The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1850-01-19
Form Of Certificate.
INSTRUCTIONS.

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J. Seven minutes allowed for opening and closing tn.
mails at all Offices where particular time is specified bu
railroad and steamboat routes there ID be no more della,
than Is necessary TO deliver and receive the bags
y The mail 70 be conveyed in preference 10 passengers
and 10 their entire exclusion, M weight and bulk require ii
y Post Office blanks mail bags, and the special agents
the Department the exhibition Of their credentials are Z
BE- conveyed without further charge, mail lines admitting
| Of such conveyance.
4. Mail agents to be conveyed without charge on he
principal railroad and steamboat lines where the size Of he
mails and the number Of the offices will require their empov
men BY the Department. and In that case separate apart
ment for the asserting and the mail to BE- pro
BY the contractor under direction Of the Department
8. In all there is to DO forfeiture Of the paw Of the
trip when the trip ID not forfeiture Of at
part OF when the running arrival II far behind time
TO lose the connection with depending mail and forfeiture
Of due proportion Of il when grade Of service il rendered
inferior 10 that In the contract These oeures NAV be in
into higher amount according 10 he nature
frequency Of the failure and the importance Of the mail
O. Fines will be imposed unless the delinquency be- salts
facory explained Ia due time, for failing to take from or
deliver at post Office the mail or any part Of for suffer
ing to be wet injured lost destroyed or conveying Il
~ place or manner that exposes II TO dspedaon loss
injury for refusing after demand to convey mail BY any
COACH railroad steamboat which the contractor roau
larry runs the route beyond the specified number Of II
the contract and for not arriving the time set and for
settng up or running an express to transmit commercial in
telgence In advance Of the mail, penalty will be exacted
equal TO quarters paw r8s
q The Postmaster General may annul the contract for re-
peated faiures for violating the post Office laws for dis
obeyng the instructions OF the Department far Refusing a
discharge carrier when required by the Department or a.
signing the contract without the Of the Postmaster
General or for setting up running express aforesaid
Inc Postmaster General may alter the contract and alter
the schedule ne allowing pro increase
within the restrictions imposed by law for the additional ser
required for the increased speed If the
additional stock carriers is rendered necessary but the
may in such rnquish the contract timely
notice, If be prefers to the change The Postmaster
raj may annu the contract cua the service and paw
when he wishes to dispense with the service in whole or Ia
part place higher different grade Of service on the
route ne allowing one months extra pay the dis
pensed with. A
O. The paymentsw be made through drafts on post Offices
or otherwise after the expiration Of each In Feb
Iuary, May, August, and November.
TO- The distances given according the best informa
on but no increased pay will be allowed should prove
be greater than advertised If the places correctly named
IL The Postmaster General 10 prohibited by law from
knowingly making contract for the transportation Of The mail
proposed enter into any combination TO prevent the
making Of any bid for mail by any other person or
PERSONS who shall have made any agreement or shall
given or performed promised to give perform any con-
deaton to do or not TO do any thing whatever to induce
other person not to bid for mail contract Particular at.
tenton Is called to the 2Sh section Of the act Of 1885, proh
biting combinations 10 prevent bidding
IL bid received after time, to wit the 18th April next st
~ m or without the guaranty required by law that COM
bnes several routes in Of cannot be
considered In competition with the regular proposal not ad
Judged to be extravagant.
l3 bidder may offer, whore the transportation called for
In the advertisement difficult imprsccabe At certain sea-
sons to substitute inferior mode Of conveyance or 10 in
service specified number Of days. weeks or months
He may propose 70 omit Office tina, inaccessible or Is not
on the stsge road the railway, steamboat landing
the case may be he may offer substitute an inferior
mode OF supply In such He may propose different
days and hours Of departure and arrival provided no more
running time asked, and II Is obvious that mail sounex.
ion or other public accommodation Is preiudiced He NAV
10 he t6.Ir
Der Of days. ct certain OF peculiarly bad roads but
beyond these changes, proposal for service different from
the advertisement will prevent It's being considered In compc-
ton with regular bid aside Tor ertravasapce and
where bid contains any Of the above attentions their is.d
vanagcs will be estimated In comparing with other prcposa
~ There should be but route bid for In proposal
To- The route the service, the yearly pay, the bddcrs
name and resdencs, and the Of each member Of the
hrm, where company osrs should DO distinctly stated
ALAG the mode Of conveyance, higher mode than horse
back IL intended. N Ia
First Assistant Postmaster General with EMAIL Proposals
In name the sa,e territory" written on the acs Of he
ett and should be dispatched In time 70 be ecsived bv or
before the 18th April nex at 10 o'clock A. N. Il should
Be guaranteed and the efficiency Of the suaran,o should
be duly certified. (sse forms
H. The contrasts to be executed by before the
July next. w 1861 y
H. Postmasers 1t Offices situated upon or near railroads,
but more than eighty rods from depot will Immediately az
ter the l,h May NEXT report that fact the Department
stating their exact distance from the railroad depot and how
otherwise supplied with the mail to enable the Postmaster
General 10 direct the proper supply to be msds from the rail-
road BY mail messengers from and after the l July next
49, Under the sc Of March lS45 the rosts l. 70 BE- lei
TO the lowest bidder rendering sufficient gusrantss for faith
fol performance, without other references 70 the mode Of trans
porson than may Be necessary provide or the due celebrity
certainty, and security Of such transportation.
When the lowest bad proposes mode Of conveyance that
inadequate fo the route in respect security
and celebrity Of the mails aside from any io
| travel, II viii not be entitled 10 the route.
30 When the bid does not name mode Of conveyance Il
will 30 taken and understood 70 be for the lowest mode
conveyance, 70 wit on horseback. Whom II psoposes "a
carry according TO the advertisement and no mode Of convey
is stated for the route In the advertisement. win (.
considered % Offering only for horseback conveyspce
81 Since the passage Of Tho act Of March g. s4s new
description Of bid hiss been received specifies no mode o.
conveyance, but engages carry The mail with certainty CO.
leriy and security, using the Of the law These bid
are called from the which they are Designated on
the books OF the Department. "aar bds" Il has been do
cded, after mature consideration, thska bid proposing spe
CHIC mode Of conveyance Of high grade a. coach
transportation 10 to be preferred the star bid The exper
enee Of the Department enables to lay down the following
rues, via
When the mail the route u not % large AZ Ia couire
two horse coach conveyance bid IL the lowest will be
preferred to the specific bid.
~ When the mails Of such size and weight o. TO
der II necessary expeden In references 20 them alone
provide twohorse coach conveyance the specific Did, though
the highest viii be preferred to the bid The OF
moderate difference in the compensation In the differ
ence not such 10 interfere with the policy Of the law
which looks 70 reduction 10 the cost OF transportation Ex
ceptons, however, may be allowed where the hid IL made
BY the present Of the stock the route and Il man.
fact - ~ ~