The primitive Republican. (Columbus, Miss.) 18??-1852, 1851-09-04

NOE VIZ VI propose 70 carry tue
mails on route No. from to ,,
agreeably to the advertisement of the Post
master General dated 9th August, 1851,
and by the following mode of conveyance viz:
for the annual sum of dollars.
Dated Signed
Form Of a Guaranty.
The undersigned undertake that if the
foregoing bid for carrying the mail on route
No. be accepted by the Pos'master Gen
eral the bidder shall, prior to the 18th day
of February next, enter into the required
obligation to perform the service proposed,
with good and sufficient sureties
Dated. (Signed by two guar's.
Form Of Certificate.
The undersigned, postmaster of GER
tifcs that he is well acquainted with the a
bove guarantors and their property, and that
they are men of property, and able to make
good their guaranty.
Dated. Signed.
Notice and Instructions to Bidders.
Seven minutes are allowed to interme-
date postmasters, for asserting the mails
when not otherwise specified by the schedule.
, Pay will not be made for trips not run;
and the deductions for failures to perform
the same may be increased to three times
the contract pay therefor if a sufficient cx-
cuse be not sent in. Fines may may be inl-
posed for arrivals after time; also for failing
to take or deliver the entire mail
g. The Postmaster General may annul
tho contract for repeated failures, for viola
ting the post Office laws, or for disobeyins
the instructions Of the Department.
\ t. The Postmaster General may discon
tinuo or curtail the service, and the pay &C
oordinely, on sllowng one months extra
pay ON the amount dispensed with. He may
also increase .ho length or number Of thC
rips ut pro rata p4y, the contractor having
the right to rclinquish the contract, on Civ
ing timely notice, if he prefer it to tn
change.
5. Additional pay Will not be made 70
excess of actual over advertised distanc
SHOULD any such case occlT) if the office
arc correctly named
g. Proposals without the prescribed qua
ranty, or postmastcrs certificate Of the suff
cheney Of the surcties, or not received in tn
time specified by the advertisement, or con
bin;ng more than one route in the same sun
cannot be accepted.
Z. Bids for the service rs ddcertiSed al
,. entitled to preference, but those proposin
changes therein will receive consideration.
s. Offices established during the contrat
period within quarter of a mile of the roui
are to be supplied without extra pay; thos
further off at pro rata compensation.
!, g. Bidders should specify the mode
= conveyance intended to be used
: When this is not done it will be unde
stood to be horseback.
10. If the accepted bidders fail to execu
contract, or to commence. and continue Sc
vice agreeably to their proposals, they,
their guarantors OF suretes, will be liable
! a suit for the damages resulting from 7
i letting Of the route.
Ee II. Contracts are to be executed by Il
18th day of February, 1852.
L. The bids should contain the bidde
5. name and residence, and; ifa company ofe
/, those Of each member Of the firm, and shou
p be addressed to the First Assistant Postms
ter General and endorsed Nail proposals
the State Oh
For further particulars as to conditions
bidding, and the forms Of the contracts
quired, see advertisement for proposals
carrying the mails issued january p, lS5
also pamphlet edition Of this aayertiseme
soon to Be issued. n. II. HALL,
Postmaster Gener
PosT 0FFIcE DEpA RTsiENT, Aug. 81