The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1853-01-04

OoPaEs IN executing IT., ls to- obtain regular
and reliable lines of mail packets on this impor-
tant thoroughfare, arriving and departing al fixed
times at the principal points all th; year round
and that strict compliance with the contract Oh
legations will be demanded. s.
The whole number of boats required for the
service accepted TO each contractor, must be pro-
vided before the contract will be considered as
commenced; and they will be subject to the in
spection OF 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
the Department, and any new boat proposed to be
employed will be subject to like insp. ction and
acceptance.
Bidders and guarantors are referred, for the
provisions of law the subject of their liabilities
to the 9th section of the .sAct 10 change the or
ganizaton of the Post Office Departm nt,'' APP
proved July 8, 1886
1t is desirable that the service go into operation
on the lat July, 1858, but the commencement may
be postponed until the 1st October succeeding, if
be absolutely necessary and is requested. In any
event the contract will expire on the Both June,
1857
Articles of contract are to be executed by the ac-
cepted bidder and by his sureties, by before the
first day of July, 1853. The contract is provide
among other things, that the pay Of the Trip Is to
be forfeited when the trip ia not performed, and
not more than three times the pay Of the trip when
the trip s not run, and no sufficient ex use for the
failure is furnished, and due proportion of i.
when grade Of service is rendered interior TO
that specified in the contract; and that fines may
be imposed, unless the delinquency be satlsfaco-
rily 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 manner that exposes
1t to depreciation loss, or injury; for refusing, af
ter demand made, to convey mail by any addl-
| donal steamboat run by the contractor on the
nd No ri,
in the contract and for not arriving at the time
set; also for transmitting intelligence, or furnish
ing the IN. ans of transmitting nte gence, 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 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 rata in.
| crease of compensation, within the restrictions
| imposed by law 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,
should be distinctly stated in the proposals.
Form OF a Bid is
J., Cor we,) -, of -, propose to carry the
indils on route mo. -, from - to -,
ably to the advertisement of the Postmaster Gene.
raj, dated 3ls December, 1852, and by the follow
ing mode of conveyance, Wis
for the annual sum of - dollars.
Dated. .-e- Signed.
Form Of a Guaranty. * J.
The undersigned undertake that if the foregoing
bid for carrying the mail on route No. 49, be &C.
cepted by the Postmaster General, the bidder
SHALL prior to the lst day of July, 1853, enter into
the required obligation to perform the service pro-
posed, with good and sufficient sureties. 49,.
Dated. aa(Signed by two guarantors.)
Form of a Certificate. %
The undersigned, postmaster of -----, certifies
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..k ......- .ra S. D. HUBBARD
- u ~ ss.ls Postmaster General.
PosT OFFICE DEPARTMENT, Dec. 81, 1852. s
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