The Minnesota pioneer. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn. Territory) 1849-1855, 1854-04-06

Is. Bidders should, in all cases, first propose for
service strictly according to the advertisements and
then, II they desire, separately for different service;
and if the rsg!ar bid be the lowest offered for the
advertised service, the other bids may be considered
if the alterations proposed are recommended by the
postmasters and citizens interested, or IL they shall
appear maniiesily right and proper.
II. There should be but route bid for in
proposal.
Is The route, the service, the year, pay the
and residence Of the bidder and those OF each
member of firm, where a company offers, should he
distinctly stated; also, the mode OF conveyance, II a
higher mode than horseback he intended. The words
with due CELEBRITY, certainty, and security, inserted
TO indicate the mode OF conveyance, will constitute
" star 3D."
Is. The bid should he sent under seal, addressed
to the Second Assistant Postmaster General, super.
scribed . Mail Proposals in the State of -"
Il should be guaranteed and the suilciency oi the
guarantos certified, (see iorms,) and should be DIES
patched in time 10 be received by or before 3, L.,
of the 10Th Of April, 1854.
! Il. The contracts are be executed and returned
TO tie Department by before the ist of Juiy 1854
Is. PostiGasters at Offices IA roads but
more than e 9hty rods from sta,un, will, ,mmedi-
a,ey after the 10Th OF April next, report their exact
distance from the nearest station, and how they are
Otherwise supplied with the mall to euablc the Post
master General 10 direct mail messenger supply
fom the lst of July next.
10. Section Is of act Of Congress, approved
March =, 1915, provides that for the trans
porta,ion Of the mail shall be let, IN every case, 10
the lowest bidder, rendering sufficient guarantees Tor
Truthful performance, without other reference to the
mode Of such transportation than NAV be necessary
provide for the due Celcrity certainty and security
Of such transportation" Under this law new
description Of bids has been received. 1t docs not
specify mode Of conveyance, but engages 10 take
the entire mail each trip with CELEBRITY certainty and
security, using the terms oi the law. These bids
are STYLED, from the manner in which they deSi
he k of he n IrpS
and they viii be construed providing Tor The entire
mall ao,cc,u large, and ,raait,0 n1y be The mote ot
conceyan-' neccSSGryto saSaTe as e'ieny certainty and
security.
Snch bids will therefore I've accepted in preference
to higher bids for specific modes Of conveyance on
routes where the lowest mode of conveyance (hal
is, on horscback) sknown 10 be insufficient.
Ia all cases where the lowest z: ade oi service is
believed to be insufficient, the lowest bid will he &C
ccpted, il duly guaranteed, in preference to 'sias
or specific bid.
When the lowest bid is not a star bid, and speci-
fes either mode an iaedeIalfe mode OF convey
ancc it viii be accepted bot set aside for spe-
ciic bid proposing The necessary service.
When The bid does not specify mode OF convey
ance. also when 1t proposes TO carry according ID
the advertisement" bat without such specification
it viii be considered proposal for horseback
vice.
20. 4 modification Of a bill, in any Of its essen
tial terms, is tanamount to new hid, and cannot I've
received, as 10 interfere With regular competition
after the last hour set for receiving bids.
p. Postmasters 10 be careful not TO certify
the suIciencv of garantors sureiies without know
ing that they persons Of sufficient responsibility
and all bidders guarantors and suletics distinct
" notified that, failure To enter into perform
the for the service proposed for in the
cepted bids, then legal liabilities viii be enforce
against them.
y. The contracts will be substantial, in the forms
heretofo.e used in this Department, except in the
respects particularly mentioned in these Instructions
and on all railroad and steamboat routes the contrac-
viii be required deliver the mails into the post
offices the ends At the and Into all the inter
mcliite post Offices not more than eighty rods from
she railroad OF landing.
%. Present contractors, aad persons known al
the Department, mGSt, equally with others, procure
suaraniors and certificates Of their efficiency SUBJ
s;antiay ia the forms above prescribed. The cert.f
icates of sicicncy rus, be signed by postmaster
OF a jud &c or clerk OF Il count II record
Postmlstcrs at the cnls of routes On which they
think the p,escnt mode Of conveyan inadequate
viii weigh the mail each tip Tor sly successive weeks
on weekly routes, add three weeks other routes,
and report the result by ihc 10Th April, lsjl
JANIS CAMPBiiA,
As l2t Postmaster General.
Pest Office Department, January 9, 1854.