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Department in executing it, is to obtain regular
and reliable lines of mail packets on this impor-
tant thoroughfare, arriving and departing at fixed
times at the principal points all the year round
and that strict compliance with the contract oh
legations will be demanded. 9&fif sas}4
The whole number of boats required for the
service accepted to each contractor, must be pro
vided before the contract will be considered as
commenced; and they will be subject to the in
spection of agent or agents, appointed by tn e
Department, who willcertify to each by name that
they are of sufficient size strength, quality ana
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service can be Withdrawn without the assent OF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 ini pection and
! Bidders and guarantors are referred, for the
provisions of law the subject of their liabilities,
to the 9th section of the sAct to change the or
ganization of the Post Office Department., APP
| proved July g. 1886.
1t is desirable that the service go into operation
| on the lst July, 1853, but the commencement may
be postponed until the lst October succeeding iflt
be absolutely necessary and 10 requested In any
event the contract will expire on the Both June,
| 1857. "a
| Articles of contract are to be executed by the ac
cepted bidder and by his cites, by beiofethe
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 sufficient excuse for the
uhsns grade of service is rendered Inferior to
that specified in the contract; and that fines may
| be imposed, unless the delinquency be sausfacto-
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 any
| part of said mail; for suffering the mail, any
part OF 1t, to be wet, injured, lost, or destroyed
TOR conveying it in place or manner that exposes
it to 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 M of transmitting intelligence, in ad
vance of the mail. The Postmaster General may
| annu the contract for repeated failures; for vic
| atng 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 assi gning the contract without the con
sent Of the Postmaster General. or for setting up
| or running express aforesaid
! The Postmaster General may alter the contract
and alter the schedule, he allowing a pro rata in-
crease OF compensation, within the reEtricions
imposed by law for any creased Eervice required.
] The Postmaster General may also disc ontinue or
| pay ON the amount dispensed with. - Lii
The route, the service, the yearly pay, the bid
der's name and res dence, and the name of each
member OF the firm where company Offers,
should be distinctly stated in the proposals..
t5 2a Form Of a Bid.
| j, Cor WEI -, of -, propose to carry the
| mails on route No. -, Fl ON - to -, agree
| ably to the advertisement ofthe Postmaster Gene
raj, dated 3lst December, 1852, and by the follow
| ing mode of conveyance, viz: 1868
- for the annual sum Of dollars. ..@ o
| Dated. .e'.'.." Signed.
Form Of a Guaranty. 80 IL.
| The undersigned undertake that If the egoing
bid for carrying the mail on route No. --- be &C
ceped by the Postmaster General, the bidder
SHALL prior to the 1st day of July, 1883 enter into
the required obligation to perform the service pro
posed, with good and sufficient sureties
Dated. (Signed by two guarantors )
Form of Certificate. ~.a
The undersigned, postmaster Of ---, certfes
that he is well acquainted with the above guaran-
tore and their property, and that they are men Of
property, and able to make good their guaranty.
Dated. q 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.'' aaI a
-..E b. "s.s. S. D. HUBBARD arit.
IL. & Postmaster General.
Posi- OFFICE EPARTMENT, Dec. 81, 1852. ees.
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