The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1845-11-14
MAILs TO GALVESTON.

MAILS TO GALVESTON.
PROPOSALS to carry the mails Of the United
j States, from the LIST Of March, 1886, to the 2eth
of February, 1850, with right TO the department TO
extend to The Goth of June, $780, from Neg Orleans
in Leaisana, 10 Gairssion, ia 1srss, $50 miles and
back will be received at the Contract Office of the
Post Office Department, until the 25th day.of JAM
uary, 1886, to be decided by the 3lst day of said
January.
arrive at Galveston every Monday by l0a. m.
Leave Galveston every Tuesday at 10 a. M,
arrive at New Orleans every Thursday by 10 a. m.
The proposals should specify the mode Of corr
veyance, whethes by steamship or sailing-packet,
and sei forth the SIZE rate, and description of the
vessel, with sufficient particularly to enable the
decision to be made, ON the advice Of the proper
officers Of the naval service, whether the is or
is not convertible into ship-of-war. And special
notice 10 hereby given, that, agreeaby to the pro-
visions of an act Of Congress, approved March ID
l645, those proposals (being acceptable in other
respects) will be preferred which shall engage to
carry the mail in steam ship or ships, and shall
stipuate to deliver said ship or ships to the United
States, or to their proper officer, on demand made,
for the purpose of being converted into weasel or
vessels Of war; the United States being bound on
their part to pay the fair full value thereof at the
time Of delivery, to be ascertained by four APP
praisers appointed, two by the President Of the
with an umpire in case of disagreement, to be APP
pointed by the President Of the United States.
The bidder may propose different schedule OF
days and hours than the one above specified lie
may ask for an annual sum of compensation; or, in
lieu thereof certain proportion Of the hostages
cruing on the Matchmaker conveyed over the route;
and he may offer TO carry the mail more frequently
than ones a week.
Articles of contract are to be executed by the ac-
cepted bidder and by his suretes by before the first
day of March next The contract is to provide,
among other things that the pay Of the trip is to be
forfeited when the trip is not performed, and due
proportion when grade of service is rendered in
feror to that specified in the contract and that fines
may be imposed, unless the delinquency be salts
factorily explained in due time, for failing to take
from, or TO deliver no the post Office at the port of
landing, the mail belonging thereto, or any part Of
said mails for suffering the mail or any part of it, to
be wet, injured lost, destroyed for conveying it
in place manner that exposes il to depreciation,
loss injury; for refusing, after demand madc to
convey mail by any additional steamship or ves-
sci run by the contractor on the route, over and
above the specified number Of trips in the contract,
ting intelligence furnishing the means Of trans
mitting intelligence, in advance Of the mail The
Postmaster General may annul the contract for re-
peated failures for violating the post Office laws; for
disobeying the instructions of the department.; for
refusing TO discharge a carrier when required by
the ucpdltuicutj assigning the contract WtnOut
the consent ofthe Postmaster General; for setting
up or running an express, as aforesaid.
The Postmaster General may alter The contract,
and alter the schedule, he allowing a pro rata in
crease of compensation, within the restrictions inn
posed by law, for the additional service required,
for the increased speed, Il the employment of adj
dtonal stock or carriers il rendered necessary but
the contractor may in such case, relinquish the con-
tract timely notice. il he prefers il to the change
The Postmaster General may also discontinue or
curtail the service, he allowing one months extra
pay on the amount dispensed with; and the contract
"ay at any time be terminated by joint resolution
Of the two houses Of Congress-"
The route, the service, the yearly pay, the bid
dcr's name and residence, and the name of each
member Of the firm where q company offers, should
be distinctly stated in the proposals.
The following is the form Of the guarantee, which
should be filed, the first blank with the of the
guarantor; the second with that of the bidder; and
the third and fourth with the beginning and termi.
mating points Of the route; and, after being dated
should be signed by the guarantor, who must be
shown, by the written certificate Of postmaster, or
other equally satisfactory testimonial, TO be man
Of property, and able to mako good his guarantee.
This guarantee, 80 certified, should accompany each
bid:
"The undersigned $500, guarantees that ----,
ais bid for carrying the mail from -- TO -- be
accepted by the Postmaster General, $1,000 shall en-
ter into obligation prior to the LIST day Of March
next, with good and sufficient sureies, to perform
the service proposed.
Slated ----."
The bid should be sent under seal to the First
Assistant Postmaster General, and the words "Mail
proposals. Galveston mail" written on the face Of
the letter, and should be despatched in time to be
received by or before the 25th day of January next
which will be the last day for receiving proposals
under this advertisement.
G. JOHNSON,
Postmaster General.
Posr OEElcE DEPARTMENT.,
Washington, October IL, ls45.
p. S.-If the bidder shall not consider himself
able or prepared, to commence service as early an
the LIST Of March next he will specify in his propo-
sails the day which he will put the service in ope-
ration. C. Y.
October ll--lawtD3l
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