The Woodstock age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1844-1845, 1845-01-30

manner that exposes it to depreciation loss or in
Jury for refusing after demand 10 convey mail by
any coach, railroad car, Or steamboat, which the
contractor regularly runs on the route, beyond the
speciied 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 lntell-
renee IN advance Of the mail, penalty will be ex-
acted equal 10 quarters pay
2 The Postmaster General may nnnu 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.; Tor assigning
,he contract without the consent Of the Postmaster
General, or for setting up or running an express as
aforesaid
8. The Postmaster General may alter the con-
tract, ard alter the schedule, he allowing pro
rata increase of compensation, wlhln inc ieSlrlc-
tons imposed by law, for the additional service
required, or for the increased speed, the employ
ment Traditional stock or carriers IS rendered nee
essary, but the contractor may, in such case, re-
nquish the contract, on timely notice, u he pre-
fer, 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
pensed with.
TO-. The payments will be made through drafts
on post offices OF otherwise, after The expiration oil
each quarter, say in February, May, August and
November
IL The distances are given according TO the best
information; but no increased pay WiH be ailow-
ed, should then prore 10 be greater than is aduer-
tispd, if The places are correctly named.
~. The Postmaster General is prohibited by
law from knowingl, 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, to prevent The
making of any bid for mail contract by any 9TH
er person or persons, or who shall have made any
agreement, or shall have given or performed, or
promised TO give or perform, any consideration 10
do, or not to do, anything whatever to induce any
other person not TO bid FOR mail contract. Par
tcular attention is called 10 the 2Sth section Of
the act of 1886, prohibiting combination, topre-
vent bidding
10. On coach routes where the present contrac-
tor shall be superseded by an underbidder, who
may not have the stage property requisite 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
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 10
run stages on the route. Should they not agree
as to the suableness ofthe property, tho terms.
or the security, each may choose person who
may appoin, third and their decision shall be
final; or the Postmaster General will name the
!, umpire. Should the underbidder fail 10 COM
, py, his bid will be offered 10 the contractor;
but should he decline it, the proposals Of The
underbidder will be accepted Luncondition-
ally The udelbidder 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
en contractor Is 10 determine, on the first apPlca-
ton, whether he will sell it or not.
y IA. A bid received after time, to wit: the 18th
! Of April next at a m, or without the guarantee
required by law; or that combines several routes
in one sum Of compensation, cannot be consider
cred in competitor with regular proposal, not
adudged to be extravagant.
r J5. bidder may offer on coach, railroad, or
steamboat routes, where the transportation is diff
cult or impractcabe at certain seasons, 10 subsll-
tutc horse or wagon conveyance, or 10 inlernllt
i service specified number Of days weeks or months
He may propose TO omit an office that is inaccessi-
Bile, or is not on the stage road, the railway, or at
, steamboat landing as the case may,b OF he may
offer to substitute an inferior mode Of supply in
I 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
n 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
g in competition with regular bid, not set aside for
extravaganza; and where bid contains any ofthe
above alterations, their Disadvantages will be es,i-
e mated in comparing it with other proposals.
IS. There should be but one route bid for in q
y proposal.
o IL. The route, the service, the yearly pay, the
A bidders name and residence, land the name Of each
member of the firm where company offers
y should be distinctly stated.
n The following may be used as a form for the
It bid, mhere no change from The advertisement Is
7 contemplated BY the bidder:
al Tor we, as the case may bel hereby pro-
pose to carry the mail on No. -, from - tC
-, agreeably 10 advertisement, for s PEI
= annpm."
ID IS. The following is the form Of the guaranty
n which should be filled, the first blank with thu
name of the guaran,cr, the second with that Of thu
k bidder; and the third and fourth with the begin
!. ming and terminating points Of the routes and aite
being dated, should be signed by the guarantor
d who must be shown by the written certificate of
postmaster, or other equally satisfactory testimo
{, NAL, TO be man of property, and able to maxi
. good his guaranty. This guaranty, so certified
(, should accompany each bid.
"The undersigned guarantees that--
* ifhis bid for carrying the mail from--to---
{, be accepted by the Postmaster General, -
shall enter into an obligation prior to the first day
e of July next, with good and suficen! suretes, Il
perform the service proposed.
d "Daed---'
49, The bid should be sent under SEAL address
ed to the First Assistant Postmaster General with
EMAIL proposals in the State Of" written OF
the face Of the letter. and should be despatched il
time TO be received by or before The 18th Apr
d next, at 9 o'clock, n m.
20. The contracts are to be executed before the
(, LIST July next
81. Posmas,ers at Offices situated upon or neal
(, railroads, but more than eighty rods from depot
will, Immediately after the 10th Of May next, re-
d port that fact 10 the Department, stating their ex
act dislace from the railroad depot,a land how other
wise supplied with the mail, to enable the Post
master Geneneral to drcc, the proper supply TO be
IS made from the railroad by nail messengers, from
and after the LIST July next"