The Woodstock age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1844-1845, 1845-02-06


any coach, railroad car, or steamboat, which the
contractor regularly runs on the route, beyond the
specified number Of trips in the contract and for
not arriving at the time set And for setting up or
running an express 10 transmit commercial ineIi-
gencc in advance Of the mail, a penalty will be ex-
aced equal to quarters pay.
, 8. The Postmaster General may annul the con-
tract for repeated (aiurs; for violating the Post
office laws; for dsohying 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 or running an express as
: aforesaid.
| o. Iht Postmaster General may alter the con-
tract, and alter the schedule he allowing n pro
rata increase Of compensation, within the restrIc-
, ronS imposed by law, for the additional service
required, or for The Increased speed if the employ
ment o. additional stock carriers is rendered nee
essary, but the contractor may III such case, re-
IinqulSh the contract, on timely notice, if he pre-
ler5 it 10 the change The Postmaster General
may also discontinue or curail the service, he al.
lowing ono months extra pay or the amount dis
t pcnsed with.
10, The payments will be made through drafts
on post offices OF otherwise, after the expiration of
each quarter, say in February, May, August and
November.
II THE distances are giren according 10 The best
Information; Jm no increased pay wiH be ahow-
J ed, ShoaM they pOrc TO be greaier than is adrer-
| tiSPd, If the places are CORRECTLY named.
II. The Postmaster General is prohibited by
inv from kuowing, making a con ract 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
or person or persons, or who shall have made any
agreement or shall have given or performed, or
promised 10 give or perform, any consideration to
do or not to do, anything whatever to induce any
other person not to bid Cor mail contract. Par
ticuIar attention is called to the 2Sh section of
The act Of 1896, prohibiting combinations 10 pre-
vent bidding
10. On coach routes where the present cOnlrac-
tor shall be superseded by an underbidder, who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 us 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 TO
run stages on the route. Should they not agree
as TO the suitableness ortne property, the terms.
or the security, each may choose person who
may appoint third and their decision shall be
final; or the Postmaster General will name the
umpire. Should the underbdder fail TO COM
ply, his bid will be offered 10 the contractor;
but should he decliIe it, the proposals of the
underbidder will be accepted uncondilion.
ally. The udclhilder should give early notice of
his intention TO take or not to lake the stock,
and if the latter, Of his reasons; and the pres
ent contractor is 10 determine, on the first appca.
ton whether he will sell it or not
H. A bid received after time, to witt the I5lh
OF April next at 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
adiudged 10 be eXtravagant,
-. A bidder may oltr on coach, Railroad or
steamboat routes, where the transportation is dill.
cult or npracllcable at certain seasons To subsli-
tuic horse or wagon conveyance, or 10 intermit
service specified number Of days weeks or months
He may propose TO omI, office that is nuccessl-
BILE, or is not on the stage road, the railway, or at
IA steamboat landing as the case may he 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
| prejudced. lie may ask more running time TO
the trip, during specified number Of days, at Ger
tain seasons of peculiarly bad roads. Bat bcl ond
these changeS,a proposal for service different from
the advertisement will prevent lis being considered
in competition with eguIar bid, not set aside for
extravaganza; and where bid contains any orlhe
above alterations their disadvantages will he esli-
mated in comparing it with other proposals.
IS. There should be but one route bid for in a
proposal
IT. The route, the service, the yearly pay, the
bidders name and residence, and the name Of each
member Of the firm where company OILERS,
should be distinctly stated
The following may be used MS form for the
bid where no change from lie advertisement is
contemplated by the tid2er:
81 for we, as the case may be- hereby pro
pose TO carry the mail ON No. -, from - to
-, agreeubIy 10 advertisement, for & per
annum."
ls The following is the form of the guaranty.
which should be filled, the first blank with the
name of the guarantor, the second with that of the
bidders and the third and fourth with the begin.
ming and terminating points Of the rou,e and after
being dated, should be signed by the guaranDor,
who must be shown by the written certificate of
postmaster, OF other equally satisfactory teslmo
NAL, TO be a man Of property, and able to make
good his guaranty. This guaranty, SO certified
should accompany each bld.
"'Ihe undersigned guarantees that---,
ifhis 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 sulces, to !
perform the service proposed.
"Da,ed-'
10. The bid should he sent under seal, address
ed TO 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 9 O'Clock, a m.
20. The contracts are TO be executed before the
LIST July next.
81. Posmasers at Offices situated upon or near
railroads, but more than eighty rods from depot,
will, Immediately after the 10Th of May next, re-
port that fact to the Department, stating their eS-
act dislace from the railroad depot ,and how other
wise supplied with the mail, to enable the Post
master Geneneral to direct the proper supply TO be
made from the railroad by mail messengers, from
and after The LIST July next"
2i4-3m c. A. WICKLIFFE.
Posi- OFFICE DEPARTMENT, Dec 26, 1914 II
SURGICAL DENTISTRY,
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oFFICEIN THE BANK BUILDING,
WOODSTOCK, VT.