Mobile register and journal., 1845-12-11
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nROpUSAIS -tu carry the anais4dfahe United 5. States, trnn ,ha let ol March, lSl6, ioihe 2eth of February, lS50s with right to the department To extend Ia the 30lh of Jane, 1850. from N. Orleans, "a Lo14xiana. fo Gdt,9sti. 1t4as. d5O miles and hack, wl he received a the contract Oihcc Ol the Post Office Department un.il the 25Ih day of lanua ", 1916, be decided by the Sls day o said Jan- nary.
 Leave New Orleans every Saturday al 10 A M, arrive al Galveston every Monday bY 10 A. A.
 Leave Galveston every Tuesday at 10 A. Nj, ar. rive al New Orleans every Thursday by 10 A. M.
 The proposals should specil, the mode of convey. dnce, whether by steamship or sailing packet, and forth the size, rate and description of e vessel with suficiCn nj particularIv enable the decisonlo be mH e, the adhi ice of the proper officers oi the naval seivice, whelhcg the is or is mol conver- tible into a ship of Aud special notice Is here by gisen tlrt, agreeahy 10 the provisions oi an act of congress, approved March 3d. lS45, those propo sals (beng acceptable other respeets) will be pre erred which shall engage to carry the maIl m a steamship ships and shall stipuaIe to deliver s"d ship shIps to the U. States, or their proper ol' fcer demand made, for inc pnrposc oi being con verted into vessel vessels of war; the ". States being bound on their part pay the lair inll value the,eofnl the time of delivery to be ascertalned by four apprasers-ap appointed, two by the President ot the p. Siales, and two by the owner or owners, with an umpire in of disagreement, to be appointed | by he President of the U. States.
 ! The bidder may propose different schedule oi | days and hours than the above specihed. lie may ask for annual sum oi compensation or, m
 lieu thereof, certain proportion oi lhe postages ac' | crulng on the mail matter conveyed over the route; and he may offer to carry the mail more frequently | than once week.
 Articles of contract are to be executed by the ac- cepIed bidder and hy his sureIies, by ar before 'le
 first day ni March next. The contract Is 10 provide anong other things, that the pay Of the trip ls to he forfeited when the trip is not performed, and due proporlIon when grae Ol service is rendered lnle rior tO that specified Iie contract; and that hnes may he Imp seal, unless tie delinquency be saIsiac toi y eXpl ned in due lime, Tor lang 10 take rom, Jr deliver into. the post office at the port of aud-
 ing, the mai helonging thereo or any part ol sad mail for suletang the mui or any part oi Il, to be rjured, lost UT desroyed Tor conveying II lh | place manner that exposes il 10 depredatiun loss injury; for refusing, after demand made, To convey a mail by any additional steamship or vessel run by the contractor the route, and above he spe- cifed number of trips the contract, and tor not ar irving al ihe lime set also for transmitting nlell- gencr, Or inrnishing the means of transmitting intel l ligence, in advance of the mail Tine Postmss ster General may annul the contract for repeated failures l for violating Ihe post ofce laws; for dsDbeying he
 instructions ol the department; for refusing to dis charge carrier when required by the department; {;
 for assigning the contract without the consent of the | Postmaster General: or for setting up ar running l an express aforesaid.
 | The Postmaster General may alter the contract, l and alter the schedule, he allowing pro rata in- crease of compensation, within the restrictions lm- posed by law, nr the additional service required, or
 for the increased speed, if ilie employment of add-
 lonal stock or carriers IS rendered necessary; but
 the may, such case, reIinquish the
 tract, on timely noce, n he prefers il 10 the change. The Postmaster General may also discontinue or curtail lhe service, he allowing months extra pay the amount dispensed with; and ,he cantract "may at any lime he terminated by joint resolution | of the two houses of congress-"
 The route, the service, the yearly pay, the bidders name and residence, and the name of each member of the firm where d company offers, should be dis- tnclly stated m the proposals. The following is the form of the guarantee, winch should be filed the first blank with the name of the | guaiantor; the second with that of ihe bidder; | and the third and fourth with the beginning and ter minatng points of the route and after being dated, | should be signed by the guarantor, who must be shown, by the written certificate of postmaster, other equally satisfactory testimonial, 10 he property, and able 10 make good his guarantee.- This guara ntee, certified, should accompany each | bid:
 "The undersgned--, guarantees that, if | hIs bid for carrying the mail from - to - be accepted by the Postmaster Genera, ,-- shall enter iato an obligation prior 70 the first day of March | next, with good and sufficient sureties, 10 perform the service proposed.
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 Tue bid should be sent under seal 10 the First As. | slstant Postmaster General, and the words "Mail proposas-Galvesion mail," written on the face of the letter, and should be despatched in time to be received by before the 25th day of January next which will be the last day for receiving proposals under thls advertisement. r. S.-lf the bidder shall not consider himself able or prepared 10 commence service as early as the list of March next, he will specify in his plopo sas the day which he will put the service in ope ration.
 c. JOHNSON, Postmaster General
 Post O6Iee Department,
 WASHINGTON, Get. II, l845 oct23 2l9tKu