State journal & flag., 1846-03-20
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1 running an express to transmit commercial inelli gence in advance of the mai penalty will be ex- acted equal to quarters pay.
 1 2. The Postmaster general may annul the con- tract for repeated failures for violating the post of flee laws for dsobeyng the instructions of the de- pertinent; for refusing to discharge carrier when required by the department; for assigning inc con- tract without the of the Postmaster Gener. a or for setting up or running express as aore. said.
 l 8. The Postmaster General may alter the cons tract, and alter the schedule, he allowing pro rata increase of compensation, within the restrictions imposed by law, for the additional service required, or for the increased speed, if the employment of ad. ditlonal stock or carriers is rendered necessary but the contractor may in such case, relinqush the contract on timely notice, if he prefers it to the change. The Postmaster General may also dis continue or curtail the service, he allowing one 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.
 lO The distances are given according to the best information but no increased pay will be alowedy should they prove to be greater than is advertised, II the places are correctly named. II. The Postmaster General is prohibited by law from knowingly making contract for the transpor. ation of the mail with any person who shall have entered into any combination or proposed 10 enter | bid tor mall contract by any other person or per- sons, or who shall have made any agreement. or shall have gwen or performed, or promised 10 give or perform, any consideration to do, or not 10 do anything whaeverito induce any other person not to bid Tor mail contract. Particular attention is called to the 18th section of the of 1s36 prohih lung combinations to prevent bidding
 l2. bid received after time, 10 wit the oOtf April next, at 5 m, or without the guarantee re. quired by law. or that combines several routes i. one sum of compensation, cannot be considered in competition with regular proposal, not adjudged l to be exlravagant.
 ] l3 A bidder may offer, where the transportation caied Tor Tn the advertisement IS difficult iui- practicable at certain seasons to substitute all in~ | feror mode of conveyance, to inlelm service a 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 10 substitute an inferior mode of supply in such cases He may propose different days and hours l Of departure and arrival, provided no more Running tune IS asked and Il Is obvious that no mail connex- | Ion or other public accommodation is preiudiced, lie may ask for more running time to the tnp. dur Ing specified number of days, at certain seasons of peculiarly bad roads. But beyond these changes, proposal for service different from the advertise ment will prevent its being considered in competi- l llon With regular bid, not aside for axlraya- gance; and where bid contains any of the above alterations, their disadvantages will be esmatedi in compar ing t with other proposals 1 IA There should be but one route bid for in a proposal.
 l5. The route, the service, the yearly pay, the bidders name and residence, and the name of each member Of the firm, where a company offers, should be distinctly slaled-aso the mode of conveyance. ii higher mode than on horseback is intended.
 The following may be used as form for the bid, aohere no change from the advertisement IS con- tempiated by the bidder.
 'l Tor we, as the case may bel hereby propose | to carry the mail onNo.-' from to- agreeabiy to advertisement, for g 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.
 16. The following is the form of the guarantee which should be filled, the first blank with the name of the guarantor, the second with that of the bid- d& and the third and fourth with the beginning and terminating points of the route; and afier be- ing dated, should be signed by the guarahtor who must be shown by the written certificate of post master, other equally satisfactory testimonial to be man ofproperty and able to make good his 1 guaranty. This guaranty, so certified, should ac- | company each bid.
 "Ihe undersigned - guaran,es that-, It hls bld for carrying lhe mail from 10
 - be accepted by the Postmaster General - shall enter into obligation prior 10 the frst day of July next, with good and sufficient | ties, 10 perform the service proposed.
 "Dated -"
 IT. 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 be despatched in time to be received by or before the Both April next l at o'clock, m.
 Ie The contracts are 10 be executed before the lst July next.
 l9. Postmasters at offices situated upon or near railroads, but more than eighty rods from depot Iaf aft fha 0fh Max that fact to the department stating their exact dis tancc from the railroad depot, ard how otherwise supplied with the mail, 10 enable the Postmaster General to direct the proper supply to be made from the railroad by mail messengers, from ann af. ter the 1st July next
 2O Under the act of Sd March, 1s45, the route is to be let to the lowest bidder, rendering sufficient guaranles for faithful performance, without other reference 10 the mode of transportation than may be necessary to provide for the due ceery, certain. ty, and security of such transportation. And the new conlrac,oris is not required 10 purchase out or take at valuation the stock or vehicles of the pre-. vious contractor.
 1 When the lowest bid proposes a mode of convey- ance that is inadequate for the route in respect to the certainty, security, and ceerily of the mails aside from any accommodation for travel, it will no be entitled to the ioute.
 l 2l. When the bid does not name mode sf cons veyance, ii will be taken and understood to be for the lowest mode of conveyance, to w;t: on horse- back. When 1t proposes to carry according to the advertisement, and no mode of conveyance is stated for the in the advertiseDent. will be consid- cred as offering only fnse horseback conveyance. When the advertisement mt uses the term sconveyance in horse coaches, in four horse coaches are inved," or 'proposals to carry in two-horse coach- es will be considered" the like expressions in the bid, according to the advertisement" will not be understood referring to the mode mentioned in such invitation. 1.-the bidder intends 10 propose for the mode of conveyance stated in the invitation, he should name it in terms in his bid. %. Since the passage of the act of March Sd l645, new description of bid has been received. It specifics mode of conveyance. but engages to carry the mail with certainty, celery, and security. using the terms of the law. These bids called, from the manner in which they are designated on the books of the department, ''star bids" It has been decided, after mature consideration, that bid proposing specific mode of conveyance of as high grade as two horse-coach transportation is to be preferred to the star bid. The experience of the department enables it to lay down the following rules, viz
 When the mail on the route is not so large as to require two-horse coach conveyance, star bid, if the lowest, will be preferred to the specific bid.