The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1846-02-10

I g. Ths.mail il 10 be conveyed 10 preference to
passengers and 10 their entire exclusion it's weight
and bulk require u.
3. Post Office blanks, mail-bags, and the speeia
agents of the department. the exhibition Of theIr
| credentials, are 10 be conveyed without further
charge on mail lines admitting Of scoh rcnvcyaRce
q. Mad agents are 10 he conveyed without charge
on the principal railccrd and steamboat lines, where
the size OF the mails and the number Of the Offices
| will require their employment by the department
and In that case, separate apartment Tor the assert.
ing and saie-keeping Of the me,t Is 10 be provided
by the contractor Ssder the direction OF the depart
meRt.
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 fourth part Of IL, when the running
or arrival is far behInd ,inie to lose the con-
| nexlon with depending mail; and forfeiture Of O
due proportion OF IT, when grade Of service Is rem
Jered inferior to that IN the contract. These for
FIXTURES may be increased into penalties OF higher
amount, according TO the nature frequency OF the
failure and the Importance Of The mail.
| 6. Fines will be imposed unless the delinquency
lie satisfactorily explained IN due time, for failing to
take from, or deliver at, post oice,the mail, OF
any part Of IL for suffering It to be wet, injured
lost, or destroyed for conveying Il in place OF
manner that exposes il to depreciation loss inju-
ry for refusing after demand TO convey mail by
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 run
ming an express TO transmit commercial intelligence
in advance Of the mail, penalty will be exaeted
| equal 10 a quarters pay.
| T. The Postmaster General may unnul the con-
tract for repeated failures for violating the post Of
nee laws; for dlsobeying the instructions OF the de-
partment for refusing 10 discharge a carrier when
Iequlred 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
L Ia (aan .Ifas8 ha
and alter the schedule, he allowing pro rata in
crease of compensation, within the restrictions inl-
posed by Law, for the additional service required, OF
for the increased speed, il the employment Of addl
tOnal stock or carriers 10 rendered necessary but
| the contractor may, in such case, relinquish the
contract, ON timely notice, If he prefers it To the
change. The Postmaster General may also dscon-
tnue cnrtail the service, he allowing one months
extra pay OF the amount dispensed with.
! .. The payments viii be made through drafts on
post Offices Otherwise after the expiration of each
quarter, say in February, May August and Novem.
| Der.
10. The distances are given according to the best
information; but no Increased pay will be allowed
should they prove to be greater than is advertised II
| the places are correctly named
| III. The Postmaster General IL prohibited by law
| from knowingly making contract for the lrans-
portation of Tie mail ulh any person who shall
have entered into any Combination, or proposed to
enter into any combination, 10 prevent the making
OF any bid for mail contract by any other person
persons, or who shall have made any agreement, or
shall have given performed, or promised 10 give
| or perform, any consideration 10 do or not u do,
anything whatever to induce any other person not
| 10 bid for a mail contract PARTICULAR attention IS
called 10 the 2oth secon vi the act OF 1885, prohIb
! hung combinations to prevent bidding.
II. bud received after time, 10 wit: the 30lh
April next, al IN, or without the guarantee re-
qulred by law, or that combines several routes IN
| one sum Of compensation, cannot be considered in
composition with regular proposal, not adludged
10 be exuayagant.
| Is bidder may Offer where the transportation
called for IN the advertisement is difficult or im-
practicable at certain seasons, TO substitute all
inferior mode OF conveyance, or to lntermit ser.
vice specified number of days, weeks, or
months. lie may propose to omit an Office that
Is inaccessible, OF Is not on the stage road, the
railway, or at steamboat landing, as the case
may lie, or he may offer to substitute an infe-
rlor mode Of supply IN such lie may pro-
pose different days and hours of departure and ar
rival, provided no more running time Is asked, and
It's obvious that no mail copneXon other public
accommodation Is prsjudIced. He may ask for
more running time 10 the trip, during u specified
number of days, at certain seasons of peculiarly bad
| roads. But beyond these changes, proposal for
service different from the advertisement will pre- vent
its being considered in competition with a regular
bid not set aside for extravaganza; and where bid
contains any of the above alterations, their disad-
other proposals.
Ia There should be bu, one route bid for in
proposal.
Is. The route, the service, the yearly pay, the
bidders name and residence, ami the name or each
member VI 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,
nhert change from the advertisement isconempiaed
by the bidder.
81 Tor we, the may bel hereby propose
to carry the mail on No., from - TO ,
agreeably to advertisement, for per mnum."
Observe, that where the bidder intends to offer any
other mode of conveyance than horseback lie should
state it in terms in the bid.
l6. The following is the form of the guaranty
which should be filled, the irst blank with the name
of the guaanor, the second with that of the bidder
and the third and fourth with the beginning and ter
mlnatng points of the route; ard alter being dated
should be signed by the guaruntor, who must be
shown by the written certificate of postmaster or
other equally satisfactory testimonial, to he a 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
"Mail Proposals in the State of - written
on the face of the letter; and should be despstched