The Washington union., 1857-04-24
overland Mail Route TO California.
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A N ACT of Congress, approved Sd March, 1857,
IN making appropriations OF tho Depart
10 Postmaster General bs and he hereby author
lied contract for tho conveyance of the entire letter mail ou such
point tho Mississippi river the contractors select
Francisco Caorn years at cost not exceed
hundred and Sn thousand dollars for weekly or six hundred ihoa
aS dollars o E .ss G rS sS q 70 @ be
SIC IL That the contract shall require the service 70 be
the conveyance Of passengers we the safety security
t. That the right Of pre- empion 10
three hundred and twenty acres Of land not then disposed
ten miles from each other and provided that mineral land shall
Is That performed within twenty ave
days for each trip and that before entering into such
the parties bona & and in good faith perform the said contract
and shall require good and sufficient security for the performance d
the tho service ocommenre within twelve months
Proposals win accordingly the tho
Post ONCE Department until Of tho Isl day of june 1857
conveying mails under The provisions O the above act
neraedac points proposed to be embraced the
Separate proposals are invited for ss''imony 'c and
upon proposals offered viii be made after tho Post
master General shall be satisfied Of the ability disposition o ths
guarantee Is TO be executed with good and sufficient suec
S @ s s sGSa a. ssa s s the
General and the service must commence within twelve months
Fona # Proposed.
I, -------, Of -, county Of - ..-l s,o,o
propose to convey the entire letter mail Cor ,ns ts ,
of SIX from the date specified in tho
Of The postmaster s
safety security the p@ sas way y r wS o annuS a .hG
dollars e each way the sum o. 1865 dollars
pa'eu' (signed)
Fbrm Of a Guarantee.
doSe Ss foregoing ss S a. for sns ns %, on No
@ so bv s G s ito s
dured by the Postmaster General enter into the ob
a % dor ssg S, YIN M TGa aud sua @ sSrs
uni ~ 0ardaors under e 9Th section Of tie Coagcss Of JnIy
Dated csdgned by two guaranors)
~t...r.s..s Form Of Certificate.
The undersigned, postmaster Of -, State Of -.
certnss under his oath q g tina. he acsuan'ed
Dated. (sgned)
INSTRUCTION.
coassino conditions incoroatod contracts 10 tie % e
E4# department. may dem proper.
l. will be made for not performed and for
omissions satisfactorily explained three times tho Of
inferior that specified the contract For repeated
to nature thereof Importance mall may be made
For leaving behind or throwing on the mails portion of
running conveying intelligence advance the mail
viii imposed the delinquency promptly
satisfactorily explained by certificates Of postmase Tho afadav
glecing the mail from deliver Office;
ryng ~ to be injured destroyed robbed and for
sing after demand TO convey the mail as frequently as the contractor
The Postmaster General annu the repeated
violating
dsobcyng the the department. for refusing discharge
when by the department assigning
contract without the assent tho Postmaster General running
express m as Or for persons or packages convey
bid received after tho last day and hour named without
guarantee required by law cannot be considered competition
regular proposal reasonable in amount
The route tho SERVICE the yearly the and esde1c OF
the bidder Chat Is his usual post olcc adress those
member rm where company offers should bc distinctly
Altered bids should not be submitted should bids
mited DC withdrawn
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