The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1853-01-29

Department Id executing ~ n to obtain rgi4fSr
.nd teaiShle lines a mil packets on this impor-
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1splstnsns wlc viii certify d eaeh BY naliss xhat
capeeits ana in all respects aAaptsd 10 shs duty
to be performed. No b6at once accepted into tES
sertice can be withdfawn wfthQut the assent 81
the Depaftnents and any new boat proposed t. Be
acceptances sslas leis
Bidders and guaranters are referred, for stNe
provisions of law the subject Of their liabilities
to the Eth section of the tsAct to- change the or
ganisstion Of TIE Post Once Department, = APP
It is desirable that the service 70 into Operations
on the let July, 1853, but the commencement may
be postponed until the 1st October succeeding if It
Dc absolutely necessary and is requested III any
event the contract will expire on the 3Oth June,
1857 & eafs7 80,
Articles of contract are to be executed by the ac-
cepted bidder and by his susetes by or before the
first day July, 1852 The contract 10 10 provide,
among other things, that the pay of the trip is to
be forfeited when the trip is not perforfned and
not more than three times the pay Of the trip when
the trip s not run, and no sufficient for the
failure is furnished, and due proportion of it
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 10 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 II in place or manner that exposes
it to depreciation loss, or injury; for refusing, af
ter demand made, to convey q mail BY any addl-
ate Yfoaf YlYn hv IN, he
route, over and above the specified number of trips
in the contract, and for not arriving the time
set; also for transmitting intelligence, furnish
ing the ans of transmitting inteilige nce in adj
vance of the mail The Postmaster General may
annul the contract for repeated failures for vo-
lating the post office laws; for dsebeying 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 or for setting UP
or running an 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 increased service required
The Postmaster General may ralso discontinue or
curtail the service, he allowing one months extra
pay on the amount dispensed with. s4i4
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.
Form Of Bid.
mails on route No. from propose to carry the
ably to the advertisement ofthe Postmaster Gene.
raj, dated 3lst December, 1852, and by the follow
ing mode Of conveyance, viz: I.za
- for the annual sum Of dollars.
Ri Form Of a Guaranty. W
The undersigned undertake that if the foregoing
bid for carrying the mail on route No. BE ac.5
cepted by the Postmaster General, the bidder
sha, prior to the lst day of july 1853 enter into
IN he