The daily Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1841-1845, 1843-01-16
NOTES.

| NOTES.
| Seven minutes are allowed for opening and
closing the mails at ell Offices, where no particular
| time is specified.
3 Post Office blanks, and mail bags, are TO be
conveyed without further charge on ma lines adj
hitting of such convey ance.
! g. In all cases there is TO be forfeiture of the
pay Of the trip, when the trip IS not run; forfeiture
of least one-tourb part oft, when the running or
arrival is FAR behind time as to lose the connection
with depending mail; and forfeiture OF due
proportion of 1t, when grade OF service is rendered
inferior 10 that in the contract These forfeiturts
may be increas into penalties OF higher amoun',
according to the nature frequency oil the failure
| and the importance Of the mail.
4 Fines will be imposed, unless the delinquency
be sati,ac torily explained in due lime, Tor failing
to take from or deliver post office, the mail, or
any part Of il; for suffering to be 'w.', injured,
lost or DESTROYED; for conveying II in place or
manner that exposes 4 to depreciation, loss, or in
jury; not arriving OF the time set And Tor setting
up running an express to transmit co"nerchl
intelligence in adysn { Of the mai, penalty will
/ be exscted equal 10 quarters pay.
5 The Postmaster General may annul the con-
tract for repeated failuIes for violating the Post
Office laws; for dlsobeyng the instructions Of the
Department; for refusing to discharge a carrier
when required by the Deparl ment for assigning the
contract without The consent OF The Postmaster Gen
era, or for setting up or running an express as
aforesaid.
6. The Postmaster General may alter the contract,
and alter the sch, dule, he allowing pro rata In
crease of compensation within the restrictions i'm
posed by law for the additional service required,
or for tn increased speed, If the employ ment OF
| additional stock or carriers is rendered necessary
but the contractor may, in such case, renqu 'h The
contract, timely notice, il he prefers 1t to The
change lie may also discontinue or cur'ail the
service, he al owing months extra pay on the
/ amount dispensed with.
T. The payments will be made through drafts
on post offices or otherwise after the expiration OF
each quarter, say in February, May, August and
November.
information; but increased pay will be allowed,
should they prove to be greater than is advertised,
IL the places are correctly named.
g. The Postmaster General is prohibited by law
from knowingly making contract for the transpor-
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 mail contract by any other pc $ IN or per
sons, or who shall have made any agreement, or
SHALL have given or performed, or promised TO give
or perform, any consideration TO do, or not u de-,
anything whatever to induce any other person not
to bid for mail contract.
10. A bid rec lived after time, TO v IT, the 18th
April next at 3 p M or without the guarantee re-
auired by law; or that comb nes several rostcs in
one sum of compensation, cannot be tonSd red ~
competition with regular proposal, not sdJudged
to be exirsvagsnt.
H. bidder may propose different days and hours
of departure and arrival, provided no more running
time asked and il j, obv that no mail come cuon
or other public accommodation is prejudccd. lie
may ask for specified number Of days for more
running tune t. the trip at certain seasons OF p Gu.
liarly bad roads But beyond these changes, pro
posa for service different from the advertise men,
will prevent its being considered in composition
with regular bid, not set ASIDE tor extr"vsgance
anil yhe e bid contains any Of the above altera
tons their Disadvantages will be estimated m com
| pairing it with other proposals.
~ There should be but one route bid FOR in
proposal.
70 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 dstnc ly stated.
Ia The TO lowing is the fCim Of the guaranty
| Uh CHI should b. filed, the first blank with the
name OF the gusrantor, the second with that OF ;he
/ bidder and the third and fourth with the begin
ning and terminating points Of the route and alter
being dated, should be signed by The gnsrantor
who must be shown by the written certificate OF a
postmaster, or other equally satisfactory test mo
nisl to be a man Of prop rty, and able to make
good his guaranty. Thus guaranty, so certified,
should accompany esch bid.
| "The undersigned - guarantees that - It
| nj, bid for carrying the mail from - to - be
accepted by the Postmaster General, - SHAH
enter into an obligation PRIOR to the LIST day OF
July next with good and sufficient suretes, to per
form the service proposed
| dated -"
is The bid should be sent under seal, addressed
TO the First Assistant Postmaster General, WIN
Mail Proposals in the state OF - written on
tn, face Of the letter and should be despatched in
inc 10 be receive by or before the I5h hTrI next,
at 3 o'clock, ? m