The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1853-01-31

Department In executing II, ii to obtain regular
and reliable lines Of mail packets on this impor-
tans aIriving and :. fixed
and that strict competence with the contract OBJ
legations will be demanded
Tho whole number Of boatas required fol the
service accepted 10 each contractor. must be pro
vided before the contract will be considered as
cemmenceds and they will be subject to the in
specton 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
service can be withdrawn without the assent of
the Department, and any new boat proposed to be
employed will be subject to like inspection and
acceptance.
Bidders and guarantors ara referred, for the
provisions of law the subect of their liabilities,
the 9th section of the ssAct to change the or
ganization Of the Post Office Department." APP
proved July 8, 1886.
1t is desirable that the service go into operation
on the Let July, 1853, butthe commencement may
postponed until the let October succeeding if It
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 suretes by or 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 trip when
the trip not run, and no sufficient excuse for the
failure is furnished, and due proportion of it
when grade of service is rendered interior 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, or to deliver into the post office at the port
| Of landing the mail belonging thereto, 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 manner that exposes
tito depreciation, loss, injury; for refusing, af
| ter demand made, to convey mail by any addl-
| tonai 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; aso for transmitting intelligence, furnish.
ing the of transmitting intelligence, in adj
vance of the mail. The Postmaster General may
annul the contract for repeated failures; for vio
lating the post Office laws for disobeying the in
structions ofthe 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
The Postmaster General may also discontinue or
curtail the service, he allowing months extra
pay on the amount dispensed with.
The route, the service, the yearly pay, the bid
member of the firm where company offers,
should be distinctly stated in the proposals.
Form Of a Bid.
l.. Tor we,) -, of -, propose to carry the
mails on route No. -, from - to -, agree
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 Mo- be ac-
cepted by the Postmaster General, the bidder
shall, prior to the 1st day of july 1885, enter into
the required obligation to perform the service pro-
posed, with good and sufficient sureties
Dated (Slgned by two guarantors)
Form of a Certificate.
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.
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 DEPARTMENT, Dec. 81, 1852.
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