Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1847-02-19

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agents Of the department on the Exemption of,h.:
credentials, are to be conveyed without fpr,Sal
charge on mali lines admitting of such convss
ance. "
4. Mail agents are to be convened u;,,
charge on the principal railroad and stean aliOOs
lines, where the size of he mails and the nnnN
of the officers will require their employmen.
the department; and in that case. a sena,o.y
partment for the asserting and safe-keepino1 os.
mail is to be provided by the contractor, unaa,%
direction of the department.
5. In all casee there is to be forfeiture a.,
pay of the trip, when the trip is not run: fo.e
ture of at least one-fourth part of it when tba '
hing or arrived is far behind time as to oss.
connexion with depending mail and forfe; ms
of due proportion of it when grade of co..
is rendered inferior to that in the contract TIC
forfeitures may be increased into penalties of.tse
er amount, according to the nature or freonassu
of the failure and the importance of the mail
s Fines will be imposed, unless the delnor,
cy be satisfactorily explained in due time s01 s,
ing to take from, or deliver of, a post Office ~
mail, any part of it; for suffering it to be sa.
injured, lost or destroyed; for conveying il ;U
place or manner that exposes it to depredat;a1
loss, or injury; for refusing after demand to co.,
vey mail by any coach, railroad car, or s,eora
boat, which the contractor regularly runs on IL.
route beyond the specified number of trims in IL
contract and for not arriving at the time sci; .ns
for setting up or running an express to transm;.;
commercial Intelligence in advance of the mail =
penalty will be exacted equal to quarters nav
Z. The Postmaster General may annul the %,
tract for repeated failures for violating the nos.
office laws; for disobeying the instructions Of H."
department; for refusing to discharge carrie,
when required by the department; for assigning
the contract without the consent OF the Postmas.
ter General, or for setting up or running an er.
press as aforesaid.
s. The Postmaster General may alter the cor.-
tract, and alter the schedule. he allowing a uro
rata increase OF compensation within the reslric.
tons imposed by law, for the additional service re.
quired. or for the increased speed, if the employ
ment of additional stock carriers is rendered ne.
cessary but the contractor may, in rsuch case re-
linquish the contract. timely notice. if he pre-
fers it TO the change. The Postmaster General
may annul the contract curtaiI 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 on the route, he allowing one
months extra pay on the amount dispensed with,
9. he 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 al.
veftised, if the places correctly named.
| IL. The Postmaster General is prohibited BY
law from knowingly making q contract for the
transportation of the mail with any person who
shall have entered into any combination or lro.
posed to enter into any combination, to prevent
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other person or 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, 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 1896, prohibiting combinations to
prevent bidding.
H. bid received after time, to wit =: the 10th
March next, at 9 m, or without the guaranty re.
quired by law, or that combines several routes in
one sum OF compensation cannot be considered
In competition with regular proposal not ad.
judged 10 be extravagant.
IS. A bidder may Offer where the transportation
called fer in the advertisement is difficult or i'm.
practicable at certain seasons to substitute an in
feror mode of conveyance, or to intermit service
specified number of days, weeks, or months. He
may propose to omit an Office that's inaccessible
or is not on the stage road, the railway, or at a
steamboat landing, as the may be; or he may
offer 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 connection or other public accommodation is
prejudiced. He may ask for more running time
to the trip, during a specified number of days, al
certain seasons of peculiarly bad roads but be.
You'd these changes proposal for service different
from the advertisement will prevent its being con.
sldered in competition with regular bid not sci
, aside for extravaganza; and where bid contains
any the above alterations. their disadvantage
will be estimated in comparing it with other pro.
posals.
ID. There should be blu. one route bid for in a
proposal.
, Is. The route, the service the yearly pay the
bidders name and residence, and the name ofeach
member of the firm, where company offers
: should be distinctly stated-aso the mode of con-
veyance, if higher mode than on horseback il
intended.
IT, The bid should be sent under SEAL address
o ed to the First Assistant Postmaster General witt
i Mail proposals in the State of -" writer
the face Of the letter and should he despatched
in time to be received by or before the 10th Murcl
next, at 9 o'clock, m.
=
fore the LIST Jul next.
!. IS. Postmasters at Offices situated upon or nes
4 railroads, but more than eighty rods from depot
Il will, Immediately after the list April next rppor
that fact TO the department. stating their axacd dis
4 lance from the railroad depot and how otherwis
supplied with the mail, to enable the Postmaste
a General to direct the proper supply to be mad
from the railroad by mail messengers, from an
a after the LIST July next.
l9. Under the act of Sd March, l845. the rout
Z is to be let to the lowest bidder, rendering stuff
Gent guarantees for faithful performance. withOu
"A othe: reference to the mode of Transportation tina
may be necessary TO provide for the due CELEBRITY
K certainty. and security of such transportation.
When the lowest bid proposes mode of dor
k veyance that is inadequate for the route in resprt
to the certainty, security, and celebrity the mail
k. aside from any accommodation for travel, it WI
not be entitled 70 the roue
+ 20. When the sid does not name mode
conveyance. it will he taken and understood TO b
I'd for the lowest mode of conveyance wit hOrs
back. When it proposes to carry according
i the advertisement and no mode of conveyance
stated for the route in the advertisement, it will
X considered as offering only for horseback conve
ance
nd 2l. Since the passage of the act of March
ls45 new description Of bid has been receive
nd 1t specifies no mole Of conveyance, hut engages
carry the mail with certainty CELEBRITY and secuT
leg ty. using the terms of the law. These bids a
called, from the manner in which they are desl
nd mated on the books of the department, 'star 6a'
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