Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1855-02-10

xt after thae date whether the ntracts Dc .I.
cu'ei ~ not No prop 'sition for tIan.iers VIII bs
con Tered Until the contracts are executed in du.
form and received at the department; ard hen nc
trac sfers will be allowed unless good and fufeisnt
reasons therefor are given 70 be determined by the
department.
more than eighty rods from a station will imme
diately after the 10th OF April next report their
exact distance from the nearest station. and how
they arc otherwise supplied with the mail TO enable
the Postmaster General to direct a mail mssssnssr
supply from the LIST ef July next.
20 Section Is Of net Of Congress spproysi
March s. lsi5 provides that contracts for the trans
por;aton of the mail shall be let "in every case to
the lowest bidder rendering sufficient guarantees
for faithful performance, without other reference 10
the mode OF such transportation than may be peces-
sary to provide for the due celebrity, certainty and
security Of such transportation" Under this Law
new description OF bids has been received. IL does
moi specify mode OF conveyance, but engages to
take the entire mail each trip with CELEBRITY certain
ty and security using the terms Of the law. These
bids are styled from the manner in which they are
iasignsted on the books Of the Department. "a star
bids" and they will b. construed providing for the
eotne mail, h0Sccur large, and ,oidtcueT may be
the mode u conveyance accessory to tase as ceIey.
CERTAINTY, and security"
Ia all cases where the lowest grade Of service u
believed TO be sufficient the lowest bid viii be accep-
tel if duly guaranteed, il preference 70 star, OF
specific bid.
When the lowest bid is not star bid. and specifies
either no mode or inadequate mode OF CONVEYANCE
oSOcpbeu, Oul eet dSl1e SPECIFIC bid
proposing the necessary service.
When the bid does not specify q mode Of con-
Veyance, also, when il proposes 10 carry according
to the advertisement but without such specification
ii will be considered proposal for horseback ser
vice.
81 modification Of bid. in any OF its essential
terms, l. tantamount 10 q new bid, and cannot be
received, 10 interfere with regular competition
after the last houI set for receiving Lids.
p PoStmAsters to DC careful not 20 certify
the suficiency Of gUarantors or sureties without
knowing thst they persons Of sufficient resB.on
shihy; aud al bidders guarantors and Sureties ar,
distinctly notified that failure TO enter into or
perform tho contracts for the service proposd Cor h,
the accepted bids their legal Liabilities will he am
forced against them.
p. The contracts viii he substantially Ina ia. to.
heretofore used in tits Department cxcent in ,ha
respects particularly mentioned in tl.-s- ipstr,.
tons; and on all railroad and steamboat rout,.. ar
contractors viii be required TO deliver the mails inf
the post offices at the ends of the routes and INTO Al
the haiae1late post Offices not more than eighty rls
| rom the railroad or landing.
| "a PRESENT contractors and persons known NJ ths
department, must, equally with Others. procur.
and certificates Of their suficiepcy sub
| susnusy IN the forms above prescribed The csr.
uncatcs oil sufhciency must be signed by a postmas-
er, ONE Of the places before named, or Judge OF
| a court Of record.
Postmasters at the ends Of routes on which the,
tninA the present mode Of conveyance inadeo uate
VIII "eiyh The mail each trip for six successive wesk,
ON weekly routes and three weeks on other routes
and report the result by 10th April, 1855. =
JAMES CAMPBELL,
'An <V-SzW POSTMASTER General,