The Santa Fe weekly gazette. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.T. [i.e. N.M.]) 1851-1854, 1854-01-28

l5. There should be but one route bll Tor in
propose,
H. The route the service, the yearly pay, The
name and residence Of the bidder aud those Of
each member OF firm, where company oilers,
should be distinctly stated, also the mode Of con.
veyance If higher mode than horseback be D-
tended.
10. The bid should be sent under seal, address
cd 10 The second assistant Postmaster General, su-
prescribed snail proposals h the State Of --
II should be goarSnlled and the suiIicency Of The
goaranlars certified t,ec lorms) and should be dis.
patched in tine 10 be received BY or before 4, N.
of the Sd April 1851.
IL, Tine contracts are 10 be executed md re-
turned to The Department by or before the lst Of
July 1851
Il. Under the act Of March 1915, the rontas
are to he let 10 the lowest bids rendering sufficient
guarantees, without other reference to the mode
transportation than may be necessary for the
dN9 CELEBRITY, certainty and security Of such trans.
nor;ation. When the lowest blt proposes a mode
Of conveyance inadequate to the due cecry GER
oiuly and security oil the mails, it will not be ac-
Cerel.
Is, When he bid does not specify a mode Of
conveyance, also 6hen it proposes to carry ac-
cordmg to the advertisement bat without such
specification, il will be considered as proposal
for horseback service.
~, Succ the passage Of the act Of March 3,
1879, new description Of bid has been received,
II does not specify mode Of conveyance but en-
I1ges to 10 take the entire mail each trip with
ccIalty, certainty and security Using the terms Of
Iue llW, These bids are styled, from The manner
10 which they are designated OIL the books Of the
Department, Yi1r bH'.' The experience Of the
Department enables it 10 lay down The following
rules, viz;
When the mail on tho route is not SO large rs
toTcquire two.h1rscs coach conveyance, star
BID, il the lowest will always be preferred to
The specific Lil.
When the mails are Of 5uch size and weight
a5 to render it necessary, in reference 10 them
alone, to provide two, horse coach conveyance,
The specific bid, though the HIGHEST for coach
service, If adwdgcd to be entirely sufficient for
tho route, will be preferred to the star bid, in
ease the difference is not such as to interfere
with the policy Of the law Of 1915, which looks
20 o reduction in the cost of transportation.
Exceptions, however, may be allowed where
the star BID is made BY the owner of tho stock
now used on the route in the performance Of
coach service.
Gu routes Of tho highest class, where four
horse coach or steamboat transportation is re-
Quircl by the siacNnd importance Of the mails,
ami the specific bid is adjulged sufficient for
the route, the preference for the specific bid
will be if necessary, carried to a creates extent
/ Of difference than on tho inferior coach routes.
20. A modification Of bid, in any Of its es.
sential terms, is tantamount to q new bid, and
cannot be received, SO as to interfere with re-
gular competition; after the last hour set for
receiving bids.
%. Postmastcrs arc to bo careful not to Ger.
tly the suicicncy Of guarantors or surotcs
without knowing that they are persons Of suli-
clcat responsibility; uGdall bidders, guorantors
and sureticsarc distinctly notified that on fa.
lure to enter into or to perform the contracts
Tor the service proposed for in the accepted
bids, their legal liabilities wall bo enforced A.
gainst them.
( %. The contractors will be substantially in
The forms heretofore used in this Department,
except in the respects particularly mentioned
in these Instructions; and ON steamboat routes
tho contractors will be required to deliver the
mails into tho post Offices at the ends of tho
routes and into all the immediate post Offices
%. Present contractors and persons known
at the Department must, equally without others,
procure guarontors and certificates of their su,
iciency substantially in the forms above pres
cribed. Tho certificates of sulHciency must be
signed by n postmaster, or judge, or clerk Of
court cf record.
JAMES CAMPBELL,
Post Master General.
poSr 0Ffca DGPASTIsSr, OCTOBER IS, 1858.
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