Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1867-03-25
PROPOSALS.
VICE BETWEEN rHE UNIrED
STATES AND THE HA-
WAIIAN ISLANDS
Posr OFFICE pEFARTNKyT,

Posr OFFICE DEPARrMKST,
In accordance with the provisions Of the act of
nonsress, approved March 2, 1887, which 10 In the
woros and fgnres following, VIZ:
an Act to authorize the establishment of oce an
mai ste ahs hip service bet ween the United states
ana the Hsw allan Islands
sHtirs .n"fg ~ r. :%s,s S,a and 1IS HS; s
gresS assembled, That the Postmaster General be,
public advertisement fer the period Of sixty days,
l9 one er more nswspapers published In the CITIES
cisco rsspsctivefy for mail s3sa%:hi apu service
tween the port Of San Francisco IN the United
Islands, by means Of monthly line Of first Class
Amsnoan sea gong steams hip pc, to be OF not less
snd Of to
twelve round trip. .r spnnm between said ports;
for I'D service. for q term of not more than ten
years, to begin frem the day the first steamshi Of
Franciscs with the mails for the Hawaii an isiunds
PTor ridsd, That 70 bid shall be consider ed which
dollars for the twelve round trips Der annum' s.q
unless the same be from citizen citizens of the
good spd snT.tss aso Citizens n 0asr Of tSf Sf
United States for the faithful performance Of
the Of tha sa bS 70. Po.
master General for the said service. they shall be
be y
be made to the Postnlsste General. '"'i
SIC. 2. ind be II further enacted, That any con
tract hich the Postma.ter General may execute
uLder The authority Of this act SHALL 60 into eject
dred and sixty eight and shall, In addition to the
usual stipulations of ocean mail steamship con
States shall be entitled TO have trans psrted free
of expense on each and every steamer. \ mail
agent 10 take charge OF and arrans the mai mat
ter, to whom suitable sccommeda tions for that
purpose shall be assigned that in case OF failure
voyages stipulated for in this Contrast, pro rata
deauction may be made from the mpensstion On
account oI such Omitted voyage or voyages; that
suitable fines and tenaltieE may he i'm o nsed for
deleys and irr eRularities in the performance OF
the service and that the Postmaster Geners shall
have the power ct any time to determine the con-
tract In case OF it's being underlet or gned to
"Ii Approved prov SA March ?. 1857
PROPOSALS
Wlll be received at Ihe Post Office Department in
tne CITY OF Warrington, until clock D. IN. OF
WEDNESDAY, the 10Th day ef J uly, 1851 for con-
yeJipg the mails Of the Uniied States by meaDs of
q anomaly line Of srst class American sea goiag
steamships. to be of not less than one thousand
tons, Government measurement, each, aud OF suf-
nclept number to perfoT m twelve round trips per
annum, between the port Of San Francisco. in the
United states. and the port of Honolulu, in the
HAWAIIAN Islands, for q contract term of not more
than ten years, to begin from the dav he first
steamship OF the said line shsll leave the port of
san FRANCISCO with the mails for tue Hawaiian
Each bid should name the time proposed to be
occupied In performing the passage each way be-
tween eab FRANCISCO and Honolulu, and q sched-
uie OF ssiling days. stating the proposed days aid
hours OF departure from and arrival at each lrt,
should also accompany each bid; such sched uIe, ,
however, be sutJestt to the approval Of the Post
II.
from time to time, as the interests of the postal
service may require
The steamships offered for the service must be
American steamships. Of the iIst class In all re-
spects, and before acceptance will be subject to
inspection and survey BY an experienced naval
constructor to be detailed for that purpose by the
Secretary of the Navy.
Proposals must conform 10 all particulars to the
provisions and requirements Of the aforesaid act
approved March q 1891, and must be properly
guaranteed cd, with satisfactory testimonials, that
the bldder or bidders and their guarantors are
men Of property and s6undantly able 70 make good
and residence, and the name of each M ember of
the firm when company offers, shouId be dis
tinctly stated In the proposals. if incor
company. copy of the charter of incor poratisn
must ais % BE annexed to the bid.
Proposals should be sent, sealed under cover to
the so dress of''The Postmaster General, Wash
ington, u. >" superseribed "FoREIGN DEsK,'
with the words Mail Proposals, Foreign Malls
written on the face Of the address and they should
be despstched in time TO be received at this Be
pa rtmeB on or before the 10th day OF July l567 .
which will be the last day for receiving PROPOSALS
under this advertisement
ALEX W. RANDALL
mh 20 w9t Postmaster General.