The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1853-02-09

Department in executing It, is to obtain reguia,
and reliable Hnee Of mail packets, on this lMpor
tant thoroug htare, arriving Ind departing At dxe{
tines g ths inops points s ysss soa
ligations will be demanded.
The whole number of boats required for ths
service accepted TO each contractor. must be pro
vided before the contract viii bs considered -
spection of an agent or agents. appointed by thu
department., who will certify to each by name tina,
they are of sufficient size, strength, quality, and
capacity, and in all respects adapted to the duty
to be performed NoEboat once aceepted into the
services can be withdrawn without ths assent Of
the Department, and any new boat proposed to be
employed will be subject to like inspection and
acceptance. ,ha s-ssssg sassss
provsioas flaw the subject of their liabilities
to the 9th section Of the ssAct to chanre the or
ganization Of the Post Office Department APP
proved July 3, 1886. ~ 49, 49, i5.., s S
on the lst July, 1859, but the commencement may
be postponed until the let October succeeding if It
be absolutely necessary and is requested. In any
event the contract will expire ON the 3Oth June,
1857. -
Articles of contract are to be executed BY the DC
cepted bidder and by his spreties By or before the
frat 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 sufficient excuse for the
failure is furnished, and 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 satisfacto-
rily explained in due time; for failing to take
from, to deliver into the post Office al the port
Of landing the mail belonging thereto, or any
part of said mail; for suffering the mail, or any
part of it, to be wet, injured, lost, or destroyed
for conveying it in place or manner that exposes
it 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
route, over and above the specified number of trips
in the contract and for not arriving at the time
set; also for transmitting intelligence, or furnish-
ing the means of transmitting intelligence in adj
vance of the mail. The Postmaster General may
annul the contract for repeated failures; for vio
latlng the post office laws; for disoheyng the in
sructions Of the Department; for refusing to dis.
charge a carrier when required by 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 ratx in
crease OF compensation, within the restrictions
imposed BY law for any increased service required.
The Postmaster General may also discontinue or
curtaii the service, be allowing one months extra
pay on the amount dispensed with. te s
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.
BE-, Form Of a Bid. 4 S. :
mails on route No. -, from p.ops to 49,, agree sa'
ably to the advertisement of the Postmaster Gene
raj, dated 3lst December, 1852, and by the follow
ing mode of conveyance, viz:
- for the annual sum of - dollars.
Dated Signed.
Form Of a Guaranty.
The undersigned undertake that if the foregoing
bid for carrying the mail on route No. Be &C.
cepted BY the Postmaster General, the bidder
shal prior to the Let day of July, 1858, enter into
the required obligation to perform the service pro-
posed, with good and sufficient sureties. I
Dated. (Signed by two guarantors.)
= slstlz. Form of Certificate.
The undersigned, postmaster of 1905 - !, 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.
Dated. Signed.
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 Proposals, River Mails
S. d. HUBBARD,
Postmaster General.
Posi- OFFIcE DErARTMENT, Dec. 81, 1852.
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