The daily Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1841-1845, 1843-02-22

Leave jacksonville every Thursday at 8 a mi ar
| rive al Spring Place neI, Saturday by 6p m.
Si02 From TrooPvills to suwannee Springs, Fla,
| 90 miles and back, once week
Leave Troupvie every Monday at M arrive al
Suwannee Springs next day by IL IN.
Leave Suwannee Springs every Tuesday at IN;
arrive at rrouPye next day by pm
3fO3 From Wsresborough TO Mount Pleasant, 80
miles and back, once week
Leave marlborough every Friday at m; arrive
| at Mount Pleasant same day by pm.
Leave Mount Pleasant every Saturday, at 6 mi
| arrive al Waresboro' same day by IN.
NOTES.
/. Seven minutes allowed for opening and clos
ing the mails at all Offices, where particular time
is specified.
2. 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 10 be forfeiture Of the pay
of the trip, when the trip is not run forfeiture OF
at least one-ourth part of it, when the running or ar
rival is so far behind time as TO lose the connection
with a depending mail and a forfeiture OF due
proportion of il, when grade Of service is rendered
inferior to that in the contract These forieitures
may be increased into penalties Of higher amount, ac
cordng TO the nature frequency OF the failure and
| tie importance Of the mail
| 4. Fines will be imposed unless the delinquency
be satisfactorily explained in due time, for failing to
take from, deliver at post Office the mall any
part OF II for suffering II to be wet, injured, lost
destroyed; for conveying IT in place manner that
exposes it to depreciation loss injury and for not
arriving at the time set And for setting up or run
ming an express to transmit commercial intelligence
in advance Of the mall penalty will be exacted
| equal to quarters pay.
5. The Postmaster General may annul the contract
for repeated failures for violating the Post Once
laws for dsobeyns the ina,saetio"" Of the Depart
! ment Tor refusing to discharge carrier when
| CURED by the Department for assigning the con-
tract without the consent of the Postmaster Gene
or Tor setting up or running an express as aiore-
| said.
6. The Postmaster General may alter the contract
| and alter the schedule, he allowing a pro rata in
crease of compensation, within the restrictions i'm
posed by law, for the additional service required,
for the increased speed, if the employment Of addf
tonal stock carriers is rendered necessary but the
contractor may, in such case, renqush the contract
on timely notice, if he prefers it TO the change He
| may also discontinue curtai the service, he al.
lowing one months extra pay on the amount dis
pensed with.
| I. The payments will be made through drafts
post Offices otherwise, after the expiration OF each
quarter say in February, May, August, and Novem-
| Der.
8. The distances given according 10 the best or
nation but increased pay ,oi be aooed should they
prore to be greater than advertised Ue places are cor
reetly 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 Of any
bid for mail contract by any other person per-
sons who shall have made any agreement, or shall
have given performed promised TO give per-
form, any consideration to do or not to do, anything
whatever to induce any other person moi to bid for
mail contract.
10. A bid received after time to wit: the 18th
April next at p. m, 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 extrayagant.
IL. A bidder may propose different days and hours
of departure and arrival, provided no running
time is asked, and il is obvious that mail connec-
ton other public accommodation is prejudiced.-
He may ask for specified number Of days for more
running time to the trip at certain seasons of pecu
! ary bad roads. But beyond these changes propo-
sal for service different from 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 alterations,
their disadvantages will be estimated in comparing it
with other proposals.
ID There should be bu, one route bid for in pro-
posal.
10. The route, the service the yearly pay the bid
der's name and residence, and the name of each
member Of the firm, where company offers, should
be distinctly stated.
| IA. The following is the form of the guaranty
which should be filled, the first blank with the name
|
and the third and fourth with the beginning and ter
minatng points of the route and after being dated,
should be signed by the guarantor who must be shown
by the written certificate Of postmaster, other
equally satisfactory testimonial to be a of pro-.
| perty and able to make good his guaranty This
guaranty, so certified, should accompany each bid.
"The undersigned - guarantees that - if
| his bid for carrying the mail from - to - be
I accepted by the Postmaster General, - shall
ter into an obligation prior to the LIST day of July
next with good and sufficient suretes, to perform the
service proposed.
"Dated -"
Is. The bid should be sent under seal, addressed TO
the First Assistant Postmaster General with Mail
! 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.
l6. The contracts are to be executed before the
| lst July next
| Posr OryIcE DEPARTMENT, jan 7,t1843.
| ian I1-lawl3v G.. A. WICKLIFFE.
| PROPOSALS
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