The republic., 1851-01-29


the contractor regularly runs on the route beyond
the specified number OF trips in the contract, and
for not arriving at the time set; and for setting up
or running an express to transmit commercial in
teligeuce In advance of the mail, penalty will be
exactcd equal to quarters pay. qa
4. The Postmaster General may annul the con-
tract for repeated failures; for violating the post
office laws; for disobeying the instructions OF the
Department; for refusing to discharge carrier
when required by the Department; for assigning
the contract without the consent of the Postmaster
General, or for setting up running express as
aforesaid.
g. The Postmaster General may alter the con-
tract and alter the schedule, he allowing pro rata
increase Of compensation, within the restrictions
imposed by law, for the additional service required,
or for the increased speed, if the employment OF
additional stock or carriers is rendered necessary;
but the contractor may, in such case, renquish
the contract, on timely notice, If he prefers 1t to
the change. The Postmaster General may annul
the contract or curtail the service and pay, whcn
he wishes to dispense with the service, in whole or
in part, or place higher different grade of SER
vice ON the route, he allowing one months extra
pay on the amount dispenscd with.
g. The payments will be made through drafts on
post offices or otherwise, after the expiration OF
each quarter-say in February, May, August and
November.
information; but increased pay will be allowed,
should they prove to be greater than is advertised
If the places correctly named
IL. The Postmaster General is prohibited by law
portaton ofthe mail with any person who shall have
entered into any combination, or proposed to enter
into any com binaton, to prevent the making OF any
bid for mail contract by any other person or per-
sons, or who shall have made any agreement,
or shall have given or performed, or promised to
give or perform, any consideration to do, or not to
do, any thing whatever to induce any other person
not to bid for mail contract. Particular atten-
ton s called to the 2Sth section of the act of 1885,
prohibiting combinations to prevent bidding.
IL. A bid received after time, to wit the let
April next at 10 n IN, or without the guaranty re
quired by law that combines several routes in one
sum Of compensation, cannot be considered in COM
petition with the regular proposal not adjudged to
TO be cxtravagant. ,it tN
49, A bidder may offer, where the transportation
called for in the advertisement is difficult i'm
practicable at certain seasons, to substitute in
fcrior mode Of conveyance, 10 intormi service q
specified number. of days. weeks, or months He
may propose to omit Office that is inaccessible,
or is not the stage road, the railway, or at a
steamboat landing, as the case may be; or he may
offer TO substitute inferior mode OF supply in
such cases He may propose different days and
hours Of departure and arrival, provided no more
running time is asked and il is obvious that no
mail connexion other public accommodations IL
prcjudiccd. He may ask for moro running time
TO the trip, during specified number OF days, a,
certain Of peculiarly bad rosds; but beyond
these changes proposal for service different from
the advertisement will prevent ts being considered