The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1851-01-04
Embracing certain conditions, whieh ,oil
inc0rp0rafed in The contracts


Embracing certain conditions, ohieh ,oiH 1 /
Incorporated IN The contracts.
L. Seven INMATES allowed for opening and CLOSING A
mails all offices where particular time is specified ~
on railroad and steamboat there Is 10 be more Az
than necessary to deliver and receive the bags
q The mail Is be conveyed in preference 10 passen,
and their entire exclusion if its weight and bulk resur
g. Post Office blanks, mail bags, and the special agents
the Department, the exhibition of their credentials a.,
be conveyed without further charge mail lines adma
OF such convey snce.
A. Mail agents are to be conveyed without charge ON 4
principal railroad aud amboa lines. whore the s1s Of Il
mails and the number Of the offices wiIl require their emn
ment by the Department. and in that case separate sps
ment. Tor the exclusive OF the Department aud agent
the asserting and sale keeping Of the mail is be proy
the contractor, under the direction OF the Department
g. Ia all there is TO be forfeiture OF the pay Of A
trip when the trip Is not and OF more than h
times the pay Of the trip when the trip is run and no ~
cent for the failure furnished forfeiture OF Al M
one-ourh part Of when the running arrival SO a b
time lose the connexion with depending mail and M
fixture of due proportion of when grade of service is %
ed inferior that in the contract These foreures may he
creased into penalties Of higher amount. according the na
frequency of the failure and the importance the mail
O. Fines will be imposed unless the delinquency be SAIL
iacoriIy explained in due time, for failing take from
deliver at post Office, the mad, any part Of for u
ing i to DO wet, injured, lost, destroyed conveying
in place manner that exposes il depreciation loss
injury for refusing after demand convey mail by su
coach, railroad car, steamboat which the contractor e
lary the route beyond the specified number s
the contract, and for not arriving the time set and
setting up or running express to transmit commercial
tellgence in advance of the mail penalty wl.be exac
equal to quarters pay.
T. The Postmaster General may annul the contract for n
peated failures; for violating the post Office laws; for dis
obeyng the instructions of the Department for refusing
discharge carrier when required by the Department for
signing the contract without the of the Posm
General, or for setting up running express aoes
The Postmaster m hc nd
the schedule, he allowing pro rata OF compen a
within the restrictions imposed by law, for the additional ~
vice required, or for the increased speed if the employment
additional stock carriers is rendered necessary but IL
contractor may. in such case enquish the contract u
notice. If he prefers il TO the change The Postmaster e
raj annul the contract curta the service and pay w
he wishes to dispense with the service in whole part
place higher different grade Of service the route
lowing mouths extra pay the amount dispensed with
g. The paymentswil be made through drafts post Office
otherwise after the expiration Of each quartersay P
ruary, May, August and November.
TO- The distances are given according to the best inor
tom but increased pay will be allowed should they pro
be greater than advertised il the places correctly named
ii. The Postmaster General is prohibited by law ha
knowingly making contract for the transportation of the mi
with any person who shall have entered into any comLnsa
proposed to enter into any combination, prevent
making Of any bid for mail by any other person
persons, who shall have made any agreement shall
given performed promised to give perform, any COZ
sdeaton to do, not to do any thing whatever ndun
any other person not 10 bid for mail contract Particular
enon is called to the 28th section Of the Of 1885, prob
biting combinations TO prevent bidding.
IL. bid received after tme to wit the LIST April neI
m, or without the guaranty required by law that
bnes several routes in Of compensation,
considered in composition with the regular proposal not
Judged to be extravagan
49, bidder may Offer where the transport alton called
in the advertisement is difficult mpraccabe certain
sons, to substitute inferior mode of conveyance
lermit service specified number Of days, weeks mon
He may propose to omit Office that is inaccessible,
on the stage road, the railway at steamboat landing
the may be he may offer substitute an inferno
mode Of supply in such He may propose dasrs
days and hours of departure and arrival. provided
running time asked, and it is obvious that mail
ion other public accommodation is prejudced He my
ask for running time to the trip, during specified
Der Of days, at certain Of peculiarly bad roads M
beyond these changes proposal for service different from
the advertisement will prevent us being considered in comp
ttion with regular bid aside for extravaganza and
where bid contains any Of the above alterations their da
vantages will be estimated in comparing with other propo
Ia. There should be but bid for in proposal
is. The route, the service, the yearly pay, the bidder
name and residence, and the Of each member Of a
firm, where company offers. should be distinctly stated
also the mode Of convey ance if higher mode than ho
back is intended.
49, The bid should be sent under SEAL addressed to ts
First Assistant Postmaster General with Mail Proposes
in the State Territory of " written the face Of
letter and should he dispatched in time received BY
be guaranteed and the sucency Of the guaantors ho
be duly certified. (See forms
III The contracts TO be executed before the Id
July next
H. Postmasters at Offices situated upon rsO,d
but than eighty rods from depot, will immediately
ter the 10Th April next report that fact the Depane
stating their exact distance from the railroad depot and hs
otherwise supplied with the mail, 10 enable the posm'ss
General 10 direct the proper supply to be made from the
road by mail messengers from and after the LIST July next
49, Under the act Of March 3, ls45, the route 10 to be
TO the lowest bidder rendering sufficient guarantees for faith
full performance, without other reference TO the mode Of rp
poraon than may be necessary provide for the due c
certainty, and security of such transportation.
When the lowest bid proposes mode Of conveyance D,
inadequate for the route in respect TO the certainty, se
and celebrity of the nails aside from any accommoaonr
Isvel, il will not be entitled to the route.
20. When the bid does name a mode Of conveyano,
will be taken and understood be for tho lowest mode
conveyance, to wit, on horseback When it propsc
,ny according 10 the advertisement and mode Of convey
,nce is stated for the route in the advertisement, vii
considered as offering only for horseback conveyance.
I'll. Since the passage OF the Of March B. ls45 W
conveyance but engages TO carry the mail with certainty
ery, and security using the Of the law. These hd
called, from the which they designated
he books Of the Department. "sfny bds II has been ds
rided, after mature consideration that bid proposing sF
cic mode Of conveyance Of high grade hor ca
transportation is to be preferred Me star bid The sIPn
Of the Department enables to lay down the FOLLOWING
When the mail on the route is large to requ~
two horse coach conveyance, bid IL the lowest wi
preferred TO the specific bid
81 When the mails Of such size and weight as ior
der il necessary erpcdcn, in reference to them alone
provide horse coach conveyance the specific bid hc
the highest. viii be preferred the bid, the extent
moderate difference in the compensation, in the ds
is such 10 interfere with the policy of the new Nv