The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1851-10-17

tains any Of tbs above alterations their dead will
Ia esmsted Ia comparing il with other proposals..
II. There should DO bat route bid for in a pro-
posal.
Is. The route. tho service. the yearly pay tho bidder
and residence, and the OF member the
firm, where company offers should oe distinctly stated
also tho mode OF conveyance, II higher mode than
horseback 10 int ndcd.
10. The bid should be under SEAL addressed TO the
First Assistant Postmaster General, with " Mail Proposals
~ the State OF " written the face Of the letter. and
should be- despatched in DO received by
5h February next at 10 o'clock, should be guar
anosd and the soceney OF the guaranoss should be duly
II The be executed by or before tho LIST
Of July next EVA r 81 Fla6l
e Possnssiers ONES situated upon near railroads.
but more then eighty rods from depot WILL Immediately
after the 5h February report that fact the depart
ment stating their distance from the railroad dep
and how otherwise scppied with tho mail to enable the
Postmaster General to direct the proper supply he made
from the railroad by mail esaengers from aud after this Is,
OF July reAL
49, Under the act of March g. 84 the route 10 10 he lie,
10 the lowest bidder rendering sufficient guarantees for faith
ul performance, without other reference the mode OF
than may be necessary provide the due
CELEBRITY, certainty and security of such transportation
Whun the lowest bid proposes specific mode OF convey
inadequate for the respect
a'ny, security, ana CELEBRITY OF the mails aside any
for travel will be snted to the route
30 When the bid does mode Of conv. vance
will be taken and understood TO be for tho lowest mode OF
conveyance 70 wit horseback. When il proposes
carry oring The and mode of con
veyance stated for The route the advertisement, will
he considered offering only for horseback
a. Since the passage Of the act Of March g. l6i5,
description OF bid has been received 1t spec lfes
mode If conve, ancc but engages TO carry tho mail with
certainty, CELEBRITY and security using the terms of the law
These bids called from the manner 10 which they
des gnstcd the books Of the department. .sor bids
eLe crencc Of the department cnables lay down
the following rules, viz:
When the the route is not 80 large as to require
two horse coHeh conveyance, star bid, it The lowest, will
always be preferred to the specific bid.
When the mails Of such size and weight render
i necessay,in reference to them alone 70 provide two
horse coach conveyance the specific bid though highest
for coach service II adudged be entirely sufficient for
the route will be preferred the bid the differ
such Interfere with the policy of OF
lS45 which looks reduc the
Exceptions however may be allowed where the bid
made by the OF the stock used the the
performances Of coach service.
On routes OF the highest Glass; where fouhorse coach
steamboat transportation required by the and port-
ancc of the mails and the specific bid adudged entirely
sufficient fer the route the preference for The spec c bid vii
necessary carried TO greater OF difference than
OH the inferior coach routes.
%. modification of bid in any of its essential terms,
is antamount bid, AMI bs received
interfere with regular competition, after the last hour for
| receiving bids.
% Pomasters required 10 be careful and certify
tho suceucy Of guarantors sureties without knowing
that they are persons of sufficient responsibility and oil
bidders guaranors, surees distinctly notified Thar
flure enter into perform the for the
proposed for The accepted bids their legal liabilities will be
enforced against them.
"a The contracts will be substantially in the forms here
ofoe used ~ this department. except ~ the respects par
ucuay mentioned hese Instructions and conditions
and all Iaro and steamboat the will
be requires: deliver the mails into post Offices The
ends Of the and into all the infrh edae post offices
than Gig hiy rods from the railroad Or landing
25 Present contractors and persons known al de-
must equally with others, procure guasa and
cerufc,tss Of their sucieBcy substantially IN the orns
above prescribed. The certificates Of sufcnncy be
signed by postmaster judge clerk OF court oi
record. N X HAIL. Postmaster General.
p ST OrricE DEPARraEST, September ~, 1851.
u.s. Posmasers will he careful 10 preserve this
Of The rouos and upon it all alterations Of
which they shall he officially informed.
I5 fostmssters will permit The mails to be carried
days other hours than those here down,
withou, the written order of the department
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