The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1846-04-01

I g. The.mail il to be conveyed in preference TO
passengers, and TO thsr entire exclusion ifis weight
and bulk require il.
g. Post Office blanLs rnAil-bags and the specia
agents OF the department. on the exhibition OF their
credentials, are TO DO conveyed without further
| charge on mail lines admitting OF such conveyance
| a. Mail agents are to be conveyed without charge
on the principal railroad and steamboat lines where
the size Of tina mails and the number of the Offices
Will require their employment by tho department
and IN that case separate apartment for the assori
ing and saie-keepng Of the mail is to be provided
by the contractor under the direction Of the depart
ment.
8. In all cases, there is to be forfeiture Of the
pay of the trip, when the trip 10 not run; forfeiture
OF least one fourth part Of it, when the running
OF arrival is far behind time as to lose the con-
nexion with depending mail and forfeiture OF a
due proportion OF IT, when grade Of service is rem
dered inferior TO that in the contract These for
FIXTURES may be increased into penalties Of higher
amount according to the nature or frequency Of the
| failure and the importance Of the mail.
| g. Fines will be imposed, unless the delinquency
lie satisfactorily explained in due tme for failing to
| take from, or deliver at, post office, the mail, or
any part Of il for suffering it TO be wet, injured
lost or destroyed for conveying il in place or
manner that exposes II TO Depreciation loss, inju-
| ry for refusing after demand 10 convey mail by
any coach, railroad car, steamboat, which the
contractor regularly runs on the route, beyond the
specified number Of trips in the contrac and for not
arriving at the time set. And for setting up run
ming express to transmit commercial intelligence
in advance Of the mail, a penalty will DO exaeted
| equal TO a quarters pay.
7. The Postmaster General may annul the con-
tract for repeated faures for violating the post Of
nee laws; for disobeyng the instructions of the de-
partment; Tor refusing 10 discharge a carrier when
required 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
8. The Postmaster General may alter the contract,
and alter the schedule, he allowing pro rata in
crease Of compensation, within the restrictions i'm
posed by law, for the additional service required or
for the increased speed, il the employment of add-
tlona stock carriers Is rendered necessary; but
the contractor may in such case, renquish the
contract, on timely notice, II he prefers il to the
change. The Postmaster General may also discon-
tinue cnTtaI the service, he allowing one month 3
extra pay on the amount dispensed with
3. The Payments will be made through drafts on
post Offices otherwise after the expiration of each
quarter, say in February, May, August and Noyem-
Der.
10. The distances are given according 10 the best
information; but no increased pay will be allowed,
should they prove to be greater than advertised il
| the places correctly named.
IL. The Postmaster General is prohibited by law
from knowingly making contract for the trans
| portation Of the mail with any person who shall
have entered into any combination, or proposed TO
enter into any combination, TO 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 or performed or promised TO give
or perform, any consideration to do, or not to do
| nything whatever 10 induce any other person not
to Did for mail contract. Particular attention is
called 10 the 25th section Of the act Of 1885, prohb
| lung combinations 10 prevent bidding.
| II. bid received after time, TO witt the 30th
| April next, at 9 m, without the guarantee
| CURED by law, that combines several routes in
AM If mi he in
competition with regular proposal, not adjudged
| TO be extIavagant.
10 A bidder may offer, where the transportation
| called for in the advertisement is difficult inn
practicable at certain seasons, TO substitute an
| inferior mode Of conveyance, or TO lntermit ser
vice a specified number of days, weeks, or
months. He may propose to omit an Office that
is inaccessible, or II not on the stage road, the
| railway, or at steamboat landing, as tho case
may he; or he may offer to substitute infe-
nor mode Of supply in such cases. He may pro-
pose different days and hours of departure and
rival, provided no more running time is asked, and
tits obvious that mail connexion or other public
! accommodation Is prejudleed. He may ask for
| more running time to the trip, during specified
number Of days. certain seasons of peculiarly bad
| roads. But beyond these changes, proposal for
service different from the advertisement will prevent
| Its being considered in composition with regular
bid not set aside for extravaganza; and where bid
contains any Of the above alterations their dsad-
| NanteSes VIII pe estimated LII comparing IL with
| other proposals.
IA. There should be but one route bid for in
proposal 70
Is. The route, the service, the yearly pay, the
bidders name and residence, and the name OF each
| member of the firm, where company offers should
be distinctly stated-also the mode of conve ance
if higher mode than on horseback is intended.
The following may be used os form for the bid,
tShers no change from the advertisement is contemplated
by the bidder
81 Tor we, as the case may bel hereby propose
to carry the mail on No., from - to -,
agreeably to advertisement, for 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.
l6. The following is the form of the guaranty
which should be filed, the first blank with the name
of the guaranor the second with that of the bidder
and the third and fourth with the beginning and
mlnatng points of the route; 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 man
Of property, and able to make good his guaranty.
This guaranty, so certified, should accompany each
1.-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 surees
to perform the service proposed.
dated -"
II. The bid should be sent under SEAL addressed
to the First Assistant Postmaster General, with
EMAIL 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 30th April
next, at o'clock, m.
Is. The contracts are to be executed before the
lst July next.
10. Postmasters at offices situated upon or near
railroads, but more than eighty rods from a 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 af-
ter the LIST July next
90. Under the act of Sd March, 1s45, the route is
to be let to the lowest bidder, rendering sufficient
guarantees for faithful performance, without other
reference to the mode Of transportation 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
take at valuation the stock vehicles of the pre-
vious contractor.
When the lowest bid pronoses n mode of conve,,-