The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1848-01-06
CITY OF WASHINGTON, THURSDAY NIGHT JANUARY g. l848

connsSon with depending MALL forfeiture of due pro
These o msy s S no i
Of amount according the nature frequency
Fines win be imposed unless the delinquency sasacor
pos, S'cs e. the mail or il suffering wet
that Exposes IL oa conveying in place
demand to convey mail by coach, railroad car steamboat
lied number trips contract for not arriving al the lime
intelligence in advance OF the penalty
The Postmaster General may annu the contract for repeated
aus oi violating the post office lawsj for dsbeying the
when required BY department. for assigning the Contract
out the consent OF the Postmaster General for setting
The Postmaster General may contract
the restrictions BY the
rendered but the Se
shsnrs sq Ss the on timely notice to
in Whole I'M p pe higher TO Or w the
the route he allowing months pay
The payments will be made through post
as aer hs expiration of each quarter say in February
hut 10 no al are given according to the best
the paess are oa ss De
at, The @ G, General knowingly
Sn So sa y % I
& OF 5 ~ rs or hS shall asn
to induce any 9hsf not 10 bid for mail
prohibiting combinations to prevent bidding
without the guaranty required by law that combines
raj routes in one sum be considered
bidder may ons where the called for the
tue inferior mode of convey spe
Office stage railway
an sd s as Of s sspS may or he ys o
pose different days and hours departure and arrival provided
ion other public accommodation peudced lie may
S hs p @ @
proposal for service different from the win
for and where bid any the above
tons their disadvantages will be estimated in comparing with
a There should be but route bid for proposal
residence and the each member where
anes. e higher mode than on horseback is Intended:
W to thu Ss
written the face the letter should he despatched
'h ho be tied and the sceney of tire guaan'o
H. The contracts be executed by before the July
upon railroads
than eighty rods from depot WILL immediately after the oath April
from the railroad depot and how othsrs supplied with the mail
made from the railroad by mail from and after the LIST
10 Under the osi March, sl5, be
lowest bidder rendering sufficient for faithful perform
be provide for the due celebrity certainty and
the lowest bid mode of that
for the the certainty security celebrity
of the mails aside from accommodation for travel viii not
witt horssbaeh When according to the ad
the advertisement viii be considered Offering only for horse
back-conveyaAce.
~ SINCE the the act Of March isa5 description
bid has been received spches mode but
engages to the mail with certainty CELEBRITY and security
using the tem OF the law These bids are called from the
Gds consideration,
bid proposing high grade
wohorse transportation Is to be preferred the star bid
of the department enables to lay down the follow
ing rules. viz: ~
When the large require twohorsc
coach star bid the lowest will be preferred to the
| specific bid
the mails and weight render it
eSpedent reference to them alone to provide
coach specific bid though the highest
will preferred bid of moderate differ
the the difference such to in
with the policy the law which looks reduction
in the transportation Exceptions, be al
lowed where the star bid made by the present OF the
the the
! the specific bid do not exist in his
49, Of the highest class where fouhorse coach
steamboat transportation required by the and importance
the mails preference for the cpecfc bid will be-
carried greater difference than the inferior coach
subject however to the exceptions above stated
"a modification OF bid OF its essential terms anta
bid received interfere with
competition after the last hour set for receiving bids
c. JOHNSON, Postmaster General.
Posr OfricE DErAnrMEyT, Dec. l6 lsi7
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