The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1853-03-04

tracts 10 ae ertent Ms Department may deem proper
Seven minutes arc allowed each intermediate Office
when not otherwise specified for asserting the mails hat ia
railroad and steamboat routes here g Be delss
Than Is sufficient for exchange OF The mail bsss
q On routes where The mode Of conveyance admits Of
the special agents Of the Department. also post office blanks
- and keys, are to be conveyed without sxus
charge.
g. Ga railroad and steamboat lines British aud Canada
mails when Offered are be conveyed without additional
pay, also the route agents Of the Department for whose IL
elusive while travelling with the mails seopmodouss car
on apartment ia the centre Of properly lighted wsmsd
furnished and adapted TO the convenient assortment and
due security The same TO BIO provided by tho contractor
under be direction Of the Department
A. No pay will DO made Tor trips not performed and ioa
such omissions not satisfactorily explained three
the pay Of the trip msy be deducted For arrivals far be.
hind lime as TO brsak counexicn with depending mails and
not sufficiently excused, one fourth Of the compensation
the trip subject forfeiture. Deduction may also he
dcred for grade Of performance inferior to that sechsd
tho contract For repeated delnquences Of The kind herein
specified enlarged penalties Poporloncd TO tho nature hs
Of and the importance OF the mail, nsy be made
s. Fot eating behind, throwing of tho mails, any
portion of them for the admission OF passengers or for bes
concerned in setting up running express conveying
commercial genco abe ad Of the mail, quarters pay
may be deducted
g. Fines vii! be imposed, unless the delinquency be
promptly and satisfactorily explained by certificates Of post
masters the adasils Of other credabe pcrsons, for
falling TO contract time iof neghcunG 10 nke
the mail FROM deliver il into. post Office for suffer
ing it, lowing either the unsuabeness OF The place OF
manner Of carrying it, To be Hjured. destroyed. robbed,
lost dad for refusing after denand to convey the Iah
frequently the contractor idgs or il SoncsrhSd
running, coach, car, or steamboat, on q route
4. The Postmaster General may annul tho contract To-
repeated faures rpm agree ably To contract r dsosy
ing the post ONCE laws, or tho instructions Of the Depart
men for refusing to discharge carrier when required
by the Department do for assigning tho contract
without the of the Postmaster General for running
en- express aforesaid for transporting persons
packages conveying mailabe matter out Of the mail.
g. The Postmaster General may order increase of
vice on route by allowing therefor pro increase
the contract pay He may also order increase Of speed
he allowing, within the restrictions Of the Inv, pro IN
of pay for the additional stock OF carriers any,
The contractor may however, The ofncase Of speed
reinqush the contract BY giving prompt notice 70 the DsPs
len that he prefers doing carrying the order into effect
The Postmaster General may also curta discontinue the
SERVICE pro decrease Of pay II be allow ono months
compensation the amount dispensed with, whenevcr
his opinion, the public interests do not require the same
in case no desires supersede by different grade
transportation.
g. Payments will be made for the service through drafts
pos,masters otherwise, after the expiration Of each quar-
er--say in February, May. August and November.
10. The distances given according to the best nfoma
ton but increased pay will be allowed. should they be
greater than adverseJ the points 10 be supplied b correct
" stated.
H. The Postmaster General is prohibited BY law fro
knowingly making contract for the transportation OF tae mails
with any person who shall have entered nto PROPOSED to
enter into any combination prevent the making of any bid
for mail by any other person PERSONS or wLc
shall have made any agreement shall have given or
formed, promised to give PERFORM any consideration
whatever do not TO do, thing Whatever IN order
any other person persons not 20 bid fora mail
Particular attention called to the 2Sh section OF the act
Of 1885, prohibiting combinations to prevent bidding
l2 bid received after time, viz the 4th Of April, l653M9
without the guaranty required BY law, or that combines
III horn
competition with regular proposal reasonable in amount
10. A bidder may offer, where the transportation called
for by the advertisement difficult or mPaccabe at certain
seasons substitute inferior mode Of conveyance OF to
ntemit service specified number Of days. weeks months
He may propose to omit inaccessible Office, OF one not
the stage railroad, steamboat landing u the
may be he may offer to substitute inferior mode
of supply in such He may propose different times
arrival and departure, provided running time
asked and mail connection pejudiced He may ask al
ditiona running time for the trip during specified number
Of days. of very bad roads but beyond these
changes proposal for service differing from that called o
by tho advertisement will DO considered in composition
with regular bid reasonable in amount. Where bid
contains any such alterations, their Disadvantages will e
estimated in comparing II with other proposals.
IA. There should be but bid for in proposal
IS. The route the service, the yearly pay, the name spd
residence OF the bidder and those Of esch member Of arm
where company offers, should be distinctly stated also
the mode of convey ance, higher mode than horseback
be intended.
Is. The bid should be sent under SEAL addressed the
Second Assistant Postmaster General, superscibed Mail
Proposals 10 The State OF -" II should be guaranteed,
and the sufciency Of the gusrsnto certified Use FORMS
and should be dispatched in time be received by before
A. M, OF the Alb April, 1853
IL. The be executed aud returned To the
Department by or before the Is, Of July, 1869.
10. PoslmAstes al offices railroads. but mole
than eighty rods from depot, will, Immediately alter tic
4th OF April report their distance from depot, and
how they otherwise supplied with tho mail to enable the
Postmaster General to direct mail supply from
The LIST of July next.
10. Under the &C, Of March 3d. l845, the to
be let the lowest bidders rendering sufficient gusrant
without other reference the mode Of thar
may necessary, for the due celebrity certainty, and
cury Of such transportation When the loves, bad pro
poses mode OF conveyance inadequate to the due ccet
y, ce,iny, and security Of the mails, will Not be &C
copied.
20. When the bid does not specify mode Of convey
ance also when it proposes to carry according to the I'D
vertsemen, but without such specification, it will be con-
sidered as proposals. for horseback service.
a. Since the passage Of tho ACT Of March Sd, ls+5,
new description Of bid has been received II does spee
" mode of conveyance. but engages to take the sntie
mail each trip with CELEBRITY certainly, and security, osns
the terms OF the law. These bids styled, from te
rney designated the books OF The de
par,meD "4tar bids" The experience Of the Department
enables it to lay down the following rules viz;
When the mail the Is not large to require
twohorsc cosch convey apce, star bid, if the lowest VII
always be preferred to the specific bid.
hen mats Of such and weight TO rendern
In reference TO them alone 10 provide wohofs
cosch convey snce the specific hid though the highest No
coach sefyice ndjudsed be entirely sufficient fsf h