The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1853-02-05
THE RE PU BLlC,

and reliable lines Of mail packets on this imnor.
tant thoroughfare, arriving and departing at fixed
times at the principal points all the year round
and that strict compliance with the contract OBJ.
legations will be demanded.
The whole number of boats required for The
service accepted TO each contractor. mustbe pro
vided before the contract will be considered "A
commenced; and they will be subject to the in
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
to be performed No boat 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service can be Withdrawn without the assent Of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.
Bidders and guarantors are referred. for the
provisions of law on the subject of their liabilities
to the 9th section of the sAct to change the or
ganization of the Post Office Department" ap-
proved July 8, 1886.
1t ID desirable that the service go into operation
on the Ist July, 1858, but the commencement may
be postponed until the LIST October succeeding It
be absolutely necessary and is requested n any
event the contract will expire on the 3Oth June,
1867.
Articles of contract are to be executed by the ac-
cepted bidder and by his sureties by or before the
frat 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
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
tina specified in the contract; and that fines may
be imposed, unless the delinquency be satisfacto-
rily explained in due time; for failing 10 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 manner that exposes
it to depreciation, loss, or injury for refusing af
| ter demand made, to convey mail by any addl-
| tonal steamboat run BY the contractor on the
a1da al Tho 1E,l
in the contracts and for not arriving at the time
set; also for transmitting intelligence or furnish
ing the means of transmitting intelligence in ad.
vance of the mail. The Postmaster General may
annul the contract for repeated failures; for vio-
lating the post Office laws; for disobeying the in
structons 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 aforesaid.
| The Postmaster General may alter the contract,
| and alter the schedule, he allowing pro rata in
| crease OF compensation, within the restrictions
The Postmaster General may also discontinue or
curtail the service, be allowing one months extra
pay on the amount dispensed with.
The route, the service, the yearly pay, the bid
member of the firm where company offers,
| should be distinctly stated in the proposals.
| Form Of Bid.
|, Cor we, -, of -, propose to carry the
mails on route No. -, 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:
- for the annual sum of - dollars.
Dated. Signed.
Form Of Guaranty.
The undersigned undertake that if the 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, 1853, enter into
the required obligation to perform the service pro-
posed, with good and sufficient srreties.
Dated. (Sgned 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"
S. D. HUBBARD
Postmaster General.s
Posi- OFFICE DEPARTMENT, Dec. 81, 1852.
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