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department. IN executing 1t, 1s to obtain regular
and reliable lines Of mail packets on this impor.
tant thoroughfare, arriving and departing at Fixed
tmes At the principal points all the year round
and that strict compliance with the contract OBJ
legations will be demanded. sAssJ saaA 9slid
The whole number Of boats required fu TIT
service accepted TO each contractor. must be pro
vided before the contract will be considered az
commenced; and they will be subject TO the in.
spection Of an agent or agents, appointed by thu
Department. who will certify TO each by name that
they 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service can be Withdrawn without the asHent o
the Department, and any new boat proposed to be
employed will be subject to like inspection and
| acceptance. y
Bidders and guarantors are referred, for The
provisions of law the subject of their liabilities
to the 9th section of the .Act9t to change the or
proved July 8, 1886.
1t is desirable that the service go into operation
on the lst July, 1858, but the commencement may
be postponed until the LIST October succeeding, if il
be absolutely necessary and is requested. In an y
event the contract will expire on the 30th June
1857 &,
Articles of contract are to be executed by the ac-
cepted bidder and by his sureties, by before the
first day of July, 1852 The contract is to provide
among other things, that the pay of the trip to
be forfeited when the trip is not performed, and
not more than three times the pay Of the trip when
the trip s not run, and no sufficient excuse for the
nature lS il1rnlSneO, ana q que proportion OF II
when a 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, or any
part of said mail for suffering the mail, or any
part of it, to be wet injured, lost, destroyed
for conveying it in place or manner that exposes
it to depreciation, loss, or injury; for refusing, af
ter demand made, to convey mail by any addI-
rkn olNDak t~rYS
route, and above the specified number of trips
in the contract, and for not arriving at the time
set; also for transmitting intelligence, or furnish
ing the mt ans of transmitting intelligence, in adj
vance of the mail The Postmaster General ma
annul the contract for repeated failures; for vio-
ating 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 az Aforesaid.
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
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
der's name and residence, and he name of each
member Of the firm where company offers,
should be distinctly stated in the proposals.
Form Of a Bid. a,w - a"5
Cor we,) -, of -, propose to carry the
mails on route No. 80, 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: -e
= for the annual sum of - dollars.
Dated. Signed.
Form of a Guaranty.
The undersigned undertake thatifthe foregoing
bid for carrying the mail on route No. - be &C.
cepted by the Postmaster General the bidder
sha prior to the lst day of July, 1859, enter into
the required obligation to perform the service pro-
posed, with good and sufficient sureties I'd
Dated. d (Signed by two guarantors.)
Form of a Certificate
The undersigned, postmaster of ------ certifies
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.
z sol S. D. HUBBARD zfA5-
Postmaster General
Posi- OFFICE DEPARTMENT, Dec. 81, 1852.
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