Washington telegraph., 1851-03-26

that he is well acquainted with the guarautors
above uamed and their property, and that they
are sufficient and able to make good their guar
anty 900 l-
INSTRUCTIONS.
4 Embracing certain conditions, ,chirh wiHJs
incorporated in the contracts
/. Seven minutes are allowed for opening and
closing the mails all offices where particular
time is sp-cified; but on railroad and steamboat
routes there is to be no more delay than Is neces-
sary 10 deliver and receive the bags
| 2 The mail to be conveyed in prefence 10 pas
sengers and to their entire exclusion, its weight
aud bulk r.qu re it.
8. Post office blanks, mail bags and the spe-
cial agents Of the Department. on the exhibition
of their credentials, to be conveyed without
further charge, on mail lines admitting OF such
conveyance. |
i. Mail agents are to be coayeye1 without
charge on the principal ,:;;road aud steamboat
lines, whcs. ..:o size of the mails and number oi
{, - will require their employment, by she
Department.; and, in that case, n separate apart
ment, for the EXCLUSIVES OF the Departnlen nj
! and agent, for the asserting and saf.-keepng OF
the mail is to be provided by tue contractor, and
under The direction Of the Department
/ s. In all cases there is to be forfeiture OF the
! pay OF the rip when the trip is not run; and oi
not more than three tlipes the pay oil the trIp
I when the tri is cot fua, aud no saibcenl excuse
! QUE fourth part OF it when the running or arrival
/ is SO far hehud time as to lose the conneSion with
/ II rudiug mail; and forfeiture Of due pro
( portion OF il When a grade Of servics is rendered
inf ror to that in the contract These iorieitnres
may be increased into penalties OF higher amount,
according so4he nature or frequency oil the failure
/ and the Importance of the mai.
6. Fines will be imposed unless the delinquency
be sat sfaclory exp aimed in due time for inlinc
to take from, or deliver at, post Office the mai,
or any part Of it, for suffering il TO be wet, injured,
/ lost, or destroyed; or conveying 1t III place or
manner that expose it to depreciation, loss or nJn-
! nv; for refusing after demand to convey mail by
any coach. railroad Cur, or steamboat, whciI tho
contractor regul irly on the route beyond tie
specified number Of trips in the contract, and Tor
no, arriving al the time sci; and for setting up or
running an express 10 transmit commerciai Ipteili-
! grncc in advance OF the mail, a penalty wnl be
| exacted rqna TO quarter spay.
Z. The Postmaster General may annul the con-
tract for repeated failures: for violating tho post
office laws; for disob~ying the instructions OF the
/ Departments; for refusing to discharge carrier
, when required by the Department.; for assigning
! the contract without tie consent ol the Postnas-
! ter General, or for setting up running an eI-
press aforesaid. .ar
8. Th. Postmaster General may alter the con-
| tract, and alter the schedule. lie allowing pro
rata increase of ofcumpens1,ion within the restfic-
! lions imposed by law, for the additional service
I REQUIRED or for the Increased speed. II the EN-
ploymeut Of additional stock or carriers Is render
| cd necessary; but the contractor may, IN such
case, rrn,quish the contract, on tIneiy notice. II
/ he prefers il the change The Postmaster
| General may annu the contract or curtaii the
service and paw, when he wishes to dispense with
/ the service in whole or in part. or place higher
/ or different grade Of service on the route, he nl-
! lowing one months extra pay Oh the amount DIS
! pensed with.
| g. The payments will be made through drafts
! on post Offices otherwise. after ths expiration
| Of each Quarter-say IN February, uays august
| and November. .I
10. The distances given according 10 the
best intor,naton but 20 increased pay will be al
! lowed should they proye to be greater than IS ad-
ver.cd If .he places are correctly named.
! II. The Postmaster General is prohibited By
| law from knowingly making ii contact ior The
! transportation Of the mail with any p"ison who
shall have entered into ANY cgmblnnhon' or pro,
! posed 10 enter into any combination,- TO prevent
! the making of any bid Tor mail contract by any
! other person persons, or who skau bave anade
any agreement, shall have given or performed,
promised to give or perform, any cons'dsratio"
to do, or not to do, any thing whatever TO induce
any other person not TO bdfor mail contract
! Particular attention is called TO the 2o.h section
Of tho act Of 1886, proIiol.ing combinations TO
prevent bidding.
ID A bid received after TIM, to wit, the dst OF
| April next, at 10 a IN, without the guaranty re-
quired BY law, ths, combines several routes in
one sum Of compensation, cannot be CONSIDERED
in competition nth the regular proposal not ed
! Judged 10 be exlravagant
I3 A bidder may offer, where the transporta-
ton called for in the advertisement is difficult or
iu,practicabe at certain seasons TO substitute an
| inferior mode OF conveyance, or TO uterint ser
vice a specified number Of days, weeks, or months
He may propose to omit an office that IS naccessI-
BILE, is not on the stage road the railway OF al
! a astran,boat landing, as ihe case may be, or he
| NAV offer to substitute an inferior mode of supply
in such cases lie may propose different days
and hours of departure and arrival provided no
| more running time is asked, and it is obvious that
no mail connexion or ollier public accommodations
is prejudiced He may ask for more tanning
time to the trip, during specified number OF days
at certain seasons OF peculiarly bad roads; but be-
yond these changes, proposal for service differ
cnt from the advertisement will prevent its being
! idered in competition with the regular bid not
set aside FOR exiravagonce; and where a BID con-
tains any of the above alterations their dsadvan
tases will; be estimated in comparing it with other
proposals.
H. There should be bu, one route bid fer in
proposal.
Is The route the service, the yearly pay.
the bidd RS name aud residence, and the anne oi
each member of the firm, where a company oHsrs'
should be distinctly stated; also the mode OF con
vcyance, if higher node than on sfpurSeoach i
intended. .+.,
l6. Tho bid should be sent under seal, address
ed to the First Assistant Postmaster General wnh
'Niail Proposals in the State or Territory OF -
written on the face Of the letter; ard shorld be
dispatched in time to be received by 5rIoFe ';he
Isl Of April uext, at 10 O'clock \. NJ. II should
be GUARANTEED, and the sutiicency Of the gusran-
tors be duly certified. ,(See form.)
II. The contracts TO be executed By CT be-
fore the lst Of July next.
f. Il. Post masters at offices sitqa,ed uoon or near
railroads, but more than eighty rods from depot
will Immediately after the 18th -cf Apil next, r.