The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1851-11-15

when required by the Department; for
assigning the contract without the con
sent of the Postmaster General, or for
setting up or running an express as alore-
said, Or for transporting persons con-
veyIng mai matter out OF the mail.
.. The Postmaster General may alter
the contract, and alter the schedule, he
allowing a pro rata increase of compen-
Sation, within the restrictions imposed
| by law, for the Additional service re-
CURED, or for the incrrased speed, if the
employment OF additional stock or car
tractor mAy, in the case Of Increased eX-
padiIinn, relnquish the contract, on
timely notice, if he prefers it to the
change. The Postmaster General may
annul the contract, or discontinue or
curtail the service and ray, when he
wishes 10 dispense with the service, in
whole or in part, or TO place higher or
different grade Of service on the route
or whenever the public interest require
such disContinuance or curtailment for
any other cause, heallowin4' one months
extra pay on the amount OF service dis
! pens-d with.
9. The payment will be made through
drafts on post Offices or otherwise, after
the expiration of each quaatrr--say in
| February, May, August and November.
10. The distances are given accord
ing TO the best information; but no in
creased pay will BE allowed, should they
prove to lie greater than is advertised.
II. The Postmaster General is pro-
!ihted by law from knowingly making
contract Tor the transportation of the
mai! with any person who shall have en-
tered into any combination, OF proposed
to enter into any combination, to pre-.
vent the making of any bid for a mail
contract by any other person or persons,
or who shall have made any agreement,
or shall have given or performed, or
promised TO give or perform, any con>id-
Grafton 10 do, OF not 10 do, any thing
whatever to induce any other person not
to hd for mai contract. Particular
attention is called TO the 2Sth section o..
the act Of 1896, prohibiting Combinations
to prevent bidding.
-. A bid received after time to wit.
the 5lh February, 1882, next, at 10 a m,
without the guaranty required by law,
or that combines several routes in one
sum Of compensation, cannot be consid-
cred in competition with a regular pro-
posal not adjudged to be extravaganza
10. A bidder may offer, where the
transportation called for in tn. aavcr.
tisemcnt is difficult or imprac;cable at
certain seasons, to suhstitut. m inferior
mode of conveyance, or TO intermit SER
vice specified number of DAYS, weeks,
or months. He may propose TO omit an
Office that is inaccessible, or is not on the
stage road, the railway, or at a steam
boa; landing, as the case may be; or he
may offer to substitute an inferior mode
OF supply in such cases. He NAV pro
pose different DAYS and hours of depar-
ture and arrival, provided no NOR" run
ming time is asked, ana is obvious that
no mail connection or other public &C.
commodatoo is preiudic.d. H may
ask for more running time to The trip,
during specified number Of DAYS, at CIR.
tain seasons Of peculiarly bad roads; bot
beyond these changes, propose! fer
service different, from the advertisement
will prevent its being considered in com
petition with regular bid not SGT aside
for cXtravagance, and whore bid con
tains any OF the above alterations, their
disadvantages will be estimated in com
pairing it with Other proposals.
II. There should be but one route
bid for in a proposal.
IS. The route, the service, the yearly !
pay, the bidders name and residence,
and the nam" of each member Of n"
firm, where a company offers, should be |
distinctly stated; also the mode of CON
yryance, if higher mode than On
horseback is intended.
Is. The bid should be sent under
seal, addressed to the First AsSis,an,
Postmaster General, with "Mail Propo.
sails in the State Of" written on the
face Of the le'ler;and should be dispatch
ed in time to be received by or before
the 9Th February next, at 10 O'Clock A.
NJ. 1t should be guaranteed, and the
of the glarantors should be
duly certified. (See lorms)
II. The contracts are to be executed
by or before the 1st of July next.
Is. Postmasters at Offices situated uD-
on or near rail- Dads, but more than
eighty rods from a depot, will immedi-
atr!y after the 9th February next, re-
por! that fact 10 the Department, stating
their exact distance from the railroad
depot, and how otherwise supplied with
the mail, to enable the Postmaster Gen
eral to direct the proper supply to be
made from thr railroad by mail messen-
gers, from and after the lst July next.