Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1846-12-25

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agents of the department. on the exhibition ofbo;.
credentials, are to be conveyed WITHOUT fnrh
charge, on mail lines admitting of such COW
ance.
4. Mail agents are to be convened wibo.,
charge on the principal railroad and steamhOs.'
lines, where the size of he mails and the numbas
of the officers will require their employment h.
the department; and in that case, a separate
partment for the asserting and safe-keeping of H.
mail is to be provided by the contractor, under tbs
direction of the departments
S. In all casee there is % be forfeiture Of H..
pay of the trip, when the trip is not run; fo,s;
ture of at least one-fourth part of it when the mn
ming arrived is SO far behind time to losse fl.
connexion with depending mail and forfein,o
of a due proportion of it when grade of serv;.o
is rendered inferior to that in the contract b..S
forfeitures may be increased into penalties ofbicb
er amount according to the nature or freonana.
of the failure and the Importance of the mail.
6 Fines will be imposed, unless the delinoue,
cy be satisfactorily explained in due time. for fail
ing 10 take from, or deliver at, post Office ,bo
mail, or any part of it. for suffering it to be we,
injured, lost or destroyed; for conveying it in
place manner that exposes it to depreciation
loss, or injury for refusing after demand to con.
vey mail by any coach, railroad car, or steam.
route beyond the specified number of trips in the
contract and for not arriving at the time set; and
for setting up or running an express to transmit
commercial intelligence in advance of the mail,
penalty will be exacted equal to quarters paw.
Z. The Postmaster General may annul the con-
tract for repeated failures for violating the pos
office laws for disobeying the instructions of the
department; for refusing to discharge carrier
when required by the department; for assigning
the contract without the consent OF the Postmas.
ter General, or for setting up or running an ex-
press as aforesaid
8. The Postmaster General may alter the con-
tract, and alter the schedule, he allowing a pro
rata increase OF compensation. within the restric
tons imposed by law, for the additional service re-
quired, or for the increased speed, if the employ
ment of additional stock or carriers is rendered ne
cessary but the contractor may, in rsuch case re-
linquish the contract. on timely notice, if he pre-
fers it to the change. The Postmaster General
may annul the contract or curtail the service and
pay when he wishes to dispense with the service
in whole or in part or place higher or different
grade of service the route he allowing enc
months 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
November.
10. The distances are given according to the
best information but no increase pay will be al
lowed should they prove to be greater than is adj
vertised, if the places are correctly named.
IL. The Postmaster General is prohibited by
law from knowingly making a contract for the
transportation of the mail with any person who
shall have entered into any combination, or pro.
posed to etIlaf ifito any combination, to prevent
the making of any bid for mail contract by any
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any agreement, or shall have given or performed,
or promised to give or perform, any consideration
to do, or not to do, anything whatever to induce
any other person not to bid for mail contract
Particular attention is called to the 2eth section
of the act of 1886, prohibiting combinations to
prevent bidding.
IL. A bid received after time, to wit: the 10th
March next, at a IN, or without the guaranty re-
qured by law, or that combines several routes in
one sum of compensation, cannot be considered
in competition with regular proposal not adj
judged TO be extravagant.
Is. bidder may offer, where the transportation
called for in the advertisement is difficult or i'm
practicable at certain seasons to substitute an in
ferior mode of conveyance or to irtermit service
specified number of DAYS, weeks, or months He
may propose to omit office that's inaccessible,
or is not on the stage road, the railway, or at
steamboat landing, as the case may be or he may
otter 10 substitute an inferior mode of supplying in
such cases. He may propose different days and
hours of departure and arrival, provided no more
running time is asked, and it is obvious that no
mail connexion or other public accommodation is
prejudlced. He may ask for more running time
to the trip, during specified number of days, at
certain seasons of peculiarly bad roads; but be-
You'd these changes proposal for service different
from the advertisement will prevent its being con-
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aside tor extravaganza; and where a bid contains
any of the above alterations. their disadvantages
will be estimated in comparing it with other pro-
posals.
ID. There should be but one route bid for in q
proposal.
Is. The route, the service, the yearly paw, the
bidders name and residence, and the name ofeach
member OF the firm, where a COMPANY offers,
should be distinctly stated-also the mode of con.
veyance, if higher mode than on horseback is
intended.
Is. The bid should be sent under seal, address.
ed to the First Assistant Postmaster General, with
" Mail proposals in the State of -" written
on the face of the letter; and should tie despatched
in time to be received by or before the 10th March
next at 9 o'clock, m
!, II. The contracts are to be executed by or be-
fore the lst July next.
10 osIiLIdslSIS dt OLlceS situated upon or neal
railroads, but more than eighty rods from depot
will, Immediately after the list April 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
after the LIST July next.
10. Under the act of Sd March, 1915 the route
is to be let to the lowest bidder, rendering sufi
cient guarantees for faithful performance, withou
Other reference to the mode of transportation thai
may be necessary TO provide for the due CELEBRITY
certainty, and security of such transportation.
When the lowest bid proposes mode of con
veyance that is inadequate for the route in respec
to the certainty, security, and celebrity of the mail.
!, aside from any accommodation for travel, it vii
not be entitled to the route
!. 20. When the bid does not name mode O
conveyance, it will be taken and understood to b
for the lowest mode of conveyance to wit OF horse
back. When it proposes to carry according
the advertisement, and no mode of conveyance
stated for the route in the advertisement it will
considered as offering only for horseback convey
ance.
d FL. Since the passage of the act of March
ls45, new description of bid has been received
1t specifies no mode Of conveyance, but engagest
carry the mail with certainty, celebrity, and secur
IS ty, using the terms of the law. These bids ar
called, from the manner in which thew are desie