The daily Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1841-1845, 1843-03-25
NOTES.

l. Seven minutes are allowed for opening and co'e
ing the mails at all Offices, where no particular time
is specified.
.. Post Office blanks, and mail bags, to be con
veyed without further charge on mail lines admitting
of such conveyance.
g. In all cases, there is to be forfeiture oil the pay
of the trip, when the trip is rot run forfeiture OF
least ne-fourth part of it, when the running or ar
rival is so far behind time to lose the connection
with depending mail and forfeiture of due
proportion of II, when grade OF service IS RENDER
inferior to that in the contract These forieitures
may be increased into penalties Of higher amount ac-
cordng to the nature or frequency oil the failure anu
tie 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 to be wet injured, lost, or
destroyed for conveying II in place or manner That
exposes ii TO depreciation, loss or INJURY and Tor not
arriving at the time set And for setting up or rum
ming express to transmit commercial Intelligence
in advance of the mall penalty will be exacted
equal to quarters pay.
s. The Postmaster General may annul the contract
for repeated failures for violating the Post Offce
laws for dsobeyng 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 Gene
ral or for setting up running express as aiore-
said.
g. The Postmaster General may alter the contract
and alter the schedule, he allowing pro rata M
crease Of compensation, within the restrictions nm
posed by law, for the additional service required, or
for the increased speed, if the employment OF add-
tonal stock carriers Is rendered necessary, but The
contractor may in such case, relinqush the contract
timely notice, II he prefers II 10 the change lie
nav also discontinue curtail the service he al
lowing months extra pay on the amount dis
pensed with.
T. The payments will be made through drafts on
post offices otherwise, after the expiration OF each
quarter, say in February, May August, and Noyeni-
Der
g. The distances giuen according 10 The best info
nation but increased pay iciH be aHo'oed should hfy
prore 10 be greater than advertised Jbe places cor
rscfiy named
g. The Postmaster General Is prohibited by law
from know ngly making contract for the usnspOr-
tation of the mail with sny person who shall have
entered into any combination, or proposed TO ehter
into any combination, TO prevent the making OF any
bid for 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, or not TO do anything
whatever TO induce any other person not to bid for
mail contract
! April next at q. M. or without the guarantee
quIred by law that combines several routes IN
/ one sum of compensation, cannot be considered an
competition with regular proposal, not adJudged 10
be ertrayagant.
/ II. A bidder may propose different days and hours
Of departure and arrival, provided no more running
time IS asked and IL is obvious that no mail connec-
ton or other public accommodation is prejudiced.
lie may ask Tor a specified number of days for
running time to the trip at certain seasons Of peci-
arly bad roads. But beyond these changes, propo-
sal for service different from the advertisement will
prevent its being considered In competition with a
/ 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.
II. There should be but one route bid for in pro-
posal.
49, The route the service, the yearly pay the bid
ders name and residence, and the name OF each
member Of the firm, where company offers, should
be distinctly stated
H. The following is the form Of the guaranty
which should be filled the first blank with the
Of the guarantor the second with that of the bidder
and the third and fourth with the beginning and ter
mnating points Of the route and after being dated,
should be signed by the guarantor, who must be show
by the written certificate Of postmaster or other
equally satisfactory testimonial TO be man Of pro-
perty, and able 10 make good his guaranty. This
guaranty 30 certified, should accompany each bid.
] "The undersigned --4- guarantees that ----- II
his bid for carving the mail from -- 10 -- be
accented by the Postmaster General, --- shall en-
ter into an obligation prior to the lst day Of July
next, with good and sufficient surctes, TO perform the
service proposed