Iowa capitol reporter. [volume] (Iowa City, Iowa) 1841-1855, 1846-03-04
greater thar IS advertised. il The PLACES are


greater than Is advertised. il the places are
correctly named.
1 IL The Postmaster General is prohibited
by law from knowingly making contract
for the transportation uf the mail wf.h any
person who shall have entered into any
combination, or proposed 10 enter into an y
con binat:on. TO prevent the making OF any
bid for mail contract by any other person
or persons. or who shall have made any
agreement, or shall havegiven or performed.
or promised 10 giveor perform. any consid-
Grafton TO do, or not TO do, anything what.
ever TO induce any other person not TO bid
for mail contract. Particular attention is
called TO the 2elh section OF The &C, Of 1886,
prohibiting combinations 10 preven, hifd ng
i IL A bid received after time, 10 vii: the
| SON Apr; mex al 8 a N, or without the
guarantee required by law, OF that combines
several routes IN one sam Of compensation
cannot be considered in competition with q
regular proposal. mol adjndged 10 be extra
| VACANT.
l3 A bidder may Offer, where the trans.
Pona.ion called for in the advertisement is
difficult OF impracticable al certain seasons,
| TO substitute an inferior mode Of convey.
ance, or 10 Ini,rmit serrice a specified NUN.
Der o. days. weeks, or months, He may
| propose to omit an Gffice that is inaccessible,
or i, not on the stage road. the railway, or
al steamboat lanufng, as the case may be;
or he may offer TO substitute an inferior
mode Of supply IN such cases He may pro.
pose different days and hours OF departure
and arrival, provided no more running time
is asked, and II is obvious that no mail con-
nexion or other public accommodation is
prejudiced. He may ask for more running
time to the trip, during specified number
oi days, al cerialn seasons OF peculiarly bad
| roads. But beyond these changes, a propo-
sal for serrice different from the advertise
ment will prevent lis being considered in
competition with regular bid, not set aside
Tor extravaganza; and where bid contains
any OF The above alterations, their disadvan-
tages will be estimated in comparing il with
o!he, proposals
IA Thire should he but one rnu,e bid
Tor IN proposal.
Is The route, the service. the yearly
day, The bidders name aGd residence, and
the name OF each member Of The firm, where
company offers, should he distinctly slated;
also the mode of conveyance, i: higher
mode than on horseback is intended.
The following may be used as form ,oi
The hid, ,chers no change from the adcertisc-
meni is contemplated BY lie bidder,
~ ~ we, as the Case may be hereby
propose 10 carry the mail on No, from
10 --, agreeable to advertisement,
Tor ) per annnm y Observe. thai where
The bidder intends 10 offer any other mode OF
conveyance than hcrsebsck, he Should safe
i. II :, r::!s in the bids.
IT, Tie ful'owing is the form Of the
guaranty which should he filed, The first
blank with the name o. the guaran or, the
second with that oil the bidder. and The third
and fourth with the beginning and terminal
Ing points tf the route; and after being dated,
should be sIgaed by the guaranlor, who
must b. shown IN The written certificate OF
a postmaster, or other equally satisfactory
testimonial, to be a man Of property, and
able 10 make g iod his guaranty. This guar.
antY, SO certified, should accompany each
bid.
1.-The undersigned - guarantees that
-, il his bii for carrying the mail from
To- he accepted by the Post.
master General, shall enter into an
obligation prior 20 the first day Of July next,
with good and sufficient sarelieS 10 perform
the service proposed.
.Da:ed -''
II. The bid should be sent under seal, ad-
dressed 10 The First Assistant Postmaster
General, with .Mai! Proposals In the
State Of -" written on the face of the
letter; and should be despatched in time TO
be r. ceved by or before tue 30th April next,
al y o'clock, IN.
L. 'h.aC nntT tn no no
fore The Is, July next.
- PosimaSle,s al Offices situated upon or
near railroads, bat more tlan eighty Iods
from depot, will Gia'eIy alter the 10Th
May next, repuit that fact 10 Tie department.
stlting their exact distance from the railroad
depot, and how ct&erwlSe supplied with 'hc
mail, to enab,e the Postmaster General 10
direct The proper supply to be made from
the railroad BY mall messengers, from and
after the LIST July next ....
20 Under the act Of 81 March 1915, The
route is 10 be let 10 the lowest bidder, Tend
er!ng sufficient guarantees fer ftishiul per
fLrmance, without other reference to the
mode ol transportation than may he neces
sary To proyidr for The due CELEBRITY. certainly
aud security of such transportation. And
the new contractor is not required 10 pur
chase out, or take at a valuation the stock
or vehicles OF The previous contractor.
When a lowest bid proposes mode of
conveyance that IS InadeqIale for the route
in respect 10 the certainty, security and re
leriy of the mails. aside Tor any accommo-
daiion Tor travel, ii will no, be entitled 10 the
route.
q. When the bid does no, name a mode
of conveyance. 1t will be taken and under
stood to be for the lowest mole of convey
ance, 10 vii: on horseback. When it pro-
poses 10 carry according to the atverlise>
ment, and no mode 81 conveyance is stated
for the route IN the advertisement. II wall he
considered as offering only for horseback
conveyance. When the advertisement uses
the term conveyance IN two horse coaches.
or in four. hour coaches are inYiiej,' OF pro
posals to carry IN twohor-e coaches will be
considered" or the Ike expressions in The
bid, according TO the advertisements viii
not be understood as referring 10 the mode
mentioned IN such invitation. II the bidder
intends TO propose Tor the mode Of convey
ance stated IN The invitation, he should name
II in terms in his BID.
90 Since the raSsaTe OF the act OF March