Mobile register and journal., 1845-09-04

g. The Postmaster General may annul the con
 tract Co, repeated faiures for violating he post of
 fee laws; for disobesing the instructions oi the de- parttnent; for refusing to discharge carrier when required by the department; Tor assigning the con tract without the consent of the postmaster General l or for setting up running an express, aforesaid
 G. The Postmaster General may alter the contract and alter the schedule. he allowing pro rafa increase of compensation, within the restrictions imposed by law, for the additional service required or for the l increased speed, if tle employment of additional stock or carriers is rendered necessary but the tractor may, in such case, einqush the contract, timely notice, if he prefers It to the change. He may also discontinue or curtall the service, he al- l lowing months extra pay on the amount dispen" sed with.
 '. The payments will be made though drafts on post offices, otherwise, after the expIratiOn ol each quarter-say Tn February, May, August, and November.
 S. 1he distancss are gUen according to he 6es in6r- nldfi0n; but decreased pay IOH 6e aIi0ned should thsy p'ope to be greater haH adratised, e places 1 are correctly named.
 l 9. The Postmaster General is prohibited by law from knowingly making contract for the transporla- ton of tine mail with any person who shall have en- ter ed into any combination, proposed to enter ntQ any combination, to prevent lhe making ol any bi0 for mail contract by any other person or persons, or who shall have made any agreement, or sinai have given periO med, promised 10 give or perform. any consideration to do, not to do, give anything whatever induce any other person not tO bid for q mail contract
 10. A bid received after time--to wit, the 22d of September nexi, at 9 m-Or without the guarantee required by law, or that combines several routes m one sun oi compensation, cannot be considered m competition wIll regular proposal, and not ad- judged to be extravagant.
 II. A bidder may propose different days and hours of departure and arrival, provided no more running time is asked and il is obvious that no mail con nexon or other pubic accommodation, is preJudced He may ask specified number of days, or for more running time to the trip certain seasons otpecuar bad roads. But, beyond these changes, proposal for service different from the advertisement, will prevent it's being considered in competition with a regular bid, not set aside for extravagance; and where bid contains any of the above alterations, their disadvantages will be estimated in comparing it with other proposals.
 12. There should be but one route bid for in proposal.
 13 The route, the service, the yearly pay, the bidders name and residence, and the name oi each member of the firm where company oilers, should be distinctly stated.
 Tho following may be used as form for the bid, here change from fhe adUatisement is contemplated by fhe bidder:
 .'I Tor we, as the may be, hereby propose to carry the mail on Mo- -, from - to --. agreeabiy 10 advertisement, for 8 per annum.
 II. The following is the form of a guaranty which should be filled, the first blank with the name of the me second Wll tNdt oi thc biiuCsi n"u the third and fourth with the beginning and ermna- tng 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, 10 be man of property, and able to make good his guaranty.
 Fms guaranty, certified, should accompany each bid.
 "The undersigned guarantees that - ifhis bid for carrying the mail from - to --- be ac- cepted by the Postmaster General, - shall enter into obligation prior to the first day of January next, with good and sufficient sureties. to perform the service proposed.
 "Dated -" ..
 15 The bid should be sent under zeal, addressed to ihe First Assistant Postmaster General, with "blail Proposals in the State of-'' written on the face of the letter; and should be despatched m time to be received by before the 22d Septem- Der next, at 9 o'clock p m.
 l6 The contracts are 10 be ex, cuted before the lst January next.
 PosT OFFIcE DEPARTMET, Huh July, ls45.
 c. JOHNSON,
 aug16 lS9tE Postu,as terGeneral.