The primitive Republican., 1851-10-02
Form Of a Bid.

Form OF Bid.
mails on route No. from to J,
agreeably to the advertisement of the Post
master General dated 9th August, 1851,
and by the following mode ofconveyance viz:
for the annual sum of dollars.
Dated. Signed.
Form. q Guaranty
The undersigned undertake that if the
foregoing bid for carrying the mail on route
No. be accepted by the Postmaster Gen
eral the bidder shall, prior to the 18th day
of February next, enter into the required
obligation to perform the service proposed,
with good and sufficient sureties.
Dated (Signcd by two guar's. }
Form Of Certificate.
The undersigned, postmaster of GER
tifes that he is we'll acquainted with the a
bove guarantors and their property, and that
they are men of property, and able to make
good their guaranty.
Dated. Signed
Notice and Instructions to Bidders
l Seven minutes are allowed to interme-
diate postmasters, for asserting the mails
when not otherwise specified by the schedule,
2 Pay will not be made for trips not run;
and the deductions for failures to perform
the same may be increased to three times
the contract pay therefor if sufficient ex.
cuse be not sent in. Fines may may be i'm.
posed for arrivals after time; also for failing
to take or deliver the entire mail
3. The Postmaster General may annu
the contract for repeated failures, for viola
ting the post office laws, OF for disobeying
the instructions of the Department.
4 4. The Postmaster General may discon
tinue OF curtail the service, and the pay ac
cordingly, on allowing one months extr;
pay on the amount dispensed with. He may
also increase the length OF number of tn,
trips at pro rata pay, the contractor having
the right to relinquish the contract, on Civ
ing timely notice, if he prefer it to th,
change
/ 5. Additional pay will not be made fo
excess of actual over advertised distanc
(should any such case occur if the Office
are correctly named.
6. Proposals without the prescribed qua
ranty, OF postmaster's certificate of the suff
+ cicncy Of the sureties, or not received in th
time specified by the advertisement, or com
bining more than one routein the same sum
cannot be accepted.
i Z. Bids for the service as ddUertised ar
entitled to preference, but those proposin
changes therein will receive consideration.
8. Offices established during the contrac
period within quarter of mile of the rout
! are to be supplied without extra pay; thos
! further off alta pro rata compensation.
Q. Bidders should specify the mode {
i conveyance intended to be used.
: When this is not done it will be under
|, stood to be horseback.
10. If the accepted bidders fail to cxecu'
4 contract, or to commence and continue Sc
vice agreeably to their proposals, they, {
their guarantors or sureties, win be liable
suit for the damages resulting from a r
letting Of the route.
IL. Contracts are to be executed by ii
! 10Th day Of February, 1852
II. The bids should contain the biddel
name and residence, and, ifa company ofte
IA those of each member of the firm, and shoul
Z be addressed to the First Assistant Postma
|. tier General, and endorsed snail proposals
/, the State o."
& For further particulars as to conditions
= bidding, and the forms Of the contracts r
quired, sec advertisement for proposals f
Z carrying the mails issued January Is, 1855
r also pamphlet edition Of this advertisemel
Z Z soon to be issued. N. Il HALL,
Postmaster Genera
d POST OFFICE DEPARTMENT, Aug. 9.