Washington telegraph., 1850-03-20

feiture of at eQst fourth part of il when ,la
running or arrival is far behind time as 20 Ioss
the connexion with depending mail; and a for.
feiture of due proportion of it when grade of
service is rendered inferior to that in the contrae,
These forIetures may be increased into penalties
of higher amount, according to the nature or fte.
quency OF the failure and the importance of the
mail.
g. Fines will be imposed unless the deiinouencv
be satisfactorily explained in due time, for fainy
to take from or deliver at, post Office, the mail
any part OF il: for suffering to be wet, injured
lost, or destroyed; or conveying it in place or
manner that exposes it TO degradation, loss or in.
jury; for refusing after demand to convey mail
by any coach, railroad car, or 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 nm
or running an express TO transmit commercial in.
telgence in advance of the mail, a penalty will
be exactej equal 10 quarters pay.
7. The Postmaster General may annul The con.
tract for repeated failures; for violating the DOS,
office laws for dsobeying the instructions of tho
Department.; for refusing TO discharge a carrier
when required by the Department; for assigning
the contract without the consent the POSTMASTER
General, or for setting up or running express a.
aforesaid.
8. The Postmaster General may alter the cen.
tract, and alter the schedule, he allowing a nm
rata Increase of compensation, within the restrie.
tons imposed by law, for the additional seryics
required, for the increased speed, if the employ.
ment of additional stock or carriers is rendered
necessary; but the contractor rIray, such case
renquish the contract, on timely notice il he pre
fers il to the change. The Postmaster General
may annul the contract or curtail the service and
pay. when he wishes to dispense with the service
in whole or in part, o. place higher different
grade of service on the route, he allowing one
months extra pay on the amount dispensed with
8. The payments will be made through diaf.
on post offices or otherwise, after the expiration
of each quarier-say in February, May, August
and November.
10. I he distances given according to tls
best informat5on; but no increased pay will be al
lowed, should they prove TO be greater than is adj
vertised, If the places are correctly named
IL. The Postmaster General is prohibited he
law from knowingly making contract for ,bs
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 aLy bid for mail contract by anv
other person or persons, who shall have made any
agreement, shall have given or performed. or
promised TO give or perform, any consideration 10
do, or not to do, anything whatever to induce npv
other person not 10 bid for mail contract Par
tcuiar attention is called 10 the 2Sth section Of the
act of 1886, prohibiting combinations TO preven,
bidding.
II. A bid received, after time, 10 wit the 18th
April next, at 10 m, without the guaranty re-
qured by law, or that combines several routes in
one sum OF compensation, cannot be considered
in competition with regular proposal no, ad-
Judged 10 be extravagaut.
l3. A bidder may offer, where the iranspor.
tation called for in the advertisement is difficult
OF mpracticahle at certain seasons, 10 substitute
an inferior mode Of conveyance, or to intermt
service specified number of days, weeks or
months. He may propose to omit Office
that is inaccessible, or rs not on the stage road,
the railway, or at a steamboat landing as the
may be; or he may offer TO substitute an
inferior mode of supply in such cases. lie may
propose different days and hours of departure
and arrival, provided more running Time is
asked, and it is obvious that no mail co,.n,AOn
or other public accommodation is preudiceG -
lie may ask for more running time 10 the trip,
during a specified number of days, al ccfia.n
seasons of peculiarly bad roads; but beyond these
changes u proposal for service different from the
advertisement will prevent IFS being considered
IN competition with a regular bid not sci ss,ue
for extravagance; and where bid contains any
Of the above alterations. their disadvantages
viii be estimated in comparing il with other
proposals.
IA. There should be but one route bid 70, in
proposal.
Is. The route the service, the yearly pay,
the bidders ZANE and residence, and the name
of each member Of the firm, where a company
offers, should be distinctly stated; also the miods
Of conveyance, il higher mode than on horse
back is intended
Is. The bid should be sent under SEAL addres.
sed to the First Assistant Postmaster General,
with Mail Proposals in name the State aud
IerrItoryI written on the face of The letter; and
should be dispatched in time to be received by or
before the 9Th April next, at 10 o'clock A. H.
Ii should be guaranteed snd the sufficency Of the
guaraniors should be duly certified. (See forms.)
IL. The contracts 10 be executed by or be-
fore the LIST July next.
lS. Postmasters at Offices situated upon or near
railroads, but more han eighty rods frem a depot,
will immediately after the llth May next, report
that fact TO the Department. stating their exact
distance from The railroad depot, and how other
wise supplied with the mail, to enable the Post
master General to direct the proper supply TO b,
made from the railroad by mail messengers, fron
and after the lst July next.
10. Under the ac, OF March g. 1885, the route
IS to be let TO the lowest bidder, rendering sufficient
guarantees for faithful performance, without other
reference TO the mode of transportation than may
be necessary 10 provide for the due celeriiy, cer-
tainty, and security of such transpor,at on.
When the lowest bid proposes u mode of con-
veyance that is inadequate for the route in respect
20 the certainty security, and CELEBRITY OF the mails,
aside from any accommodation for travel, it will not
be entitled TO the route.
~ When the bid does not name mode Of con-
veyance, II will be taken and understood to be fer
the lowest mode of conveyance, to wit, on horse
BACK. WI hen II proposes TO carry according TO the
advertisement, and no mode of convey alice is stat
ed for the route in the advertisement, il will be
considered as offering only for horseback convey
ance.
II. Since the passage of the act of March J,
lS45, new description of bid has been received
Ii specifies n" mode of conveyance, but en-
cages to carry the maIl with certainty, celerity,
and security, using the terms OF the law. These
bids called, from the manner in which they are
designated on the books of the Department, "sfar
bids" 1t has been decided, after mature
sderaton. that a bid rrnnosinrr = snec;6c rnnda Of