The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1845-12-26
MAILS TO GALVESTON.

j States, from the LIST of March, 1886, TO the 2oth
of February, 1850, with right To the department TO
extend the 3Oth Of June 1850 from N1c Orleans,
in louisiana 10 GairtSiot,, ia Te1os $50 miles and
back, will be received at the Contract Office Of tie
Post Office DEPARTMENT until the 18th day of Jam
uary, 1886, to be decided by the 3lst day of said
January. y
Leave New ORLEANS every Saturday at 10 a. M
arrive 1t Galveston every Monday by 10 II m.
Leave Galveston every Tuesday al ~ m
arrive at New Orleans every Thursday by 10 a. IN.
The proposals should specify the mode of con-
veyance, whether hv s,eeniship or sailing paoket,
anu set 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 same is
is not convertible into a shp-ofwar. And special
notice. is hereby given, that ugseesby 10 The pro.
visions of an act Of Congress, approved March Sd,
lS45, those proposals (belng acceptable in other
respects) will be preferred which shall engage to
carry the mail IN steam ship or Ships and shall
stipulate TO deliver said shin or ships TO the Uhited
States, or TO their proper officer on demand made,
for the purpose of being converted into n vessel or
vessels Of war; the United States being bound on
their part to pay the fair full value thereof the
time Of delivery, TO be ascertRined by four api
prals disappointed, two by the President of the
United States, and two by the owner owners
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. He
may ask for an annual sum Of compenss.tidnI Or in
lieu thereof, certain proportion of the hostages
cruing on the Matchmaker conveyed over the route
and he mayiofer TO carry the mail more frequently
than a week. .......
Articles of contract are to be executed by the ac-
ceped bidder and by his surees 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
factorly explained in due time, Tor failing to take
from, or TO deliver lnto the post Office at the port Of
landing the mail belonging thereto, or any part OF.
said MALL for suffering the mail, or any part of it, to
be wet injured, lost, or destroyed for conveying it
IN place or manner that exposes it to depreciation,
loss, or injury; for refusing, after demand made, TO
convey mail by any additional steamship ves-
sci run by the contractor 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 Of trans
hitting intelligence, in advance Of the mail The
Postmaster General may annul the contract for re-
peaed failures; for violating the post office laws; for
dlsobeyng the instructions of the department; for
refusing TO discharge u carrier when required by
the department. for assigning the contract without
the consent OF the Postmaster General; for setting
up or running an express, aforesaid.
The Postmaster General may alter the contract,
and alter the schedule, he allowing pro rata in
of compensation within the restrictions i'm
posed by law, for the additional service required or
for the increased speed, it the employment Of adj
dtonul stock carriers is rendered necessary; blu,
the contractor may, in such case, rclnqush the
tract on timely notice. if lie prefers it to the change,
The Postmaster General may also discontinue or
curail the service, he allowing one month IS extra
pay OH 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
ders 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 theguarantee 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 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 make good his guarantee.
This guarantee, certified, should accompany each
bid:
"The undersigned -, guarantees that -, j
ais bid for carrying the mail from to - be
accepted by the Postmaster General, - shall en-
ter into an obligation prior to the LIST day of March
next, with good and sufficient sureties, to perform
the service proposed.
The bid should be sent under seal to the First
Assistant Postmaster General, and the words EMAIL
proposals-Galveston mall 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.
.a c. JOHNSON,
Postmaster General.
PosT OFFICE DEPARTMENT,
Washington, October IL, lS45.
P, S.--If the bidder shall not consider himself
able, or prepared, to commence service early as