The daily Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1841-1845, 1843-02-21

yer, 40 miles and back, once wseh
Leave Trenton every Thursday at M arrive al
Leave Milier's every Friday at M arrive at
Trenton next day by p IN.
472S. From Toseunbia by tho mouth OF Nan
"a river, TO Bolivar 20 miles and back, once week:
Leave Tuscumbia every Monday AT mi arrive
al Bolivar next day by
Leave Bolivar every Wednesday at m; arrive at
TuscuInba next day by SPIN.
4729. From Van Buren,. by Alfred Deatherade's
and John Shields, to Little Piney, 100 miles and
back, once a week
Leave Van Buren, every Monday at g a IN; arrive
at Little Piney next Wednesday by g pm.
Leave Little Piney every Thursdsy at N; ar
rive at Van Buren, next Saturday by SPIN.
4730 From West Prairie to Grand Prairie So miles
and back, once week.
Leave West Prairie every Thursday at III; arrive
al Grand Prairie next day by pm.
Leave Grand Prairie every Saturday al 8 m; ar
rive at West Prairie next day by 6pm
NOTES.
/. Seven minutes are allowed for opening and clos
ing the mails at all Offices where particular time
is specified.
9. Post Office blanks, and mail bags, to be con-
yeyed 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 run forfeiture OF
at least onefourth part Of it, when the running or ar
rival is SO far behind time to lose the connection
with spending mail and forfeiture of due
proportion of IT, when grade OF service IS rendered
inferior to that in the contract. These iorleitures
may be increased into penalties of higher amount ac-
cordng to the nature frequency OF the failure anu
the 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 or any
part of it for suffering il to be wet, injured lost
destroyed; for conveying it in place or manner that
exposes il TO depreciation, loss injury and for not
arriving at the time set And for setting up or run
ming express to transmit commercial intelligence
in advance of the mail, penalty will be exacted
equal to quarters pay.
5. The Postmaster General may annul the contract
for repeated failures for violating the Post Office
laws for dsobeyng 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 Gene
rail- for setting up running an express as aiore-
said
6. The Postmaster General may alter the contact,
and alter the schedule, he allowing pro rata In
crease of compensation within the restrictions i'm
posed by law, for the additional service required or
for the increased speed if the employment of addi-
tonal stock carriers rendered necessary but the
contractor may in such case relnqulsh the contract
on timely notice, if he prefers II to the change lie
may also discontinue curtail the service, he al
lowing one months extra pay on the amount dis
pensed 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 Noyem-
Der.
g. The distances are given according TO the best inor-
nation but increased pay lriH be aoiced, should they
prore to be greaer than is adrersed Je places
recily named.
Q. The Postmaster General is prohibited by law
from knowingly making contract for the transport
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 shall
have given performed, promised to give per-
form, any consideration to do, not to do, anything
whatever to induce any other person not to bid for
mail contract.
10. A bid received after time, to wit the 18th
April next at p. m, or 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 extravagant,
IL. A bidder may propose different days and hours
Of departure and arrival, provided no running
time is asked and it is obvious that mail
ton or other public accommodation is prejudced.-
He may ask for specified number of days for more
running time to the trip at certain of pecu-
arly bad roads But beyond these changes, propo-
sal for service different from the advertisement will
prevent its being considered in competition with a
regular bid, not set aside for extravaganza; and
where a bid contains any Of the above alterations
their disadvantages will be estimated in comparing it
with other proposals
H. There should be but one route bid for in pro-
posal.
49, The route, the service, the yearly pay the bid
ders name and residence, and the name of each
member 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 guarantor the second with that of the bidder
and the third and fourth with the beginning and ter
minating points of the route and after being dated
should be signed by the guaranto 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 - if
his bid for carrying the mail from - TO - be
accepted by the Postmaster General - shall en-
ter into an obligation prior TO tho LIST day of July
next, with good and sufficient sureties 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 3
O'Clock, p.
I6. The contracts are 10 be executed before the
1st July next.
PosT OrrIcE DEPARTMENT,
January 26 l543.
CHARLES A. WICKLIFFE.
Jan. 30-laullw
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