The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1855-03-30

doin g. so 10 carrying the order into effect The
| Postmaster General may also curtaI Or dIsconn-
the service, al pro rata decrease of pay, allow
/ ing one month sextra Compensation on the amount
| dis pensed with, whenever, in his opinion, the pub
| lie interests do mol require the same, or IN case
he desires TO supersede it b. different grade OF
transportation.
| g. Payments sill lie made for The service ty
collections trom or drafts on, postmasters, or
otherN Use, after The expiration of each quarter
say in February, May, August and November.
| 10. The distances given according 10 th"
| best information: but no increased pay VIII be al.
| lowed should they be greater Than advertised, IT
The points 10 be supplied be correctly stated Bid
ders must inform themselves on this point.
| H. The Postmaster General is prohibited By
law from knowingly making contract for the
transportation OF the mails With any person who
shall have entered into, or proposed to enter INTO
| any combination to prevent the making OF any
| lid for a mail contract by any other person or
persons, or who shall have made any agreement,
or shall have given or performed, or promised to
give perform. or to do, or not to do, anything
whatever in order TO induce any other person or
persons not to bid for mail contract. Particular
attention is called the 28th section of the act OF
1886 prohibiting combinations TO prevent bidding
IL. A bid received after time-vz p. m. OF
! the 10Th OF April, le55-or without the guaran
tee required by law, or that combines several
routes in one sum Of compensation, cannot be con.
sidered 10 competition with regular propose!
reasonab BILE in amount.
IS 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
lered for the advertised service, the other bids may
be considered. if the alterations proposed are re.
commended by the posmasters and clIIZens IN.
terested, or if they shall appear manlfesty right
and proper.
IA There should be but one route bid for in
proposal,
Is. The route, the service, the yearly pay, the
name and residence of the bidder. and those OF
each member of firm, where company offers,
should he distinctly stated. also the mode Of con,
veyance, if higher mode than horseback is in,
tended. The words s'wilh due CELEBRITY, certain
ty and security" inserted to indicate the mode OF
conveyance, will constitute ''star Did,"
l6 Bidders requested to use, as far prac-
ticable, 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
submitted can be withdrawn
Each bio must be guaranteed by two respon-
sible persons. General guarantees cannot be ad.
med.
II. The bid should be sealed superscrbed
" mail proposals, State of North Carolina" adj
dressed " Second Assistant Postmaster General"
Contract Office, and sent by mail, not by, 10,
agent, and postmasters will not enclose propo
sails Tor letters Of any kindly in their quarterly
turns.
1e The contracts are to be executed and return
ed 10 the department by or before the lst Of July.
1855, but the service must be commenced on the
mail day after that date whether the contracts
be executed not. No proposition Tor transfers
will be considered until the contracts are executed
in due form and received at the department: and
then transfers will be allowed unless good and
sufficient therefor are given, to be deter
mined by the department.
10. Postmasels at offices Or railroads.
but more than eighty rods from station, will, i'm
medate!y after the 9th OF A prll next report their
exact distance from the nearest station, and how
they otherwise supplied with the mail, TO
bic he Postmaster General to direct mail mes
senger supply from the 1st Of July next.
20. Section Is of an act of Congress approved
March 3, 1915, provides that contracts for the
transportation Of the mail shall be let, g in every
case to the lowest bidder rendering suficen: guar
antees for fahiu! 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 transporations."
Under this law a new description OF bids has been
received. It.does not specify mode of convey.
ance, but engages to take the entire mali each trip
with celebrity, certainty, and security, using the
terms Of the law. These bids styled. from
the in which they are designated on
the books of the department. "star blds," and
they will be construed providing for the entire
mail, howe1er large, and achatever may be the
mode Of conveyance necessary to5nSure ats ceZeri-
ty. cert011tty, and Securety."
In all cases where the lowest grade OF service
is believed 10 be sufficient, the lowest bid will be
accepted If duIy qua ran,ied in nrefprence tn n
star - or specific bid.>
When the lowest bid is not a star bid, and spe.
CITES either no 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 spo-
cifcation, it will be considered proposal for
horseback service.
81. A modification of q bid, in any OF its cs-
sental terms, is tantamount TO new bid, and can.
not be received, SO as to interfere with regular
competition, after the last hour set for receiving
bids.
the sufficiency OF guarantors sureties without
knowing that they are persons OF sufficient re- |
sportsiby and all bidders, guarantors, and
suretes distinctly notified :hat, on failure to
enter into perform the for the service
proposed for in The accepted bids, their legal liza
bilities will be enforced against them.
%. The contracts will be substantially in the |
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