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

Seven minutes allowed for opening and
closing the mails at ell Offices, where no particular
| time is specified.
g Post Office blanks, and mail bags, are to be
conveyed without further charge mail lines adj
| hitting of such conveyance.
g. In all cases there is to be forfeiture of the
pay Of the trip, when the trip not rum forfeiture
of at least oneiourth part oft, when the running
arrival is far behind time to lose the lion
with depending MALL and forfeiture of due
proportion of it, when grade ofservice is rendered
inferior 10 that in the contract These forfei,ur,s
| may be increased into penalties of higher amount,
according to the nature or frequency OF the failure
and the importance of the mail.
| a. Fines will be imposed, unless the delinquency
be satisfactorily explained in due lime, for falling
TO take from deliver at post Office the mail or
any part of it; for suffering It to be wet, injured,
lost. or destroyed; for conveying il in place or
manner that exposes il to depreciation, osor injury
and for not arriving at the time set And TOR setting
| up or running an express TO transmit commercial
intelligence in advance Of the mail, a penalty will
be exacted equal 10 quarters pay
S The Postmaster General may annul the con-
tract for repeated failures; for violating the Pos,
Office Laws: for disobe lying the instructions OF the
Department; for refusing to discharge carrier
when required by the Department; for assigning the
contract without the consent OF The Postmaster Gen
era', or for setting up or running an express as
aforesaid.
D. The POSTMASTER General may alter the Contract
and alter the sch, due, he allowing pro rata in
crease of compensation, within the rcstrictiors i'm
posed by law, for the additional service required
or for the increased speed, if the employment OF
additional stock carriers is rendered necessary,
but the contractor may, in such case, renqu sh the
contract, on timely notice, If he prefers it to the
change. He may also discontinue or curtail the
service, he al owing ore months extra pay on the
amount dispensed with.
7. The payments will be made through drafts
post Offices otherwise, after the expiration OF
each quarter, in February, May, August and
November.
g. The distances are gipen according 10 the best io-
nation bi increased pay ,ciH be aiio,ced, sholdh
prore 10 be greater Than is advertised u the places cor
recfiy NAMED.
9. The Postmaster General is prohibited by law
from knowingly making contract for the iranspor-
taton 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 mil contract by any other person or per
sons, or who shall have made any agreement, or
shsl have given or performed, or promised to 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 rec ived after time, TO wit; the 18th
April next at m, or without the guarantee re-
CURED by law; OF that comb mes several routes IN
one sum Of compensation, cannot be considered IN
competition with regular proposal, not adjudged
to be ex,ravagant
IL. A bidder may propose different days and hours
of departure and arrival, provided 20 more running
time asked and it is obvious that no mail connection
or other public accommodation is preiudiced. lie
may ask for specified number of days for more
running tune to the trip at certain seasons OF Gu.
lary bad roads. But beyond these changes, pro.
posal for service different from the advertisement
viii prevent ts being considered in competition
with a regular bid, not set aside for extravaganza
and where bid contains any OF the above aliera'
TONS their Disadvantages will be estimated in com
pairing it with other proposals.
10. There should be but route bid for IN
proposal.
10 The route, the service, the yearly pay, the
bidders 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 filed the first blank with the
name of the guaranior the second with that OF ;he
bidder /; and the third and fourth with the begin
ming and terminating points Of the route and siter
being dated, should be signed by The guarantee
who must be shown by the written certificate OF .
postmaster, or other equally satisfactory tes'mo'
NAL TO be man Of property, and able TO max
good his guaranty. This guaranty, so certified
should accompany each 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 TO the LIST day o
July next, with good and sufficient surete' to per.
form the service proposed.
"Daied 10y
IS The bid should be sent under seal, addressed
10 the First Assistant Postmaster Genera, WIN
" Mail Proposals in the State OF -" written on
the face Of the letters and should be despatched u,
inc to be received by before the 18Th April next
at 3 O'Clock, p. m.
Is The conir cts are to be executed before 'h'
LIST July next ,,
Posr Orrrcr DEPARTMENT, Feb, ~, ls43.
G. A. WICKIJFFE, =. VI, Genod
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