Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1857-05-30
Miscellaneous.
OVERLAND MAIL ROUTE TO
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Posi- 0ss5c. a4nx.s = April g lss
ing appropriations for the service Of the Post Office
Department for the fiscal year ending SOth June.
:, Sec 10. That the Postmaster, General be and he
s hereby authorized to contract for the conveyance
slssppi river as the contractors may select to San
rrsnclsco IN the State Of Gaf0Ena for six years.
aod P per 9E sT @ four hundred
dred thousand doars for 1 service to be
performed semi monthly, weekly, or semi weekly,
option 81 she sonet sbs reGure the
vice to be performed with good four horse coaches
ps =. Se as bs SAFETY and
mails.
any land not then disposed of or reserved, at each
point a 70, mot to be than
mineral land shall be thus pre-empted,
. SEQ Is That the sand service shall be Performed
fore S sSa S bs the
tom ofths parties ds and in good faith to psr
form the said contract, and shall require good and
sufficient security for the Performances of the
the signing OF the contract"
P5oPasss VII kacSSTdiqsy be 5scsiysd a. the Con
m. of the LIST day OF June, 1857 for conveying mails
under the provisions of the above act.
Besides he starting point on the Mississippi river
bidders will name the intermediate points proposed
to be embraced IN Inc route ana otherwise designate
Separate proposals are invited for ssmi-nnon.hly
wsskty, and ssmi -,ce: ~ trips each way.
made after the Postmaster General shall be satisfied
Of the ability and disposition OF the parties in good
guarantee is to he executed, with good and suf-
hcient suretles that the contract shall be executed
cont FACTORS shall be required to do so by the Post
master General, and the service must commence
within twelve months after the date OF such contract.
Form Ct Proposal.
nf- Stat Of
years, from the date specified in the contract for
rver to San Francisco CALIFORNIA; I asfeeaBls
to the advertisement of the Postmaster General of
spring wagons suitable for the convey snce Of pas
II the sS and dr ;SSeu Of the
Of dollars; ueekly. each way, for the snnual sum
ofEdosrs; ss, "y each way, for the an
Dated. (Signed.)
The undersigned, residing at =, State Of, un-
mail on the route from on the Mississippi river,
Postmaster General, the bidder shall when required
by the Postmaster General. enter into the necessary
ongation 70 the service proposed, with good
.This we do radsrstandins distinctly the oblisa-
tton and liabilities assumed by Rudrdntors under
The 18th section Of the act OF Congress Of July 2
Dated. (Sigued by two guarantors.)
Form Of Certificate.
&, certifes, smdey MS oGfh Of osce, that he is
acquainted with the above guarantors, and knows
them TO be men OF property, and able to make good
thor guarantee.
Dated. (SignedJ
INSTRUCTIONS.
Contdtntns conditions 10 be 1neo,pordted in the
contracts 10 the sI,s"s ms department may
l; No pay will be made for trips not performed
Quoted. Deductions will al SO be ordered for grade
tract For repeated deilnquencles the kind herein
specified, enlarged penalties, prOportoned to the
made.
2. For leaving behind or throwing off the mails, or
being concerned in setting up or running an ex
press conveying Intelligence in advance of the mail.
s. Fines viii be imposed, unless the delinquency be
promptly and satisfactorily explained by certificates
persons for failing to arrive in contract time for
neglecing to take the mail from or delivering it into
suitabeness of the place nsnnef of carrying it to
bewet, injured. destroyed. robbed or lost and for
refusing, after demand, to convey the mail as fire.
quenty AZ the contractor runs or is concerned in
unnIng coach on the route.
I. The Postmaster General may annul tho contract
for repeated failures to agreeably to contract for
violating the post office laws, or dlsObeyIng The
charge carrier when required by the Department to
do so; for assigning the contract without the assent
OF the Postmaster General for running ex press
aforesaid; for Transporting persons or packages
conveying maa5le matter out Of the mail.
or without the guarantee required by law cannot BE-
considered IN competition with regular proposal
g. The route, the service, the yearly pay, the
and residence of tine bidder, chat Is, his usual post
where com yaIy offers, should be distinctly stated
4 Altered BIDS should not be submitted; nor should
9. Each bad must be guaranteed by two or more re-
sponsItie persons satisfactory to the Postmaster
The bid and 5ua rantee should be signed plainly with
the ia; name Of each person.
"a tina fhar rio TO NJ
bid which may be deemed eXtIavagant, and also the
bids Of failing contractors and bidders.
10. The bid should he scale superscribed "AIall
Proposals for overland route 10 California address
ed Second Assistant Postmaster General" Con-
II. A modification Of bid in any of its essential
terms is tantamount to new bid. and cannot he re-
ceved, IS to interfere with regular competition
after the last hour set for receiving bids.
y. Postmasters to be careful not 10 certify the
Ing that they are persons of sufficient responsibility
and all bidders guarantors and sureties distinct
the contracts for the service proposed for the &C
cepted bids, their legal Liabilities will be enforced
Is. Present contractors, and persons known at the
Department must, equally with others, procure guar
TALLY IN the forms above prescribed. The certificates
of sufhclency must be signed by postmaster, OF by
The attention OF bidders, guarantors, sureties, dc.
is greeted to the following laws, viz:
oec.I Act OF hlarch5 lS@5, requiring contractors,
Sec. a. Act of March 5, 1925, in relation to failure
Sec. q Act of July 2, 1885 liabilities Of guarantors
Sec.A Act of July 2. 1Sf5. authorizing bids of
failing contractors to be rejected
500 % An act OF July 2 1885, in relation TO comb
nations amongst bidders.
Act of April q. 1873, provides that no member of
Congress CAL bo a contractor.
Sec.42. An act of March 8, 1925, provides that no
p9stmater, assistant postmaster, clerk in post
oh shall he a contractor.
Sec. ]. Act of March 3. 1925, provides that no other
thar Tree white male person shall be employed in
carving the mail.
H. The Postmaster General will reserve to him
sell the right OF annu contract made under the
above act, whenever he shall discover that the same
or any part OF Is offered for sale i'm the market for
the purpose of speculation. and he will, in no case
sanction transfer OF the same, in whole in part
10 any assignee or sub contractor less qualified, in
ns opinion, than the Original contractor, carry the
same into successful operation.
AARON v. BROWN,
ap T-StaWtistJune Postmaster General.
COS PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE,
AOO near corner Of 18Th Street.
II; H. STlNEMETZ having made arrang ements
n COnDapy N tiara no .r