The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1851-12-06

letue ola due proportion OF when grade OF service render
ed inferior to the These foeures may be
creased into penaeso higher amount according the nature
OF frequency of the failures and the importance of the mail
s. Whenever satisfactorily shown that the
their carrier agent has left or put aside the mail or any
portion oft for the accommodation OF passengers they shall
forfeit not exceeding quarters pay.
g. Fines will be imposed unless the delinquency be salts
factorly explained in due time, for falling to take FROM
deliver at post Office, the mall any part Of it for suffer
ing it to wet injured lost destroyed; for conveying
in place that exposes il TO depreciation, loss
injury for refusing after demand to convey mail by any
COACH railroad steamboat which tho contractor Tegu-
lay runs concerssd in running the route beyond the
specified number trips the contract, and for arriving
the time and for setting up running express to
transmit commercial intelligence in advance of the mail,
penalty will be exacted equal 10 quarters pay.
The Postmaster General may annul the contract for
peaed failures for violating the post office laws for dis
obeying the instructions Of the Department. for refusing
discharge carrier when required by the Department for
signing the contract without ne consent OF the Postmaster
General for setting up running express aforesaid
for transporting persons conveying mail matter out of the
mail
g. The Postmaster General may alter the contract and alter
the schedule he allowing pro rata increase OF compensation
within the restrictions imposed by law, for the additional
required for the increased speed the employment of
additional stock carriers is rendered Necessary but the
contractor may in the of increased expedition elnqush
the contract timely notice. if he prefers tohe change
The Postmaster General may annul the contract discontinue
cura the service andpay when he wishes to dispense with
the service whole In part or 70 place higher or different
require such dsconnunnce cuament for other cause
he allowing months extra pay the amount of service
dispensed with.
g. The payments will be made through drafts post offices
Otherwise after the expiration of each quaresay Feb
ruary, MAY, August, and November.
TO- The distances given according to the best niorma
ton but increased pay will be allowed should they prove to
be greater thanis advertised .
H. The Postmaster General is prohibited by law from
Knowingly making for tho transportation of the mail
with any person who shall have entered into comsinaon
proposed to enter into any combination, to prevent the
making of any bid for mail contract by any other person
persons who shall have made any agreement shall
given performed, promised to give PERFORM any
sideIaton TO do not to do thing whatever to induce
any other person bid for mail contract. Particular
tenton is called to the 2Sh section of the act of 1885, proh
biting combinations to prevent bidding.
10 bid received after tme to wit the 9th February 1882
next 10 without the guaranty required bylaw that
combines several in compensation be
considered in competition with regular proposal adudged
to be extravagant
49, bidder may oer where the transportation called for
in the advertisement is difficult mpacticable at certain
sons substitute inferior mode of conveyance in
service specified number of days. weeks, months
He may propose omit Office that is inaccessible
the stage road the railway, steamboat landing
the may be he may offer to substitute inferior
mode of supply in such He may propose different
days and hours of departure and arrival provided
running time is asked and is obvious that mail
other public accommodation is pejudiced. He may
ask for running time to the p during specified num-
Der of days. certain of peculiarly bad roads but
beyond these changes, proposal for service different from
the advertisement will prevent its being considered in compe
on with regular bid not set aside for extravaganza and
where bid contains any OF the above alterations their disad
vantages will be estimated in comparing with ether proposals.
ID. There should be but route bid for in proposal
Is. The route, the service the yearly pay the bidders
name and residence and the name of each member of the
firm where company Offers should be distinctly stated
also the mode Conveyance, higher mode than horse
back is intended.
l6 The bid should be sent under SEAL addressed the
First Assistant Postmaster General with Mail Proposals
in the State of -" written the face of the letter !;
and should be dispatched in time to be received by before
the 5th February next, at 10 o'clock A. M. 1t should
be guaranteed and the sucency of the guaranors should
be duly certified. (See forms
IL The contracts 10 be executed by before the st of
July next.
H. Postmasters offices situated upon railroads.
but than eighty rods from depot, will Immediately af
the 9Th February next report that fact the Department
stating their distance from the railroad depot and how
otherwise supplied with the mail enable the Postmaster
General TO direct the proper supply to be made from the rail-
road by mail messengers from and after the LIST July
49, Under the act of March 3, 1885, the 10 be let
to the lowest bidder rendering sufficient guarantees for faith
full performance, without other reference to the mode of trans
poaon than may be necessary provide for the celebrity
certainty and security of such transportation.
When the lowest bid proposes specific mode of
that is inadequate for the route in respect to the certainty
cuy and celebrity of the mails aside from any acc,mmoda-
ton for travel, it will not be entitled TO the route
20. When the bid does not mode of conveyance, it
will be taken and understood to be for the lowest mode of
conveyance, wit on horseback. When proposes to
carry according tothe advertisement and mode OF convey
stated for the route in the advertisement, will be
considered offering only for horseback conveyance.
81 Since the passage OF the act of March 3, lS45
description Of bid has been received Ii specifies mode Of
conveyance but engages carry the mail with certainty
ley, and security, using the of the law. These bids
Called from the in which they designated
the books of the Department. star bids" The experience
of the Department enables it to lay down the following rules
viz
When the mail on the route not so LARGE as 10 enue
two horse coach conveyance bid if the lowest will al
ways be preferred to the specific bid.
When the mails of such size and weight as to render it
necessary, in reference them Alone provide
coach conveyance, the specific bid though the highest for
coach SERVICE if adjudged to be entirely sufficient for the
route will be preferred to the bid in the difference
is not such interfere with the policy of the law of 1885,
which looks reduction in the of transportation Elk
cpons however, may be allowed where the star bid made
by the the stock used the route in the per-
Torrance of coach service.
On routes of the highest class where four horse coach or
steamboat transportation required by the size and import
of the mails and the specific bid is adudged entirely
sufficient for the route the preference for the specific bid will
be- necessary, carried to greater extent Of difference than
the inferior coach routes
%. modification of bid in any Of its essential terms is
tantamount to bid, and be received so as to in
tere with regular competition after the last hour set for re-
ceving bids
30 Pomases required to be careful not to GER
y the sucency Of guaantors suetes without knowing
that they persons of sufficient responsibility and all bid
ders, guarantors, surees distinctly notified that on
failure to enter into perform the for The service
proposed for in the accepted bids their legal liabilities will be
enforced against Them