The Woodstock age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1844-1845, 1845-02-13

jury; flor refusing after demand 10 convey mail by
any coach, railroad car, or steamboat, which the
contractor regularly runs on The route, beyond the
specified number Of trips in the contract; and for
not arriving at the time set. And for setting up or
running an express 10 transmit commercial nei-
gence in advance of the mail, penalty will be ex-
acted equal TO quarters pay.
s. Tho Postmaster General may arnul the con-
tract for repeated lailurs; for violating tho Post
Office laws: for dsobying 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.
8. The Postmaster General may alter the con-
tract, ard alter the schedule, he allowing pro
rata increase of compensation, within the Iestric-
tons imposed by law, for the additional service
required or for the increased speed if the employ
ment Traditional stock or carriers is rendered nee
essury, but the contractor may, in such case, re-
linqush the contract, OH timely notice, if he pre-
lers 1t 10 the change. The Postmaster General
may also discontinue or curtail The service, he al
lowing 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.
IL The distances are giren according 10 The Jcst
INFORMATION; but no increased pay will be aliO,c-
ed, should They prove 10 be greater than is adrer-
liSpd, If the places are correctly named
~. The Postmaster General is prohibited by
law from knowingly making a contract for the
transportation of the mail with any person who
shall have entered into any combination, or pro-
posed 10 enter into any combination, TO prevent the
making Of any bid for mail contract by any 9TH
er 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
other person not 10 bid Cor mail contract Par
ticular attention is called 10 The 2Slh section Of
The act of 1886, prohibiting combinations 10 pre-
vent bidding.
10. On coach routes where the present contrac-
tor shall be superseded by an underbddcr. who
may not have the stage property requisite for
the performance of the contract, he shall purchase
from the present contractor such of his coaches,
teams and harness belonging 10 the route as shall
BIS needed, and may be suitable for the service,
at fair valuation; and make payment therefor by
reasonable instalmens, as his pay becomes due,
unless, the present Contractor shall continue 10
run stages on the route. Should they not agree
as to the sui,ableness ofthe property, the terms.
or the security, each may choose person who
may appoint n third, and their decision shall be
final; or the Postmaster General will name the
umpire. Should the underbdder fail 10 COM
ply, his bid will be offered 10 the contractors
hut should he decline it, the proposals of the
underbidder will be accepted uncondon-
ally. The udcrbidder should give early notice Of
his intention 10 take or not TO take The stock,
and if the latter, of his reasons; and the pres.
ent contractor is TO determine, on the first applca-
tion, whether he will sell it or not
a. A bid received after time, to witt the 18th
Of April next at m, or without the guarantee
required by law; or that combines several routes
in one sum Of compensation, cannot be consider.
cred in competitor with Il regular proposal, not
adudged TO be eXtravngant.
10. A bidder may offer on coach, railroad, or
steamboat routes, where the transportation is diff
cult or impractcabe at certain seasons, TO subs,i-
tutc horse or wagon conveyance, or 10 intermit
service specified number Of days weeks or months
lie may propose 10 omit an Office that IL naccessi-
be or Is not on the stage road, the railway, or at
steamboat landing as The case may be CT 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
mai! connection or other public accommodation is
prejudced, He may ask more running time to
the trip, daring specified number of days, at Ger.
tain seasons Of peculiarly bad roads But beyond
these changes,a proposal for service different from
the. advertisement will prevent lis being considered
in competition with regular bid, not set aside for
extravaganza; and where bid contains any orihe
above alterations, their disadvantages will he esl.
mated in comparing it with other proposals.
l6. There should be but one route bid for in
proposal.
H. The route, tho service, the yearly pay, the |
bidders name aud residence and the name of each
member of the firm where a company offers,
should be distinctly stated.
The following may be used as a form for the |
bid, "here no change from the advertisement is |
contemplated by the butter:
81 for we, as the case may bel hereby pro-
pose 10 carry the mail on No. -, from - to
-, ngrecabIy TO advertisement, for s per
lnnum."
ls. The following is The form Of the guaranty.
which should be filed, the first blank with the !
name of the cuaranor, the second with that of the
bidder; and the third and fourth with the begin
llng and terminating points of the route; and after
,eing dated, should be signed by the guaran,or,
who must be shown by the written certificate Of a
postmaster, or other equally satisfactory leslimo
nal, 10 be man Of property, and able to make
good his guaranty. This guaranty, SO certified
should accompany each bid.
"The understood - guarantees that,
fhls bid for carrying the mail roln--to--
re accepted by the Postmaster General -
hall enter into an obligation prior to the first day
If July next, with good and sufficient sure,ies, to
perform the service proposed.
"Dnied-"
10. The bid should be sent under seal, address,
d 10 the First Assistant Postmaster General with
Mail proposals in the State Of" written on
he face Of the letter, and should be despatched in
me to be received by or before the 18th Apri
ext, at 9 O'Clock, m.
20. The contracts are 10 be executed before the
ST July next
81. Pos'masters at Offices situated upon or near !
'lIroads, but more than eighty rods from depot, l.
III, Immediately after the 10th Of May next, re- n
or that fact to the Department, stating their es.
It d'sace from The railroad depot and how other b
Use supplied with The mail to enable the Post p
aser Geneneral 10 direct the proper supply TO be
ade from the railroad by nail messengers, from 0
I'd after The LIST July next" u
244-3n Ca. WICKIJFFE u
Posi- OFFICE DEPARTMENT, Dec 26, 1871. "
SURGICAL DENTISTRY, us u,
R, H. S. c ASE, Dental SURGEON, v,
OFFICE IN THE BANK BUILDING,
WOODSTOCK, VT.
OPERATIONS on the teeth performed on strictly sci IL
cntihc and approved principles. III