Iowa territorial gazette and advertiser., 1846-02-07

hoat. which the contractor regularly runs on tn,
route- beyond the apeci6ed number Of trips il
the contracts and for not arriving al the time set
Add for setting mp or running an express to trans
nit: Commercial Intelligence ia advance Of th<
mail. penalty will be exacted equal to quar-
Tiers paw.
T. = The Postmaster General may snnul the con.
teect for repeated failures; for violating the post.
depai tment: for refusing to discharge carrier
when required bv the departments; for assigning
the contract without the consent Of the Postmas-
ter General. or for setting up Or running an ex-
press aforesaid,
| s. The Postmaster General may after the con-
tract. and alter the schedule. he allowing pro
rata Increase of cosnpensaton, within the rest-tc-
tons imposed bv law. for the additional service
rsqnired. or for the increased speed IL the en-
rloyment OF additional stock or carriers is render
Ell necessary; but the contractor may In such
case, relnqnish the contract. on timely notice II
| he prefers it to the change. The Postmaster
General may also discontinue or curtail the SER
vice. he allowing one months extra pay on the
amount dispensed with.
9.FThe Spa yments will be made through drafts
on post oihces Or otherwise, after the expiration
OF each quarter, say in February, May. August
and November.
10. The distances are given according to the
best ntormaioa: hut incre ased paw will t,s AL
lowed, should they prove to be greater than is
advertised. Vt the PLACES correc ty named.
II. The Postmaster General is prohibited by
law from knowingly making contract for the
transportation Of the mail with ary pe rscn Who
shat have entered into any combination, or pro-
posed to enter into any combination, to prevent
the making of anv bid for mail contract by any
other person or persons. or who shall have ma le
any agreement. or shall have given or performed,
or promised to give or performed any considera-
tion to do. or not to do, any thing whatever to
induce any other person not 10 bid for mail con-
tract Particular attention is called to the 2Sth
section of the at of 1886, prohibiting combina
tions to prevent bidding.
2. bid received after time. to wit: the 30th
April next. al m. or without the guarantee re-
}uirsd by law, or that combines several routes in
one sun of compensation. cannot be considered in
| competition with regular proposal, no, adjudged
to be extravagant
l3, A bidder may offer. where the transportation
called for in the advertisement is difficult or i'm
practicabie at certain seasons. to substitute an
interior mode of conveyance, or to intermit SER
vice specified number Of d,ys. weeks. or months
tie may propose to omit office that IS inaccessi-
ble or is not the stage road. the railway, or at
| a Steamboat landing as the case may be; or he
may offer to substitute inferior mode of supply
in, such ases. He may propose different days and
hours OF departure and arrival, provided more
running time is asked and il is obvious thet no
mail connexion or other public accommodation. IS
nrtJudiced. He may ask for more running time TO
the trip. during specified number Of days, a, Ger
tafa seasons of peculiarly bad roads. Rut beyond
these changes, proposal for service different from
ed in competitions with regular Did, not set aside
fer extravaganza and where a bid contains any Of
the above alterations their disadvantages will be
estimated IN comparing it with other proposals
-. There should be but one route bid ior IN
PROPOSAL.
IS. The route, the service the yearly nay. the
b bldders name and residence and the name q each
member OF the firm. where company oilers sshou'o
be distinctly stated-aiso the mode OF conveyance
it higher mode Than on horseback is intended.
he saii he I'D n form n IA,
where no change from: the aduert,sem ent Is con
tsm2lafed by ,tc bidder.
II Tor we, as the rase may be hereby propose
to carry the mail on Mo-. from TO
-. agreeably to advertisement 70!
per annum." Observe, that where the bidder m
tends to offer any ether mode Of conveyance than
horseb he should stats it in terMs ~ the D'a.
l6. The following is the form o. the guar
anty which should be filled, the first blank
with the name Of the guarantor, the second
with that of the bidder, and the third ana
fourth with the beginning and terminating
points OF the route; and after being dated,
should be signed by tue gnarantor, W no must
De shown by the written certificate OF post
master, or o'her equally satisfactory testi-
monial, TO be man of property, and able to
make good his guaranty. This guaran,ys so
certified. should accompany each hid.
"ihe Undersigned that
if his bid 70. carrying the mail
from -- to - be accepted by the
Postmaster General, -shall enter into
an obligation prior to the frs day Of July
next, with good and sufficient sutities, 10
Peiiorm the service proposed.
cDated
~. The bid should bc sent under seal, ad-
dressed TO tho First Assistant Postma aster
General. with EMAIL Proposals n the State
OF -" written on :he face Of the let
ter; and should be despatched ia time TO be
received by or before the 30th April next, at
9 O'clock, m.
l. l8. The contracts arc to be executed be-
fore the let July next.
10. Postmas,ers at Offices situated upon or
near railroads, but more than eighty rods
from depot, will Immediately after tn q lO.h
May next, report that fact to the department,
stating their exact distance from the railroad
depot, and how otherwise supplied with the
mail, 10 enable the Postmaster General to di :.
rect the proper supply to be made from the
railroad by mail messengers, :rom and after
the 1st July next.
20. Under the act Of Sd March, 1s45, the
route is to be let to the lowest bidder, ten
dsring sufficient gnaranties for faithful per-
totmance. without other reference TO The
mode Of transportation than may be neces-
sary to provide for the due celcrtv, certain.
ty, and security Of such tran sportation. And
the new contractor is not required 10 pur-
chase out, or take at a va,ua.ion the stock or
vehicle Of the previous contractor
/ When the lowest bid proposes mode of
| convey ance that is inaJequate for the route
in respect to the certainty, eecurity, and ce-
lerity Of the mails, aside from any accommo-
dstion for travel. it will not be emitted 10 the
route.
Fl. When the bid docs not name a mode
Of conve. ance, it will be taken and UNDER
st0sd 10 be Tor the lowest mode of convey.
ance, to wit: on horseback Whe a il pro-
| poses to carry according to the adveft,sc-
ment. and 10 mode Of conveyance is stated
tor the route in the advertisement, il will be
consldered as offering only for horseback
| conveyance. When the advertisement uses
the term "conveya vance in ,wo-horse coaches,
or in four horse coaches are invited,n or
s.proposals to carry in two-horse coaches
will be cOnsidered," or the like expressions
in the bid, s.according to the adv ertlsemen,''
will not be understood as referring 10 the
bidder intends to propose tor the mode Of
conveyance stated n the invitation, he should
| name 1t in terms in his bid. ,
i - Since the passage Of the act Of March
Sd, IS45, new description Of bid has been
received. 1t specifics no mode of convey
snce, but engages 10 carry the mail with
certainty, celerlty, and security, using the
terms OF the law. These bids are called,
l.irnm the manher in which they are destgna.
ted on the books OF the department., s.srIR
BIDS" II has been decided, atteE mature
. lcsnsi deration, that a Did proposing a specit
tic mode Of conveyance OF as high grade a.
| two-horse coach transportation Is.to be pre-