The Woodstock age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1844-1845, 1845-03-20

running an express 10 transmit commercial intelli-
gence in advance OF the mail, penalty will be ex-
acted equal to quarters pay.
g. The Postmaster General may annul the con-
tract for repeated lailurs; for violating the Post
office laws for disobyng the instructions of the
Department; for refusing to discharge carrier
when required by the Department; for assigning
the contract without the consent of the Postmaster
General. or for setting up or running an express as
aforesaid.
g. The Postmaster General may alter the con-
tract, and alter the schedule, he allowing pro
rata increase of compensation, within the iesrrc-
tons imposed by law, for the additional service
required, or for the increased speed if the employ
ment OF additional stock or carriers is rendered nee
essary, but the contractor may, in such case, re-
inquish the contract, OH timely notice, if he pre-
lerS 1t TO the change. The Postmaster General
may also discontinue or curtail the service, he al
loving one months extra pay or the amount dis
pensed with.
10. The payments will be made through drafts
on post offices OF otherwise after the expiration of
each quarter, say in February, May, August and
November.
II The distances are given according 10 The best
information; but no increased pay wiH be ulloU-
cd, should they provetO be greater Than is adrer-
Hsrd, if The places are correctly named
II. The Postmaster General ii prohibited by
law from knowingl, making 4 contract for the
transportation of the mail with any person who
shall have entered into any combination, or pro-
posed TO enter into any combination, to prevent the
making of any bid for mail contract by any 9TH
err person or persons, 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 to do, anything whatever to induce any
nth nr nnf IN Far d.,
tcular attention is called to the 2Sth section of
the act of 1886, prohibiting combinations 10 pre-
vent bidding
ID. On coach routes where the present conlrac-
tor shall be superseded by an underbidder, who
may not have the stage property requlsiste for
the performance of the contract, he shall purchase
from the present contractor such Of his coaches,
teams and harness belonging to the route as shall
BIS needed and may be lsuitable for the service,
at fair valuation; and make payment therefor by
reasonable instruments, as his pay becomes due,
unless, the present contractor shall continue to
run stages on the route. Should they not agree
as to the sutableness orthe property, the terms,
or the security, each may choose a person who
may appoint third, and their decision shall be
final; or the Postmaster General will name the
umpire Should the underbidder fail 10 com
ply, his bid will be offered TO the contractors
but should he decline it. the proposals of the
| underbidder will be accepted runcondon
ally. The udelbidder should give early notice of
his intention TO take or not TO take the stock,
aud if the latter, Of his reasons; and the pres
ent contractor is TO determine on the first appIlca
ton whether he will sell it or not,
II. A bid received after time to wit: the 18th
OF April next at 8 m, or without the guarantee
required by law; or that combines several routes
| ,pGp 10
cred in competon with a regular proposal, not
adjudged 10 be eXtravagant.
50. A bidder NAV offer on coach, railroad, or
steamboat routes where the transportation is diff
cult or impracticable at certain seasons, to subs-
tutc horse or wagon conveyance, or 10 inlermit
service specified number Of DAYS weeks or months
He may propose TO omit an Office that is naccessl-
be or is not on the stage road, the railway, or at
a steamboat landing as the Case may be OF he may
offer to substitute an inferior mode Of supply in
such cases. lie may propose different days and
hours Of departure and arrival provided no more
running time is asked, and it is Obvious that no
mail connection or other public accommodation i,
prcjudced. He may ask more running time &c
the trip, during specified number Of days, at Ger.
tain seasons of peculiarly bad roads. But beyond
these chnngeS,a proposal for service different from
the advertisement will prevent It's being considered
in competition with regular bid not set aside for
extravaganza; and where a lid contains any oflhc
above alterations, their disadvantages will he csli.
mated in computing it with other proposals.
10. There should be bat one route bid for in a
proposal.
II. 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,
The following may be used as Il form for the
bid, Where no change from Tie advertisement is
contemplated By the bidicr
81 Tor we, as the case may bel hereby pro-
pose TO carry the mail on No. -, from - to
-, agreeaby 10 advertisement, for s per
annum.'
Is. The following is the form of the guaranty
which should be filled, the FIRST blank with the
name of the guarantor, the second with that of the
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 guaran,or
who must be shown by the written certificate Of 4
postmaster, OF other equally satisfactory teslimo
NAL, to be man Of property, and able to make
good his guaranty. This guaranty, SO certified
should accompany each bid.
"The undersigned ---guarNnties that
ifhis bid for carrying the mail lrom--to--
be accepted by the Postmaster General, -
shall enter into an obligation prior 10 the first day
of July next, with good and sufficient sureles, to
perform the service proposed.
"Dated--"
10. The bid should be sent under seal, address
ed TO the First Assistant Postmaster General with
email proposals in the Stale Of" written on
the face of the letter, and should be despatched in
time to be received by or before the 18th April
next, at o'clock, a m.
20. The contracts are to be executed before the
lsl July next.
81. Postmasters at offices situated upon or neal
railroads, but more than eighty rods from depot
will, Immediately after the 10Th Of May next, re-
port that fact 10 the Department, stating their ex.
act dstace from the railroad depot and how other.
wise supplied with the mail, to enable the Post
master Geneneral to direct the proper supply to be
made from the railroad by nail messengers, from
and after the LIST July next"
2i4-3m C. A. WICKIIFFE.
PosT OFFICE DEPARTMENT., Dec. 26, 1914
TO .ALL THE WORLD VINO USE
LEATHER IN ANY FORM.
OIL OF TANNlN, OR, LEATHER
! RESTORER.