Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1847-01-15

agents OF the department, cn the exhibition of,h.
credentials, are to be conveyed without funba'
charge. on mail lines admitting of such conras
ance.
4. Mail agents are to be conveyed with.
charge on the principal railroad and s,eamhOta'
lines, where the SIZE of he mails and the NUM-
of the officers will require their employmen,
the department; and in that ease, a separ.,.y
partment for the asserting and safe-keepinp off,
mail is to be provided by the contractor. under ~
direction of the department.
5. In all casee there is to be forfeiture nc.
pay of the trip, when the trip is not run; fo,e:
ture of at least one-fourth part of it when the ~
ming or arrived is so far behind time as to losso
connexion with depending mail ard forfe.S we
of due proportion of it when a grade of sprr:'
is rendered inferior to that in the contract. m
forfeitures may be increased into penalties ofh;s
er amount according 20 the nature or freonoasa'
of the failure and the importance of the mail
s. Fines will be imposed, unless the delnon.-
cy be satisfactorily explained in due time for gu
ing TO take from, or deliver at, post Office a.
mall or any part of it, for suffering it to bo u,e
injured, lost, or destroyed; for CONVEYING i, -
place or manner that exposes it to depredat;oo
loss, or injury; for refusing after demand to Gu
vey mail by any coach, railroad car, or s,ear
boat, which the contractor regularly runs on ,I'
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contract, and for not arriving at the time set .n
for setting up or running an express to transra;.
commercial intelligence in advance of the mail
penalty will be exacted equal 10 quarters nav
T. The Postmaster General may annul the -.
tract for repeated failures for violating the no..
Office laws for dsobeying the instructions Of Nv
department; for refusing TO discharge CARR.
when required BY the department; for assipn;na
the contract without the consent OF the Postm.s
ter General, or for setting up or running an er
press as aforesaid.
8. The Postmaster General may alter the cor
tract, and alter the schedule he allowing ~
rata increase OF compensation, within the restr;c
tons imposed by law, for the additional service ~
quired, for tbs increased speed, if the emnlor-
ment of additional stock or carriers is rendered. =.
cessary but the contractor NAV, in rsuch case 70
linquish the contract, on timely notice. if he nro.
fers it to the change. The Postmaster General
may annuI the contract or curtail the service and
pay when be 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.
8. The payments will be made through drafts
on post offices or otherwise, after the expiration Of
each quarter, say in February, May, August, and
November.
The
best information but no increase pay will be al.
lowed, should they prove to be greater than is sd.
vertised, if the places correctly named.
IL. The Postmaster General is prohibited bv
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 any bid for mail contract BY any
| 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 d. 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.
10. A bid received after time, to wit the 10th
March next, at a m, or without the guaranty re.
CURED by law, or that combines several routes in
one sum of compensation, cannot be considered
In competition with regular proposal not ad.
judged TO be extravagant.
| Is. A 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 intermt service
specified number of DAYS. weeks, or months He
may propose to omit 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 NAV
offer 10 substitute 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
preudced. He may ask for more running time
to the trip, during specified number of days. at
certain seasons of peculiarly bad roads; but be-.
yond these changes proposal for service different
from the advertisement will prevent its being eon-
sidered in competition wits regular bid not set
aside for extravaganza; and where bid contains
any of the above alterations, their disadvantages
will be estimated in comparing it with other pro-.
posals.
IA. There should be but one route bid for in q
proposal.
Is. The route the service, the yearly pay, 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 lie 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.
IS. Postmasters at Offices situated upon or near
railroads, but more than eighty rods from depot,
will, Immediately after the LIST April next, report
that fact to the department, stating their exacds.
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, lS45. the route
is to be let to the lowest bidder, rendering stuff.
Gent guarantees for faithful performance without
othe; reference to the mode of Transportation than
may be necessary 10 provide for the due ceIeHly,
certainty, and security of such transportation.
When the lowest bid proposes mode of con.
veyance that is inadequate for the route in respect
to the certainty, security, and celebrity of the mails
aside from any accommodation for travel, it will
, not be entitled to the route.
20. When the Did does not name a mode oil
conveyance, it will be taken and understood to be
for the lowest mode of conveyance to wit on horse
back When it proposes to carry according to
the advertisement, and no mode of conveyance IS
stated for the route in the advertisement, it will b
considered as offering only for horseback convey
> ance.
4 FL. Since the passage of the act of March
ls45, new description of bid has been received
4 1t specifies no mole of conveyance but engages L
carry the mail with certainty, CELEBRITY and secun
g ty, using the terms of the law These bids arr
called, from the manner in which they are desg
mated on the books of the department, "star blds
1t has been decided, after mature consideration
d that bid proposing specific mode ofconveyahf
OF as high grade as tXo-horse coach transport