The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1853-01-15

Department Ia executing 1t, il to obtain regular
and reliable lines of mail packets on this impor-
an. 70 ,5g srvn and
and that stfct compliance with the contract OBJ.
legations will be demanded. assss
The whole number Of boats required for the
service accepted 10 each contractor. must be pro
vided before the contract will be Considered az
commenced. and they will be subject to the In
specti6h of an agent or agents, appointed by tn
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service can be Withdrawn without the assent Uf
the Department, and any new boat proposed to be
employed will be subject to like inspection and
acceptance. a
Bidders and guarantors are referred, for the
provisions of law the subject of their liabilities
to the 9th section Of the ssAct to change the or
ganization Of the Post Office Department. ap-
proved July 3, 1886. f.alfr rs b,sitg
It is desirable that the service 20 into operation
on the Let July, 1853, but the commencement may
postponed until the Let October succeeding,
be absolutely necessary and is requested. In any
event the contract will expire on the 30th June,
1857. Va, lfsessg If RS lias4 fg3s
Articles of contract are to be executed by the aC-
cepted bidder and by his sureties by or before the
first day fully, 1853. The contract Is to provides
among other things, that the pay of the trip is to
be forfeited hen the trip ia not performed, and
not more than three times the pay of the trip when
the trip is not rum and sufficient excuse for the
ldlluEe II IurnlSneO, ana q Que proportion OF
when 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 falling to take
from, or to deliver into the poet Office at the port
OF landing the mail belonging thereto, Of any
part of said mail for suffering the mail, or any
part OF it, to be wet, injured, lost, destroyed
for conveying itin place orInanner that exposes
1t to depreciation, loss, injury; for refusing af-
ter demand made, to. convey mail by any addi-
tionai steamboat run by the pentractor 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 ad
vance of the mail The Postmaster G eneral may
annul the contract for repeated failures for vic
lating the post office laws; for disobeying the in.
structions 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. $50 = y
The Postmaster General may alterthe 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 one months extra
pay on the amount dispensed with.}ns sua5
The route the service, the yearly pay, the bid.
der,s name and residence, and the maine of each
member Of the firm where company offers,
should be distinctly stated in the proposals.
- Form Ola Bid. Ea
mails on route No. from - to -, agree
ably to the advertisement Of the Postmaster Gene
raj, dated 31st December, 1852, and by the follow
ing mode of conveyance, viz: 22'ita>S 9a1@ -.
5 - for the annual sum of - dollars.
Dated. Signed.
~ Form, Of a Guaranty.
The undersigned undertake that If the foregoing
bid for carrying the mail on route No. - be &C.
copied by the Postmaster General, the bidder
sha prior to the st day of July, 1853, enter into
the required obligation to perform the service pro
posed, with good and sufficient sureties
Dated. (Signed by two guarantors.)
b ne 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. as'a5 SO Sass q Signed.
Proposals should be addressed, sealed, to the
Second Assistant Postmaster General, and it is
particularly important that theyIbe marked on the
face of the letter Proposals, River Mails
g ~ at rs, S. D. HUBBARD
Postmaster General
Posi- OFFICE DEPARTMEAT, Dec. 81, 1852.
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