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

Department in executing 1t, is to obtain regular
and reliable Inca Of mail packets; on this impor.
tant thoroughfare arriving and dePartang e nxed
and that strict comp with tho contract OBJ
legations will be demanded. -
The whole number Of boats required for the
service accepted TO each contractor. must be pro
vided before the contract viii be considered as
commenced; and they win be subject to the in
spection of an agent or agents, appointed by the
Department, who viii 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. Nosboat 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service can be Withdrawn without the assent Of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. si3 ssS aSa
proyisio9s Of law on the spbectof their liabilities,
to the 9th section Of the sAct to change the or.
ganization of the Post Office Department" APP
proved July 3, 1886. sj4 5s5.s 5,
on the 1st July, 1859, but the commencement may
be postponed until the 1st 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 &C.
cepted bidder and by his sureties BY or before the
first day of July, 1858 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 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, 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, or any
part of it, to be wet, injured lost, or destroyed
for conveying it in place or manner that exposes
it to depreciation, loss, or injury for refusing, a
ter demand made, to convey mail by any addl-
tonal steamboat run by the contractor on the
route, 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 means of transmitting intelligence in adj
vance of the mail. The Postmaster General may
annul the contract for repeated failures for yio-
latlng the post Office laws; for disoheying 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 rate in
crease Of compensation, within the restrictions
imposed BY law for any increased service required.
curtaii the service be allowing one months extra
pay on the amount dispensed with g
The route, the service, the yearly pay, the bid
der's name and residence, and the name Of each
member Of the firm where a company offers
should be distinctly stated in the proposals.
Form Of Bid. s
mails on route No. from ps0p0ss 70 agr sas
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. 49, be ac-
cepted BY the Postmaster General, the bidder
shai prior to the Let day of July, 1853 enter into
the required obligation to perform the service pro-
posed, with good and sufficient sureties. b
Dated. (Signed by two guarantors)
Form of q Certificate.
The undersigned, postmaster of 49,, 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 Mais."
S. d. HUBBARD,
Postmaster General.
PosT OFFICE DErARTMENT, Dec. 81, 1852.
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