The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1845-11-03
THE DAILY UNION
MAILS no GALyEsToN.

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i States from the Ist Of March, 1876, to the 18th
of February, 1850, with right to the department TO
extend to the 30th of June, 1850, from Men Orleans,
%, Louisiana, 10 Gairesfof in 1sras, $50 miles and
back, Will be received at the Contract Offce OF the
Post Office Department, until the 25lh day OF jan
uary, lSi6, to be decided by the 3lst day of said
January.
Leave New Orleans every Saturday at 10 a. M,
arrive at Galveston every Monday by 10 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 con-
veynnce, whether by steamship or saiing-packet
and set forth the size, rate, and descrpuonNof the
vessel, with sufficient particularly 10 enable the
decision to be made, on the advice of the proper
officers OF the naval service, whether the same il or
is not convertible into a ship-of-war And special
notice is hereby given, that, agreeably TO the pro-
visions of an act of Congress, approved March 3d.
l645, those proposals (being acceptable in other
respects) viii be preferred which shall engage TO
carry the mail in steam ship or ships, and shall
stipulate 10 deliver said ship or ships TO the United
States or TO their proper officer, on demand made,
for the purpose Of being converted into vessel or
vessels Of war; the United States being hound on
their part to pay the fair full value thereof the
time of delivery, to be ascertained by four APP
praisers-appointed two by the President of the
United States, and two by the owner or owners
with umpire in case of disagreement to be ap-
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
crung on the Matchmaker conveyed over tho route;
and he may offer TO carry the mail more frequently
Than once week.
Articles of contract ore TO be executed by the ac
ceped bidder and by his sureiies, by or 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 into, the post Office at the port of
landing the mail belonging thereto, or any part Of
said mail; for suffering the mall or any part of it, to
be wet in ured, lost, destroyed; for conveying il
in place or manner that exposes il TO depredailon
loss, or injury; for refusing, after demand made TO
convey mail by any additional steamship or YES
sci run by the contractor on the route, over and
above the specified number of trips in the contract,
and for not arriving at the time set also for transmit
ting intelligence, or furnishing the means of trans
hitting 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 carrier when required by
the department.; for assigning the contract without
the consent of the Postmaster Genera for setting
up or running an express, as aforesaid
The Postmaster General may alter the contract
and alter the schedule, he allowing a pro rdia in
crease Of compensation within the restrictions inn
posed by law, for the additional service required
for the increased speed, if the employment of ad
duonal stock or carriers is rendered necessary; but
the contractor may, in such case, renquish the con-
tract timely notice. if he prefers it 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
'may at any time be terminated by joint resolution
of the two houses of Congress-"
The route, the service, the yearly pay, the bid
der's name and residence, and the name of each
member of the firm where 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 name of the
guarantor; the second with that of the bidder; and
the third and fourth with the beginning and term-
mating points of the route and after being dated,
should be signed by the guarantor, who must be
shown, by the written certificate of a postmaster or
other equally satisfactory testimonial, TO be man
of property, and able to make good his guarantee.
This guarantee, SO certified, should accompany each
bid
"The undersigned --, guarantees that --,
mis- bid for carrying the mail from - to - be
accepted by the Postmaster General, -- shall en-
ter into obligation prior to the lst day of March
next with good and sufficient sureties, to perform
the service proposed.
"Dated --.'
The bid should be sent under seal 10 the First
Assistant Postmaster General, and the words EMAIL
proposas--Galveston mail j" 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 this advertisement.
c. JOHNSON,
Postmaster General.
Posi- OrrIcE DEPARTMENT.,
Washington, October IL, 1S45.
p. S--If the bidder shall not consider himself
able, or prepared, to commence service as early as
the lst Of March next, he will specify in his propo-
sals the day which he will put the service in ope
ration C. J.
October lI--lawtD3l