Washington telegraph., 1850-02-13

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| These forieitures may be increased INTO penat y
| of higher amount according to the nature fire.
| quency of the failure and the importance of the
mail
| 6. Fines will be imposed unless the delinquency
be satisfactorily explained in due time, for failing
| to take from deliver at, post office. The mail,
or any part Of it, for suffering it to be wet injured
| lost, Or destroyed; or conveying it in place or
manner that exposes it to deprodaion, loss, or in.
| jury; for refusing after demand TO convey mail
by any COACH railroad Car, steamboat, which
the contractor regularly runs on the route beyond
the specified number of trips in the contract, and
for not arriving at the time set; and for setting up
or running an express TO transmit commercial in
| telligence in advance of the mail, penalty will
be eXacted equal 10 quarters pay.
Z. The Postmaster General may annu the con-
tract for repeated failures; for violating the post
Office laws; for diSobeyiug the Instructions Of the
Department; for refusing to discharge a carrier
when required by the Department; for assigning
the contract without the consent of the Postmaster
General, or for setting up or running express as
aforesaid.
&. The Postmaster General may alter the con-
tract, and alter the schedule, he allowing a pro
rata increase OF compensation, within the restric-
tons imposed by law, for the additional service
required, for the increased speed, if the employ
ment of additional stock or carriers is rendered
necessary; but the contractor may, in such case,
reiiaquish the contract, timely notice. if he pre-
fers II to the change. The Postmaster General
may annul the contract or curtaii the service aud
pay. when he wishes to dispense with the service
IN whele or in part, o. place higher or different
grade OF service on the route, he allowing
monih $ ezra pay on the amount dispensed with,
y The payments will be made through d, ats
on post Offices or otherwise, after the expiration
Of each quarier-say in February, May, Angus,
and November.
10 The distance, ,ra ,rra, ,c,orI;r, 70 ia.
best information; bui increased pay will be al
lowed, should they prove to be greater than is ad.
vertised, II The places are Correctly named
III. The Postmaster General is prohibited by
law from knowingly making a contract for the
transportation of the mail with any person who
shall hav" entered into any combination, or pro-
posed TO enter iuto any combination to prevent
the making of al bid Tor a m all contrac, by any
other person or persons, who shall have made any
agreement, or shall have given or performed, or
promised 10 give or perform, any consideration to
do, or not to do, anything Whatever to induce any
other person not 10 bid for mail contract. Par
tcular attention is called TO the 2Sth section of the
act of 1896, prohibiting combinations to prevent
bidding.
II. A bid received after time, to wit. the 10th
April next, at ~ a IN, or without the guaranty
CURED by law, or that combines several routes in
one SUN OF compensation, cannot he considered
IN competition with regular proposal not ad-
judged to be extravaganza
l3. bidder may offer, where the transport
tation called for in the advertisement is difficult
or Impracticabe al certain seasons, 10 substitute
an inferior mode of conveyance, or TO intermit
service specihed number Of days, weeks or
months. lie may propose to omit an Office
that is inaccessible, or ~ not on the stage road,
the railway, or at a steamboat landing the
case may be; or he may offer to substitute an
inferior mode of supply in such cases. He NAV
Of
and arrival, provided more running time is
asked, and 1t IS obvious that mail connexion
or other public accommodation is preludiced.-
He may ask for more running time 10 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 exiravagance; and where bid contains any
OF the above alterations. their disadvantages
will be estimated in comparing it with other
proposals.
IL There should be but one route bid for in
! proposal.
Is The route the service, the yearly pay,
the bidders rame and residence, and the name
OF each member oil the firm, where "a company
offers, should be distinctly stated; also the mode
Of conveyance, IL higher mode ihan horse
back is intended.
10 The bid should be sen, uuder SEAL address
seu 10 tbe II AsslstdHt POSTMASTER General,
with "Mai Proposals in name the State and
Terrtory,I" written on the face of the letter. AMI
| should be dispatched in time TO he received by or
before the 10th April next, at 10 O'clock 4. W.
Ii should be guaranteed, and the sutciency OF the
guarantors should be duly certified. (Sre forms.)
H. ihe contracts are 10 be executed by or be-
fore the lstJuy next
io Postmasters at Offices situated upon or near
railroads, bat more than eighty rods from a depot,
immediately afl Nav VI
that fact TO the Department, stating their exact
distance from the railroad depot, aud how other
wise supplied with the mail, to enable the Post
master 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 March 3, IS45, the route
is 10 be let to the lowest bidder, rendering sufficient
guarantees for faithful performance, without other
reference to the mode of transportation than may
be necessary to provide for the due celerity GER
tainty, aud security Of sach transportation.
When the lowest bid proposes mode of con-
veyance that is inadequate for the route IN respect
10 tie certainty, security, and celebrity of the mails,
as de from any accommodation fer travel, il will not
be entitled 10 ihe route.
| 20. When the bid does not name a mode of con-
veyance, il viii be taken and understood to be for
the lowest mode cf conveyance, TO wit, oa horse-
| back. Wben il proposes TO carry according 10 the
advertisement, and 40 mode Of conveyaLce is stat.
/ ed for the route ~ the advertisements IL will be
considered as Offering only for horseback convey
| ance.
81. Siuce the passage Of the act of March 3.
! lSl5. new description Of bid has been received.
IL specifies mode Of conveyance, bat en-
cages 10 carry the maI with certainty. oelerity.
aud security, using the terms Of the law. These
bids called from the manner in which they are
designated on the books OF the Department, '.sfdr
| bids" Ii has been decided, after mature con-
cid b
conveyance Of as high grade two- horse coach
Transportation s TO be preferred To the star bid
! The experience Of the Department enables i to
/ lay down the following rules, viz: