The daily Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1841-1845, 1843-04-14
NOTES.

NOTES.
Seven minutes are allowed for opening ard
closing the mails at all Offices, where no particular
time IS spec ,hcd.
2 Post Office blanks, and mail bags, are to be
conveyed without further charge ma lines ad.
hitting of such convey snce.
3. In all cases. there is to be q forfeiture of the
pay Of the trip. when the trip is not run forfeiture
Of ut least one-tourth part Off, when the running
arrival is far behind time to lose the connection
with depending mail, and forfeiture of due
proportion of it, whom grade Of service rendered
inferior TO that in the contract. These iorei,urts
may be increased into pensliies of higher amount,
according to the nature frequency Of the failure
and the importance of the mail.
4. Fines will be imposed, unless the delinquency
be satisfactorily explained in due time, for ia ling
to take from deliver al post Office, the mail or
any part of It; for suffering IT to be w.t, injured,
lost. destroyed; for conveying it in place or
manner that exposes II to depreciation, loss or injury
and for not arriving at the time set And for setting
up running express to transmit coHmercat
intelligence in advance OF the mail, penalty vii
be exacted equal 10 qusrter's pay.
S 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 carrlet
when required by the Depar'men for assigning the
contract without The consent Of The Postmaster Gen
eral, or for setting up or running an express as
aforesaid.
6. The Postmaster General may alter the contract,
and alter the sch, due, he allowing pro rata In
crease Of compensation, within the res,ric'iurs I'M
posed by law, for the additional service required,
or for the increased speed, il the employment OF
additional stock or carriers is rendered Necessary
but the contractor may, in such case renqu sh The
contract, on timely notice, IT he prefers II TO the
change. He may also discontinue or curtal the
aNr he nj nm paN
amount dispensed with.
z. The payments viii be made through drafts
post Offices or otherwise, after the expiration OF
each quarter, say in February. May, August, and
November.
s. The distances are gren according 10 the be, ipfor
nation but increased pay riH be oiio,oed should hoy
prore 10 be greater han IS advertised, u the places
reofiy nopitd
9. The Postmaster General is prohibited by law
from knowingly making contract for the transpor-
tation of the maj. with any person who shall have
entered into any combination, or proposed 10 enter
into any co continuation, to prevent the making OF any
bid for msil contract by any other person or per
sons who shall have made any agreement, or
shall have given or performed, or promised TO give
or perform, any consideration TO do, or not TO d.,
anything whatever to induce any other person not
to bid for mail contract
10. A bid received after time, 70 wit: the 18th
April next at m, or without tie guarantee re-
quired by law; or that comb several routes in
one sum Of compensation, cannot be considered ~
competition with regular proposal, not sdjudged
To be eSravsgsnt.
IL. bidder may propose different days and hours
of departure and arrival, provided no more running
time l. s.ked and it obvious that mail connection
or other public accommodation Is pr,judioed. lie
may ask for a specified number of days for more
running tune To- the trip st certain seasons Of GU
l,sriy bad roads. But beyond these changes, pro-
posai for service different from the advertisement
w,ll prevent its being considered in composition
with regular bid, not sst aside for er,rsvsgsnoe
and where bid contains any OF the above arora.
TONS their Disadvantages viii be estimated in com.
pairing it with other proposals
IL. There should be but one route bid for m
proposal.
Is. The route, the service, the yearly pay, the
bidders name and residence, and The name OF each
member Of the firm, where q company offers, should
be distinctly stated.
IA. The following !. the fern Of the guaranty
which should be filled, the first blank with the
name Of the gusrantor, the second with that OF :he
bidder and the third and fourth with The begin
ming and erm'nz,ng points OF the route and alter
being dated, should be signed by The g'isrsptor,
who must be shown by the written certificate OF a
postmaster, or other equally satisfactory test mo-
NAL, 10 be man Of property, and able to make
good guaranty. This guaranty, so certified,
should accompany each bid.
"The undersigned - guarantees that -- It
his bid for carrying the mail from to - b."
accepted by the Postmaster General, - shall
enter into obligation prior to the lat day q
July next, with good and sufficient sureties, to per
orn the service proposed.
" Dated -"
is The bid should be sent under seal, addressed
o the First Assistant Postmaster General, WIZ
Mail Proposals IN the State OF -" written on
he face OF the letters and should be despatched N
inc to be received by or before the 18Th April next
{ 3 O'Clock, p. m.
16. The conlr-cts are TO be executed before tie
at July next UEFn
Posr Orr,oG DspAarwrvr, Feb. ~, ls43.
G. A. WICkLIFFE, r. NJ. Gsnud.
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