The daily Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1841-1845, 1843-02-28
NOTES.

l. 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 on mail lines adj
hitting of such conveyance.
8. In all cases there is to be forfeiture of the
pay of the trip when the trip is not run; forfeiture
of at least one-iourh part oft, when the running
arrival 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 forieures
may be increased into penalties of higher amount,
according to the nature frequency of the failure
and the Importance of the mail.
4. Fines will be imposed, unless the delinquency
be satisfactorily explained in due time, Tor failing
to take from, deliver at post Office, the mail or
any part Of it, for suffering It to be wet, injured
lost, destroyed; for conveying il in place or
manner that exposes il to depreciation, loss,o injury
and for not arriving at the time set And for setting
up or running 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 con-
tract for repeated failures; for violating the Post
Office laws; for disobeying the instructions of the
Department; for refusing to discharge carrlet
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.
g. The Postmaster General may alter the contract,
and alter the sch, due, he allowing pro rata In
crease of compensation, within the restrictions I'M
posed by law, for the additional service required,
or for the increased speed, il the employment OF
additional stock carriers is rendered necessary
but the contractor may, in such case, renqush the
contract, on timely notice, If he prefers II 10 The
change. He may also discontinue or curtal the
service, he allowing 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, saw in February, May, August, and
November
&. The distances giren according 10 the best ip0r-
nation ba increased pau ,rH be aiioced, should h
prore be greater Than is Advertised II the places
rectiy NAMED
9. The Postmaster General is prohibited by Law
from knowingly making contract for the ,ranspor-
tation of the mail with any person who shalt have
entered into any combination. or proposed TO enter
into any combination, to prevent the making OF any
bid for msil contract by any other person or per-
sons, or who shall have made any agreement, or
shall have given or performed, or promised TO give
o perform, any consideration to do, or not TO Dc,
anything whatever to induce any other person not
to bid for a mail contract.
10. A bid received after time, to wit: the 18TH
April next at p m, without the guarantee re-
CURED by law; or tina, combines several routes in
one sum Of compensation, cannot be considered m
competition with a regular proposal, not adjudged
to be extravagant.
H. A bidder may propose different days and hours
of departure and arrival, provided no more running
time !, asked and il is obvious that mail connection
or other public accommodation Is pre- JUDGED. 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
posa for service different from the sdyersemcm
will prevent its beng considered in competition
with regular bid, not set aside for extravaganza
and where bid contains any Of the above sliera
tons. their Disadvantages will be estimated IN CON
pairing it with other proposals
IL. There should be but one route bid Tor m
proposal.
l5. The route, the service the yearly pay, The
bidders name and residence, and The name OF each
member Of the firm, where company offers, should
be distinctly stated.
ID. The following i, the ftrm Of the guaranty
which should be filled, the first blank with the
name of the guarantor the second With that OF ;hs
bidder and the third and fourth with the begin.
ming and terminating points Of the route and after
being dated should be signed by The g,arsnor
who must be shown by the written certificate OF .
postmaster, or other equally satisfactory test mo-
NAL, to be man Of property, and able to MAKE
good his guaranty This guaranty, so certiltd'
should accompany each bid.
"The undersigned - guarantees that -
hi, bid for carrying the mail from - TO - be
accepted by the Postmaster General, - shai
enter into an obligation prior to the LIST day o.
July next with good and sufficient suretes, to per
form the service proposed.
"Daicd -"
IS The bid should be sent under SEAL addressed
to the First Assistant Postmaster Genera, WIZ
I" Mail Proposals IN the State of -" wrueh,"n
IN. face of The letter. and should be despatched 10
iime to be received by before the 18th April next
at O'Clock, p. m. 80.
Is The con,r cts are to be executed before u'
Is, July next
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