The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1853-01-13

fsnionx1n ox0cueln& IT, ~ 70 obtain regoIaf
and reliable lines Of mail packets on this impor.
tant thoroughfSre, arriving and departing at fixed
tlmes at the principal points all tha year round
and that strict compliance with the contract oh
tiGations will be demanded. fssise .Aa
The whole number of boats required fdi the
service accepted 70 each contractor, must be pro
videds before the contract will be considered as
commenced; and they win be subject to the in
spectionlof an agent or agents, appointed by the
Department, who will certify to each by name that
they are of sufficient size, strength. quality. and
capacity, and in all respects adapted to the duty
to be performed. No boat once accepted into the
| service can be Withdrawn without the accent OF
the Department. and any new boat proposed to be
employed will be subject to like inspection and
Bidders and guarantors are referred, for the
provisions ofIaw on the subject of their liabilities
to the 9th section of the ssAct 10 hange the
ganizaton of the Post Office Departm nt,'' APP
proved July 3, 1886. 7ressde 3 se#t3 gfsls9
1t desirable that the service go into operation
| on the Let July. 1853, but the commencement may
be postponed untilthe lst October succtcuing, If it
be absolutely necessary and is request d. In an
event the contract will expire or the Both june
1857
Articles of contract are to be executed by the ac-
cepted bidder and by his soreties by before the
first day of July, 1853. The contract is to PROVIDE
among other things, that the pay of the "Trip is 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 sufcien, ex use for The
failure is furnished, and due proportion of
when grade of service is rendered in erior to
that specified in the contract; and that fnrs may
be imposed, unless the Delinquency be satisfacto-
riiy explained in due time; for failing to take
FROM or to deliver into the post office at the port
of landing the mail belonging thereto. or any
part of said mail; for suffering the mail, any
part of it, to be wet, injured, lost, destroyed;
for conveying it in place or manner that exposes
1t to depredaton loss, or injury; for refusing, af-
| ter demand made, to convey mail by any addl-
| tional steamboat run by the contractor on the
ohoo Ed
in the contract, and for not arriving at the time
set; also for transmitting intelligence furnish
ing the m. ans of transmitting intelligence, in ad
| vance of the mail. The Postmaster General may
| lating the post Office laws for dsobeying the in
structions of the Department; for refusing to dis
charge a carrier when required ny the Depart
ment; for assigning the contract without the con-
sent of the Postmaster General, or for setting up
or running an express as aforesaid.
The Postmaster General may alter the contract
and alter the schedule, he allowing pro rata in
crease Of compensation, within the restrictions
imposed by la for any increased service required
The Postmaster General may also discontinue 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 res dence, and the name of each
member of the firm where a company offers
snould be distinctly stated in the proposals.
Form Of a Bid.
,n !; Cor WEI Of -. propose to carry the
ably to the advertisement of the Postmaster Gene
raj, dated 3lst December, 1852, and by the follow.
ing mode of conveyance, Wit
= for the annua sum Of dollars.
Dated. v. Z. Signed.
Ea.5l. Form Of a Guaranty FA
The undersigned undertake that if the foregoing
bid for carrying the mail on route Mo- besac,
cepted by the Postmaster General, the bidder
sha, prior to the lst day of july 1853, enter into
the required obligation to perform the service pro
posed with good and sufficient suretes. asT zzs
30 Dated. ga (Signed by two guarantors.)
sill 1aI Form of a Certificate. ri
The undersigned, postmaster of --------, certifes
that he is well acquainted with the above guaran.
tors and their property, and that they are men of
property, and able to make good their guaranty
195ta Dated t+se3 - q @i l%ss Signed.!5 a#~
Proposals should be addressed, sealed, to the
Second Assistant Postmaster General, and it, is
particularly important that they be marked on the
face Of the letter "Proposas, River Mails"
S. D. HUBBARD W.
as.nT .ss,rt IS, Postmaster General.
PosT OFFIcE DEPARTMENT., Dec. 81, 1852.
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