The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1853-01-07

Department in executing it, is to obtain regular
ana reliable. lines Of mail packets on this inpor-
iant thoroughfare, arriving and departing at fixed
times at the principal points all the year round
and that strict compliance with the contract IN.
legations will be den.,,,e,ed
lnc Wnoie number of boats required for the
sery.sc accepted TO each contractor. must be pro
vlded before the contract will be considered as
commenced; and they will be subject to the in.
sPectlon 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
service can be Withdrawn without the assent of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. ...--rf 80
Bidders and guarantors are referred, for the
provisions of law on the subject of their liabilities,
70 the 9th section of the "Act to change the or
ganlzatlon OF the Post Office Department." ap-
proved July 8, 1896. '8&IE 8 sf
It is desirable that the service go into operation
on the Let July, 1853, but the commencement may
be postponed until the lat October succeeding if it
be absolutely necessary and is requested. In any
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Articles of contract are to be executed by the ac-
cepted bidder and by his suretes by or before the
first day July, 1853. The contract is to provide,
among other things, that the pay of the trip is to
be forfeited whcn the trip, IL not Performed, and
not more than three times the pay Of the trip when
1
| failure is furnished, and a due proportion of
when grade of service ia 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 1t in place or manner that exposes
1T to Depreciation loss, or injury; for refusing, af
| ter demand made, to convey mail by any addl-
| tional steamboat run by the contractor on the
route, over and above the specified number of trips
! set; also for transmitting intelligence, or furnish
ing the ms ans of transmitting intelligence, in ad
vance of the mail. The Postmaster General may
annul the contract for repeated failures for vic
latlng the post office Laws; for disobeying 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. 3saal u ~
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.
curtail the service, he allowing one months extra
pay on the amount dispensed with. 45o j.
Inc 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.. 1t -,
r.=E Form Of a Bid. s-s3 al8ts
mails on route No. =, from pO to va. agr .as
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.
p. Dated. $50 q 7*s-f29 Signed.
Form Of Guaranty.
The undersigned undertake that the foregoing
bid for carrying the mail on route No. be &C
cepted by the Postmaster General, the bidder
SHALL prior to the lst day of July, 1861 enter into
the required obligation to perform the service pro
posed, with good and sufficient sureties. @
Dated. (signed by two gnarantors)
,.. Form of Certificate. ' 80. .s-
The undersigned, postmaster of --, certifies
that he is we'll acquainted with the above guaran-
tors and their property, and that they are men of
property, and able to make good their guaranty.
Dated. So 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 MaiIs.''
.-'.. go S. D. HUBBARD
-. ..f~ Postmaster General
POST OFFICE DEPARTMENT, Dec. 81, 1852. r
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