The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1850-03-02

Dated
Form Of Certificate.
The undersigned, postmaster Of certi6ss that the
above named sufficient and able 10 make good
their guaranty. ~
Dated
INSTRUCTIONS
Seven minutes allowed for opening and closing the
mails a sl offices where particular time IL specified but
railroad and steamboat routes there il TO be no more delay
than y necessary to deliver and receive the bags.
The mail y TO Be conveyed in preferences passengers
and 70 their entire exclusion IL weight and bulk require it,
Post Office blanks mail bags and the special sgents Of
The Department. on the exhibition Of thar credentials
Be conveyed without further charge mail lines admitting
Of such conveyance
T. Mail agents to be conveyed without charge ON the
principal railroad and steamboat lines where ths airs Of the
mails and the number Of the Offices will require their employ
ment BY the Department and in that case separate apart
ent Tor the asserting and Of the mail i obs pro-
yided by the CONTRACTOR under direction Of the Department
10 all cases there Is 70 BE- forfeiture Of The pay Of the
trip when the trip Il not forfeiture Of Il eastone-fourh
part Of when the running arrival faI behind time q
Of duo proportion Of when grade Of service is rendered
inferior y thatn tie contract These osuTes may be In
higher amount according to the nature
rrequency q TIE failure and the importance Of the mail
Fines will be imposed unless the delinquency be.sats-
factory explained In due time, for falling take from or
deliver At post Office, the mail on any part Of II for suffer-
Ing 70 b wet injured, lost destroyed; conveying
In place that exposes Il 10 depreciation oss or
injury for refusing after demand to convey mail By any
coach, railroad Steamboat which the contractor reuu
ay runs on the route beyond the specified number epsn
the contract and for not arriving q the time and for
setting up or running express to ansmit commercial in
teigence In advance Of the mail penalty will DO exacted
equal to quarters pay. .s
The Postmaster General may annu the contract for re-
pested iallure. for violating the post ocs laws, for dis
obeyng the Instructions Of the Department for refusing TO
discharge carrier when required by the Department for a.
signing the contract without the Of the Postmaster
General Or or setting up or running express aforesaid
the schedule he allowing pro rata ncrease 81
within the restrictions imposed by law for the additional SER
vice required o. for the increased speed If the
additional stock carriers is rendered necessary but the
contractor may in such case renquish the contract on timely
notice, he prefers to the CHANGE The Postmaster Gene
al may annu the contract cua the service and pay
when ne 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 amount dis
pensed with. a a9fs ~
The paymentswl Be made through drafts on post Offices
o. .er the expiration Of each Feb
ruay, May, August, and November.
The distances are given according to the best inoma
on but no increased pay will be- allowed shoudhsy prove to
Dc greater han advertised, hepacessre correctly named
IL. The Postmaster General Is prohibited By law from
knowingly making for the Of The mail
with any person who shs have entered into any combination
to enter into combination to prevent the
making any bid for mail contract BY any other person
or who shall have made any agreement shall have
given or performed promised give perform any con-
Alteration 70 do not to any thing Whatever 10 induce
any other person not to bid for mail conhsc Particular At
ention called % the 18th section of tho act Of 1885, proh
biting combinations to prevent bidding.
IL DID received after Tina, TO wit the 10th April merit II
M OF without the guaranty required BY law that COM
bines several routes 10 Of cannot be
10 competition with the regular proposal not ad
h. bidder may Offer where the ransporaion called for
IN the advertisement cst mpraccable II certain ses
70 substitute an inferior mode Of conveyance In
ternis service specified number Of days. wssks or mouths
de may propose to omit Office that inaccsble or Il not
on the stage road, the railway, steamboat landing a
me case may be be may osr 70 substitute an inferior
mode Of supply in such He may propose different
days and hours Of departure and arrival provided 40 more
running time asked, and il obvious thai no mail eouusx
Ion OF other public accommodation prejudiced He NAV
ak Tor more running time 70 the Tip during specified num-
Der OF days certain seasons Of peculiarly bad roads but
beyond these changes, proposal for service different from
the advertisement will prevent il being considered ia compe
t'on with regular bid not set aside for sxsavsganos and
where bid contains any Of the above alterations their ds.d
vsnssges viii estimated in comparing with other proposals
IL There should be but route bid for Ia proposal
To- The route, the service the yearly pay, the bidders
name and residence and the Of each member Of the
firm, where company OFFERS should BE- distinctly aatsd
also The mode n conveyance higher mode Than On horse
back Il intended .n a8foI
le The bid should be sn under sal addressed 10 the
First Assistant Postmaster Gsners with email Proposals
In name the or territory r. written on the face of the
s and should be dispatched In time 10 be received By o.
before the 18th April nert at 10 o'clock A. NJ Il should
b guaranteed and the suceney Of Tho guaanfors should
BE- duly certified. (see forms
IL. The contrsb Be executed BY or before the LIST
July nsxt e
IT, Pcstnaer Offices situated upon or near railroads.
but than eighty rods from depot win Immediately af
ter the llh May next report that fact the Department
stating their distance from the railroad depot and how
otherwise supplied with the mail enable The Postmaster
General 70 direct the proper supply 70 be made from the rail-
rosd BY mail messenger from and aAer ths>ls July
10. Under the oct Of March g. ls45, The be let
TO the lowest bidder rendering sufficient guarantees for fh
fu performance without other reference mode Of
portson than may be necess provide for the due CELEBRITY
certainty, and security Of such transportation.
When the lowest bid proposes mode Of conveyance that
inadequate for the route In respect the certainty security
and ceey Of the mails aside from any accommodation Tor
travel, IL will not be entitled 10 the route.
30 When the bid does name ! mode Of conveyance Il
will DO taken and understood be for the lowest mode Of
Conveyance 70 wit, horseback. When Il p<opsses to
carry according 10 the advertisement and mode Of convey
snce u stated for the route In the advertisement Il will be
considered % offering only for horsebsck conveyance
81 Since the passage Of the Of March g. 1886 nov
description Of bid has been received Il specifies no mode Of
conveyance but engages carry the mail with certainty,
iety and security, using the Of the Law. These bids
are called from the In which they designated on
The books Of the Department ady bids" II has been de-
cdcd after mature consideration that bid proposing spe-
cc mode Of conveyance Of high grade coach
transportation s 10 be preferred 70 Me bid The expert
ence Of The Department enables TO lay down the following
ruler, viz
When the mail on the route not 20 large ~ to require
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