Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1855-04-11

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sibie persons General, seanpot be
II. The bid shofld be saisd {, 81 srscribed
!. mail proposals, Statero 81 ifgfnia. addressed
q Second Assistant u er GeHefai Com
tract Offict and sent 81 i4i not by, or 10, an
sails Tor letters ofsapy kind3 In their quarterly
returns. l.sis s3s
is. fFhe contracts are to bs executed 6pd re-
tnrned 10 the depnrtmentby or before tie LIST of
July, 1855, but tie service must be commenced
ON the mail dry next after that date, whethe
the c ontructs he executed or not. No proposi-
lion 70 transfers will be considered until the
contracts ure executed in due form and received
! at tile department and then no transfers Will
he allowed unlesssg good and Sufficient reasons
therefor are given, be determined BY the de-
partment. fsp
10. Postmust RS at offices on or near railroads,
but more thanseighty rods from station, will,
immediateIy after the 10Th of April next.r6pOrt
their exact distance from the nearest station and
thow they are otheTwisesuPPlfF With the mail,
10 enable tho Postmaster General to, direct q
mai-messenger supply from the lstsof July
next.
90. Section IS of an actof Congress approved
March, 3, lS45, provides that contructs for the
TRANSPORTATION Of the mail stall be let, in eve
lrv case, TO the lowest bidder rendering snffici-
cnt guarantees. for f;tititul performance, with
out other reference to the mode OF such trans
portltiun than may be necessary TO provide for
The due celebrity. certainty, and security RI such
TRANSFORMATIONS" Under this law new desCrip-
ton OF bids has been received ltdoes not specify
n mode Of conveyance, but engages to take the
entire mail each trip with CELEBRITY, certainty ID
security, using the terms Of the law. These bids
are STYLED, from the manner i'll which they are
designated on the books Of the department, "st0'
LiRs'' and they will be construed as providing
for the entire mail holreDer large, and tchGtepe1
may be the mode Of conveyance necessary to iRSur
lis CpLeTiiU. ceTtlintH and SecuTitnL''
In all cases where the lowest grade Of service
is believed to be sufficient, tho lowest bid viii
be accepted, if duly guaranteed. in preference
to a ''SIar'' or specific bid.
When the lowest bid is not a star bid, anl
specifics either M mode or an inadequate mode
OF conveyance. it will rot be accepted, but Sc
aside for II specific bid proposing the necessary
service.
When the Liu docs not specify mode OF con
vcvanc. also when it proposes to carry saccor
ding to the ;ldvertiscInenI," bnt without sucl
specification, it will be considered as proposal
for horseback service.
81. modification of q bid, in any OF its es
scntinl terms, is tuntaVnOnnt to new bid, ant
cannot be received, SO as tointerGnre with regu
lar competition, after the last hour set for rcce
wing bids.
%. POStmastcrs are TO be careful not to Ger.
tifv the sufcienry Of guarrantors suretie!
withont knowing that they are persons of Suth
ciemt responsibility; and all bidders, guarnntors
ana SurclIeS are distinctly nollHco mat, on q la
urc TO enter into or perform the contracts fol
the service proposed for in the accepted bids
2 their legal liabilities will be enforced ngains
. them.
/ %. The contracts will he substantially in III,
forms hereIofor; used in this department, excep
i'll the respects particularly mentioned in thes
Instructions ; and on ali railroad aud steanbou
. routes the contractors will be required to deve
the mails into the post Offices at the ends of til
routes and int" all the intermediate post Office
not more than eighty rods from the railroad o
! landing.
~. Present contractors, and persons know
= nj the department., must,rq"uiIy with others,p G
cure gnarumtOrS and certificates of their sutlici
"ncy substantially in the forms above prescribed
Tin. certificates Of sutficiency must I've signed b
= postmaster al one % tie places before named
. or :, Judge of l-conrt Of record.
{! P"Stma>IerS at the ends of routes OIL whic
. they think the present mode Of conveyance in
/, I'd qua'c, will weigh the mail each Tip for 81
y successive weeks on werkiy routes, and thrr
= weeks other routes, aud report the result b
ii the trth Aprii. 1855
t .un.l!, 1888. JAMES CAMPBELL,
= Jin3l l2w Postmaster General.