The daily Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1841-1845, 1843-02-16
NOTES.

| NOTES.
| Seven minutes are allowed for opening and
closing the mails at all Offices, where no particular
time is specified.
| 2. Post Office blanks, and mail bags, are to be
conveyed without further charge mail lines al.
hitting of such convey ance.
3. In all cases, there is to be forfeiture OF the
pay of the trip, when the trip is not forfeiture
of at least one-fourth part oft, when the running
arrival is far behind time to lose the connection
with depending mail; and a forfeiture of a due
proportion off when grade ofse is rendered
inferior 10 that in the contract These forfeitures
may be increased into penalties of higher amount,
according to the nature frequency of the failure
| and 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
any part of il, for suffering Il to be wet, injured
lost, or destroyed; for conveying ii in place
manner that exposes to depreciation, oss,o injury
for not arriving at the time set And for setting
up or running express to transmit commercial
intelligence in advance OF the mail, penalty will
be exacted equal 10 a quarters pay.
S The Postmaster General may annul the con-
tract for repeated failures, for violating the Posi-
Office laws; for disobeying the instructions OF The
Department. for refusing to discharge carrie,
when required by the Department; for assigning the
contract without The consent of the Postmaster Gen.
eral, or for setting up running an express as
aforesaid.
6. The Postmaster General may alter the contract,
| and alter the sch, due, he allowing apro rata In
crease of compensation, within the res'rictiots I'M
posed by law, for the additional service required
or for the increased speed, If the employment OF
additional stock or carriers is rendered necessary,
but the contractor may, in such case, reinqu sh the
contract timely notice, IL he prefers II to the
change. He may also discontinue or curtail the
service, he al owing months extra pay on the
amount dispensed with.
Thr will he made throuHh lrafs
on post Offices or otherwise after the expiration OF
each quarter, say in February, May, August, and
November.
g. The distances gren according TO the best iryoT.
nation b,d increased pay iriH be aoiced, souidh
prore TO be greater than is advertised, Uhe places
recfiy named.
g. The Postmaster General is prohibited by law
from knowingly making contract for the ,rsnspor-
tation Of the mail with any person who shsl have
entered into any combination, proposed 10 enter
into any combination, 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 performed, or promised 10 give
or perform, any consideration TO do, or not TO do,
anything whatever to induce any other person not
to bid for mail contract.
10. A bid received after time, TO witt the 18th
April next at m, without the guarantee re-
quired by law, that combines several routes IN
one sum Of compensation, cannot be considered ~
competition with regular proposal, not adjudged
to be exravagsnt
IL. A bidder may propose dfercn, days snd hours
of departure and arrival, provided no more running
time l. asked and il is obvious that mail connection
or other public accommodation is pre- JUDGED. lie
may ask for a specified number Of days FOR more
running tune to the trip a, certain seasons OF pscu-
Iarly bad roads. But beyond these changes, pro-
posal for service different from the advertisement
will prevent its being considered in competition
with a regular bid, set aside for eXtravagance
and where bid contains any Of the above aliera.
TONS their Disadvantages will be estimated IN com.
pairing il with other proposals.
Ia There should be but one route bid for IN
proposal.
bidders name and residence, and The name OF each
member of the firm, where company offers, should
be distincly stated.
ID. The following !. the form Of the guaranty
which should be filled, the first blank with the
name Of the guarsnior, 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''srsntor
who must be shown by the written certificate OF a
postmaster, or other equally satisfactory testmo'
NAL, to be a man Of property, and able to make
good his guaranty. This guaranty, so certhed,
should accompany esoh bid.
"The undersigned - guarantees that - II
hi, bid for carrying the mail from - to --- be
accepted by the Postmaster General, - shall
enter into an obligation prior 10 the LIST day OF
July next, with good and sufficient suretles, to per
form the service proposed
"Dsed -"
IS The bid should be sen, under seal, addressed
TO the FIRST Assistant Postmaster Genera, WIN
" Mail Proposals in the State OF -" written on
the face Of the letter. and should be despatched ~
inc to be received by or before the 18Th April next
It O'Clock, p. m.
l6 The oontr. cts are TO be executed before The
st July next -
PosT Orrior DyrARrnrsr, Feb. 49, lSiJ.
G. A. wICKLIrFE, r. NJ. Geposi,
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