The Woodstock age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1844-1845, 1845-02-27

specified number Of trips in the contract; and for
not arriving at the time set And for setting up or
running an express to transmit commercial inteIli-
gence in advance Of the mail, penalty will be ex-
acted equal to quarters pay.
8. The Postmaster General may annul the con-
tract for repeated laiIurs; for violating the Post
Office laws: for disobying 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 OF running an express as
aforesaid.
o. The Postmaster General may alter the con-
tract, ard alter the schedule, he allowing pro
rata increase of compensation, within the Ieslrlc-
lions imposed by law, for the additional service
required, for the increased speed if the employ
ment Traditional 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 it 10 the change. The Postmaster General
may also discontinue or cnrtail the service, he al
lowing one months extra pay or the amount dis
pensed with.
10. The payments will DO made through drafts
on post offices OF otherwise, after the expiration of
each quarter, say in February, May, August and
| November.
| IL Tho distances are given according 10 The best
intormatiOn; but no increased pay will be allo'0-
ed, should they proreto be greater than IS adver-
HSPd, If the places are correctly named.
~. The Postmaster General il prohibited by
law from knowingly making n 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 pt:SOns, OF who shall have made any
agreement, or shall have given OF performed, or
promised to give or perform, any consideration to
dc, or not to do, anything whatever to induce any
other person not 10 bid Cor mail contract Par
ticuar attention is called 10 the 18th section OF
the act of 1896, prohibiting combinations TO pre-
vent bidding,
| 49, On coach routes where the present contrac-
tor shall be superseded by an underbidder, who
may not have the stage property requsisite 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
bs needed, and may be suitable for the service,
at fair valuation; and make payment therelorby
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 suitabeness ofhe property, the terms,
or the security, each may choose person who
may appoint a third, and their decision shall be
umpire. Should the underbidder fail TO COM
/ ply, his bid will be offered 10 the contractor;
but should he decne it. the proposals of the
undcrbidder will be accepted ,uncondltIon-
ally. The udeIbilder should give early notice OF
his intention to take or not TO take the stock,
and if the latter, of his reasons; and the pres
ent contractor is to deteTmlne on the first applca.
ion, whether he will sell it or not
| H. a bid received after time, to wit: the 18th
OF April ne2t al m, or without the guarantee
required by law; or that combines several routes
in one sum Of compensation, cannot be consider
cred in competition with a regular proposal, not
adjudged TO be eXtrayagan,.
IS. A bidder may offer on coach, railroad, or
steamboat routes, where the transportation is diff
cult or mpractcabe at certain seasons, TO substi-
tuto horse or wagon conveyance, or 10 iutermit
service specified number Of days weeks or months
He may propose TO omit an Office that is inacceSs
bic, or is not 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 is
prejudiced. He may ask more running time to
the trip during 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 its being considered
in competition with regular bid, not set aside for
above alterations, their disadvantages will be esli-
mated in comparing it with other proposals.
l6. There should be but one route bid for in
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 form for the
bid, uhere no change from the advertisement is
contemplated by The builder;
81 for we, as the case may be- hereby pro-
pose 10 carry the mail on No. -, from - to
--, agreeahy to advertisement, for s per
annunl.'
IS. The following is the form of the guaranty.
which should be filed, 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 u
postmaster, or other equally satisfactory testimo,
NAL, TO be man Of property, and able to make
good his guaranty. This guaianty, so certified
should accompany each bid
" nc hhderslged guarantees that--,
if his bid for carrying the mail lrom----to---
be accepted by the Postmaster General, -
shall enter into AN obligation prior TO the first day
of July next, with good and sufficient sureies, to
perform the service proposed.
"Da,ed -
49, The bid should be sent under SEAL address
ed 10 the First Assistant Postmaster General with
EMAIL proposals in the State 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, m.
20 The contracts are TO be executed before the
LIST July next
2i. Pos,masers at Offices situated upon or near
railroads, but more than eighty rods from a depot,
will, Immediately after tho 10th Of May next, re-
port that fact to the Department. stating their ex-
act distace from the railroad depot and how other
wise supplied with The mail, to enable the Post
master Genenera 10 direct the proper supply TO be
made from the railroad by mail messengers, from
and after the LIST Iuly next"
2li-3m C. 4. WICKIIFFE.
PosT OFFICE DEPARTMENT, Dec. &c, 1874