The republic., 1851-04-17
FoRElGr MAILS.

FOREIGN MAILS.
| DPOPOSALS for carrying the mails Of the Upi-
Il ted States from the Ist of July, 1851, TO 3Oth
June, 1856, the following route, will he received
| at the Contract Office of the Post Office Depart
the oh May, 1851, 10 be decided by the 18Th M Of Of
May.) in the manner and time herein specified:
| From Charleston. South Carolina;
By Savannah Gsorfs ssd x Key West ,e Florida .i;
| twice month and back, in steamships
Leave Charleston on the lst and 10th Of each
| month;
Arrive al Havana by the 9th and the 2osh Of the
| same month; r
Leave Havana on the sth and 22d Of each
month;
| Proposals to touch at 81. Augustine, Indian Key,
Key Biscayne, or Miami, and Key vaccas, (either
Proposals for commcncing at New York, savan-
sidered. tne sc
Proposals for more frequent conveysnos will be
The proposals should set forth the size, rate, and
description OF the vessel, with sufficient particu-
iarity to enable the decision to be made on the ad
vice of the proper officers Of the naval service, whe
ter the is or is not convertible into ship of
| war. And special notice is hereby given, that,
agreeabiy to the provisions Of the act Of Congress OF
in other respects) viii Be preferred which shall
spuate to deliver the steamship or ships TO be pro
vidcd for carrying said mails. TO the United States
or to their proper officer, demand made, for the
purpose of being converted into vcsse or vcsscIs
| Of war; the United States being bound, on their
part TO pay the fair full value thereof at the time
appointed two by the President Of the United States
and two by the owner or owners, with an umpire.
in case OF disagreement, to be appointed by the
| President of the United States.
The bidder may embrace in his offer stipulation
| to carry an agent of the Post Office Department
with the mails, or he may omit IL, at his discretion
Such stipulation may induce a preference to be
given in favor OF bid equal in other respects over
| a bid not containing it.
Articles Of contract to be executed by the ac-
ccpted bidder and by his sureties by before the
first day of July next The contract is TO provide,
| among other things, that the pay Of the trip 10
| to be forfeited when the trip is not performed,
and not more than three times the pay Of the
excuse for the failure is furnished and due
proportion of it when n grade Of service is rem
dercd inferior to that specified in the contract;
and that lines may, be imposed, unless the de-
linqucncy be satisfactorily explained in due time
for failing to take from, to deliver into the posf
Office at the port Of landing the mail belonging
thereto, or any partof said MALL for suffering the
maii, any part of IL. 10 be wet, injured lost
destroyed; for conveying it in place or manner
that exposes il to depreciation, oss, injury; for
refusing, after demand made, to convey a mail by
any additional steamship vessel run by the con-
tractor on the route, over and above the specified
number Of trips in the contract and for arriving
at the time set; also for transmitting intelligence,
L
gencc, in advance Of the mail The Postmaster
General may annul the contract for repeated fail
urea; for violating the post Office laws; for disobcy-
ing the instructions of the Department. for refusing
| 10 discharge carrier when required by the De-
! partment; for assigning the contract without the
consent Of the Postmaster General, or fer setting
| up or running express aforesaid.
/ The Postmaster General may alter the contract,
and alter the schedule, he allowing pro rata in
crease OF compensation, within the restrictions inn
poecd BY law, for the additional service required,
lf,f f.rt thc lpcr thr t,f
additional stock or carrersis rendered necessary
but the contractor may, in such case, relnquish
the contract on timely notice. If he 70 the
change The Postmaster General may also dis
! continue or curtail the service. BIC allowing one
months extra pay ON the amount dispensed with.
The route: IN the service the yearly pay the bid
should be distinctly stated in the proposals.
Form for a bid tchcre no change from aoper-
/ tisensent is contemplated By he bidder y
'sI Tor we, as the case may bc) there write the
name or names in FULL Of there state the residence
70 the mail on
as often as the Postmaster Generals tiscnent
for proposals on the same, dated February 3. 1861
| requires, in the time stated In the schedule con-
tanned in such advertisement, and by the follow
| ing mode of conveyance, to wit Here state how
it Is to be conveyed. for the annual sum of there
write out the sum in words at full length
| Dated hesr 1Signedl ,,ii,s,g ss8
The following ia the form Of the guarantee. which
sfould be filed, the first blank with the name of
the gunrantors; the second with that Of the bidder
| and the third and fourth with the beginning and
terminating points of the route; and, after being
Dated should be signed by the guarantor, who
must be shown. by the written certificate Of post
master. or other equally satisfactory testimonial,
tobe men of property. and able to make good their
| guarantees. This guarantee, 30 ccrtifed, should
| accompany each bid:
! reThe undersigned -- guarantee that --,
| if his bid for carrying the mail from ----- TO
| - be accepted by the Postmaster General,
I-- shall enter into the contract required by the
Postmaster General, pursuant to such bid, prior to
the lst day Of July next, with at least two good
and sufficient sureties, to perform the service pro-
posed.
Dated ssNas3 (Signedl
| Form Of Certificate. is
| The undersigned, postmaster of -----, certifics
| TINT he is well acquainted with the guarantors
above named and their property, and that they
anty. TSipncdl
Dated
| The bid should be sent under seal to the First
Assistant Postmaster General, and the words email
the letter; and should be despatched in timc to be
1 received by or before the 9Th day of May next,
which will be the last day for receiving proposals.
| under this advertisement.
! will be determined by the 18th day of May next.
The service is TO commence with the trip nearest
1.-THE first day of July 1851; but if the bidder shalt
not consider himself able or prepared to put the
service in operation on about that day, he win
specify the day Of commencement in his proposals.
The contract term will expire with the voyage
ending on or about the soth day Of June; 1855,
aH a Postmaster General
Posr OrFicE DEPAnrMEsr, Feb. 3, 1851.
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