The daily Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1841-1845, 1843-03-20
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l. Seven minutes are allowed for opening and clos
ing the mails at all Offices, where no particular 'no
is specified.
q Post Office blanks, and mail bags, are to be con
viewed without further charge on 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 oil
at least onciourh part OF IT, when the running OF ar
rival is SO far behind time TO lose the connection
with depending mail and forfeiture oil cue
proportion of it, when grade OF service IS rendered
Inferior TO that in the contract These ioritilures
may be Increased into penalties of higher amount ac-
cordng TO the nature or frequency OF te iaiiufe ana
the importance OF The mail
A. Fines will be imposed, unless the delinquency
be satisfactorily explained IN due tme LOT iaibs 10
take from, deliver at post Office, The ma or any
part Of for suffering to be wet injured, lost or
destroyed for conveying II in place or manner hat
exposes il depreciation, loss or injury and Tor not
arriving at the lime set. And for setting up or run
ming an express to transmit commercial intelligence
in advance Of the mail, penalty VIII be exacied
equal TO quarters pay.
4 The Postmaster General may annul the contract
for repeated failures for violating the Post Once
laws for dlsobeying the instructions OF the Depart
ment; for refusing TO discharge carrier when re-
quired by the Department, ior assigning the con-
tract without the consent OF the Postmaster General
or for setting up or running express aforesaid
& The Postml ster 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 ona service required or
for the increased speed, if the employment OF addi
ona stock or carriers is rendered necessary but the
contractor may i'll such case relinquish the contract
on timely notice, if he prefers II to the change lie
may also discontinue curta the se.ylce, 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.
s. The distances giren according 10 III: bes' inor-
nation but increased pay irH be ao,ced, should They
prore 10 be greaier has advertised The places are cor
| reilly named.
| g. The Postmaster General is prohibited by law
from knowingly making contract for the transpor-
ta,ion 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 shali
have given or Performed promised to give or per-
FORM any consideration to do, or not TO do, anything
whatever to induce any other person not TO bid Tor
mail contract ~
| TO- A bid received after time, TO wit the 18th
April next al 3 p. m. without the guarantee re-
onired nv law or that combines several routes III
one sum of compensation, cannot be considered 10
competition with regular proposal net adJu geo 10
| he eXtraya CANT
! H. A bidder may propose different days and hours
time Is asked and II is obvious that no mail connec-
ton or other public accommodation is preJudiced.-
lie may ask for specified number OF days Tor more
running time 10 the trip al certain seasons OF peculi-
arly bad roads But beyond these changes, propo-
sal for service different the advertisement VIII
prevent IFS being considered IN competition with
regular bld, not set aside for extroNasancej and
where bid contains any OF the above alterations,
their disadvantages will be estimated III comparing
with other proposals
sln he Init nnt 1D "A
possl
49, The route the service the yearly pay, the bid
der name and residence, and the name OF each mem
Der Of the firm, where company oilers, should be
distinctly stated
a. The following is the form Of the guaran'y
which should be filed the first blank with the name
of the cuarantor the second with that Of the bidder
aud the third and fourth with the beginning and Ter
mnaliug points Of the route and after being dated,
should be signed by the guaranor who must be shown
by the written certificate Of postmaster, other
equally satisfactory testimonial TO be man Of pro-
perty and able to make good his guaranty. This
guaranty, so certified, should accompany each bid.
"The undersigned - guarantees that -- il
his bid for carr, ing the mail from 10 -- be
accepted by the Post master General, -- shall en-
ter obligation prior to the lst day of July next
with good aud sufficient suretes, to perform the SER
vice proposed,
"Dated--n
Is The bid should be sent under seal addressed
to the First Assistant Postmaster General with "Ma
Proposals IN the State Of ," written on the facr
Of the letter and should be despatched in time to be
received by or before 18th April next, at O'Clock
p. m.
IG. The contracts are to be executed before the
Ist July next
Posr OrrIcE DEPARTMENT,
January &C. l643.
CHARLES a. WICKLlFFE.
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