The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1855-03-09

Postmaster General may also curtaIl or discohtin'
ue The service, at pro rate decrease OF pay, allow
ing one month sextra compensation on The amount
Dis pensed With, whenever, in his opinion the pub
lie interests do not require the same, or In case
he desires to suPersede it b. different grade OF
transportation.
9. Payments will he made for the service by
cole cons from, drafts on, postmasters, or
otherwise, after the expiration OF each quarter
say in February, May, August and November.
10. The distances given according 10 the
best information; but no increased pay will be al
lowed should they be greater than advertised, II
the points 10 be supplied be correctly stated. Bid,
ders mnst inform themselves on this point.
IL. The Postmaster General is prohibited By
law from knowingly making a contract for the
transportation OF the mails With any person who
shall have entered into, proposed TO enter into,
any combination to prevent the making of any
bid for a mail contract by any other person or
persons, who shall have made any agreement,
shall have given or performed, or promised to
give or perform. to do, or no: TO d. anything
whatever in order to induce any other person or
persons not to bid for a mail contract. Particular
attention is called the 29lh section of heac OF
1886, prohibiting combinations to prevent bidding.
10. A bid received after time-viz p m. OF
the 10Th of April, l855-or without the guaran'
tee required by law, or that combines several
routes in one Of compensation, cannot be con-
sdercd in competition with regular proposal
reasonable in amount.
10 Bidders should. in all cases, first propose
for service strictly according to The advertisement,
and then il they desire, separately for different
service and If the regular bid be the lowest Of
(ered for the advertised service, the other bids may
be considered, il the alterations proposed are re.
commended by the postmasters and citizens in.
terested, or if they shall appear manifestIy right
and proper.
Il. There should be but one route bid for in a
proposal.
l5 The route, the service, the yearly pay, the
name and residence of the bidder. and those Of
each member OF a firm, where company offers,
should lie distinctly stated, also the mode Of cen
veyance, if higher mode than horseback is in.
tended. The words s'with due CELEBRITY, certain.
ty and security" inserted to indicate the mode OF
conveyance, will constitute "staf bid'
l6. Bidders are requested to use, as far prac-
ticabIe, the printed form of proposal furnished by
The department, to write out in full the sum Of
their bids, and to retain copies of them.
No altered bids can be considered, and no bids
once submitted can be withdrawn.
Each BID must be guaranteed by two respon
Sible persons. General guarantees cannot be ad
mtcd.
IT. The bid should be scaled superscribed
" mail proposals, Stale of North Carolina" adj
dressed " Second Assistant Postmaster General
Contract Office, and by mail. not by. to,
an agent, and postmasters will not enclose propo
sails (or letters OF any kindly in their quarterly re-
turns.
1e. The contracts are to be executed and return.
ed 10 the department by or before the LIST of July,
1855, bun the service must be commenced on the
mail day mex: alter that date, whether the contracts
be executed not. No proposition for transfers
will be considered until the contracts are executed
in due form and received at the department; and
then no transfers will be allowed unless good and
sufficient reasons therefor given, to be deter
mined 10y the department.
10. POStmastelS at offices on or near railroad DIS,
but more than eighty rods from station, will, i'm
medately after the 10Th ofApril next, report their
exact distance from the nearest station, and how
they are otherwise supplied with the mail, TO ena
bic The Postmaster General to direct mail mes
senger supply from the 1st OF July next.
20. Section 8 Of an act Of Congress approved
March 3, 1915, provides that contracts for the
of the mail shall he let, " in every
case, to the lowest bidder rendering sufficient guar
antees for faithful performance, without other
ference to the mode of such transportation than
may be necessary to provide for the due celebrity.
certainty, and security of such Interpretations"
Under this law a new description OF bids has been
received. 1t does not specify mode Of convey
ance, but engages to take the entire mail each trip
" ilh CELEBRITY, certainty, and security, using the
terms of the law. These bids are styled. from
the manner in which they designated on
the books of the department, "St1r bids," and
they will be construed providing for the entire
mail, hotceuer large, and achateuer mag be tie
mode Of conveyance necessary TO insure its celeri
ty, certainty and Securety."
In all cases where the lowest grade of service
is believed to be sufficient, the lowest bid will be
accepted if duly guaranteed, in preference to a
% star - or specific bid.
When the lowest bid is not a star bid and spe |
CITES either mode or an inadequate mode Of
conveyance, it will not be accepted but set aside
for specific bid proposing the necessary service
When the bid does not specify mode of con.
veyance, also when it proposes to carry accor-
ding to the advertisement" but without such spe.
it will be considered as a proposal for
horseback service.
81. A modification Of bid in any OF its es-
sential terms, is tantamount TO new bid and can.
not be received, to interfere with regular
after the last hour set for receiving
bids
%. Postmasers are to be careful no. to certify
the suficiency Of guarantors surees without
knowing that they are persons Of sufficient re-.I
sponsibiIity; and all bidders, guarantors and
sureties distinctly notified that, on failure to
enter into perform the contracts for the service
proposed for in the accepted bids, their legal liza
ollitles will be enforced against them.
%. The contracts will be substantially in tn e
orms heretofore used in this department, except !
fJor IorJ,