The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1853-02-03

department. a. execniM& ~ e g 91ein fegule1
tant tAeFopghfare aErdxing and departing 4 dxst
times 1t The principal poants al ths year round
and that strict comp iand1 With The contract OBJ
ligatIons will be demanded.
The whole number zof boats required for the
service accepted 10 each contractor. must be- pro
vided bsfpre the contract viii be considered al
commenced; and they will be subject to tho in
spection Of an agent or agents. appointed by ths
Department, who will certify to each by name that
they are of sufficient size, strength, quality and
capacity, andin al respects adapted to the duty
to be performed No boat once accepted into the
service can be Withdrawn without the assent 81
the Department, and any new boat proposed to be
employed will be subject to like inspection and
Bidders and gnarantors are referred, for the
provisions of law on the subject of their liabilities
to the 9th section of the Act to change the Or.
ganization Of the Post Office Department. ap-
proved July s, 1886. \ ssS 3 ~ =
It is desirable that the service go into operation
ON the let July, 1855. but the commencement NAV
be postponed until the Let October succeeding if Il
be absolutely necessary and il requested. In anv
event the contract will expire on.the 3Oth June,
Articles of contract are to be executed nv the ac
cepted bidder and by his sureties BY or before the
hrst day OF July, 1853 The contract is to provide.
among 40 other things that the pay of the trip is to
De forfeited when the tEipis not performed, and
not more than three times the pay Of the trip when
the trip 10 not run, and sufficient excuse for the
failure is furnished, and due proportion of it
when grade of service ia rendered interior to
snat speclhed IN the contract; and that fines may
De 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
Ter onveying 1t in place or manner that exposes
1T to depreciation, loss, or injury for refusing af
ter demand made, to convey a mail by any addl-
tlonal steamboat run by the contractor on the
route and above the specified lumber of trips
In the contract, and Tor not arriving at the time
set; also for transmitting intelligence, or furnish
ing the me ans of transmitting intelligence in adj.
vance Of the mail The Postmaster General may
annu the contract for repeated failures; for vio-
latng the post Office laws; for disobeying the in
structons Of the Department; for refusing to dis
charge a carrier when required by the Depart
ment; for assigning the contract without the con.
sent OF: the Postmaster General, for setting up
or running an express as aforesaid.
The Postmaster General may alter the contract
and alter the schedule, he allowing aro rata in
crease of compensation, within the restrictions
imposed by law for any increased service required
The Postmaster General maygaiso discontinue or
curtail the service, he allowing one months extra
pay on the amount dispensed with.
The route, the service, the yearly pay, the bid
der's name and residence, and the name of each
member OF the firm where company offers
should be distinctly stated in the proposals.
Form Of a Bid.
Tor we,) $50, of -, propose to carry the
mails on route No, from 80 to 49,, agree
ably to the advertisement of the Postmaster Gene.
raj, dated 3lst December, 1852, and by the follow
ing mode of conveyance, viz Gs
- for the annual sum of 49, dollars.
Dated. Signed.
Form Of a Guaranty.
The undersigned undertake thatift the foregoing
bid for carrying the mail on route Mo- be &C.
cepted BY the Postmaster General, the bidder
aha prior to the lst day of July, 1858, enter into
the required oblgationtp perform the service pro-
posed, with good and sufficient sureties.
Dated. (Signed by two guarantors.)
Form of a Certificate. IS
The undersigned, postmaster Of 49,, .certifies
that he is well acquainted with the above guaran-
tors and theirproperty, and that they are men of
property, and able to make good their guaranty.
~ ~ Dated. Signed.
i 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
POST OFFICE DEPARTMENT, Dec. 81, 1852.
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