Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1857-04-24
INSTRUCTIONS.
CONTAINING conditions to be fHcorporated in the
contracts TO til. ertent the DEPARTMENT may

INSTRUCTIONS.
Conta'nins conditions to be Incorporated in the
contracts TO the ertent the Department may
]; No pay will be made for trips not performed
ana Tor each OF such omss Ions not satisfactorily
planned three times the pay of the trip may he de-
az Deamctlons VIII also be ordered Tor grade
tract or repeated denquencles of the kind herein
made.
2 For leaving behind or throw ing off the mails or
any portion of them. for the admission of passengers
or Tor being concerned in setting up or running
gusTter's pay may be deducted.
g. Fines wi be imposed. unless the delinquency he
of postnasters, the afhdavis Of other credible
persons for failing to arrive contract time for
neseeting to take the mail from or delivering it into
post ohce; for suffering 1t towing either to the
suItabeness of tl place or manner of carrying ~ to
refusing, after demand. to convey the mail fro
qmeniiy rs the contractor runs or is concerned in
4. The Postmaster General may nnnul the contract
Vos1s fS anu, to ran asreea9y to for
structions of the Departnent;, for refusing to dis
do for assigning the contract without the assent
OF the Postmaster Generals for running press
U 81 s al
s. A bud received after the last day and hour named
Or without the guarantee required by law, cannot be
CONSIDERED IN competition with regular proposal
6; The route, the service. the yearly pay the name
ana residence OF the bidder that is, his usual post
where company offers. should be distinctly stated
T. Altered bids should not be submitted nor should
bids once submitted be withdrawn.
g. Each bid must be guaranteed by two or more re-
sponslbe persons satisfactory to the Postmaster
The bid and guarantee should be signsd plainly with
the fuil name of each person.
bud which may be deemed eNtravasan, and al so he
oi az q r Ealing contractors and bidders.
Proposals for overland route to CALIFORNIA" address
ed Second Assistant Postmaster General,' Con
II. A modification of bid in any of its essential
terms is tantamount to bid, and cannot be re.
ceved. so as To Interfere with a regular competition
AFTER The last hour set for receiving bids.
* posimasters are to be careful not to certify the
suihclency of guarantofs suretIes without know
ing that they are persons of su cent responsibility;
" notified that on failure to enter INTO or perf5rm
me contracts for the service proposed for the
cePted bids, their legal liabilities will be enforced
H. Present contractors, and persons known at the
department must, equally with OF hers. procure guar
antors and certificates Of their sufciency substan-
r siiy n the forms above prescribed. The certificates
Oh sIiiclency inIst be signed by postmaster, or by
The attention Of bidders guarantors, sureties, &c.
Sec.2. Act of Marcl3 1925, requiring contractors,
carriers; DC: to be sworn.
Sec. a. Act Of July ,, 1885 liabilities of gunrantors.
failing contractors to be rejected. 0'"S o'
Sec a. nact of July 2, 1885, in relation to comb
Act Of April q, 1893. provides that member of
Congress can be contractor.
pastater, assistant postmaster, or clerk IN post
0'ee saa ee Of c TnIc6 To-,
oas lref white male person shall be employed in
III The Postmaster General will reserve to him
sell the right OF annung any contract made under the
above act whenever he shall discover that the
or any part Of IT, is offered for sale in the market for
Ine purpose OF speculation. and he will. in case,
sanction transfer Of the same. in whole part,
70 any assignee or sub cont ractOr less qualified.
ms OPINION, than the original contractor, to carry the
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ap 2O-stawtlstJune POSTMASTER General.
limited STATES PATENT OFFICE,
On the petition of Harriet " Terry, radRinistra
trix of Win. ID. Terry. deceased of Boston, Massa-
to sna m .e TsS ON d1 a1
OF July lS43 for an Improvement in cast pave
patent, which takes place on the 18th day of July,
Patent Office on Monday, the 18th Of June next * IN. at
l2o'clock m; and all persons are notified to appear
n" cause IL any they have, why said petition
Persons opposing the extension are required to file
forth in writing at least twenty days before the day
OF hearing all testimony filed by either party to be
used at tho said hearing must be taken and transmit
ted IN accordance with the rules of the Office. which
WI h be Gn pensatS
al Dispositions End md other papers relied
the morning Of the arsa GS 1h or fe aHy
within ten days thereafter. ''
.hi unoS Ss i the
ton. ID. c.; Republican, Baltimore Md: Pennsy1-
and Pnst Boston p ma. Nsw
three successive weeks previous to the 2eth Of June
next the day Of hearing.
CHARLES MASON,
IN. 49, Commissioner Of Patents.
j.. S.-EditOrs Of the above papers will please COPY
and send their bills to the Patent Office with aper
containing TINS notice. p9-law3w
limited STATES MAIL.
ALABAMA.
Posi- OFFICE DEPARTMENT,
Washington. March 81, 1857, (
g Proposals for conveying the mails of the United
States from LIST July 1851 to 3th June l858 on the
following route in the State Of ALABAMA, in the
time and manner herein specified, will be received at
OF LIST June next, to be decided on tho next day:
7lO4-F rom Tuscaloosa, by Northport, Sipsey Turn
pike, GOrdo, Reform. and Antioch, to Column
bus, Mississippi, sixty three miles and back,
three times q week-with due CELEBRITY, Ger,
Leave Tuscsioosa Monday, "Wednesday and
Tiday, at 90 a. m; =
arrive at Columbus same DAYS by II .. M;
Leave Columbus Tuesday, Thursday and Sat-
nriay At n. M; - -. IFf :. - :. -
hifr1ve nj Tuscaloosa same days by g D. m.
Also s OF proposal, guarantees, and certificAte
tho cnntra, IONS and requirements TO le embrace in
SEQ adye of O Ios1 in