The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1852-10-04

Gencrai) 10 De proposed Dy the DlQder.
Proposals to omit Tampico by main line, and
supply, tri monthly, by eide weasel, in due con.
nexon, will be considered, in the event OF its being
shown to be Improbable to enter that port with
the steamships OF the line.
The proposals should set forth the size, rate, and
description of the vessel, (Which must be of not
less than eight hundred tons burden,) with sufh-
cient particularly to enable the decision to be
made on the advice of the proper officers of the
naval service, whether the same 10 or is not con
vertible into ship OF war. And special notice is
hereby given, that agreeably to the provisions of
the act of Congress OF Sd March, lS45, those pro.
preferred which shall stipulate to deliver the
steamship ships, to be provided for carrying
said mails. to the United States to their proper
officer, on demand made, for the purpose Of being
converted into vessel vessels of war; the
United States being bound, on their part, to pay
the fair full value thereof at the time Of deli cry
to be ascertained by four appraisers appointed,
two by the President Of the United States and two
by the owner owners, with umpire, in case
Of disagreement, to be appointed by the President
Of the United States.
The laws on this subject are the 7th section of the
act Of March 3. 1885, and the I'd section of the act
Of June q, ls4s, to which bidders are referred.
The bidder may embrace in his offer stipulati
to carry an agent Of the Post Office Department
with the mails, or he may omit it, at his discretion.
Such stipulation may induce a preference to be
given in favor Of bid equal in other respects over
bid not containing it.
By the second section of the act OF March 3, ls45,
It is required that contracts for the conveyance of
the mail from the United States to foreign ports
shall be made with American citizens and the mail
transported in American vessels by American
citizens.
Articles Of contract are to be executed by the &C
cepted bidder and by his suretes, by or before the
first day OF January, 1853. The contract is to pro
vide, among other things. that the pay Of the trip
is to be forfeited when the trip ia not performed,
when the trip is not run, and no sufficient excuse
for the failure is furnished, and a due proportion
Of it when grade of service is rendered inferior to
that specified in the contract; and that fines may
be imposed, unless the delinquency be satisfactory
ly explained in due time: for failing to take from,
to deliver into the post office at the port of land
ing the mail belonging thereto, any part of said
mail; for suffering the mail or any part of it, to be
place or manner that exposes it to depreciation,
loss, or injury; for refusing, after demand made,
to convey mail by any additional steamship or
vessel run by the contractor on the route over and
above the specified number of trips in the contract
and for not arriving at the time set; also for trans
hitting intelligence, or furnishing the means of
transmitting intelligence, in advance OF the mail
The Postmaster General may annul the contract
for repeated failures; for violating the post office
laws; for dsobeying the instructions OF the De.
partment; for refusing to discharge u carrier when
required by the Department.; for assigning the con-
tract without the consent of the General
said. - 80. :
The Postmaster Generat.may alter M contract,
and alter the schedule. he allowing pro rata in
Of compensation within the restrictions i'm.
posed by law for any increased service required; ;
but the contractor may, in such case, relinquish
the contract on timely notice, if he prefer it to the
change. The Postmaster General may also dis.
continue or curtail the service, he allowing one
months extra pay on the amount dispensed with
The route, the service, the yearly pay, the bid.
der's name and residence, and the name Of each
member Of the firm where company offers, should
be distinctly stated in the proposals.
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tisensent is contemplated by the bidder.
al Cor we, a. the case may boy there write the
name or names in full OF here sate the residence
or residencesl hereby propose to carry the mail on
the route from New Orleans to Vera Cruz often
as the Postmaster Generals advertisement for pro
posals on the same, dated September 30, 1883, re.
quires in the time stated in the schedule contained
in such advertisement, and by the following mode
of conveyance, to wit: There state how it Is to be
conveyed,l for the annual sum of there write out
the e sup in words at full Length:
The following il the form of the guaranty, which
should be filled. the first blank with the haIne of
the guarantors; the second with the name Of the
bidder; and the third and fourth with the begin
after being dated, should be signed by the guaran
tor, who must be shown, by the written certificate
ola postmaster, or other equally satisfactory tcsti
monial, to be men Of property, and able to make
should accompany each bid !:
''The undersigned - guaranty that -,
If his bid for carrying the mail from - to
- be accepted by the Postmaster General,
shall enter into the contract required by the Post
master General, pursuant to such bid, prior to the
LIST day of January next, with at least two good
aud sufficient sureties, to perform the service pro-
posed"
Dated GSignedl
Form Of Certificate.
"The undersigned, Postmaster of -, certifics
that he is we'll acquainted with the guarantors
above named, and their property, and that they
are sufficient and able to make good their guar
anty."
Dated [Signedl
The bid should be cent under seal to the Second
Assistant Postmaster General, and the words Mail
Proposals-Foregn Mails" written on the face of
the letter; and should be dispatched in time to be
received by or before the 18th day of November
next, which will be the last day for receiving pro
posals under this Advertisement
The acceptance or non acceptance OF the bids
will be determined by the 18th day of November
next
The service is to commence with the trip near.
est to the first day Of January, 1859; but II the bid
der shall not consider himself able or prepared to
put the service in operation or about that day,
he will specify the day OF commencement in his
proposals. The contract term will expire with the
voyage ending on or about the 30th day Of Deem
Der, 1857.
s. d. HUBBARD, Postmaster General
PosT OFFICE DEPARTmENT, Sept. 80, 1852.
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