Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1855-04-04
persops. General guarantees cannot be

sibte persons. 6enefal guarantees SaAH0t O0
admitted.
II. The bid should be- sealed ;superscribed
mail proposals, State Of Virginia. addressed
1" Second Assistant Postmaster General" Con-
tract Of1.e, andsent By mail not by, or to, an
agent, ard postInasters will not. enclose propo-
sails (or. etters Of any kind) in their quarterly
returns
IS. The contracts are to be executed aud re-
turned to the departmentby or before the LIST Of
July, 1850, but the service must be commenced
OH the null day. next after Ihat date, whether
the cont4,cts be executed or not. No PROPOSE
ton 70 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 are given, to be determined by t he de-
paftment.
49, Postmast' RS at Offices on or near railroads,
but moro than eighty rods from station, will
Immediately after the 10th Of April next, report
their exact distance from the nearest station, and
how they otherwise supplied with the mail,
to enable the Postmaster General to direct a
mail-messenger supply from the lst of July
next.
20. Section Is of anactof Congress approved
March, 3, ! S45, provides that contracts for the
transportation Of the mail shall be let So i'll eve
ry case, TO the lowest bidder rendering snttici-
ent guarantees for faithful performance, with
out other reference to the mode OF such trunS-
porIatiOn than my be necessary to provide for
the due celebrity, certainty, and security Of such
trAnsportutionS." Under this lava new descrip-
ton of bids has been received. 1t does not specify
! Il mode Of conveyance, but engages to take the
entire mail each trip with CELEBRITY, certainty and
security, using the terms Of the law These bids
| are STYLED, from the manner in which they are
designated on the books Of the department, ''sfaT
| Gids,'' aud they will be construed as providing
for the entire mail, hoDe0er large, and aOhateUeJ
n0y be the mode of conveyance necessary to insure
md if,,
| In all Cases where the lowest grade OF service
! is believed to be sufficient, the lowest bid will
be accepted, if duly guaranteed. i'll preference
to Il ''star'' or specific bid
| When the lowest bid is not star bid, anC
specitirs either no mode or an inadequate mode
OF conveyance, it will OF be accepted but sci
aside for specific bid proposing the necessary
service.
! When the Liu does not specify a mode of con-
! vevnmc =. also when it proposes to carry 'accOr-
ding 10 the advertisements" but without such
specification, it will be cOnsiltrel pro Josal
for horseback svrvice.
II. \ moIcllinn Of u bid, in any o! its es-
scnri;L terms, Is tlntnnount to Il new hid, unC
! cannot be received us 10 Interfere with regal
III competition, after the last hour set for recei
viAT bids.
/ -. POsmustcrs are to be careful not TO GER
! tity til" >sItticiency Of g'arruntnrs or sureties
without knowing that they are pei SONS Of Sutti'
crrmt responsibility; and all bidders, guaruntors
and Surclrs are distinctly notified that, Il fail
ure TO enter into or perform tbs contracts for
The service proposed for i'll the accepted bids
their legal liabilities will DO enforced ugains
! them.
%. TIL" contracts will be substantially in the
/ forms heretoIor; used in this department, except
! in the respects particularly mentioned in these
+ Instructions and on all railroad aud steamboat
routes the contractors will be required to deliver
! the mails into the post offices mt the ends of thu
routes and into all Tie intermediate post Offices
not more than eighty rods from the railroad or
landing.
-. Present contractors, and persons known
AT the department, mustequaily with others ,P- o
cure guurantOrs and certificates Of their sutfic
ency substantially in the forms above prescribed
The certificates of sufiicency must he signed b!
IL postmaster at one Of the places before named
! OF Il Judge Of court Of record.
! Pustmusters at the ends of routes on whicl
! they think the present mode Of conveyance in
adequate, will weigh the mail each trip for ST
successive weeks on weekly routes, and tire
weeks on other routes, and report tho result b!
! the l0th April. 1855.
Jan. II, 1855. JAMES CAMPBELL,
| jan3l I2w Postmaster General.
|