Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1856-02-09

or performed, or promised TO give or perform, any
considerations whatsoever or to do, or not TO do any
thing whatever In order to induce any other person
or persons not 10 bid for q mail contract
IL bid received after time o. without the gusr.
antes required by law, or that combines several
routes i'm one sum of compensation. cannot he con-
sidered In competition with regular proposal req
sonable I'm amount.
rs. Bidders should In ali cases, FIRST propose foi
service strictly according to the advertisement an
then IL they desire, separately for different service;
and II the regular bid be the lowest offered for the
advertised service, the other propositions may e<
Ii. There should be but one route bid for In q
proposal.
Is. The route, the service, the yearly pay, the
name and residence of the bidder that is his usua
post Office address, and those Of each member Of
firm, where q company offers, should be distinctly
stated, also the mode of conveyance, II o higher
mode than horseback be intended. The word.
with due celebrity, certainty and security" inserted
to ipdicate the mode of c,nyeyauce win constitute
star bid" When "stsr No. IL intended no specific
| oouveyance must be named
l6. Bidders are requested to use, far as practs
cable the printed form Of proposal furnished by the
department, TO wiite out in full the eum Of their
bids, and to retain copies Of them.
No altered bid can b. considered, and no bid
once submitted can be Withdrawn.
Each bid must be guaranteed by t~o responsible
persons Genslal Guarantees cannot be admitted.
IL. The bid sfoud be sealed: superscribed " Mall
proposals, State Of -" addressed Second As
/ sistdus EVcsmn>tot ueuefdl,' Contract Omce ana
sent by maui not BY, or TO, an az mt ani po,tmas
tiers viii net enclose proposals COR lettsrs Of any
kind In their quarterly returps
Is The contracts are to be executed and returned
the Department by or before the LIST Of July 1885,
but the service must b. commenced on the mail day
next after that date, whether the contracts be
cuted or not No proposition for transfers will be
considered until the contracts executed in due
form and receivsd at the department.; and them no
transfers will Be allowed unless good and su Recent
reasons therefor are given to be determined by the
department.
IT, Postmasters at offices on or near railroads but
more than eighty rods from a station, will imme
diately after the 10th of April next report their
exact distance from the nearest station and how
they are otherwise supplie with the mail to enable
the Postmaster General to direct mail messenger
supply from the LIST of July next
20. Section Is Of an act Of Congress, approved
March g. lS45 provides that contracts for the trans
portation of the mail shall be let ain every case t
the lowest bidder rendering sufficient guaran les
for faithful performance without other reference tc
the mode of such transportation than may BE- neces
sary to provide for the due CELEBRITY certainty and
security of such transportation" Under this Law
q description of bids has been received It does
not specify . mode Of conveyance, but engages u
take the entire mail each trip with CELEBRITY certain
ty, and security, using the terms Of the law These
bids styled, from the manner in which they are
designated on the books Of the Department. q sta,
bds" and they will be construed providing for the
conveyance eff the entire mail, hooever large and
whdteUer may Dc ne mode q Conveyance necessary
In all where the lowest grade of service n
believed to be sufficient the lowest bid will be accsn
ted if duly guaranteed In preference to star" or
specific bid.
When the lowest bid Is not star bid and sneeisas
either mode or an Inadequate mode Of conveyance
will not be accepted, but SET aside for specific bid
proposing the necessary service.
When the bid does not specify n mode Of eon.
veysnce, also, when il proposes carry according
to the advertisement but without such specification
it will be considered as proposal for horseback
vice.
81 A modification ofs bid in any Of its essential
terms, lie tantamount to a new bid, and cannot be
received, to interfere with regular competition
after the last hour set for receiving bids.
q. Postmasters to be careful not to certify
the suficiency OF guarsnt0rs or sureties withou,
knowing that they persons of sufficient rsspon
sbty and all bidders, gusrsntors, and sursties are
distinctly notified that failure to enter into or
perform the contracts for the service proposed r
the accepted bids. their legal liabilities W II be en-
forced ,nst thsm See a7th section OF the act Of
July 2, 1880
IS. The contracts will be substantially In the form,
heretofore used in this Department, except in the
/ respects particularly mentioned IN these instruc
1 tons
| "a. Present contractors and persons known at the
| Department, mast, equally with others, procurs
guarantors and certificates Of their sufciency sub
stantially in the forms above prescribed. The Ger
tifcates Of suiciency must be signed by q postmas
ter at Of the plbces before named, Judge OF
q court of record.
JAMES CAMPBELL,
Jan 26-lawl2w Postmaster General.