The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1846-01-22

4 g. The'raaA IA to be conveyed In preference to
passengers, and to their entire exclusion II its weight
\ and bulk require II, q ea- .-sI Has-1 ~ ..
| 8. Post Office blanks, .mail-bags and the spscia
agents OF the department, the exhibition Of their
credentials, are to be. conveyed without further
charge on mail lines admitting Of sach ronseyancc-
| L. Mail SCENTS are TO lie conveyed without charge
on the principal railroad and steamboat lines, where
the size OF the mails and the number of the Offices
will require their employment by tho department
and in that case separate apartnlent for the assert
| ing and safe-keeping of the mail Is 10 DO provided
by the contractors under the direction Of the depart
| nent. 400 ..-.E ...aI. r-.g .
s. In all cases, there is 10 be forfeiture of the
pay Of the trip when the tr not run; forfeiture
OF al least one fourth part Of II, when the running
or arrival il 30 far behind time as 10 lose the con-
reHI1n with depending mail; and forfeiture Of e
due proportion OF H. when grade OF service Is ren-
dered interior to that In the contract. These for
fixtures may be increased into per allies Of higher
amount, according to the nature frequency OF the
| failure and the importance of the mail
| 3. Fines will be imposed, unless The delinquency
lie satisfactorily explained in due time, for failing to
take from, or deliver at, post Office, the mail, or
any part Of IL for suffering IL TO be wet injured,
lost, or destroyed for conveying IL in u place
manner that exposes u TO depreciation, loss, inu-
| ry for refusing after demand to convey mail by
any COACH railroad car, steamboat, which the
contractor regularly runs on the route, beyond the
i
arriving at the time set. And for setting up or run.
| ming an express 10 transmit commercial intelligence
IN advance of the mail, a penalty will be exaeied
| equal to quarters pay.
| T. The Postmaster General may hnnu the con-
tract for repeated failures for violating the posi- Of
nee laVsI for disobeying the instructions OF the de-
partment for refusing To discharge q carrier when
| required by the department. for assigning the con-
tract without the consent of the Postmaster General
or for senas up or running an express as aforesaid
| g. The Postmaster General may alter the contract,
aud alter the schedule, he allowing pro rata in
crease of compensation, within the reslrictions i'm
posed by Law, for the additional service required or
Tor the increased speed, il the employment Of addi-
tonal stock or carriers Is rendered necessary bat
| the contractor may, in such case, TelinauIsh the
contract, on timely notice, If he prefers IT TO the
\ change The Postmaster General may also discon
tnue cnTlnu the service, he allowing one months
exIra pay on tbs amount dispensed with.
| o. The ayments will be made through drafts on
post offices or otherwise, after the pTaton of each
quarter, say in February, May, August and Novem-
Der.
10. The distances are gwen according TO the best
| intormauoni but no Increased pay Will be allowed
should they prove TO be greater than is advertised, ii
the places correctly named.
II. The Postmaster General is prohibited by law
from knowingly making contract for the uans-
portatIon Of the mail with any person who shall
| have entered into any combination, or proposed TO
enter into any combination, 10 prevent the making
OF any bud tor mail contract by any other person or
persons, who shall have made any agreement, or
shall have given or performed or promised to give
| or perform, any consideration TO do, or not 10 do,
anything whatever " 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 TO prevent bidding.
| II. bid received after time, TO wit: the 30th
| April next, at Ia IN, or without the guarantee
qured by law, or that combines several routes In
1 one sum Of compensation, cannot be considered in
competition with regular proposal, not edjudgcd
| TO be exuayagant
10. A bidder may offer, where the transportation
called for in the advertisement is difficult or I'M
practicable at eeran seasons, TO substitute an
| Inferior mode OF conveyance, TO intermt
vice specified number or days, weeks, or
| months. He may propose to omit Office that
Is inaccessible, or Is not on the stage road the
| railway, or at a steamboat landing, the case
| may he; or he may offer to substitute an ne-
| rior mode OF supply In such cases He may pro-
pose different days and hours of departure ana ar
| rival, provided no more running time is asked, and
| lis obvious that no mail connexion or other public
| accommodation is prejudiced. He may ask for
more running time TO the trip, during d 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 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.
| a. 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 Of each
member of the firm, where company offers, should
be distinctly stated-aso the mode Of conveyance,
if higher mode than on horseback is intended.
The following may be used as a form for the bid
rhers no change from the advertisement is contemplated
/ BY The bidder.
Il Tor we, as tho case may bel hereby propose
TO carry the mail on No., from - 10 -,
agreeably TO advertisement, for per annum. I"
Observe, that where the bidder intends 10 offer any
other mode of conveyance than horseback he should
state II in terms in the bid.
l6. The following is the form of the guaranty
which should be filed the first blank with the name
of the guarantor the second with that of the bidder,
and the third and fourth with the beginning and
minatng points of the routes ard after being dated,
should be signed by the guarantor, who must be
shown by the written certificate Of postmaster, or
other equally satisfactory testimonial, TO be a man
Of property, and able to make good his guaranty. |
This guaranty, 30 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 -" '.-. S.a VT
II. The bid should be sent under seal, addressed
to the First Assistant Postmaster General, with
small Proposals in the State Of -" written
on the face Of the letter; and should be despatched
in time TO be received by before the 3Oth April
nexl, at 9 o'clock, m. ~
ls. The contracts are to be executed before the
lat July next .,....--.. 49,. q.
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 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 at
ter the LIST July next.
90. Under The act Of Sd March, le45, the route is
to be let to the lowest bidder, rendering sufficient
guarantees for faithful performance, without other
reference to the mode Of trans oration 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