The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1852-12-21

Embracing conditions b be Incorporated IL he a,
tracts q ne extaat ne Department may deem proper
l. Seven minutes allowed 10 each nlsI mediate os
when not otherwise specified ior asserting the mails ~
Aoad and steamboat routes there Is 10 b mO1o de
'hAn % sufficient for exchange u the mail bags.
2 On routes where the mode d conveyance admit. u :,
The special agents Of the Department also posi- ofcs .
na bags locks and keys TO be conveyed without er
charge.
8 On railroad and steamboat lines, British and Cana.
malls, when offered he conveyed without addioI
pay also the route agents Of the Department for hos -
elusive use while travelling with the mails oomodouse
OF apartment IN the centre Of car properly lighted wamd
and furnished and adapted 10 the sssOeUt s
Que security OF The same, be provided BY conaco
under the direction Of the Department.
l. No pay will be made for trips performed and fo
each Of such omissions not satisfactorily explained
the pay Of the trip may be deducted For arrivals SO far ~
hind time 10 break connection wtk depending ail. M
not sufficiently excused one-ourh Of the compensation o.
the trip is subject TO forfeiture Deduction msy also h. A.
dered for grade Of performance inferior TO that sssi6a
the contract. For repeated denquences Of the Kind hsp
specified, enlarged penalties Proporioned to the e,
OF and The Importance OF the mail, may be made.
O. For leaving behind. throwing off the mails o. aDy
portion OF them for the admission of passengers for bans
concerned IN setting up running express conveying
commercial intelligence ahead Of the mall quarters nav
may be deducted.
8. Fines will be imposed, unless the deinauepey h
promptly and satisfactorily explained by certificates Of post
masters the afhdays OF other credtable persona q,
failing TO arrive in contract time Tor negiectng 10 aks
the mail from, deliver it into, post office for suffer
ing H. lowing either the unsuabeness OF he place Or
manner OF carrying It. 10 be injured, DESTROYED robl.d
lost and for refusing, after demand convey the m,
as frequently as the contractor runs is concerned in
running, coach, car, steamboat, on a route.
7. The Postmaster General may annul the contract "a,
repeated failures 70 ageeaby contracts for disotey
Ing the post office laws or the instructions OF the Depart
meni for refusing to discharge carrier when required
by the Department to do for assigning the contract
without the assent Of the Postmaster General running
an express aforesaid; for transporting persons On
packages conveying mailable out Of the mail
g. The Postmaster General may order an Increase Of ser
vice on route by allowing therefor pro increase on
the contract pay He also order increase Of speed
he allowing within the restrictions of the law pro rata in
crease Of pay for the additional stock carriers il any
The contractor may, however, the Increase OF speed
renqush the contract by giving prompt notice the Depart
ment that be prefers dong to carrying the order into effect
The Postmaster General may also curta discontinue The
service al pro rata decrease Of pay, if he allow months
extra compensation the dispensed WITH wheaeve
his opinion, the public interests do require the same
or in he desires to supersede by different grade
transportation.
g. Payments will be made the service ihrough drafts on
postmas,es otherwise, after the expiration Of each quar-
er--say in February, May, August, aud November
TO- The distances given according t. the best infoma
lion but increased pay will be allowed, should they be
greater than advertised the points to be supplied be
y stated.
IL. The Postmaster General is prohibited by law from
making contracts for the transportation OF the mails
With any person who shall have entered into proposed
inter into, combination prevent the making Of bid
or mail by any other person PERSONS OF who
shall have made any agreement shall have given per-
ormed, promised TO give perform, any consideration
whatever TO do, do any thing whatever ord
induce any other person persons not bid fo mail
act Particular attention called to the 2sh section Of The
II 1886, prohibiting combinations to prevent bidding.
" bid received after time the 4th April, ls53st
IN, without the guaranty required by law that combines
everaros,es Of compensation, cannot be considered
competition with regular proposal reasonable in amount
Is. bidder may offer. where the transportation called
or BY the advertisement difficult Impractc able certain
essons substitute inferior mode of conveyance OF 10
ntermi service specified humber of days. weeks months
De may propose TO omit inaccessible Office, or one moi
the stage railroad, at steamboat landing, the
may be he may offer substitute inferior mode
If supply in such He propose different times Of
arrival and departure, provided running lime Is
.sked and mail connerion preudced He may ask adj
iuonal running me for the trip, during specified narbss
Il days. of very bad rosd; but ssyond these
hanges proposal for service dng isOm that called io
y the advertisement will bs considered in competition
sith resuia bid reasonable in amount. Where bd
contains any such alterations their Disadvantages will Be
stmsied in comparing it with other proposals.
Ia There should be but bid for IN proposal
l5 The route The service the yearly pay, the and
eSoence OF Tie bidder, anu nose OF escn meoef on Hn
where company offers, should be distinctly stated also
be mode Of Conveyance, if higher mode Than horseseE
,e intended.
6 The bid should be under seal addressed 10 ibs
second Assistant Postmaster General, superscTbed Mai
Proposals in The State OF -" IL should be guaranteed
md the sucency Of the gusntors certified, (see fons
nd should be dispatched In be received by before
A. NJ, OF the 4ih April, 1853.
H. The be executed, aId returned 70 The
by or before the LIST Of July, 1853.
IT, Posimsssers offices railroads. but mon
han eighty rods from depot, will, immediately alter The
h OF April next report their distance from dePo and
low they Otherwise supplied with the ma to enable The
Postmaster General 10 direct mail messenger supply iron
he LIST Of July merit
49, Under the Of March ID, 1885, The 70 \
v et the lowest bidders rendering sufficient guarantees
without other reference the mode OF transportation than
nay be necessary, for the due celebrity Certainty and ~
;uuty OF such transportation When the lowess bd pro-
POSES mode Of conveyance insdequse 70 the doe osn-
y, eersiny, and security Of the mails, i viii not . W
,ep,ed.
ance also when proposes carry according % ihe 90
Scrsemsn but without such specification, WI Dc con
'idered proposals for horseback service
I'll. Since the passage Of the &C, Of Match 10, 1852
description OF bad has been received II does not spec
y mode Of conveyance but engages 10 take me ena
mail each trip with CELEBRITY, certainty, and security ust
he terms Of the law. These bids are styled, iron ~
which they designated on the books o. me
psrtment .sar bds" The experience OF the Depshm't
enables il 10 lay down the following rules, VIZ
When the mail the Is not large as 10 rcqun
wo-horss oosch convey spce, bid, the lowest, ~
,lways be preferred to the specific hid.
When the mails Of such and weight to renee
in reference TO them alone, to provide tvobs
,o,ch convey snce, the specific bid though the highest
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