The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1846-02-25

I 3. Ths'mai 10 10 be conveyed in preference 70
passenge and to their entire exclusion ifits weight
g. Post oiEes blanks, m.iI.b.s,., and tho spseis
agents OF the department, the exhibition of their
credentials, are 70 be conveyed without further
charge on mall lines admitting of such conveyance.
4 Mail agents are To be conveyed without charge
on Tie principal railroad and lines, where
1.-THE size Of the mails and the number of the Offices
wall require their employment by the department
ana Ia chat Case separate apartment for the asser-
ing and safe-keeping Of the mail is 10 be provided
by The contractor, under the dirSston Of the depart
4 meat. ...
5. In all cases, there is TO be forfeiture Of the
pay OF the trip, when the IMP not run, forfeiture
OF al least one.fourth part Of IL, when the running
or arrival Is 90 far behind time TO lose the con-
nexion with depending mall and forfeiture OF
due proportion OF ii, when grade Of service Is ren-
dered inferior to that in the contract These for
FIXTURES may be increased into eIAlues OF higher
amount, according TO the nature or frequency OF the
failure and the importance Of the mail
6 Fines will be imposed, unless the delinquency
lie satisfactorily explained due time, for failing 10
take from, or deliver at post ofice, the mail or
any part Of is for suffering II 10 be wet injured,
lost, or destroyed for conveying II in place or
manner that exposes 1t to depreciation, loss, or inu-
Try for refusing after demand 10 convey mail by
any coach, railroad car, or steamboat, which the
contractor regularly on the route, beyond the
specified number of trips in the CONTRACT and for not
arriving at the time SET Aud for setting Up
ming express to transmit COMMERCIAL intelligence
in advance OF the mail, penalty will DO exacted
equal to quarters pay.
Z. The Postmaster General may annul the con-
tract for repeated failures for violating the post Of
fee laws; for dsobeying the instructions OF the de-
partmenl for refusing TO discharge carrier when
required by the departments for assigning the con-
tract without the consent Of tho Postmaster General,
or for setting up or running express aforesaid.
3. The Postmaster General may alter the contract,
and alter the schedule, he allowing pro rata in
crease OF compensation, within the restrictions i'm
posed by law for the additional service required or
tor the increased speed If the employment OF addi
uonal stock or carriers IL rendered necessary but
the contractor may, in such case, relinquish the
contract, on timely notice, II he prefers 1t TO the
change. The Postmaster General may also discon-
tinue euail the service, he allowing month 8
extra pay on the amount dispensed with.
y. The payments will be made through drafts on
post Offices otherwise after the piration Of each
quarter, say IN February, May, Angus, and NOvem.
Der.
10. The distances are given according to the best
informatoni but no increased pay viii be allowed,
should they prove 10 be greater than Is advertised il
the places arc correctly named.
| ii. The Postmaster General is prohibited by law
from knowingly making a contract for the Trans
jportation Of tEe mail with any person who shall
have entered into any combination, or proposed TO
enter INTO any combination, 10 prevent the making
OF any bld Tor mail contract by any other person or
persons, or who shni have made any agreement or
shall have given or performed, or promised 10 give
or perform, any consideration 10 do, or not 10 do,
anything whatever 10 induce any other person not
10 old for a mail contract. PARTICULAR attention Il
called TO the 2oth secuun Of the act Ut 1886, prohb
lang combinations to prevent budding
II. A bid received after time, 10 wit: the 30h
Aprii next, al a IN, or without The guarantee re-
qurCd by law, or that combines several routes IN
one sum OF compensation, cannot be considered IN
competition with regular proposal, not aojud.ed
| 10 be extravsgant.
| 10 A bidder may offer, where the transportation
called for IN the advertisement 10 difficult or i'm
| practicable at certain seasons, TO substitute
inferior mode OF conveyance, or to Intermit
| vice specified number of days, weeks, or
months. He may propose to omit Office that
Is inaccessible, or is not on the stage road, the
railway, or at u steamboat landing, as the case
may Oe; or he may offer to substitute infe-
| nor mode Of supply in such cases. He may pro-
pose different days and hours of departure and ar
rival, provided no more running time asked, and
tis obvious that no mail eonnsxon or other public
accommodation is prejudced. He may ask for
more running time to the trip, during specified
number Of days. at certain of peculiarly bad
| roads But beyond these changes, proposal for
service different from the advertisement will proven,
It's being considered in competition with a regular
bid, not set aside for extravaganza; and where bid
contains any of the above alterations their disad-
vantages will be estimated in comparing it with
other proposals.
| Ia. There should be but one route bid for in a
proposal. '.'
| Is. The route, the service, the yearly pay, the
bidders name and residence, and the name OF each
| member Of the firm, where company offers, should
be distinctly stated--also The mode Of conveyance,
If higher mode than on horseback is intended.
| The following may be used Us form for the bid,
ghere no change from the advertisement iseonsmpaied
| by the bidder. '..
| Il Tor we, as the case may bel hereby propose
| 10 carry the mail on Mo-, from ITO -,
| agreeaby TO advertisement, for 5 per annum.''
Observe, that where the bidder intends 10 offer any
other mode OF conveyance than horseback he should
| state II IN terms IN the bid.
| Is. The following IL the form Of the guaranty
which should be filled, the frrt blank with the name
Of the guaranlor, the second with that of the bidder
and the third and fourth with the beginning and ter
mnaung points of the route; ard alter being dated,
should be signed by the guarantor, who must be
shown by Tile written certificate of postmaster or
other equally satisfactory testimonial, To be man
Of property, and able TO make good his guaranty.
This guaranty, so certified, should accompany each
bid. ". .".F -. ..
THE undersigned - guarantees that -
If his bid for carrying the mail from to
- be accepted by the Postmaster General, |
- shall enter into an obligation prior TO the first
day Of July next, with good and sufficient sureties
10 perform the service proposed.
dated -.n -
II. The bid should be sent under seal, addressed
to the FIRST Assistant Postmaster General, with |
"Maii Proposals in the State of -" written
the face Of the letter; and should be despatched
in time to be received by or before the 3Olh April
next, at 8 o'clock, m. ... ..
IL, The contracts are to be executed before the |
LIST July next. E<- ...-, 49,.
-. Postmasters at Offices situated upon or near
railroads, but more than eighty rods from a depot,
will, Immediately after the 10Th May next, report
that fact to the department. stating their exact dis
lance from the railroad denOt. and how nj her w
supplied with the mail to enable the Postmaster
General to direct the proper supply to be made
from the railroad by mail messengers, from and af-
ter the lst July next. .11r.f n' H4al
90. Under the act of Sd March, l845, the route is
TO be let to the lowest bidder rendering sufficient
guarantees for faithful performance, without other
reference to the mode Of transportation than may
be necessary TO provide for The due CELEBRITY certain.