Examination of the Post Office Department. February 13, 1835 ...Gales & Seaton, print., 1835 - 949 strani |
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1st January 1st July 1st of April 1st of January 31st December 31st of December accepted additional services advertisement amount of postages annum appears arrive ascertain Baltimore Barry Bedford Bennett bidder Blair's Gap carrying the mail Catlettsburg Chambersburg charged committee Congress connexion contractor for carrying Cumberland daily mail deducted dollars examination expediting the mail expense extra allowance four-horse post coaches furnished given Hagerstown Harrisburg horse horseback improved bid increased expedition insertions Intelligencer James Reeside John Magee Lancaster letter Lynchburg mail contracts mail on route McConnellsburg McConnellstown ment Mount Pleasant number of miles O. B. Brown October once a week paid paper performed Philadelphia Pittsburg Post Office Department Postmaster proposals R. C. Stockton received resolution road Rogersville Slaymaker Southern mail squares Stanley statement steamboat Stockton & Stokes testified testimony tion tract transaction transporting the mail Treasury two-horse stages Washington witness
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Stran 137 - It shall be the duty of the postmaster general to report, annually, to congress, every post road which shall not, after the second year from its establishment, have produced onethird of the expense of carrying the mail on the same.
Stran 71 - ... be concluded, describing the places from and to which such mail is to be conveyed, the time at which it is to be made up, and the day and hour at which it is to be delivered.
Stran 81 - He shall, once in three months, render to the secretary of the treasury a quarterly account of all the receipts and expenditures in the said department, to be adjusted and settled as other public accounts.
Stran 10 - That it shall be the duty of the Postmaster General, to give public notice in one or more of the newspapers published at the seat of government of the United States, and in one or more of the newspapers published in the state or states, where the contract is to be performed...
Stran 77 - General, to the contractor or carrier of any mail, on any route, over or beyond the amount stipulated in the contract entered into for the transportation of the mail on such route, unless additional service shall be required ; and then no additional compensation shall be allowed to exceed the exact proportion of the original amount to the additional duties required...
Stran 71 - ... be concluded; describing the places from and to which such mail is to be conveyed ; the time at which it is to be made up, the day and hour at which it is to be delivered, and the penalty or penalties for non-performance of the stipulations.
Stran 117 - General to be entitled to the contract, by virtue of such proposition, and [if] such person or persons shall fail or refuse to enter into an obligation, with good and sufficient security, to perform such contract within the time required by the Postmaster General in such advertisement, such person or persons shall forfeit and pay so much money as shall be the difference between the amount contained in such proposal, and the amount the Postmaster General shall have to pay for the same transportation...
Stran 68 - That a line of posts be appointed under the direction of the Postmaster general, from Falmouth in New England to Savannah in Georgia, with as many cross posts as he shall think fit.
Stran 71 - ... approved by the Secretary of the Treasury and Comptroller, in the sum of one hundred and fifty thousand dollars, payable to the United States, with condition for the faithful performance of the duties of his office, and for the fidelity of the persons to be by him employed, which bond shall be lodged in the office of the Comptroller of the Treasury of the United States.
Stran 71 - ... beyond the amount stipulated in the contract entered into for the transportation of the mail on such route, unless additional service shall be required ; and then no additional compensation shall be allowed to exceed the exact proportion of the original amount to the additional duties required ; and the Postmaster General shall, in all such cases, within thirty days thereafter, transmit to the first comptroller of the treasury an account of such additional services, and the compensation to be...