Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1847-02-12

us0.ss Va sho uepaltihent, on the exhibition of.h;
credentials, are to be conveyed without fnrtsl0
charge on maui lines admitting of such convas
ance.
A. Mail agents are to be convened ,u;,
charge on the principal railroad and stear .00s
lines, where the size of he mails and the nn,se
of the officers will require their employmen.
the department; and in that case, a senara.. "
partment for the asserting and safe-keepino ae,
mail is to be provided by the contractor. undo.e
direction ofthe department..
5. In all casee there is to be a forfeiture &C.,
pay of the trip, when the trip is not run: sIe me
ture of at least one-fourth part of it when tho ieE
ming or arrived is so far behind time as to lossan
connexion with depending mail and forfa;, Ns
of due proportion of it when grade of Soy. sure
is rendered inferior to that in the contract rr Oe
forfeitures may be increased into penalties ofh;s
er amount, according to the nature or freonassA-
of the failure and the importance of the mail
g. Fines will be imposed, unless the deno..
cy be satisfactorily explained in due time fa1 s
ing to take from, deliver at, a post ofca ' -
mail, or any part of it; for suffering it IL Tue
injured, lost, destroyed; for conveyinp !, "e'
place or manner that exposes it to depre6.taIa
loss, or injury; for refusing after demand tn oOu
vey mail By any coach, railroad car or stu
boat, which the contractor regularly runson ~
route beyond the specified number of trims =; ~"
contract. and for not arriving at the time set .ns
for setting up or running an express to transa:.
commercial intelligence in advance of the mai
penalty will be exacted equal TO quarters nav
Z. The Postmaster General may annul the ~.
tract for repeated failures; for violating the nv.
Office laws for disobeying the instructions of H.
department; for refusing to discharge a carr.
when required by the department; for assignina
the contract without the consent OF the Posmos
| ter General. or for setting up or running an az
press as aforesaid.
8. The Postmaster General may alter the cor.
| tract. and alter the schedule, he allowing nro
rata increase OF compensation. within the restr;c.
| tons imposed by law, for the additional service ~
quired, or for the increased speed, if the empov:
ment of additional stock O! carriers is rendaro5 -.
cessary but the contractor may, in rsuch case ~
linquish the contract. timely notice. if he nre
fers it to the change. The Postmaster General
may annul the contract or 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
.. ] he payments will be made through drafo
on post offices otherwise after the expiration If
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 .d.
vertised, if the places correctly named.
IL. The Postmaster General is prohibited bv
law from knowingly making a 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 tor a mail contract by apv
other person or persons, or who shall have made
| an choII hox,
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.
IL. A bid received after time, to wit: the 10th
March next, at a 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.
l3. 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.
terlor mode of conveyance, or to ntermt service
specified number of days, weeks, or months. He
may propose to omit an office that inaccessible,
or is not on the stage road, the railway, or at a
steamboat landing, the case may be or he may
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
preJudlced. He may ask for more running time
to the trip, during specified number of days. at
certain seasons of peculiarly bad roads but be.
You'd 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 disadvantages
will be estimated In comparing it with other pro.
posas.
IA. There should be but one route bid for in
proposal.
l5 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-aso the mode of con.
Veyance, II 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
the face of the letter and should he 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 LIST July next.
Is. Postmasters at offices situated upon or neal
railroads, but more than eighty rods from depot
will, Immediately after the LIST April next report
that fact to the department. stating their exactd.
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 suff
Gent guarantees for faithful performance, without
othe: reference to the mode of transportation than
may be necessary 10 provide for the due CELEBRITY,
:. certainty. and security of such transportation.
When the lowest bid proposes a 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 Of
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 10
:. the advertisement. and no mode of conveyance
stated for the route in the advertisement, it will
considered as offering only for horseback convey
ance.
d 81. Since the passage of the act of March .
ls45, new description of bid has been received
4 1t specifies no moTe Of conveyance but engages to
carry the mail with certainty. CELEBRITY and secun'
IS ty, using the terms of the law. These bids arc
called, from the manner in which they are deslg'
d mated on the books of the department, "stdr bid"
1t has been decided, after mature consideration
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