The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1850-06-06
Posr OFFICE DEPARTMENT, !
Contract Office, May %, 1850. 5

Contract once, Nay ~, lSoU.
DROP SALS FOR CARRYING THE
i Mails of the United States from the first day Of
October, $780, to the 30th day of June, 1854, inclu-
sive the following route in the time hereinafter
the bidders,) will be received at the Contract Of
fee of the Post Office Department in the city of
Washington, till 10 O'Clock, a. m, of the 18th day
of July, 1850, to be decided the next day:
ARKANSAS.
No 1924. From Batesville at a. M, once a
week, on Saturday;
By Pleasant leland, Elizabeth, Clarendon, Rea-
gan's Bluff, and White River;
To Napoleon, by 10 u. on Monday;
Thence at p. IN. Monday;
By Bolivia, Miss, Victoria, Lacona, Ark, Old
town, Delta, Miss, Helena, Ark, Sterling, Wal
nut Bend, Council Bend, Commerce, Miss, Blues
Point, Ark, Grayson, and Elm Grove;
To Memphis, Tenn, by a. m Wednesday;
And back to Napoleon between a. IN. Thursday
and II IN. next day;
Thence at 6 p. IN. Monday;
To Batesville by II IN. Thursday.
With additional weekly trip between NaPo-
leon and Memphis, leaving Napoleon at p m.
Friday and arriving at Memphis by 2 a. m. Sun
day, leaving Memphis at "a. m. Sunday, and
arriving at Napoleon by II m. next day.
For notes see general advertisement and the fol-
lowing, viz:
FORM FOR A BID
Where no change from advertisement is contemplated
by the bidder:
81 Tor we as the case may be) there write the
name names in FULL of there state the residence
or resdencesl hereby propose to carry the mail on
No. - from - to - as often as the advertise
ment requires, in the time stated in the schedules
and by the & flowing mode OF conveyance, to wit:
Here state how it is TO be conveyed,l for the an
nual SUN OF s..
Dated
Form Of a guaranty 10 accompany each bid
''Thc undersigned there insert the name of the
guaranor or guarantorsl guarantees that There in
sert the of bidder names of bidders, as the
case may bel il his Tor their) bid for carrying the
| mail from -- to - be accepted by the Post
master General shall enter into obligation prior
to the 18th day of August ext, with good and sufi
cient sureties, to perform the service proposed"
| Dated
Form qf Certificate.
| The undersigned, postmaster of -, certihes
that the guarantors above named sufficient and
able TO make good their guaranty.
Dated
The bid should be sent under seal, addressed to
the First Assistant Postmaster General, with email
Proposals in name the State and Territory" ~
written the face Of the letter. and should be de-
spatched in time 10 be received by before the 18th
day Of July next, at 10 O'Clock a. II should be
guaranteed, and the sufficiency of the guarantors
should be duly certified.
A bidder may Offer where the transportation
called for in the advertisement is difficult or inn
practicable atcerain seasons, ~ substitute an infe-
| rior mode Of conveyance, to intermt service a
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 may
offer TO substitute inferior mode of supply in such
cases. He may propose different days and hours
Of departure and arrival, provided more running
time is asked, and ii is obvious that mail con-
nexion or other public accommodation is preju-
diced. He may ask for more running time TO the
trip, during specified number OF days, at certain
seasons Of peculiarly bad roads; but beyond these
changes proposal for service different from the
advertisement will prevent its being considered in
competition with regular bid not set aside for
trayagance; and where bid contains any Of the
above alterations their disadvantages will be esti-
mated in comparing il with other proposals.
| J. C0LLAMER,
May 23-law4w Postmaster General.