Iowa territorial gazette and advertiser. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa Territory [Iowa]) 1840-1846, 1846-02-28

t'on. iss.. Or injory; for refasir,v aer demand
convey mail by any coach, raifr sad car, Or stea
9 boat. which the contractor reeuls rly rams on q
2 ronte. beyo"d the specified numb~r Of trips
the contract; and for not arriving al the time 81
Aad Tor setting Up or running On express 70 sfan
mail. penalty will b exacted equal to > qda
. tiers p~y.
z. The Postmaster General may annul thu ro'
tract tor repeated failures; for vioatngthe 10.
offce laws; for disobeving the instructions Of q
depai tment; for refusing to discharge carrie
when required nv the department; for s.signin,
the contract without the consent Of the Postmas
ter General, or for setting up Or running an ex
press ne aforesaid.
.. The Postmaster General aay alter the con
tract. ard alter the schedule, he allowing pre-
rata increase Of compensation, within the re.trc-
tons imposed bv law, for the additional service
required. Or for the iacreassd speed. il the EN-.
ployment Of additional stock carriers is render
ed necessary; but the contractor may in such
case. re,iaqnish the contract on timely notice. il
he prefers il 40 the change. The Postmaster
General may also discontinue or curtail the SER
vice. he allowing months EXTRA pay on the
amount dispensed with.
3. Thes yments 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 iniora'atiou but NJ increased pay will be AL
lowed, should they prove 10 be greater than Is
advertised. il the places are correctly named.
i ~. he Postmaster General u prohibited ~
law from knowingly making . contract for the
transportation Of the mail with any person who
shall have entered into any combination, or pro-
posed to enter into any combination, TO prevent
the making Of am BIZ. for aaii contract by any
other person or persons. or who shall have made
any agreement. or shall have given or performed,
or promised 10 give or performed any considera.
tann ~ - "a u
induce any other person not 10 bid for mail con.
tract. Particular attention is called 10 the 28th
| section Of the at Of 1886, prohibiting combine
| tions to prevent bidding.
2. A bid received after time, to wit: the 30th
April next, at 3 NJ. or without the guarantee re.
| lared by law, or that combines several routes in
one sun Of compensation. cannot be considered in
composition with regular proposal, not adjudged
1 to be extravagant
13, bidder may Offer, where the importation
called tor n the advertisement is difficult inn
practicable at certain AeAsons. to substitute an
| inferior mode OF conveyance, or to intermit ser.
vice asPecifed number Of DAYS. weeks. or months
He may propose to omit an office that is insccessi.
BILE, or 10 not on the stage road, the railway, or at
a steamboat landing the case may be; or he
may ODER to substitute mn inferior mole VI supply
IN suchcases. He may propose different days anu
hours Of departure and arrival. provided more
running time is asked. and il is obvions that
mail connexion or other public accommod alton il
prejudiced. He may ask for more running time TO
the trip, during aspecIfed number Of days, at Ger
| tam seasons OF peculiarly bad roads. Rut beyond
these changes. proposition service dfe, ent from
the advertisement will prevent its being consider
ca IN composition with regular bid, not 81. aside
for extravagance; and where bid contains any or
the above alterations. their dsadv antages will be
estimated IN comparing il with other proposals.
IA. There should be but one route bid for in
proposal.
Is. The route. the service, the yearly pay. the
| D md no I'M n 2
Lne nber OF the firm, where company offers should
De distinctly stated-also the mode Of convey ance
u higher mode than on horseback is intended.
! The following may be used form for the bid.
tem7lated BY the bidder.
II Tor we. as the ease may be hereby propose
| to carry the mail ON No., from --to
-, agreeahiy to advertisement. for
per annum." Observe. that where the bidder in
tends to offer any other mode Of conveyance than
horseback he should Stat. it in terms in the bid.
10. The following is the form Of the guar
anty 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 terminating
points OF the route; and after being dated,
shoald be signed by tire guarantor, who must
| DC shown by the written ceuife te Of post
master, Or o'her equally satisfactory testi-
monials 10 ne man Of property, and able to
make good his guaranty. This guaranty, 90
cert.hed, should accompany each bid.
"The undersigned---gn that
-. If bis bid for carrying the mail
from - -- be accepted by the
Postmaster General, --.hail en,et into
an obligation prior to the frs. day Of July
next, with good and sufficient surities, to
perform the service proposed.
II. The bid should Be sent under seal. al.
4 dreaa00 he
General, with ANAL Proposals in the State
OF -," written on :ho face Of the LETT
ter: and should be despatched ia time to be
received by or before the 30th April next, At
9 o'cluck, m.
Is. The contracts arc to be executed be-.
fore the lst July next.
-. Postmastcss 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 exact distance from the railroad
depot, and how otherwise supplied with the
mail, 10 enable the Postmaster General to di
rect tae proper supply 10 be made from the
railroad BY mail messengers, from and after
the lst July next.
| 20. Under the oct Of Sd March, 1916, tho
route is to be let 10 the lowest bidder, ten
dsring SUFFICIENT guarantees for faithful per.
/ torrance. without other reference TO the
mode Of transportation than may be neces.
sary 10 provide for the due CELEBRITY, certain.
~, and security Of such transportation. And
| the new contractor is not required 20 pur-
chase out, Or take at a valuation the stock or
| vehicles Of the previous contractor.
When the lowest bid proposes mode or
conveyance that is inadequate for tho route
in respect 10 the certainty, security, and ce.
erity Of the mails, aside from any accommo-
dation for travel, il will not be entitled TO the
| route.
q. When the bid does not name mode
! Of conveyance, il will be taken and under
stood 10 be for the lowest mode Of convey.
| ancs, 10 wit: on horecb back. When it pro-
poses to carry according to the advertise
ment. and 10 mode Of conveyance is stated
| tor the route in the advertisement, it will be
considered as o6eriny only for horseback
| conveyance. When the advertisement uses
the term stconveysnce in rwo-horse coaches,
or in four horse coaches arc invited,D Or
| proposals 70 carry in two-horse coaches
will be considered," or the like expressions
in the bid, '.accordlng TO the ad, erusem mt"
will not DO understood as referring to the
mode mentioned in such invitation. If the
bidder intends to propose for the mode Of
| cunveyanc stated in tn. invitation, he should
name il nlerms IN his bid.
| -. Since the passage Of the act Of March
Sd, iS45,.a new description Of bid has been
/ received. 1t specifics no mode Of convey
snce, but engages TO carry the mail with
certainty, celenly, and security, using the
i ,erms OF the law. Thesc bids are called,
from the manner in which they are des,gna-
| ted on the books ot the department.. ssrAR
BIDS.0 Ii has been decided. after mature