Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1855-02-03

10 Postmasters at Offices on or near railroad, hut
more than eighty rods from a station, will imme-
exact distance from the nearest station and how
they are otherwise supplied with the mail TO ems bic
the Postmaster General to direct q mail messenger
supply from the LIST of July next
2J Section Is Of an act Of Congress- approxed
March }, 1S46 provides that contracts for the trans
portation Of the mail shall be let In every case TO
the lowest bidder rendering sufficient guarantees
Tor faithful perfcr nance without other reference 70
the mode of such transportation than nav be peces
sary to provide for the due CELEBRITY certainty and
security OF such transportation" Under this Law
nsw description Of sids has been received 1t does
not specify a mode Of conveyance, but engages 20
lake the entire mail each trip with CELEBRITY certain
~, and security, using the Of the law These
bids are styled from the manner in which they are
DESIGNATED on the books OF the Department, star
and they will be construed providing for the
entire mail, hosoecev large, and rhdteoer MAY be
e mode o. Conveyance necessary 10 sure is "eeerIty
certainty, and security." POI. ...
In ali cases where the lowest grade of service in
believed to be sufficient the lowest bid viii be sccep-
TED, duly guaranteed, in preference to "stsr" or
When the lowest bid r. not star bid and specifies
either no mode or Inadequate mode Of conveyance,
II will not be accepted but set aside for specific bid
proposing the necessary service.
When the bid does not specify q mode Of con-
veyance, aso when it proposes TO carry according
the advertisement" but withoutfuch specification
1t will be considered proposal for horseback ser
vice. tH mo-
A. modification Of bid, in any of fits essential
terms, is tantamount to o new bid. and cannot he
received to interfere with regular competition
after the last hour set for receiving bids.
~. Postmssters are TO be careful not 10 certifv
the suficiency Of guarantors or suretes without
knowing that they are persons of sufficient respop-
sblty; and all bidders, guarantors aud sureties are
distinctly notified that failure 20 enter into or
perform the contracts fer the service proposed for In
the accepted bids their legal liabilities WI be en-.
freed against them 49, SO ~. =
25 The contracts viii be substsn tally In the form.
heretofore used in this Department. .except in the
respects Particularly mentioned i'm thee instruo-
uons; ana on all railroad and steamboat routes the
VIII be required deliver the mails into
tne ost ofces at the ends Of the routes and into all
the Immediate post ofces not more than eighty rods
rom the railroad or landing. ls-Js.
n Present contractors sod persons known st the
department., must equally with oshera, procure
guarsntors and certificates OF leir sufciency sub
stsnualy In the forms above prescribed The Ger.
incates OF sudiciency must be signed by postmas
yer, at one ofthe pieces before named or Judge Of
a court Of record. iE -s9I t5F : =
Postmasters at the ends Of routes On which thew
think the present mode Of conveyance issdeQuats,
win weigh the mail each trip for SIX successive weeks
on weekly routes, and thrss weeks on other routes
and report the result BY 10th April, 1855. p
~ - s1suIci-c1 .Fsc jams CAMPBELL.
jan so---sa2ro &c pa; sRestnaster General.