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any Of the above alterations their disadvantage viii
be estimated in comparing IL with other proposals.
IA. There should be but route bid for in pro-
posal.
is. The route the service the yearly pay, the bidders
and residence and the of each member OF the
fm where company offers, should DO distinctly stated
also the mode OF conveyance, If higher mode than on
horseback is intended.
6. The bid should be under SEAL addressed 10 the
First Assistant Postmaster General, with Mail Proposals
in the State of " the face Of the letter. and
should be despatched in time be received by before the
5lh February at 10 o'clock, Il should be guar
aned and the suciency OF the suaranso should be duly
| certified (see forms.)
IL The contracts to be executed by before the ls
of July next. 4He ai1l
49, Postmssers at Offices suated upon noar railroads
but than eighty rods from depot, WILL Immediately
after the 5h February report that fact the depart
mont stating their distance from the railroad depot
and how otherwise supplied with the mall enable the
General to direct the proper supply TO be made
from tho railroad by mail messengers from and after the LIST
Of July next.
H. Under the act of March g. l8A5 the is to I've let
the lowest bidder rendering sufficient guarantees for faith
fu performance without other reference to the mode of
transportation than may be necessary to provide for the due
ceeriy certainty and security of such transportation.
When the lowest bid proposes specific mode Of convey
ance that is inadequate for the respect to
tanty security, CELEBRITY Of the mails, aside from any
accommodations for travel will not be eotted to tho route
20. When the bid does a mode of conveyance,
will DO taken and understood TO be for the lowest mode OF
conveyance, to wit: horseback When It proposes to
according tho advertisement, and mode OF con-
vsyance 10 stated for the rous IN the advertisement will
considered offering only for horseback conveyance
a. Since the passage Of the act Of March g. l845,
new description Of bid has been received II specifies no
mode Of ance but engages carry tho mail with
certainty celebrity and security, using the terms Of the law
These bids called from The mannsr in which they are
designated the books of the department. "ass bids
The experience of the department enables II TO lay down
| the following rules, Viz: sHett
When the mail tho il not large to require
twohoss coach conveyance star bid If the lowest VIII
| always be preferred to the specific bid 3
When the mails of such and weight 10 render
necessary, reference 10 them alone 70 provide two
horse coach the specific bid though the highest
for coach service adodged TO be entirely sufficient for
the route will be preferred to the star bid 10 case the differ
ence such interfere with the policy OF the law of
lS45 which looks reduction in the cost Of transportation
Exceptions however, may be allowed where tho star bid
the othe stock used on in the
| performance Of coach service E as z s41EF
On routes of the highest Glass; where ourhorso coach
steamboat transportation required by the sze and import
of the mails, and tho specific bid 10 adudged entirely
sufficient route the preference for the specific bid will
if necessary carried greater extent of difference than
on the inferior coach routes. t"ey
% modification of bid, any of s essential terms
bid and cannot be reoeived 30 as 10
interfere with regular compston after tho last hour set for
| receiving bids. HN
49, Posasters are required 10 be careful certify
the suciency of surces without knowing
that they persons of sufficient responsibility; and all
bidders distinctly notified that on
failure 10 enter perform the for the service
proposed for the accepted bids their legal Liabilities will be
| enforced against them.
L
oore used in this department. except in the respects par
tcuarly mentioned these instructions and conditions
and on all aiod and steamboat routes the contractors VIII
be required deliver tho mails into the Offices at the
ends Of the and into all the intermediate post Offices
Than eighty rods from the railroad landing.
25 Present contractors and persona known at the de-
must equally with Others procure guarantors and
certificates Of Their sucency substantially in the forms
above prescribed The certificates of efficiency must be
signed by postmaster, judge clerk OF court OF
record N. X. HALL, Postmaster General
ST orrIcE DEPAnrnrsr, September a. 1851.
W PoSmasers wlil be careful preserve this as man.
ua of the routes, and to note upon all alterations OF
which they shall be officially informed.
10 fostmaslers will not permit tho mails to be carried
days other hours than those here down.
without the written order OF tho department
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