Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1847-02-05


agents of the department, on the exhibition os,h..
credentials, are to be conveyed without s,r,lq
charge, on mail lines admitting Of such convaS
ance.
4. Mail agents are to be convened MIL,
charge on the principal railroad and searn ,i'o@
lines, where the size of the mails and the n.y. Vs'
of the officers will require their employman, ''us'
the department; and in that case, separa.o
partment for the asserting and safe-keepng Of ~
mail is to be provided by the contractor undo, ~
direction of the department.
5. In all casee there is to be a forfeiture &C.
pay of the trip, when the trip is not run: fo.s
ture of at least one-fourth part of it when tho
ming arrived is so far behind time as to losso.
connexon with depending mail and forfo;,, we
of due proportion of it when grade of Sou
is rendered inferior to that in the contract ~
orfeitures may be increased into penalties ofb;'e
er amount. according to the nature or freonoe9t
of the failure and the importance of the mail
6 Fines will be imposed, unless the deIinon.
cy be satisfactorily explained in due time 1 fs:'
ing TO take from, deliver at, post Office AZ AZ
mail, or any part of it; for suffering it To bo Ws
injured, lost or destroyed; for conveying il ;n
place or manner that exposes it to depreda,;nua
loss, or injury; for refusing after demand to ro,
vey mail by any coach, railroad car, or soana
boat, which the contractor regularly runs IN ~
route beyond the specified number of trims in IL.
contract, and for not arriving at the time Set AMI
for setting up running an express to transm;.
commercial intelligence in advance of the mail
penalty will be exacted equal to quarters pav
I. The Postmaster General may annuI the con
tract for repeated failures for violating the po.
office laws for disobeying the instructions Of AZ
department; for refusing to discharge carrie {.
when required by the department; for assipninr
the contract without the consent OF the Postmas'
ter General, or tor setting up or running an ex.
| press aforesaid
| s. The Postmaster General may alter the ron
tract. and alter the schedule, he allowing a nm
rata increase of compensation, within the restr;c
tons imposed by law, for the additional service "a
qulred, or for the increased speed, if the emplov.
ment of additional stock or carriers is rendered ns
cessary but the contractor may in rsuch case, re.
llnqulsh the contract, on timely notice. if he nro
fers it to the change. The Postmaster General
may annu the contract or curtail 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 oDs
months extra pay on the amount dispensed with
| 9. The payments will be made through drafts
on post offices otherwise, after the ex piration 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 sd.
vertised, if the places are correctly named.
ii. The Postmaster General is prohibited BY
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 apv
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 a mail contract
Particular attention is called to the 2eth section
of the act of 1896, prohibiting combinations to
prevent bidding.
10. A bid received after time, to wit the 10Th
March next at 9 a M or without the guaranty re-
| qured 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.
ID. a bidder may offer, where the transportation
aled tor IN thu advertisement is difficult or i'm.
practicable at certain seasons to substitute an in.
terior 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
steamboat landing, as the may be or he NAV
OTTER 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 connexon or other public accommodation is
prejudIced. He may ask for moro 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 con-
sidered in competition with regular bid not set
aside for extravaganza; and where bid contains
any of the above alterations, their disadvantage
will be estimated IN comparing it with other pro-
posals.
IA. There should be bu, one route bid for in q
proposal.
Is. The route, the service, the yearly rav, tie
. bidders name and residence, and the name ofcach
member Of the firm, where 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
j Mail proposals in the State of -," written
on the face of the letter and should tie despatched
IN time to be received by or before the 10th March
next, at o'clock, M
q II. The contracts are to be executed by or be-
fore the LIST July next.
. Is. Postmasters at Offices situated upon or ntal
railroads, but more than eighty rods from depot
# WILL Immediately after the list April next, report
that fact to the department, stating their exactds
i 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
4 after the lst July next.
10. Under the act of Sd March, ls45 the route
is to be let to the lowest bidder, rendering ufi
Gent guarantees for faithful performance, without
Il othe reference to the mode of TRANSPORTATION thar
may be necessary 10 provide for the due ceeriy
< certainty, and security of such transportation.
When the lowest bid proposes mode of con
veyance that is inadequate for the route in respc
to the certainty. security, and celebrity of the mails
K. aside from any accommodation for travel, it vii
not be entitled to the route.
< 20. When the bid does not name mode o
conveyance. it will be taken and understood to b
ID tor the lowest mode of conveyance to wit on horse
back. When it proposes to carry according t
( the advertisement, and no mode of CONVEYANCE il
stated for the route in the advertisement it will
K considered as offering only for horseback convey
ance.
n Fl. Since the passage of the act of March
ls45, new description of bid has been received
ID 1t specifies no mode Of conveyance bat engages
carry the mail with certainty celebrity, and securl
es ty, using the terms of the law. These bids ar
called, from the manner in which they are deslg
n mated on the books of the deDartment "stnr bids.