFE.
Jan. 30--lap1lw
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