The daily Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1841-1845, 1843-03-04
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! Seven minutes are allowed for opening and
| closing the mails at all Offices, where no particular
| time is specified.
| 2. Post Office blanks, and mail bags, are to be
| conveyed without further charge mail lines add
| hitting of such conveyance.
| 8. In all cases, there is to be forfeiture of the
pay of the trip, who the trip is not run forfeiture
OF at least one-tourth part Oft when the running or
arrival is far behind time to lose the ton
| with a depending mail; and a forfeiture OF due
proportion of it, when grade of service is rendered
| inferior TO that in the contract. These forfeurs
may be increased into penalties of higher amount,
according to The nature or frequency OF the failure
and the Importance of the mail.
4. FINES will be imposed, unless the delinquency
be satisfactorily explained in due time, for ia ling
to take from or deliver al post Office, the mail
any part Of it; for suffering to be w.t, njured,
lost, or destroyed; for conveying il in place or
manner that exposes IT to depreciation, ossor injury
and for not arriving al the time set And for setting
up o. running an express to transmit commercial
| intelligence in advance of the mail, penalty viii
| be exacted equal 10 quarters pay.
| S The Postmaster General may annul the con-
tract for repeated failures; for violating the Post
Office laws; for dsobeying the instructions of he
| Department; for refusing to discharge carried
when required by the Department; Tor assigning the
contract without The consent of the Postmaster Gen
eral, or for setting up or running an express as
| aforesaid
| 6. The Postmaster General msy alter the contract
and alter the sch dule, he allowing pro rata in
crease of compensation, within the resrictors i'm
posed by law, for the additional service required
/ or for the increased speed II the employm ent OF
additional stock carriers is rendered Necessary
but the contractor may, in such case, einqu sh The
contract, timely notice, # he prefers II to The
/ change. lie may also discontinue or curtall the
service, he al owing months extra pay on the
amount dispensed with
z. The payments will be made through drafts
on post offices otherwise after the expiration q
each quarter, say in February, May, August, and
November
g. The distances are giren according 10 the best infor
nation bat increased pay oiH be alo,oed, should h
prore TO be greater Gn is ddreiised, v The places
reeiiy naH,ed.
9. The Postmaster General is prohibited by law
from knowingly making contract for the transpor-
tstion of the mail with any person who shall have
entered into any combination, or proposed 10 enter
into any combination, to prevent the making OF any
bid for mail contract by suy other person or per.
sons, or who shall have made any agreement, "
shall have gwen performed, or promised TO give
or perform, any consideration to do OF not 10 DE-,
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 al 3 m, or without TIE guarantee re-
CURED by law; that comb mes several routes m
one sum of compensation, cannot be considered IN
competition with regular proposal, not adjudged
| to be ex'rsvsgsnt.
IL A bidder may propose different days and hours
of departure and arrival, provided 10 more running
time asked and il is obvious that no mail connection
! or other pubic accommodation Is prtjudiced lie
may ask for specified number Of days for more
running time TO the trip at certain seasons of Gu
| harly bad roads. But beyond these changes, pro
| posai for service different from the advertisement
will prevent it, being considered in competition
| with a OCULAR bid, not set aside for extravagancc
and where bid contains any Of the above sltera
tons their Disadvantages will be estimated in C, IN.
| pairing it with other proposals.
II. There should be but one route bid for m
proposal.
10 The route the service, the yearly pay, Tire
bidders name and residence, and The name OF each
msmber of the firm where company offers, should
| be distinctly stated.
IL The following is the fCrm Of the guaranty
| shich should be filled, the first blank with the
name Of the guarantor, the second with that OF he
| bidder and the third and fourth with the begin.
ming and terminating points Of the route and alter
being dated, should be signed by The R'israutor,
who must be shown by the written certificate OF
postmaster, or other equally satisfactory test mo-
NAL to be Of property, and able to make
| good his guaranty. Thus guaranty, so oeruhtui
should accompany each bid
"The undersigned - guarantees that - It
hi, bid for carrying the mail from -- to ---- be
accepted by the Postmaster General, - shat
enter into obligation prior TO the l't day 81
July next, with good and sufficient suretes, to per
form the service proposed.
dated -"
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 letter; and should be despatched -
inc to be received by or before the 18th April next
at O'Clock, p. m.
10. The contr cts are to be executed before Tie
LIST July rert
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