The daily Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1841-1845, 1843-05-27
NOTES.

l. Seven minutes are allowed for opening and clos
ing the mails at all Offices where no particular uihe
| is specified. -fs..t .IIr
q Post office blanks, and mail bags, arc TO be con-
veyed without further charge mail lines admitting
| of such yeyaDce, t4.H .t
g. In all cases. there is to be forfeiture OF the pay
of the trip, when the trip rs not run forfeiture OF
least onefourh part Of it, when the running or ar
rival is far behind time 10 lose the connection
| with depending mail and forfeiture OF due
proportion of it, when grade OF service Is rendered
inferior to that In the contract These forfttures
may be Increased into penalties Of higher amount ac-
cording 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 oice, the man. OF any
part Of it for suffering il TO be wet, injured lost or
destroyed for conveying it in place or manner that
exposes il to depredatoD loss, or inury and Tor not
arriving at the time SET And for setting up or run
ming an express TO transmit commercial intelligence
| in advance Of the mail, penalty VIII be eAacted
| equal to quarters pay.
| s. The Postmaster General may annul the contract
] for repeated failures for violating the Post ONCE
laws for disobeying the instructions OF the Depart
ment for refusing to discharge carrier when re-
auired by the Department; for assigning the con-
tract without the consent OF the Postmaster General
or for setting up running an express as aforesaid
6 The Postm aster 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
Tor the increased speed, If the employment OF addl-
ona stock or carriers is rendered necessary but the
contractor may, in such case reinquish the contract
timely notice, il he prefers II to the change lie
may also discontinue or curtaii the wee, ne allow
ing one months extra pay on the amount dispensed
| with. H"' -H .A'1- g" go
! Z. 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.Hg
| IL. ssT,~
nation but increased pay sriu be afiooed shouidey
prose 10 be greater than advertised the places are cor
| reilly named. I1a7l fl -lAt1
| 9. 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 70 enter
into any combination to prevent the making OF any
bid for mail contract by any other person or per-
sons or who shall have made any agreement or shall
have given or Performed promised to give or per-
FORM any consideration to d. or not TO do anything
whatever to induce any other person not TO bid Tor
| mail contract. n.ss. 81.
TO- A bid received after time, to wit: the 18th
April next at 3 p. M without the guarantee re-
aured by law or that combines several routes IN
one sum of compensation cannot be considered IN
competition with regular proposal, net adJu geo 10
be extrava CANT ea- saa I,J 1901.
IL. A bidder may propose different days and hours
of departure and arrival provided no more running
time is asked and it is obvious that no mail conpec-
other publlC accommodation ID PteJuuiSeu'-
lie NAV ask for specified number of days for more
running time to the trip at certain seasons OF Pecull-
sr,y bad roads But beyond these changes, proPo-
sal for service different from the advertisement Wili
prevent its being considered IN competition win
regular bid not set aside for extravaganza; and
where bid contains any of the above alterations,
their yantages will be estimated IN comparing II
with other proposals
10 There should be but one route bid for in pro-
posal 'i
der. name and residence and the name OF each mem
Der of the firm, where company offers, should he
distinctly stated
a. The following is the form of the guarany
which should be filed the first blank with the name
If he guar,ntor the second with that Of the bidder
and the third and fourth with the beginning and ter
mna,ing points of the route; and after being dated
should be signed by the guaranor who must be shown
by the written certificate Of postmaster, or other
equally satisfactory testimonial, To be man OF pro-
nffr,y and able to make good his guaranty. This
guaranty, so certified, should accompany each bid.
.sTbe undersigned - guarantees that - if
his bid for carving the mail from 10 -- be
accepted by the Post master General, - shall en-
Ter into obligation prior to the lst day OF July next
with good and sufficient surees, to perform The SER
vice proposed, .n
Is The bid should be sent under SEAL addressed
TO the First Assistant Postmaster General with "Mah
Proposals in the State Of - ~ written on the face
of NE letter end should be despatched in time to be
received by OF before the 18th April next at 3ocock
I6. The contreci. are to be executed before the
Posr Orricr DEPARTMENT
January 26, 1913.
CHARLES A. WICKLIFFE.
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