The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1853-10-22

nsr Of Carrying i be Injured ds.ueyvd ssbbed oliost
ana fo ,einsns aiter demand. convey the mail ire
queny the contractor runs or u concerned In running
The Postmaster General may snna tbs for
peaed failures 10 sgseeaby 10 contsct for disobey
refusing dischar carrier when required by
the departments 10 do for assigning be contract Without
the OF the Postmaster Gene for summing
press as atoresAd tor transporting persons
conveying naiabe matter out Of the mail
y The Postmaster General may order increase oil
service on route by allowing therefor pro increase
on The contract pay He may also order increase Of
pro Ia,a increase pay additional carriers
any The contractor may, in the OF in
Of speed renqush he contract by giving prompt
notice the department that he prefers doing so 70 cary
ing the order into effect The Postmaster General also
euIts discontinue the service al pro ata decrease
pay if he allow on. montss extra compenss,on on the
amount dispensed with. whenever in his opinion the pub
supersede by different grade Of transportation s may
also change the times OF arrival and departure (pio-
vided he does not curla tho running ume) without III
Payments viii be made for service through drafts
o" 2! onsfwss ss, me ssen
The distances given according TO the best inof-
than advertised II the points 10 BIO supplied be cor
10 The Postmaster General is prohibited by law from
knowingly making for the transportation Of the
mails with any who shall have entered into, or pro-
OF any bid for mail by any other person
sons. who shall have made agreement or shall have
o. q 70 40 Or
ever, in order to induce amy other not TO
18th section OF the OF 1896 prohibiting combinations 10
H. bid received after time viz a. m Of the Sd April
Sol without the guarantee required by law, or that
combines several routes 81 compensation can.
not be considered in competition with regular proposal
II bidder may offer, where the transportation called
Tor by the advertisement difficult impaccable at Ger
tain seasons TO substitute inferior mode OF conveyance,
or 10 intemit service specified number OF days. weeks
or months He may propose to omit inaccessible Oh
on fh8 q
landing, the be he may offer 10 substitute
az mode IN such ms may
rnnnoR time asked and mail connexon pTeJudiced.
he may ask additional running time for the Trip during
specified number OF days. in seasons OF very bad roads
but beyond these changes proposal for service differing
from that called for by the advertisement, will not be con-
sdered in competition with regular bid reasonable in
amount Where bid contains such alterations their
disadvantages viii be estimated in comparing with 9th
er proposals.
49, There should be but bid for in proposal
% tns Of
fIm where company offers, should be distinctly stated
also the mode of conveyance, ia higher mode than horse
Is The bid should be under SEAL addressed to the
Second Assistant, posma'te General subscribed Mail
and The sucency Of the guarantors certified (see tosD
and should be spached in time be received by be-
fore 8, a. m, OF the Sd of April. 1854
department p 1n b Q, before the s' Of 5sy 1884,
let to the lowest bidders rendering sufficient guarantees
may be The due CELEBRITY certainly and
rty OF such When the bid proposes
mode Of eonveyancs inadeaaas to the due cesty GER
49, When the bid does specify mode Of conveyance
VIII Il be
ed as = proposal for horseback service
description OF bid has been received Ii does specify
mode OF conveyance bur engages TO take the entire mail
or S w & so G
IN which they are designated on tho books OF the depart
All IN Law dOWn The ruie v
When the mail the route il not large as to require
two-hose coach conveyance, sar bid II the lowest, will
always be preferred to the specific bid.
When the mails Of such and weight
der necessary in reference to them alone provide two
horse coach conveyance the specific bid though the high
service, ii adjudged TO be entirely sufficient
Tor The route WIN be preferred q the s' 3D. ~ case s
law of lsa5 whicbooks to reduction 10 the cost Of trans
he star bid !. made by thu owner Of The stock used on
the route in the performance OF coach service
On routes OF The highest class where coach or
mboat transportation 10 required by the size and i'm
portance of the mails and tho specific bid 10 adndged su
be- If necessary, carried greater extent OF difference
than on the Inferior coach routes
% modification OF bid, any of lie essential terms
q bid, and cannot be received as
interfere with regular competition alter the last hour set
for receiving bids.
81 Postmssers are to be careful certify the su
cheney Of guaanto sureties without knowing that
hey are persons OF sothcient Iespon:biy ana al bid
and suetes distinctly notified that
failure rnssf into or perform the contracts for The ser
proposed accepted bids their legal liabilities
~ The contacts will be substantially In the forms here
oore used in this Department. except In the resrecs par
iculay mentioned in these ns,rucons and on steamboat
the will be required 10 deliver The mails
the post Offices the ends oil the routes and into all the
immediate post Offices
23 Present and persons known at the depart
must equally with OTHERS and cer
suciency substantially In tho forms above
prescribed The certificates OF suicency be signed
~ postmaster, judge n clerk of court OF record
JAMES CAMPBELL,
Postmaster General
Posr orrIox DEPARTMENT, October Is, 1888
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