The daily Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1841-1845, 1843-04-24
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/, Seven minutes are allowed for opening and clos
ing The mails at all offices, where no particular time
is specified.
q Post Office blanks, and mail bags, to be con
veyed without further charge on mail lines admitting
Of such conveyance. l,t
3. In all cases. there is to be forleureo the pay
of the trip, when the trip not rum forfeiture Of
least opefourth part Of it, when the running or ar
rival is far behind time TO 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 fortitures
may be Increased into penalties of higher amount ae-
cordng 10 the or 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 70
take from, deliver at post Office, the mail or any
part Of it for suffering it to be wet injured, lost or
destroy for convey ing II in place or manner that
exposes il to depreciation, loss, or INJURY 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 win be exacted
equal to a quarters pay, gtef
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
for setting up 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 addt onal service required
for the increased speed, if the employment of addi
tona stock carriers rendered necessary Out the
contractor may in such case, renquish the contract
timely notice, if he prefers u to The change lie
may also discontinue curtail the service, he allow
ing one 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 in February, May, August, and Noyem.
Der. ".s..
8. The distances are gpen according to tn bes' iajor-
nation but increased pay piu be diioced stouidtey
prope to be greater than adresed the places are cor
,eetiy named.
9. The Postmaster General is prohibited by law
from knowingly making contract Tor the transport
tation 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 a 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 do, not to do anything
whatever induce any other person not 10 pld LOT
mail contract Il. IN,
Anril next at 3 q. M. or without the guarantee re-
oujred by law or that combines several routes IN
one sum Of compensation, cannot be considered IN
competition with regular proposal, net adJu geo TO
be eXtrava CANT
of denart,re and arrival, provided no more running
time Is asked and If is obvious that no mail connec-
ton or other public accommodation IS preJudiced-
He NAV ask for a specified number OF days for more
running time the trip at certain seasons oil Pecuir
arly bad roads. But Beyond these changes, Propo.
sal for service different from the advertisement VIII
nreyent il, being considered in competition win
regular bid, not set aside for extravaganza; and
where bid contains any OF the above alterations,
their disadvantages VIII DE es'iha'eo III comparing
with other proposals
10 There shouId be but one route bid for in pro-
IA The route, the service, the yearly pay the bid
Jers name and residence and the name of each mem
Der of the firm, where company offers, should be
distinctly stated.
"A The following is the form Of the guarauy
which should be filed the frs, blank with the name
of the quarantor the second with that OF the bidder
and The third and fourth with the beginning and ter
mina,ing points Of the route and alter being dated,
should be signed by the guar antor VINO must DC shown
nv the written certificate Of postmaster, or other
equally satisfactory testimonial to be man of pro-
nerty. and able to make good his guaranty. This
guaranty, so certified, should accompany each bid
aThe undersigned - guarantees that --n
his bid for carr, ing the mail IRON TO be
by the Post master General, - shall en-
ter into nm obligation prior to the stday OF July next
with good and sufficient suretes, to perform the ser
vice proposed
" Dated---"
Il. The bid should be sent under SEAL addressed
to the First Assistant Postmaster General with SNAIL
Proposals in the State Of -, written on the face,
of de letters and should be despatched in time to be
received by or before the 18th April next at O'clock
l6, The contracts are to be executed before the
LIST July next
PosT OrricE DEPARTMENT,
January 26, l643.
CHARLES A. WICKLlFFE
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