The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1852-10-02

Proposals to omit Tampico by main line, and
supply, tri monthly, by side vessel i'll due Con.
ncx;op, will be conEidercd in the event 81 ia being
shown 10 be impract cable to enter that pot with
the ',eamships OF the line.
The proposals should forth the sizc, rate, and
description of the vessel, (Which NUT be of not
css than eight hundred toms burden,) wlth suffl-
cient particularly to enatle the decision to be
made on the advice Of the proper officers OF the
naval service, whether the same 10 or is not con
verihle into ship OF war. And speciai n"ti&e Ia
hereby given, that. agreeably to the provisions Of
the act Of Congress Of Sd March, 1915, those pro
posals (being acceptable in other respec,s) will be
preferred which shall stpuiate to deliver the
stes mship or ships, to be provided TOR carrying
stid mails. to the United States, to their oper
officer, on demand made. for the purpose OF being
converted into vessel or vessels of war; the
United States being bound, on their part, to pay
the fair full value thereof al the time Of deli cry,
to be ascertained by four appraisers, appointed,
two by the President Of the United States. AMI two
by the owner or owners with an umpire, in
Of disagreement, TO be appointed by tn" PresIdent
If the United States.
The laws this subject the 7th secli,n Of the
at Of March lS45, and the I'd section " the act
Of June 27, lS4S, to which bidders referred.
The bidder may embrace in his offer a stipu laliun
to carry an agent of the Post Office Department
with the mails he may omit it, at his disc elton
Such stipulation may induce a preference to he
given in favor ola 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, aud the mail
transported in American vessels by American
ciu8ens.
Articles of contract are to be executed by the &C
ceped bidder and by his sureties, by before the
frat day of January, 1853. The contract 10 to pro
vide, among other things. that the pay Of the trip
ID to be forfeited when the trip is not performed,
and not more than three times the pay of the trip
when the trip is not run, and no sufficient excuse
for the failure is fur nished, and due proportion
q a I ed in t,rio In
that specified in the contract; and thai fines may
DO imposed, unless the delinquency be satisfactor.
ly explained 10 due times for failing to take from,
or to deliver into, the post office at the port of land
ing the mai! belonging thereto, any part of said
mail; for suffering the mail, any part Of it, be
wet, Injured, lost, or dcsroyed; for conveying il in
place or manner that exposes il to depreciation,
loss, or in Jury; for ref.sing, after demand made,
TO convey mail by any additional steamship or
vessel run by the contractor on the route, and
above the specified number Of trips in the contract
and for not arriving at the time set; also for trans
hitting intelligence, furnishing the means of
transmitting intelligence, in advance OF the mail
The Postmaster General may apnul the contract
fr repeated failures; for violating the post office
laws; for disobcyng the instructions Of the Dc.
partmen.; for refusing to discharge Ii carrier when
required by the Department. for assigning the con-
tract without the consent vi the Postmaster General
or for setting up or running On express as afore.
said.
The P.,stmasvr General may alter the contract,
aud alter the schedule, he allowing a pro rata in.
crease of compensation, within the rcstrr tons i'm
posed by law for any increased service required !;
but the contractor may, in such case, relinquish
the contract, timely notice. ii he prefer ii to the
change. The Postmaster General may also dis
continue or cnrtail the service. he allowing one
month 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.
Form for a Bid rhere no change from ADDER
tisensent is contemplated by The bidder.
81 Cor we, as the case may beg there write the
name names in full of There state the rrsiIcnce
or residences] hereby propose to carry the mil On
the route from New Orlos ns to Vera Cruz ofte n
as the Postmaster Generals advertisem' ~ Tor pro
posals on the same, dated September 3d. lo52,
qures, in the time eated in the schedule
in such advertisement, and by the following 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 iength:l
Dated [Signedl
The following is the form of the guaranty. which
should be filled. the first blank with the name 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 guoran
tor, who must be shown, by the wrttcn certificate
Of a postmaster, or other equally satisfactory testi
rnonia, to be men of property, and able to make
good their guaranty, This guaranty, 80 certified,
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 Poet
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 [Signedl
Form Of Certificate.
"The undersigned, Postmaster Of -, certifes
that he is well acquainted with the guarantors
| above named, and their property, and that they
sufficient and able to make good their guar.
anty.'
Dated [Signedl
The bid should be sent under seal to the Second
Assistant Postmaster General, and the words Mail
Proposals-Foreign Mails' written on the face Of
the letter; and should be dispatched in time to be
received by or before the 18th day Of Move mber
next, which will be the last day for receiving pro
posals under this Advertisement.
The acceptance or nom acceptance Of the bids
will be determined by the 18th day of November
next.
The service is to commence with the trip near.
cstto the fret day of January, 1853; but il the bid
der shall consider himself able or prcpa red to
put the service in operation about that day,
he will specify the day OF comme ncernent in his
proposals. The contract term will expire with the
voyage ending on or about the 30th day Of Deem
Der, 1857.
Sd HUBBARD, Postmaster General
PosT OFFICE DEpARTMENT, Sept. 30, 1852.
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