The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1846-03-25
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2. Ths.mail To be conveyed Ia ppisrsaoe to
passengers asd 20 their entire exclusion II It's weight
and bulk require II.
.. Post Office blanks, maiLbags, and the specia
agents OF the department, on the exhibition of their
| credentials, are TO be conveyed without further
charge on mail lines admitting OF such roDveysnce
q. Mail agents are 10 be conveyed without charge
on the principal railroad and steamboat lines where
the sixe Of the mails and the number Of the Offices
will require their employment by the department
and IN that case separate apartment for the assert
ing and safe-keeping Of the mail Is to be provided
by the contractor under the drectioa u the depart
| ment
5. In all cases. there Is to be forfeiture OF the
pay OF the "trip, when the trip is not rum forfeiture
OF at least one fourth part OF IT, when the running
or arrival is so far behind time 10 lose the con-
nexion with depending maili and forfeiture Of a
due proportion OF II, when grade OF service Is rem
deTed inferior To that in the contract. These for
FIXTURES may be increased into pei allies OF higher
amount according 10 the nature or frequency OF the
failure and the importance OF the mail.
| g. Fines will be imposed, unless the delinquency
lie satisfactorily explained in due time, for failing
take from, or deliver at, post Office the mail, or
any part OF IL for suffering II 10 be wet injured,
lost, or destroyed for conveying Il In a place or
manner that exposes IL 20 depreciation, loss, inu-
ry for refusing AFTER demand to convey a mail by
any coach, railroad car, or steamboat, which the
| contractor regularly on the route, beyond the
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arriving al the time set. And for setting up
| ming express TO transmit commercial intelligence
in advance OF the mail, penalty will be exactsd
| equal TO a quarters pay.
Z. The Postmaster General may annu tho con-
tract for repeated failures for violating the post Of
nee laws; for disobeyng the instructions OF the de-
partmenti for refusing TO discharge carrier when
required by the department for assigning the con-
tract without the consent Of the Postmaster General
or for setting up or running an express as 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
for the increased speed, If the employment of addi-
uona stock or carriers Is rendered necessary but
The contractor may, in such case, relinquish the
contract, on timely notice, IL he prefers it to the
| change. The Postmaster General may also discon-
tinue cnrtai the service, he allowing one month s
extra pay on the amount dispensed with.
9. The payments will be made through drafts on
post Offices otherwise after the expiration Of each
quarter, say in February, May, August and NOvsm-
Der.
10. The distances are given according to the best
informationi but no increased pay will be allowed
should they prove 10 be greater than is advertised
the places are correctly named.
| III. The Postmaster General is prohibited by law
from knowingly making contract for the Trans
portation Of the mail with any person who shall
have entered into any combination, or proposed TO
enter into any combination, TO prevent the making
OF any bid for mail contract by any other person or
persons, or who shall have made any agreement or
shall have given or performed, or promised 10 give
or perform, any consideration 10 do, not to do,
anything whatever to induce any other person not
to bid for mail contract. Particular attention Is
called To the 2oth section Of the act Of 1885, prohb
lung combinations 10 prevent bidding.
| IL. A bid received after time, TO witt the 30h
April next, at y a m, or without the guarantee
quired by law, or that combines several routes in
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competition with regular proposal, not adjudged
| 10 be extravaganza.
Is A bidder may offer, where the transportation
called for in the advertisement is difficult or i'm.
practicable at certain seasons, TO substitute an
inferior mode of conveyance, or to intermit ser.
vice specified number Of days, weeks, or
months. He may propose TO omit an office that
Is inaccessible, or Is not on the stage road, the
railway, or at a steamboat landing, as the case
may be, or he may offer to substitute an infs-
nor mode Of supply in such He may pro-
pose different days and hours Of departure and ar
rival, provided no more running time is asked and
| tbs obvious that no mail connexion or other public
accommodation is prejudlced. He may ask for
more running time TO the tnP, during specified
number of days, at certain OF peculiarly bad
roads But beyond these changes, proposal for
service different from the advertisement will prevent
its being considered in competition with regular
bid, not set aside for extravsganee; and where bid
contains any of the above alterations, their disad-
vantages will be estimated in comparing it with
other proposals
a. There should be but one route bid for in
proposal.
l5 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 convey ance,
if higher mode than on horseback is intended.
The following may be used as form for the bid,
chere no change from the advertisement contemplated
by the bidder.
~ [or we, as the case may be-, hereby propose
to carry the mail on Mo-, from TO
agreeably to advertisement, for : per annum."
Observe, that where the bidder intends TO offer any
other mode Of conveyance than horseback he should
state it in terms in the bid.
l6. The following IL the form of the guaranty
which should be filled, the fret blank with the name
Of the guarano the second with that of the bidder
and the third and fourth with the beginning and
minang points Of the route; ard after being dated
should he signed by the guarantor, who must be
shown by the written certificate of postmaster,
other equally satisfactory testimonial, to be man
of property, and able to make good his guaranty.
This guaranty, SO certified, should accompany each
bid.
"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
to perform the service proposed.
"Dated -"
II. The bid should be sent under seal, addressed
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 before the 30h April
next at 9 o'clock, m.
1S. The contracts are to be executed before the
LIST July next.
10. Postmasters at offices situated upon or near
railroads, but more than eighty rods from depot,
will, Immediately after the 10th May next, report
that fact to the department stating their exact dis
lance from the railroad depot, and how otherwise
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 LIST July next.
90. Under the act of Sd March, ls45, 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
ty, and security of such transportation. And the
new contractor is not required to purchase out, or
take at valuation the stock or vehicles of the pre-
vious contractor.