The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1853-01-14

when MOI otherwise specified for asserting the mail. hot y
railroad aud steamboat there Is TO be as
Than Is sufficient for exchange Of the mail bags.
O. Ga routes where the mode VI conveyance admits o
the special agents Of the Department also post office bak
mail bags, locks and keys to be conveyed without s1
charge
g. On railroad and steamboat lines. British and Csn,d
mails, when offered, to be conveyed without addition.
pays also the agents Of the Department for whose q,
elusive use while travelling with tie mails commodiouse. ca,
or apartment the Of car properly lighted warned
and furnished and adapted the convenient assoIten, az
due security OF the same be provided by tho eonseo
under the direction OF the Department.
4. No pay will DO made for trips not performed and O.
each Of such omissions DOT satisfactorily explained three tine
the pay of the trip may be deducted For ARRIVALS far b.
hind time 10 break connection with depending msi srd
not Sufficiently excused fourth cf the compensation Ga
the trip is subject to forfeiture Deduction may also he or
dercd for grade OF performance inferior to that spechd
the contract For repeated dolnquencies of the kind hsru
specified, enlarged penalties proporioned to the there
of and the Importance OF the mail, may be made.
5. For leaving behind, throwing of the mails, OF an,
portion Of them for the admission OF passengers for
concerned in setting up or running an express cenv,n,
commercial INTEL geIce ahead of the mall quarters "a,
may be deducted
6. Fines will DO imposed. unless the delinquency i
promptly aud satisfactorily explained by cerutcates Of post
masters the afdsvts Of other credilable persons, 20
falling TO arrive in contract time tor nsglsc,ing 10 u
the mail from, deliver it into, post office for uar
ing il, lowing either to the unsuabeness OF he place d
OF carrying it. 10 be injured, destroyed, rottsa
lost and fur refusing, after demand TO convey the
frequently the contractor runs or is concerned
running, coach, car, or steamboat, on route
T. The Postmaster General may annul tho contract h
repeated failures to run agreeab'y 10 contract for disos
ing the post Office laws, the instructions Of The Dep
mcnt; for refusing to discharge carrier when Icqa
by the Department to do for assigning the conise
without the Of the Postmaster General for unn,
an express as aforesaid; or for transporting persons
packages conveying mailable matter oat Of the mail
g. The Postmaster General may order an increase Of Ger
vice route by allowing therefor pro rata increase
the contract pay he may also order increase Of speed
be allowing, within the restrictions Of the law pro
Of pay for tho additional stock carriers If sny
The contractor may however, in the ofncrease Of sped
renqush the contract by giving prompt notice the D. p
that he pre- doing carrying The order into effect
The Postmaster General may also curtail discontinue L
service, ut pro rata decrease Of pays he allow ono month
extra compensation The amount dispensed with, whens
in his opinion, the public interests do not require the
in he desires to supersede it BY different grade d
o. Payments will be made for the service through drafts
posimasers otherwise after the expiration Of each gun
er-say in February May, August, and November
TO- The distances given according II the best nforu
ton but increased pay will be allowed, should they
greater than advertised II the points to DO supplied be
y stated.
H. The Postmaster General is prohibited by law fa
knowingly making contact for the Of the ma
with any person who shall have entered into, proposed
into any continuation prevent the making Of any
or mail contrac. by any other person or persons, VII
shall have made any agreement, or shall have given
ormed, promised TO give perform, any consdefaM
whatever do, not do any thing whatever,
induce any other person persons not bid tor mail
Particular attention is called the 18th section lhe
If 1885, prohibiting combinations to prevent bidding
IL. bid receied after tme the 4h Of April, is53us
m, without the guaranty required by law, that coDra
sspor nf~ hac,p
competition with regular proposal reasonable in
10. A bidder may offer, where the transportation called
or by The advertisement u difficult mpractcable
asons To substitute Inferior mode Of conveyance
ntermt service specified number of days, weeks nop
He may propose TO omit inaccessible Office,
IN the stage or railroad, at steamboat landing, h
'ase may be he may offer to substitute inferior mod,
'f supply in such He may propose different times
arrival and departure, provided running time
lsked and no mail connenion preudiced. He may ak i,
itonal running lime for The trip, during specified nunbs
i days, in Of very bad roads, but beyond s
hanges proposal for service differing from that called
y the advertisement will be considered in compei
With regular bid reasonable In amount. Where m
contains any such alterations, their Disadvantages will
sumated in comparing il with other proposals.
ID There should be but bid for in proposal
l5 The route, the SERVICE the yearly pay the name ,n
esdence Of the bidder, and IN each member Of FIRM
where COMPANY offers, should be distinctly stated Ls
be mode Of convey ancc, if higher mode than horsad
e intended
l6 The bid should be sent under seal, addressed 10 d
second Assistant Postmaster General superscribed .ha
'roporaIs In The State OF -. II should be guarantee
nd The sufciency Of the suaantor cered, (.ee foIus
nd should be dispatched in lime be received by e
A. NJ, OF the Alb April, 1853.
IT. The contracts to BIO executed AID returned h
Department. by or before the Is, OF July, 1863.
ls Pos.maseys at Offices railroads, but mon
ban eighty rods from depot will Immediately alter IN
IN OF April next, report their sxsct distance from depo, ADD
ow they Otherwise supplied viii, the NAIL to enable ia
ne LIST of July next
49, Under the act of March Sd, lsA5, the routes
o lot to tho lowest bidders rendering sufficient guaanls
without Other reference 20 the mode of transportation hm
nay be necessary for the due ceeriy certainty ard
urity OF such transportation. When the loves, bid 20
oses mode OF conveyance inadequate to the due eee'
y, ce't,n'y, and security Of the mails il will ROT be
opted.
20 When the bid does no. specify mode Of convey
nee, also when proposes to carry according The
ertisemsnt, but without such specification will be coz
idered as proposals for horseback service
II. Since the passage of tho act OF March Sd, ls45
ew description Of bid has been received Il DOES not ssc
mode OF conveyance but engages to take the enur
nail each trip with CELEBRITY, certainty and security, ua
which they designated the books Of The
"star bids" The experiences Of the Depa'imd
nabIes it to lay down the following rules, viz
When the mail the route is not so large 70 requ
horso cosch convey snce, star bid, If the lowest
ways be preferred TO the specific bid.
When the mails Of such size and weight renda
eccsssry, in reference TO them slone provide wobor
zach convey sncc the specific bid, though the highest
zach service, IL adudg.d be entirely sufficient for
ouie, will be preferred TO the bid, in the differed
no, such interfere with The policy Of the law Of s
hitch looks TO reduction in the of ranspora,i
bc alln al he is