The republic., 1851-11-01

cient excuse for the failure furnished forfeiture of
oue-fourh part when the running arrival is a behind
time lose the conne1ion with depending mail and or
eure due proportion Of when grade of service render
ed inferior 10 that in the contract These foeuTes may be in
creased penalties higher amount according the nature
or frequency the failures and the importance Of the mail
s. Whenever il is satisfactorily shown that the contractors
their carrier seent has left put aside the mail or any
portion Oft M the accommodation Of passengers they shall
forfeit not exceeding quarters pay.
g. Fines will be imposed unless the delinquency be salts
facoriy explained due time, for iamg TO take from, or
deliver a. post Oe, the mail, any part of it, for suffer-
ing be wet jured lost destroyed for conveying
in place that exposes to depreciation loss, or
injury f0r refusing after demand to convey mail by any
COACH railroad car steamboat which the contractor egu-
larry runs concerned running, the route beyond the
specified number trips the contract and fcT not arriving
time and for setting up running express to
transmit commercial intelligence In advance oil Ihe mall
penalty will be exacted equal to a quarters pay.
T. The Postmaster General may annul the contract for re-
peaed failures violating the post Office laws for dis
obeying the instructions of the Department for refusing to
discharge carrier when required by the Department for
signing the without the consent of the Postmaster
General for setting up running aforesaid
for transporting persons conveying mail matter out OF the
mail
g. The Postmaster General may alter the contract and alter
the schedule he allowing pro increase OF compensation,
within the restrictions imposed by law, for the additional
vice required for the increased speed the empoymenof
additional stock carriers is rendered necessary but the
contractor may in the of relinqush
the contract timely notice. if he prefers to the change
The General may annu the contract discontinue
cua the service andpay when he wishes to dispense with
the service in whole in part to place higher different
grade service the route whenever the public Interests
require such dsconnuance curament for any other
he allowing months extra pay the amount OF service
dispensed with.
g. The payments will be made through drafts post offices
or otherwise after the expiration of Feb
ruary, May, August, and November.
TO- The distances given according to the best nforma'
ton but increased pay will be allowed should they
be greater than is advertised.
H. The Postmaster General is prohibited by law from
knowingly making contract for the transportation of the mail
with any person who shall have entered into comsnaion
proposed into any combination, to prevent the
making of any bid for mail contract by any other
persons who shall have made any agreement shall have
given performed promised to give or perform any
sideiaon do do any thing whatever induce
any other person bid for mail contract Particular at
tenon called the 2Sh section of the of 1886, prohi
biting combinations to prevent bidding.
IL bid received after me to wit the 9th February 1852,
next at 10 M without the guaranty required by law that
combines of compensation cannot be
considered in competition with regular proposal not adudged
to be extravagant
49, bidder may offer, where the transportation called for
in the advertisement difficult impraccabe at certain
sons substitute Inferior mode of conveyance to in
service specified number of days, weeks, months
He may propose omit office that inaccessible isnot
the stage road the railway, at steamboat landing,
the may be he may offer to substitute an inferior
mode of supply in such He may propose different
days and hours of departure and arrival provided more
running time asked and obvious that mail
ion other public accommodation prejudiced He may
ask for running time to the trip, during specified num-
Der of days. certain of peculiarly bad roads but
beyond these changes proposal for service different from
the advertisement will prevent it's being considered In compe
ton with regular bid not set aside for extravagance and
where bid contains any of the above alterations their dsad
vanages will be estimated in comparing it with other proposals.
ID. There should be but route bid for proposal.
is. The route the service, the yearly pay, the bidders
name and residence and the of each member of the
firm, where company offers, should be distinctly stated
also the mode Of conveyance higher mode than on horse
back is intended.
I6 The bid should be under SEAL addressed to the
First Assistant Postmaster General, with Mail Proposals
in the State of -" written the face of the letter
and should be dispatched in time to be received by before
the 9th February next, 10 o'clock A. M 1t should
guaranteed, and the suciency of the guarantors should
be duly certified. (See forms
The to be executed by before the s OF
July next
lS Postmasters offices situated upon railroads.
but than eighty rods from depot will Immediately af
ter the 5h February next report that fact to the department.
stating their distance from the railroad depot and how
otherwise supplied with the mail enable the Postmaster
General direct the proper supply to be made from the rail-
road by mail messengers from and after the ls July next
49, Under the act of March 8, ls45, the route is to be let
to the lowest bidder rendering sufficient guarantees for faith
u performance, without other reference the mode of trans
portaon than may be necessary provide for the due cee
certainty, and security of such transportation
When the lowest bid proposes specific mode of conveyance
that inadequate for the respect the certainty
curity, and celebrity of the mails aside from any accommoda
ton for travel it will not be entitled to the
90 When the bid does not mode of conveyance,
will be taken and understood be for the lowest mode of
conveyance, wit, horseback When it proposes to
carry according the advertisement and mode of convey
stated for the route in the advertisement, 1t will be
considered offering only for horseback conveyance
81 Since the passage Of the act of March ls45,
description Of bid has been received specifies mode of
conveyance, but engages carry the mail with certainty
ery and security using the of the law. These bids
called from the in which they designated on
the books of the Department. Stdr bids The experience
of the Department enables to lay down the following rules
viz
When the mail the route is not large to require
two horse coach conveyance star bid the lowest will al
ways be preferred to the specific bid.
When the mails of such size and weight to render
necessary in reference them aone provide horse
coach conveyance the specific bid though the highest
coach service if sdjudgcd be entirely sufficient for the
route will be preferred the bid, the difference
is not such interfere with the policy of the law of lsd5
which looks reduction in the of transportation Ex
cepons however, may be allowed where the star bid is made
by the of the stock used the in the per-
fomance of coach service.
On routes of the highest class where four horse coach
steamboat transportation required by the size and import
of the mails and the specific bid sdudged entirely
sufficient for the route the preference for the specific bid will
be- If necessary, carried greater extent of difference than
on the inferior coach routes
%. modification of bid in any Of its essential TERMS Is
tantamount to bd and be received to in
teree with regular competition after the last hour set for
ceving bids.
49, Posmasers required to be careful and not to GER