Daily evening star. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1852-1854, 1854-06-26


nee accepted to each contractor, must be provided
b. fore the contract will be considered as commenced
and they will be subject &c the inspection of an agent
or agents appointed by the department, who will
certify to each by name that they of sufficient
size, strength, quality and capacity and in all re
spects adapted to the duty to be performed. No boat
once accepted into the service can be withdrawn
without the assent of the depa rtment and any new
boat proposed to be employed will besubject to
like inspection and acceptance. =,
Bidders and guarantors referred, for the pro
visions of law on the subject Of their liabilities 10
the 9th section Of the Act to change the .organi
zation of the Post Office Department" approved Ju-
ly B, 1886.
Articles Of contract to be executed by the &C.
ceped bidder and by his eureties by or before the LIST
day Of November, 1854 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 fail
ure is Furnished and due proportion of it when 8
grade Of service rendered inferior to that specified
in the contract and that fines may be imposed, un-
less the delinquency be satisfactorily exp aimed in
due time for failing to take from, to deliver into
the post ONCE At the port of landing the mail be-
longing thereto, or any part of said mail tor s4fr.
ing the mail, or any part of il, to be vet. injured,
lost, or destroyed for conveying il in place or man.
ner that exposes it to depreciation loss, or injur,
for refusing, after demand made, to convey a mail
0y any additional steam boat by the contractor
on the route and above the specified number OF
trips In the contract, and for not arriving at thu
time set; also for transmitting intelligence, fur
nishing the means of transmitting intelligence, In
advance of the mail. The Postmaster General may
annul the contract for repeated failures for violating
the post Office laws; for disobeying the instructions
Of the department. for refusing 10 discharge q car l
rier, When required by the department for assigning
the contract without the consent of the Postmaster
General 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 I'M
nose, nv law for any increased fervice required /
The Postmaster General may also dls continue or cur
tail the srryice or any part Of it. he allowing one
,ontb's ia nav on the amount dispensed With
The route the service, the yearly pay, the bidders
,ame and residence, and the name Of each member |
~ the firm where company offers, should be dis.
tinctIy stated in the proposals.
FORM OF BID.
! I(or WEI - Of --s propose to carry the
mails on route No., from -to-.s ures.
ably to the advertisement Of the Pos master Gene
roll dated 7th june, 1854 and by the following mode
Of conveyance, viz: -el!t Il ~ . 80
- for the annual sum o. dollars. esd |
Datea. ~ .--srs .TaA nt Signed
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