Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1854-04-12

Leave Wilmirg Tuesday and saturday at a. n;
Arrive rive At q pilhyie .il u sam days BY P:
Leave SinthviLe M Monday and Friday at Z q M;
Arrive at Whining ton same day BY s P: M So
INsTRUcTIoNs
Enbracing conditions incorporated eonteaea 70
Ms ssts, as,ss g. e Dgassi !, s.
Wien not otherwise specified for asserting the mai
for each such omissions not satsfseoriiy expsined
three times the of the trip may be deducted Eer
ing nails and not sufficiently excused oneourh OF the
for the trip is subject to forfeure
to that specified in the contract For repeated dehquen
cies of the kind herein specified enlarged penalties proper
toned to the nature thereof and the of
j. For leaving behind, or throwing off The mails, or any
portion of then for the admission Of passengers for
ing concerned in setting running express
/. Fines win be imposed, unless the delinquency be
masters the aidavts of other credabe persons,
mail FROM or deliver it into post oiee for suffering
ewng either to the unsui.a5lsaess Of
for refusing after demand to convey the mail frequently
as the contractor runs for other purposes
The Postmaster General may anul the contract for
peateS failures to run agreeab to for
men for refusing to discharge carrier when reqIed
the assent Of the Postmaster General for running an ex
aforesaid for transporting packages
conveying N nailable matter out of the mail.s
vice route by allowing therefor rata Increase
the contract He change the schedule Of arrivals
and departures without increase of pay provided he does
e an se Of e Allowing he
of the law, increase of for the additional
the speed relnqush the contract by gT
prompt notice to the department that he prefers doing
era may also curta discontinue the service pro rata
decrease of pay allowing one months extra
the amount dispensed with, whenever in his opinion
the public interests do require the he
desires supersede by different grade of Transports:
Payments wl be made for the service BY collections
FROM drafts postmasters otherwise after the
pration of each quartersay in February May August
The distances given according to the best nfomA
ton but increased pay will be allowed should they be
greater than advertised if the points to be supplied be
correctly stated Bidders must inform themselves on this
point
knowingly making the transportation of the
mails with who shall have entered into pros
Of any bid for mail by any other person pei.
or %hg shall have g @ or haSs a
consideration whatever do, not to do anything
Ho to 6a Sr aafF m d ndd eGnas fs ofh
called to the 2Sh section Of the act of 1885, COM
To- bid Received after time viz: a. M of the 10 h Of
April 1854, without the guarantee required by law
that combines several routes in of compensation
cannot be considered in competition with regular proposal
IL Bidders should in oil cases first propose for service
sepsp@ae for Different and the ea a
the lowest offered for the advertised service the other
bids may be considered if the alterations proposed
commended by the posmasers and citizens Interested
M ba bS oSe hid 6GRs
1S. The route the services the yearly pay the name
firm, where company offers, should be distinctly stated;
ssS the mode Of higher mode than horse
and seeury te Indicate the mode Of conveyance
IA. The bid should be under SEAL addressed to the
Second Assistant Postmaster General superscrbed Mail
sufcency guarantors certified, see forms)
and should be despatched time be received by be-
Is. The contracts and returned to the
department by or before the 1st of July, 1854
Section Is of of Congress approved March 81
1s4 provides that contracts for the OF
mail shall be let I'm every to the bidder tender
other reference to the mode of such than may
secnr such ,a this law
description of bids has been received 1t does not specify
each trip with ceerit certainty and security using the
terms Of the law These bids are from m The the
ment star and they will be construed as providing
mode Of eossgaes Necessary essty, esstaiat
Such bids will therefore be accepted in preference
specific modes of conveyance routes where
lowest mode of conveyance Chat horseback is
where lowest grade i believed
5e suncen ,ne Lowest ea VIII De a1 ens
When the lowest bid is not star bid and specifies either
be acceped specific BID proposing the
When the bid does not specify mode of conveyance also
when proposes carry according to the advertisement
but such specification At VIII DC consldered as
ls Of bid any Of its essential terms
interfere with regular competition after the last hour set
for receiving bids - -
cheney of srees without knowing that they
persons of sufficient responsibility and all bidders
euafantors and sureties are distinctly notified that
failure into perform the contracts for the service
for in the accepted bids their legal liabilities viii
/ be enforced against them ~
The contracts will substantially the forms here
ofoe used in this department. except IN the respects par
tcuarly mentioned in these instructions and on all rail-
steamboat routes the contractors will be required
the mails into the post offices at the ends of the
and into all the intermediate post Offices not
than eighty rods from the railroad or landing
Present contractors and known at the depa
ment equally with others procure guarantors and
certificates of their sufciency substantially in the forms
prescribed The certificates of sufcency must be
signed by judge or clerk OF court Of
record s - - ) - 3 ~ -
For form of bid guarantees. and &c see
general North Carolina, &es of
| january Is, 1851 JAMES CAAlPBELLs
~ ts.e Postmaster General.
February o. 1s54 51 ~ 4 - 1o12-4twsE
JOHNSTON HIGH SCHOOLS ELEMENTARY
field The present session Of this institution commenced
on the 20th inst
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