The Woodstock age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1844-1845, 1845-03-06

not arriving NJ INC lllnC sci, ANA l0f selllng up or
running IN express TO transmit commercial inelli-
sence in ad vance Of the mail, penalty will be eX-
acted equal TO quarters pay.
| 8. The Postmaster General may annul the con-
tract for repeated iailurs; for violating the Post
office laws for disohying the Instructions of the
Department; for refusing to discharge carrier
when required by the Department; Tor assigning
the contract without the consent OF the Postmaster
General, or for setting up or running an express as
aforesaid.
8. Tht Postmaster General may alter the con-
tract, ard alter the schedule, he allowing pro
rata increase Of compensation, within The ieslTlc-
lions imposed BY law for the additional service
required or for the increased speed if the employ
ment Traditional stock or carriers is rendered nee
essary, but the contractor may, IN such case, re-
lnqulsh the contract, on timely notice, II he pre-
Icrs it to the change The Postmaster General
may also discontinue or curta the service, he al
lowing one months extra pay or the amount dis
pCnsed with.
10. The payments will be made through drafts
on post offices otherwise, after the expiration Of
each quarter, say in February, May, August and
November,
i II THE distances are given according 10 the best
j Information; Jut no increased pay wW be Giiow-
Ell, ShOuld they prove 10 be greater Than is adcer-
HSPd If The places are correctly named.
r. The Postmaster General ii prohibited by
ilw from knowingly making 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, 10 prevent the
making Of any bid for n mail contract by any 9TH
or person or persons, or who shall have made any
agreement, or shall have given OF performed, or
promised 10 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 2Sih section of
the act of 1885, prohibiting combinations 70 pre-
vent bidding.
-. On coach routes where the present contrnc-
tor shall be superseded BY an underbiddcr, who
may not have the stage property requisite Ioi
the performance Of the contract be 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 instruments, as his pay becomes due
unless, the present contractor shall continue tC
run stages on the route. Should they not agree
rs to the suitabcness olthe property, the terms
or the security, each may choose person who
may appoint third, and their decision shall be
fnaI or tho Postmaster General will maine til,
umpire. Should the underbiddar fail TO com
ply, his bid will be offered TO the contractor
but should he decline it, the proposals of tht
undcrbdder vii be accepted uncondltion
ally. The udclbldcr should give early notice o
his intention 10 take or not TO take the stock
, and if the latter, Of his reasons; and the pres
enl contractor is TO determine, on the first applca
ton, whether he will sell it or not
Ii. A bid received after time, to wit: the l5t!
/ Of April next at m, or without the guarantee
required by law; or that combines several route
| r la ttlpr
5 cred in competitor with regular proposal, no
adjudgcd 10 be cNtrayngant.
r -. A bidder may offer on coach, railroad, o
steamboat routes, where the transportation is diff
cult or mpracicahlG at certain seasons, to substl
tutc horse or wagon conveyance, or 10 interim
i service specified number ofdays weeks or month
lie may propose TO omit an office that is inacccssi
BILE, or is not on the stage road the railway, or Il
t a steamboat landing as the case maybe OF he ma!
n offer to substitute an Inferior mode Of supply il
t such cases. lie may propose different days ant
2 hours of departure and arrival provided no NOR
running time is asked, and it is obvious that n
= mail connection or other public accommodation
prcjudiccd, He may asIi more running time t
II the trip, during specified number Of days, at Ger
, tain seasons of peculiarly bad roads. But bcyont
these chanscSa proposal for service different from
y the advertisement will prevent lis being considered
Q in competition with regular bid, not set aside 70
extravaganza; and where Il bid contains any Orlh
above alterations, their disadvantages will be est
e mated in comparing it with other proposals.
lG. There should be but one route bid for in
y proposal
o II. The route, the service, the yearly pay, tn
bidders name and residence and the name of eacl
member Of the firm where a company offers
y should be distinctly stated.
n The following may be used as form for tn
It bid, whcre no change from the advertisement /
7 contemplated By The Jidier:
81 or we, as the case may bel hereby pro
pose to carry the mail on No. -, from - +
-, agresaby to advertisement, for S pc
?. annum."
d Is. The following is the form of the guaranty
n which should be filed, the first blank with tn
name of the guarantor, the second with that Of tn
k bidder; and the third and fourth with the begin
:, ming aud terminating points Of the route; and afte
being dated, should be signed by the guaranol
ID who mist be shown by the written certificate of
postmaster, OF other equally satisfactory TESTING
:, NAL, to be man Of Property, and able to nal;
+, good his guaranty This guaranty, SO certified
<, should accompany each bid.
"Tho undersigned ID guarantees that---
* ifhis bid for carrying the mail 'rom---to---
k, be accepted by the Postmaster General, -
shall enter into an obligation prior 10 the first da
&c Of July next, with good and sufficient suces, I
perform the service proposed.
ID "Datcd-"
10. The bid should be sent under seal, addrcs
L. ed to the First Assistant Postmaster General wit
"Nal proposals in the State of-," written o
!, the face Of the letter, and should be despatched
time to be received by or before the 18th Apr
I'd next, at 8 o'clock, a m.
90 The contracts are to be executed before ii
k, lst July next,
81, Poslmusters at Offices situated upon OF ne,
K, railroads, hut more than eighty rods from depo
will Immediately after the 10th of May next, n
I'd port that fact to the Department, stating their e.
act distace from the railroad dcpot,and how othe
IS wise supplied with the mail, to enable the Pos
master GencncraI to direct the proper supply TO
cs made from the railroad by nail messengers, iroi
and after the LIST July next"
24i.3m C. A. WICKIIFFE
Posr OFFICE DEPARTMENT., Dec. 20, ISL
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