Daily evening star. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1852-1854, 1854-03-18

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cempetitian y Ahs ne gaisr prsPesAl rec paaL,s IN
IL Bsiders should, in all cases, frs. rro,o.. =.
s.rxioe rt.'csiy .coorssg 70 Che eayerti.pen, an
and Il tbe repsa, hid he The sest "a for ~. y.
vertieed servJce, tbe other bids may BE- .
the afteraticus PROPOSED asfv fsycrmesded hysS
Postusss ana sisis.,.s -, e sAey sis
II. 9Aese shssid bebat ons psts hid Sor In = a..
ponaL. % IaIIs,sl 10 baix yasvs = 8, -,
y, The rete, theserrsce, he yearly pay the ,,ns.
and fssidssce Of The bidder and thoee Of each men
tinStfy stated: siso the mode OF convevunee ; :,
hiebe. mode than horseback be Intended Tia -
With due celesisy, certainty, and securityr 4.
,rted 10 il,dcste The mode Of conveyance vii con.
u. The bill should be sent under sea-, address. =.
the Second Asvstsnt Postmaster GENERAL. sun.
scrib d . Mail PrcUosals In the state ~ - 7,
should be guaranteed, and the suffciency Of IN.
gasrantors CERTIFIED, Gee forms) and should Be A.
patched I'm time 20 Ne received by or before . !, N
Of the 10th Of April 1854.
Is. The contracts are 10 be executed and returns
to the department by or before the LIST Of July lsa
10. Section ls OF an act of Congress approved
March 3 1875, provides that contracts for the tranS
portarIon 1T the na hai he bet. ssn every case 4.
the lowest bidder rendering sHfcient guarantees sr
faithful performance, wIliout other reference 60 N.
mode Of such transportation than may be neeesSan
Cd provide tor the due CELEBRITY, certainty, and secl
riiy of such transportaiious.n Under tas law new
description of bids has been received. " docs na
specify mode of conveyance but engages o. tab,
tire cut mail each trip with CELEBRITY, ccrainy and
security using the terms Of the law. These bids ar,
styled from the manner which they are des,.
mated on the books of the department, "SioT b,S
aud they will he construed providing for the en-
tire mlil, koDepcr large, and tckaierer HaGy le "A,
mode Of Conveyance necessary 10 insure Il; seelr;y
, frlf SrrTr IN
Such bids will Therefore be accepted in pre;eren>.
10 higher bids fot specific modes at coayeyanc, q,
routes where the lowest mode OF conve, ance fh.l
is, on horseback) y known To be- Insufficient
In all cases where the lowest grade at service
believed Ia be- sufficient, the lowest bid viii ne A..
copied ,f duly guaranteed, in preference To stars
" specific hid.
Wbent,e lowest bad is not star bad. and snecs..
either no mode inadequate mode ui CONFERENCE
Il VIII not be accepted, bat SET -slde for snees
bid proposing the necessary service.
when the bid does not specify a mode of co,var
ance also when II proposes 10 carry "aceorIinr n
the advertisement" but without such speeisc,
ton, IL will be considered proposal f,r horsshss.
service.
ls. modification of a bid in any of n. esse,,;.,
eIms, Us tantamount 10 new bad, and cannus H. r,
elved SO as 10 interfere with regular ctm.<t,,on
after the last hOu set for receiving bids s
81 Posimastcrs arc 10 be careful NOT 20 ccrfv,h,
suWciencs OF cuarantors or sureues without knou
ing that they are persons of sufficient responsls,
'y notified that failure 10 enter INTO or ne,o,
the contracts for the service proposed for m the 40
cepted bids their legal liabilities viii he enfo'.s
against them.
l9. The contracts will be substantially IN IN. ,,
heretofore used in this department, escep, in ,h
respects particularly mentioned in these ins,rnc
tons; and on all railroad aud steamboat ro,ues M.
contractors will be required deliver the mails into
the post offices at the ends OF the routes and into an
the intermediate post Offices not more than erbry
rods from the railroad or landing e"'
~. Present contractors, and persons known q.
the department, must. equally with Others nroc,r,
guarantors and certificates OF their suii,ciency suh
stantiaily in the forms above prescribed The Ger.
tifcates OF snficiency must be sisLcd by posim,.
ter, or a judge or clerk OF a cour; OF record
For form of bid, guarantee, and certificate, Sr
&C., see general advertisement for the New Epyl,nt
States and New York OF 18th Decembr 1862; Penn.
syivanii, Ohio, Sc, of September p ls5l; M,
ginia, North Carolina, SC, of January Is, 1851.
JAMES CAMPBELL
feb 23-Iaw4w Postmaster General