Daily evening star. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1852-1854, 1854-03-11

quired by law, that combines several rou,.. A,
one sum Of conn ensation, cannot be consissrsd a.
conpctitiOn with regular proposal reasonable n
amount.
IL. Bidders should, In ell casss, frrt pro,.~ .
service strictly according "a the sdvertisenspt 80
them, II they desire, separately fer different servs
and IL the rsgsaar bid be the lowest Offered for IN. =.
vsrtssd serE lee the other bids may bs copsid.r.s
pest asters and eitizens ntercsted or IL thew a.
appear manifestly right aud proper.
Il. There should be but one route bid FOR In -.
pcesl.
IL. The route the service, The yearly nav, thar.
and residence OF the bidder, and those Of each a..
her Of firm, where a company offers, should B. -
tinctly stated also the mode of conveyance r .
higher mode than horseback be intended The vers,
"with due celcii:y, certa MY, and securisys -
serted to indicate the mode Of oolyey snce WIN oan
.titufe stdr biie
IL. The bid should be sent under scsi, address,, =.
the seoond Assistant Postmaster General, su,..
scribed " Mail Proposals Ia the State Of ~,
should be guaranteed, ana the suffcisncy of a.
gaarantors certified, (see forpsl and should b A.
PATCHED in time TO be received by OF befor, "a
of TIE 10th Of April, 1854. f.
Is The contracts are 90 be executed ana return,
10 the denartmsnt by or before the LIST Of July lsI
I6 Section Is Of an &C, of Congress approves
March g. 1915, provides thai contracts for the irsa.
pertalion uf the mad shall be let. I'm every cas- m
the lowest bidder rendering sufheieGt guarantees fr
faithful performance, without other reference 10 Tho
mode Of such tran <portstioa than may be necessry
to provide for the dne celebrity, certainty, and secu
riry of such Interpretations Under this law nsv
descnption OF hids has been received. Ii does ng
| specify mode Of conveyance, bat engages to TAD.
the cnt re mail each trP with CELEBRITY certainty, and
security, using the terms OF the law. These bids
styled. from the manner ih which they are des.
mated the books of the department, "ScT tias y
and they will be construed providing for the en-
| tire mail, houeuer large, aud whatever nacp he "a,
mode Of Conveyance necessary 20 inssue ats ''neisiy
certainty, AND security
Such bids will therefore he accented in preferenc,
| 10 higher bids for specific modes of conveyance 90
routes where the lowest mode Of conye, ance (lha
/ is, on horSeback) is known TO be insufficient.
| In all cases where tine lowest grade II service
believed 10 be Sufficient, the lowest bad viii be ac
cepied il duly guaranteed, IN preference to star
| or spccfc bid. r--
| when the lowest bid is nos star bid, and specific
either mode or an inadequate mode OF conveyance
Il will not be accepted, but set aside for speeIf
bid proposing the necessary servicr.
| When the bd does moi specify a mode NJ convey
ance. also when II proposes 10 carry according 4
| the ADVERTISEMENT" but without such specIhca
ton, IL will be considered as proposal for horscbac
! service.
1e. A modification of n bid, in any of IN. essen,,a
terms, is tantamount 10 new bid, and cannot h. r,
ceived, 10 interfere with regular competition
after the last hoW sci for Receiving mds.
n. fostmasters are % be careful not % certify ~
sutiiciency Of guaraninrs sureties without know
ing that they are persons Of sufficient responsbIiIr
and all bidders, cuarantors aud surccs distinct
lv notified that, failure 10 enter into perfou
the for the service proposed for in the Ar
copied bids, their legal liabilities will be enforce
against them.
10. The contracts Will be substantially the form
! heretofore used in tins department, except IN m
respeefs particularly mentioned in these insiuc
tons; and MI railroad and steamboat routes a,
contractors will he required 10 deliver the mails nt
the posi- offices the ends of the rouios and inio Al
the intermediate post Offices not more than eight
rods from the railroad or landing.
% Present contractors, and persons known =
| the department, must, equally with Others procur
guarantors and certificates of their sficiency sui
stantiay in the forms above prescribed. The cer
| ificatcs of sufficiency be signed nv a postma,
| ter, ar judge or clerk OF a court of record.
For form of bid, guarantee, and certificate, kC
&c, see general advertisement for the New Enrlan
| States and New York Of 18th December, 1852; Penn
Sylvanid, Ohio, SC, If September -, 1851; yr
ginia, North Carolina, &c, OF January Is, 1851.
JAMES CAMPBELL,
| feb 23-iaw4w Postmaster General