The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1853-02-01

Department in executing it, is to obtain regular
and reliable lines Of mail packets on this impor
tant thoroughfare, arriving and departing at fxet
times at the principal points all the year round
and that a strict compliance with the contract OBJ
legations will be demanded
The whole number of boats required for thu
service accepted 10 each contractor. must he pro
vided before the contract will be considered al
commenced; and thayswiIl be subject to the in.
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. No boat once accepted into the
service can be Withdrawn without the assent o.
the Department, and any new boat proposed to be
employed win be subject to like inspection and
acceptance. fe
Bidders and guaranters are referred, for the
provisions of law the subject of their liabilities
to the 9th section of the sAct to change the or
ganization of the Post Office Department." ap
proved July 8, 1885, t4sr -
on the lst July, 1853, but the commencement may
be postponed until the lst October succeeding if il
be absolutely necessary and is requested In any
event the contract will expire on the 30th June
1857
Articles of contract are to be executed BY the &C
cepted bidder and by his sureties byor before the
fret day fully, 1853. The contract is to provide
among other things, that the pay of the "trip is to
be forfeited when the trips 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 il
when o 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 at the port
Of landing the mail belonging thereto, sor 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
1t to depreciation, loss, or injury; for refusing, af.
ter demand made, to convey mail by any addl-
tlonai 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, furnish
ing the me ans of transmitting intelligence, in ad
vance of the mail The Postmaster General may
annul the contract for repeated failures for VIC
lating the post Office laws for disobeying the in
structions of the Department; for refusing to dis
charge 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 rata in
crease of compensation, within the restrictions
imposed by law for any increased service required.
curtai 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
Form Of a Bid.
!, (or we,) -, of -, propose to carry the
mails on route Mo-, from - to -, agree
ably to the advertisement of the Postmaster Gene
raj, dated 3lst December, 1862 and by the follow
ing mode Of conveyance, viz !:
- for the annual sum of - dollars.
Dated. Signed.
Form Of 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
shali prior to the lst day of July, 1861 enter into
the required obligation to perform the service pro-
posed, with good and sufficient sureties.
Dated. (Signed by two guarantors.
Form of Certificate.
The undersigned, postmaster of -, certifies
that he is well acquainted with the above guaran-
tors and their property, and that they 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
important that they be marked on the
face of the letter proposals, River Mails.''
S. d. HUBBARD.
Postmaster General
Posi- OFFICE DEPARTMENT, Dec. 81, 1852
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