The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1853-01-11

department in executing it, Ia to obtain regular
and reliable lines of mail packets on this impor.
tant thoreughfare, arriving and depar ting atixed
times at the principal points all the year round
and that strict compliance with the contract oh.
| legations will be demanded. ttsH
/ The whole number of boats required for the
service accepted TO each contractor must be pro
vided before the CONTACT will be considered as
| commenced; and theygwill be subject to the i'm
spectlon OF an agent or agents, appointed by tht
Department, who will certify to each by name Ahat
they are of sufficient size, strength, quality and
capacity, and in all respects adapted tothe duty
/ to be performed. No boat once accepted into the
service be Withdrawn without the assent soi
| the Department, and any new boat proposed to be
employed will be subject to like inspection and
acceptance. 94F $50 81
Bidders and guarantors are referred, for the
provisions of law on the subject of their liabilities.
to the 9th section of the stAct TO change the or
ganization Of the Post Office DepaHmt mt, ap.
1t is desirable that the service go into operation
on the LIST July, 1853, but the commencement may
be postponed until the lat October succeeding if it
be absolutely necessary and is requested In any
event the contract will expire on the 3Oth June,
1851 3@ 500 3s93f
Articles of contract are to be executed by hcsac-
cepted bidder and by his sureties by beforesthe
first day of July, 1853. 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
not more than three times the pay of the trip when
the trip is not run and no sufficient excuse for the
|
when a grade of service is 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 it in place or manner that exposes
tito 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
in the contract, and for not arriving at the time
set also for transmitting intelligence, furnish
ing the of transmitting intelligence, in adj
vance of the mail The Postmaster General may
annu the contract for repeated failures for vic
Iatng 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
running express as 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 service required.
The Postmaster General may also disc ontinue or
curtaii the service, he allowing months extra
pay ON the amount dispensed with. $50 ~
The route, the service, the yearly pay, the bid
.der's me and res dence, and the name of each
member of the firm where company offers,
should be distinctly stated in the proposals.
Form Of a Bid.
], Cor we,)l--, of -, propose to carry the
mails route No. -, from - to --, agree
ably to the advertisement of the Postmaster Gene
raj, dated 3lst December, 1882 and by The follow
ing mode of conveyance, viz:
- for the annual sum of - dollars.
Dated. - saats eY Signed.
Form Of a Guaranty. 81
The undersigned undertake that if the foregoing
bid for carrying the mail on route No. - be ac
cepted by the Postmaster General, the bidder
SHALL prior to the lst day of July, 1853, enter into
the required obligation to perform the service pro-
posed, with good and sufficient sureties, Z s.
Dated ST (Signed by two guarantors.)
+. Form of a Certificate. be.6
The undersigned, postmaster of ----,tcertifes
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. 4
Dated. GR IS Signed. q III
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., =
S. D. HUBBARD !.
Postmaster General
Posi- OFFICE DEPARTMENT, Dec. 81, 1852
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