The daily Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1841-1845, 1843-03-31
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/. Seven minutes are allowed for opening and clos
ing the mails at all offices, where no particular Tune
is specified.
9 Post Office blanks, and mail bags, are 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 forfeiture oil
at least onefourth part Of IT, when the running or ar
rival is SO far behind time TO lose the connection
with depending mail and forfeiture OF a due
proportion Of it, when grade OF service IS rendered
inferior to that in the contract. These forltitures
may be Increased into penalties of higher amount ac-
cordng to the 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 or any
part of it for suffering it to be wet injured, lost, or
destroyed for conveying it iii place or manner that
exposes it to depreciation, loss, INJURY and Tor 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.
! s. The Postmaster General may annul the contract
for repeated failures for violating the Post Office
laws for disobeying 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 General
for setting up or running an express as Aforesaid
The Postmaster General may alter the contract,
| and alter the schedule, he allowing pro rata in
posed by law for the addit onal service required,
for the increased speed if the employment of addi-
uona stock carriers rendered necessary, but the
contractor may in such case, relinqush the contract,
on timely notice, if he prefers II TO the change. lie
may also discontinue or curtaiI the seEylce, he allow
ing months extra pay on the amount dispensed
! with.
7. The payments will be made through drafts on
post offices or otherwise after the expiration Of each
quarter, say 10 February, May, August, and Novem-
! Der.
8. The distances giren according 10 The beS i,yor-
nation but increased pay cii be aHolced, dMey
prore 10 be greater than advertised il the places
reltiy named.
g. The Postmaster General is prohibited by law
from knowingly making contract for the transpor-
lation of the mail with any person who shall have
entered into any combination, or proposed 10 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 shall
have given Performed, or promised to give or per-
FORM any consideration to do, or not to do, anything
whatever to induce any other person not to bid for
mail contract
TO- A bid received after time, to wit the 18th
April next at p. M or without the guarantee re-
ouired by law or that combines several routes IN
one sum of compensation, cannot be considered IN
competition with regular proposal net adJutged to
be eXtrava CANT
IL. A bidder may propose different days and hours
%
time IS asked and il is obvious that mail
ton or other public accommodation IS prejudiced.-
lie may ask for a specified number of days for more
running time to the trip at certain seasons OF peculi-
arly bad roads. But Beyond these changes, proPo-
sal for service different from the advertisement will
prevent its being considered in competition with
regular bid not set aside for extravaganza; and
where bid contains any OF the above alterations,
their disadvantages will be estimated in comparing IT
with other proposals
l.b ,,to a. in
possl.
10 The route, the service, the yearly pay, the bid
ders name and residence and the name of each mem
Der of the firm, where a company offers, should be
distinctly stated
H. The following is the form Of the guaran'y
which should be filled, 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 guaTantor who must be shown
by the written certificate OF postmaster, other
equally satisfactory testimonial TO be a Of pro-
perty, 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 Post master General --- shall en-.
ter into obligation prior to the LIT day Of July next
with good and sufficient sureties, TO perform the
vice proposed.
ID iHt o'u ou'uiu W n'iN "uu'' H'ali 'uu'tNHtu
TO the First Assistant Postmaster General with "Nlal
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 o'clock
p.
I6. The contracts are to be executed before the
LIST July next
Posr OrrlcE DEPARTMENT,
January &c, ls43
CHARLES A. WICKLlFFE
Jan. 90--lav llw
nINNEFORD'S Patent Improved Fl.ctric.l