The Weekly Texas State Gazette. (Austin, Tex.), Vol. 13, No. 37, Ed. 1 Saturday, April 19, 1862 Page: 2 of 4
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m. Arrive at Larri #*
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Leave OIlroer Tbonday tí da , Arrive at Bright
'£;r« Star FHday at 1 p ra. Arrive at Gllmer
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Mi
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iisl
(8750,)
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it 8 . i . Arrive at Fort
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till ifd^SuMell'ii Store, to
", oaee m week; ,
it 8 a, m. Arrive at Palo
tía. m. Arriveat Jacke-
"i'S2. (8754.)
S^<1 to SteveM-
ty ils.a Arrive at Steven
day at 6 a, m, Arriveat
An4BlSk*oóS
and post
anee of
. or
of him by "the
sbmeiit of the
whether such
or afifirraa-
Wmmll&M
p-f" I
on post roads,
Sec. 3, act of March 2, 1827. That iw
person, other tl-an the Postmaster General;
or his authorised agents, shall set tip any
foot or horse post, for the conveyance of Ut-
ters and packets, upon any t ost roati which
is or may be established as such by law. And
every person who shall oflend herein shall in-
cur a penalty of not exceeding fifty dollars
for each letter or packet so carried.
(Penalty increased by 9tb, iOtb, lltb, and
th section of the act of March 3, 1845.)
| ties, and"serving on juriedor any fine or pun-
the alt^B^irt section of the act of July 2.
30, the exemption is extended to assistants
and clerks in post offices )
tional
pP I ■
In relation to
¡ilure to enter into contract,
rch 8, 182 .lTbat *«y
Satirday-tó>pm. Arriveatj^fdrtj -
(8814.)
asj si
Leave MarabaH Tueeday and Friday at 6 in. Arrive
i .
«*ek.
Xeave
«<f« di
. liOAve.
• .««at day
BmRMH
I Monday at Í a m.
bJH&'ÍÉÍ
Stonte 208.
Arrive At Kaufman
t i« ' " ' * v- :
Arriveat Quitman
No additional allowance
Sec. 43, act of Uu#:S, 1826; That go
additional allowance *hall be made by the
Postmaster Gtneral to the contractor or car-
rier of tiny mail, on any route, over or t.oyond
the amount stipulated in the contract entered
into for the transportation of the mail on kuoIi
route, unless, additional service shall be re-
quired; anil then no additional compensation
,-Ual) be allowed to e*eed the exact propor-
tion of the original amount to the additional
and increase of
ayat e*, m. Arrive at De-
"ate a. m. Arrive at Weather-
. Moúdayata , . Arrive at Wood O
fc l??7edne day*t8a. m. Arrive at
(8766.)
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■: s*ifeii§
. 4U milts And bsJak* onoe &
9 *"*• 27*
«o
Oft. . Arrive at Fort
tf, to tori
(8758;)
b4^¿ix*e>(
m
'a-'. -JT n^^TW1®
m
m.: Arriveat Ae-
Ip.xn. A rrive at Wa*aliatehie
to MeKlntwyr M
Arrive at McKin>
a. m. Arrive at Groen-
pwHVfjPHMHBI
• :■t-¿tSi. >vV-; '-rí'iJv
■ ■ (8815 ) S'V l2
From Honteville, by Newport ¿od BebeKtopofcto Suwp-
«SSttSartWS®Wi« Arrive at
ArriveatHanU.
vU)e*«me«i#ybff4pro
Route 209. (8816.)
From Sao Aosroetlne, by Se^toni to Mlltoc, 26 milea
ind Back, on re a week. p&5 ■ j" LllTlf i HlWlif M
Leave San Aneurtide Friday at 8 a m. Arrive at 10lr
r^avejílHon at 8 a la; Arrive at Baa Angne-
liuo iame day bv 8 pm. • '. WkH ™ 11
Route 210. ^8817.)
.. oodvllle, by ffillum'a Creek.
Uumer, to Nacogdoohus, 80 mile* and
a week.
schedule, leaving ■■PH
from Beaumont, and reaohing
hoar*.
Consolidated bids prohibited,
comferisation restricted.
M Sec. 23, act of July S, 1836. No consoli
dated or combination bid shall be re;ei>ed,
Sec. 44, act of March 8, 18®. T« an, j¡£ 2S5£¡"¡S?S^«ff
, „« ; P,r« i.o«..ii >««••*• S«?,S^Í5,Í U-.tSSS
any proposal in writing to carry or, transport pe'.satun jor art g sua!
the mail upon any route or mites which may
be advertised to be let, and such person or
persons shall be determined by the Postmas-
ter General to be entitled to the'eontraot by
virtue of soefa proposition, and sucll perso| :ar
persons shall fail or refuse to enter into an
obligation, with good nnd sufficient security,
to perform such contract within the time re-
quired by the Postmaster General in such
advertisement, such person or persons shall for-
feit and pay so much money as shall be the dif-
ference between the amount contained in such
proposal and the amount th* Postmaster Gen-
enera! shall have to pay for thfc same trans-
portation of the mail on such route or routeB,
which sum may be recovered by the Post
Master General in an action on the case.
íxceéd the' exact proportion which the origi-
nal compensation bears to the original services
stipulated to be performed; and no extra al
lowaoce shall be made to any contractor by
the Postmaster General for an increase of ex-
pedition in the transportation of Jrbe wail,
unless thereby the employment of additional
stock or carrier* by the contractor «hill be
rendered necessary; and in such case the ad-
ditional compensation shall neve.* bear greater
proportion to the additional stock or carriers
rendered necessary iban the sum stipulated
in the original contract bears to the stock and
If tl>«* whi.lt tunouot due the
>r be not stt^isnit to met't the draft,
"voucher" for the payment, as the
.
law requires of all vouchers.
Form oí
and Certift.
The undersigned, ^ * whose post office
address Is ——, county <if , state of
&r] proposes to convey the mails of tie
Confederate States, from July 1, 1862, to
June 30. 1866, on Route No. , between
and —, under th" advertid m 'nt
of the Postmaster General, dated J at u try
31,1862, " with celerity, certainty and secu-
rity."* for the annual swm of — dollars.
Tim proposal U made m(h full krwwk% of
the distdiice of the route, the weight of the mail
to be carried, aud all other partia.lars in refer-
ence to the route and service; and also after
fl '^ÉÉÉmsBmBñ$
e&Wd. examination of the laws
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Liabilities of guarantors of bidders who fail
to enter inter into contract.
See. 27, act of July 2, 1836. That
proposal for the transportation ol the
shall be accompanied by a written guaranty,
signed by One or more responsible persons, to
the effect ihat he or the
Bidder will propone a
the arrival ol thn roall
Nacogdoches tn 24 hoat _
Routo 211. (8818.)
From Woodvllle, by Moramville, Blnff Oreek, I/lvlng
ton, 8wartwont, Cold Spring and lMyton,to ¡Bantu
undertake that the
bidder or bidders will, if bis or their bid be
accepted, enter into an obligation, in such
time as may be priscribéd by the Postmaster
From Woodvllle, by Billum'. Creek, Fort Taran and " «eneral, with guod and sufficient KUretlefi, to
~ — - - •' :dbaek, three times perform the service proposed. No proposal
shall be considered unless accompanied by
such guaranty. If, after acceptance of a pro-
posal, ,and notification thereof to the bidder
or bidders, he or they shall fail to enter into
an obligation within the time proscribed by
the Postmaster General, with good and suffik
cient sureties, for the performance of the ser-
vice, then the PoetmaiBW*> General shall pro-
ceed to contract with Borne <tther person or
porsons lor the performance of said service,
and shall forthwith cause the difference be-
tween the amount contained in the proposal
so guarantied and the amount for which he
may have contracted for the performance of
^,xiS'ctrS:ri.K'dof,h*p">-
' dor or bidders and his or their guarantor oi
ton, and the same may be immediately
recovered by the Confederate States, for the
ville. 81 mile sod faaek. One a week. _3 «¡>;
Bidden will propo«o a eehedule,' leaving Woodvllle or,
arrival of Beaament mall, aud reaching HanUvillle 1b
Mb0QrS' Route 212. (8819.)
From BBTkevilJe, by Jasper, "Walrtut Ran and Town
Binff, to Woodville, 88 mllea and back, wwe a week.
Bidden will propow a sohedale, leaving Burkeville on
arrival at mall from Oheaeyvlfie, and nsakinl the trip
tfaroagh Id one day.
R¿ute 213. (8820.®
From Habinetown, by Milam, Ban Aagaetlno, Oherlno
•afl>d*ñt«
fe that bid-
all persons
irned, in
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H,VI1VW| IV ATW)y|lUUtl|ICI^ TO i
Jera.will propoee a ee tMttl«||;.:.:..r,
Mxtra«t> fraá taV« of th* I
mt „ ' 1
Tho Postmaster General requi
dew, guarantors, sureties, and
ayncerned; or intending to be conce.
mail contracts will carefully read and exam
ine the abstract of, laws here presented, and
also the forms and instructions, in order that
bids may be made and liabilities assumed tm-
ngly, and that all misapprehension
or cause of complaint Lerealter may be
. are required to make them-
familiar with these laws and instruc-
tion ^ that they may be able to inform and
An Act to continue in force certain Saws of
the United States of 'America. .
Be it enacted by the Confederate Stafes of
America, in Congress assembled: That «II
SSsSl^s,to!i'<*'to
the,first-
^YlRAYlflictnnt' n>{
federate States, be and the same a'
force until altered Or re-
carriers necessarily employed in it9 execution.
By the same suction of the same law no
change can be made in the " terms of an ex-
isting contract "-—that is the soheduto time
for performing a trip cannot be increased, nor
can horse service be improved into stage ser-
vice, two-horse stage into four-horse, &c., &c.
Changes of these kinds can onfy be effected by
re-advertising for a new letting, and making
a new contract superseding the exiatting con-
tract and service# *
ScMnl tc i be furnished and posted up in
post offices.—Registers to be returned and
reports made.
Sec. 31, act of July 2,1836. That it shall
be the duty of the Postmaster General to
furnish to the postmasters at the termination
of each route a schedule, specifying the times
of arrival and departure at their offices, re-
spectively, of each mail, a copy of which the
postmaster shall post up in some conspicuous
place in his office; and the Postmaster Gen-
ersi nhall also furnish a notice in like manner ©I
nge or alteration in the arrivals and
„ res which mav be ordered by blm.
And it shall be the duty of every postmaster
promptly to report to the department every
delinquency, neglect, or malpractice of the
contractors, theii pü^nt feÉfifi"*"J^
to his knowledge;
eneral shall cause to
attached to the advertisement
GP^ranty.
The uuderiigqeiy residing at
of ¿ /undertake that If the forepoing bid
for carrying the mail on route No. , bo
accepted by tUe Postmaster General, the bid-
der shall, prior to the l«t day of August 1862,
enter into the requirw oblivion, or contract,
to perform the service peoposed, with good
and sufficient sureties.
This we do und>rstand fag dUtinstly the obli-
gations and liabilities assumed bu gva/ránlors
vnder the 27section of the actW emigres*
My 2,1836, and now in fwee in the Confederate
States, by virtue of an act approved 9th Feb-
ruary 1861. , i/S' *•. n
Dated
master at
state of , certifies, under his oaih or
oFric«, tliát he is acquainted with the f
guarantors, and knows them to be men of
property, and able to make good their guar-
^áted
* ft«e act of cohgreu of March 8,1845, «¿o. 18,
The .proposal nmtt bf tigned by the bidder, or Md-
deré, the guaranty by not leM lhan two gnamiitor ^ sd
the oerfcifleatfl by a poctmaaler or a judge ol a court of
P
Send by mail, direct to the "Chief of the (Jon'raot
Bureau, P«.Bt Office Popartmeíit, li-thmond, Virginia,"
marked '• Propoeals State of .
Inctraotlsns, Ceatalaing Condi (ions t*
Inoai;^orated in tl>« Contracta to tit ||
tent the Department may deem proper.
1. Seven minutes are allowed to each Inter-
mediate office, when not otherwise specified,
for assorting:the mails; but, nn railroad and
steamboat routes, there is to bfe no more delay
than is sufficient for an exchange of; the mail
Í On railroad and steamboat lint , and
other routes where the mode of conveyance
admits of it, the special agents of the Post
Office Department, also post office blanks,
mail bags, locks and keys, are to be conveyed
ir guarantor oi
be immediately
I JH i States, lor .ttül
use of the Ptost Office Department, in an ac-
tion of debt against either or all of said per-
sons.
ends of rou t«v
think proper, reg
of the arrfvah
Bids of failing contractors may be rejected.
Seo. 24, act of July 2, 1836. That the
Postmaster General shall not be bound to
consider the bid >f any person who shall have
wilfully or negligently failed to perform oi
execute * *
to
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In relation
prevent bti
Sec. 28, act of July That
trict for the transportation of the mail s
knowingly bo made by the Postmaster Gen-
eral with any person who shall have entered
into any combination, to prevent the making of
any bid for a mail contract by any other perr
son or persons, or who shall have made an,
agreement, or shall have given or perform**.
or promised to give or perform, any consider-
ation whatever, or to do, or not to do, any-
thing whatever, in order to induce any other
vals, by postmasters at
and such others as he mi
inters showing the exact
and departures of the taw.
"By act of Cong ess, approved April 21,1808,
no member of Congress can be a contractor,
or be concerned, directly or indirectlr. in any
ctmtract with.the government; and by the
same act it is made a high misdemeanor for
any officer of t&ftVnited [Confederate] States
to enter, ia its behalf, into a contract with a
member of Congress,
The 7th section of the law of March 3,1885,
enacts " that no other than a free white male
person shall be employed in carrying the
mail ; and, by regulation of the department,
no carrier should be employed who is under
sixteen years of age.
The authority to establish post routes is
not vested in the Postmaster General, nor
can he extend or lengthen those already es-
tablished. He can can only piece mail service
on such roads as have bien declared post
without e&ra charge.
3. Steamboat companies ire required to
or carriers, that miy take the mail froito, and delfverl lt into, the
H| post offices at the coínmeactmeut *nd a *
posáis may be submitted for the
of all other, side servi<
over J ' ■*-
w r algbty tods from > laiidini^.&fc^pS
Receipts will be required f>r maij bags con-
eyed in charge of persons employed by rail-
veyéd in charge of persons employed by rail-
road compwrfes. There will also be "way
bills " prepared by postmasters, or other agents
accompany the malls,
and de<tinaf " "
person or persons not to bid-for a mail con**
tract. And if any person, so offending be a
mail contractor, he may be forthwith, dismissed
from the service of the department: Provided,
Tl at whenever the Postmaster Gen
exercise the power conferred on him
shall
this
.. *nd others employed in
cannot be contractors.
, t of March 3, 1825. That no
at it. neit nwioa.
N i pay to
•fft y-fHP
previously oraerea.
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11HHHII mKHEEKKsM
ttiátl maQfiÜ accepted Bhall receive any pay
pervade
WW
waters, are, cowever, post roaas oy iat
alsO the road from the nearest post office on
an established route to the oourt-house of any
county which'may b'a otherwise without a
mail. ' < )
The Posti
the law to
and their gurantors and sureties from their
liabilities on the allegation of *
mistakes of any kind iii. mi
fie particularly requests tí *,
the fullest inquiry and investigation be mode
in regard to the route, distance, service,
weiirht of mails, cost ot stock, feed, and all
d lively to otíctir during
' with due consideration
by law on delin-
Imtion of tbé PPHR
principal stage routes, •
likewise, recepte will be required and way
bills fir warded; the latter to be examined
by the several postmasters, to insuie regu-
larity in the delivery of tnall bags.
4. No pay will be made for trips not per-
formed; and for .each of such omissions, not
6*tiafactotm$Xplained, three times the pay
of the trip may be deducted. For arrivals so
far behind time .as to break connexion with
depending mails, and nor sutPciently excused,
one-fourth oi the Compensation lor the trip is
subject to forfeiture. Deduction will also be
ordered for a grade of performance inferior t®
that specified in the^contr-act For repeated
larged penalties, proportioned to the nature
thereof aud the importance of the mail, may
5. For leaving behind or throwing off the
mails, or any portion of them, for the
sion of passengers, or for being
setting up or running an exprt
* ' ' ""i quarter' .
«incerned (n
quency
, unless the delin-
promptly and satisfactorily ex-
plained by certificates of postmasters |ir the
affidavits of pther credible pe
lew
|Jsam„e
:z%
of the i
arrive in contract time; for
the mail from, or deliver it into,
for suffering it to be t
robbed, or lost; and foi
to convey the mail aa frequentl
tractor runs, or is concerned
coach, ear, or steamboat on a route.
, failing to
■••as;.
'ed,'
deii
and s
'. . - .
P 'S Ml BMHtiui>uni, «m a route.
7. The postmaster general may annul i
contract for repeated failures to
to contract; for violating the pt
or disobeying the instructions of
SqSed tffd^rtSt to
porti
able matter
6. The
increase
i á'rrivals
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Marshall, John. The Weekly Texas State Gazette. (Austin, Tex.), Vol. 13, No. 37, Ed. 1 Saturday, April 19, 1862, newspaper, April 19, 1862; Austin, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth182326/m1/2/: accessed June 9, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting The Dolph Briscoe Center for American History.