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ans any OF the above alterations, their disadvantages viii
DO estimated in comparing IL with other proposals.,
IA. There should DO but one route bid for IN pro-
posal. Ne"H :, -,
is Tho route the service, the yearly pay, the bidders
residence and the OF each member of the
hrm where company offers should be distinctly stated
also the mode Of conveyance, higher mode than on
horseback is nlendcd. .I
i6 The bid should be sent under SEAL addrossed to the
First assistant Postmaster General with +" Mail Proposals
in the State Of written the face of the letter and
DO despatched in be received by before the
5th February ~ O'Clock, Il should be guar
aned, and the suceney Of the guAantors should DO duly
certified (See forms-)
of July next 18TH
49, Postss,ers at Offices situated upon railroads,
but than eighty rods from depot WILL immediately
after the 5h February next report that fact to the depart
mont stating their distance from the railroad depot
and how otherwise supplied with the mail 10 enable the
Postmaster General direct the proper supply TO be made
from the railroad by mail messengers from and after the LIST
of July next. VIA 81 Il ..-.t ..UF #
49, Under the act Of March g. ls4s the be let
the lowest bidder rendering sufficient guarantees for faith
full performance without other reference the mode OF
transportation than be necessary 10 provide for the due
ceey certainty, and security Of such transportation.
ance that inadequate the respect the
ainy security and CELEBRITY OF the mails aside from any
accommodations for travel it will not be entitled to the route
90. When the bid does not mode of conveyance,
will be taken and undersood be for the lowest mode of
conveyance to wit on horseback When il proposes to
carry according TO the advertisement and no mode Of con-
be considered offering only for horseback conveyance
81. Since the Passage Of the act Of March 3, lSA5
mode of conveyance but engages to carry The mail with
certainty CELEBRITY and security using the terms OF the law
These bids called from the in which they are
designated the books Of the department, 'sfs' bids
The experiences Of the department enables to lay down
the following rules, viz: n III #, t4a,a as
When the mail the 80 large require
coach conveyance, star bid, if the lowest, will
always be preferred to the specific bid ,..
When the mails Of such size and weight as TO render
il necessary, in reference to them alone % provide two
for coach service adudged be entirely sufficient for
the route will DO preferred the bid The differ
ence il such interfere with the policy Of the law of
ls45 which looks TO in the coat of
Exceptions however, may be allowed where the star bid
made by the ofhe stock used the route in the
performance Of coach service.
On routes Of highest Glass; where ouhorse coach
steamboat transportation required by the and import
ance Of the NAILS and tho specific bid i adudged entirely
sufficient for the route the preference for the specific bid Will
necessary carried greater extent Of difference than
on the inferior coach routes. ,l&i. .s.,.
a. modification of bid, in any of its essential terms,
bid and cannot be received no as TO
interfere with regular compcton after the last hour SET for
receiving bids Ii. liza. b s.s. Fl
80 Posmssers required be careful and not % certify
the sucisncy of guarantors sureies without knowing
that they persons of sufficient responsibility and all
bidders surses distinctly nonhed that on
failure perform the contracts for tho service
proposed for in the accepted bids their legal liabilities will be
enforced against them. zy9 "a ~
"a The contracts will be substantially the forms here
department.,
tcuarly mentioned in thsse instructions and conditions;
and all railroad and steamboat routes the contractors will
be required deliver the mails into the post Offices at the
ends Of the routes and all the intermediate post Offices
not moro than eighty rods from the railroad landing
25 Present contractors and persons known the de-
partmen must equally with others procure guaantors and
above prescribed The certificates Of sufcency must be
signed BY Po'tmsssr' Or Jadgs Or CLERK sou.i
record. N. X. HALL, PostmaseI uenera.
ST OrFIcE DEPARTMENT, September ~, 1851
hsr A
ual of the routcs and upon il nil alterations of
which they shall be officially informed
on other DAYS or hours than those hero set down,
without the written order Of the department.
Oct l0-lawI2w
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Icidsn,. the Life Of Pastor BY William w.ns, D.
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Uncle Frsns's Home stories.
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ELkMENTs Of Analytical Geometry by Albert &c.
AIbun Tale Of the New World; by Lady Alice"
The Nile Boat, olmpsss of the Land Of Egypt by W H.
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HE Geological observsr-By De !. Bsebs.
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pICkETr's History OF Ainb.m., incidentally of
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Jus, published, and for sale by
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Drank Forest~r's Field sports Of the States
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The American Shooters Msnuai by gentleman Of Philadelphia
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Hints spor'.msn, containing Note. Shooting by Lewis
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The spor,sman- Librspi by John wilson vol-ioudon.
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Dinks Dogs; edited by Frnnk Forester.
The Dog and the sportsnsn, by j. g. skinner.
breaking by Lieut. Colonel Hutchinson illustrations
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