Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1857-05-08
INSTRUCTIONS
Containing conditions 10 Be Incorporated IN the co
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Containing conditions 10 Be incorporated in the con-
fraets TO the ezfenf the Department. nay deem proper.
l. No pay will b. made for trips not performed and
for each OF such omissions Lot satisfactorily explained
thLa- times the pay OF the trip may be deducted Deduc-
hons will also b. ordered for a grade Of performance infe-
riOr 70 that specified in the contract For repeated de-
unquences OF the kind herein specified eniargei penalties.
proportional to the nature thereof and the importance Of
the mail, may be made.
.. For leaving b hind or throwing on the mails, or any
portion Of them, Tor the admission % passenger or for
being concerto ed in setting up or running an express con-
yeying intelligence in advance Of the mail, a quarters
pay nav be deducted.
). Pins will be imposed. unless the delinquency be
promptly and satisfactorily explained BY certificates Of
postmasters, or the sfidavits Of other credible persons,
FOR falling 10 arrive in Contract time; for negecting 10
take the mail from or deliver Il into a pOstOfdcei 70. suf-
fering 1t owing either to the unsuitableness Of the place
or manner Of Carrying i) 10 b. wet, injured, destroyed,
robbed, or lost; and for refusing. after demand, to con-
Vy the mail as frequently as the contractor runs or IS
concerned IN running q coach on the route.
4 The Postmaster General may annul the contract for
repeated failures to run agreeaby 10 contract; for vio-
lsIing the post Office laws, or d~isObeying the instructions
OF the Department; for refusing to discharge a carrier
when required BY the Department TO do so for assign
ing the contract without the assent q the Postmaster
General; for running an express as Aforesaid; or for
transporting persons or packages conveying naI2ole
matter out OF the mail.
S. bid received after the last day and hour named,
or without the guaranty required by Law, cannot Be con-
sidered in competition with a regular proposal reasona-
bic in amount
9. The rou c, the service, the yearly pay. the name and
residence Of the bidder, CHAT is, his usual post Office ad-
dress,) and those OF ea-h member OF a arm, where a
company cfers should be distinctly stated
7. Altered bids should not De submitted nor should
bids once submitted be Withdrawn.
S. Each bid must be guaranteed BY two or more respOn-
sible pers ms satisfactory 10 the Postmsster General:
General guarantees cannot b. admitted. The bid and
guaranty should be sigEsd plainly with the fun name Of
each person.
Q. rue Department reserves the right to reject any bid
which may be deemed extravssant, and also the lids Of
failing contractors and bidders
10. The bid should be sea ed superseded Nail pro-
pOsals for overland route TO California, addressed Sec
ond Assistant Postmaster General, " Contract once.
II A modification Of a bid in any Of its essential
terms is tantamount TO 3 new bid, and cannot be received,
so as TO interfere with a regular composition, after the
last hour set for receiving bids.
y. Postmastsrs are 10 be careful not 10 certify the suf-
hcienry OF guarantors or sureties without knowing that
they are prrsOns Of sunacient responsibility; and all bid
ders. qua antOrs. and sureties are distinctly notified that,
service proposed for in the accepted bids, their legal la
bnities viii be enforced against them.
u. Present contractors. and persons knswn at the De-
partment must, equally with others, procure gusrantors
and certificates Of their sun iency substantially IN the
formn atove prescribed. The certificate Of ~suh1cency
must be signed By a Postmaster, or by a judge Of a court
OF record.
The attention OF bidders. guarantors, s~uretiss, &c Is
directed TO the folowinglaws, viz:
Sec. ? Act March >, 1925, requiring contractors, ear
riers, sc. 10 b. sworn.
Sec. -. Act Of March ,, ISIS, in relation to failure to
enter into contract.
Sec. ~. Act Of July ., 1885. liabilities Of guarantors.
Sec. % Act Of July 2. 1896 authorizing bids Of failing
contractors 10 be rejected.
Sec. IS An act Of July ? 1856, ia relation to eombina-
ANu AAAaN - AA1- .
Act Of April q, 1908 provides that no member OF Con-
zress can be a contractor.
Sec. a An act Of March 3 1875. provides that no
postmaater, assistant postmaster, or clerk in POST once
shall be a contractor.
Sec. :. Act Of Mar h ). 1875, provides that no other
than a free white male person shall be employees IN car
rying the mail
The Postmaster General viii reserve 70 himself the
ngnto OF Annunlng any contract uad- unLer the above
act, whenever be shall discover that the same, or any
part Of Il, Is offered for sale IN the market. for the pur-
pose Of spccu alton; and be viii in no case sanction a
transfer OF The same, in whole or in part. TO am assignee
or sub-cOntractor less qualified in his opinion than The
original contractor TO carry the same into succes>ful op-
GRAFTON. AARON v. BROWN,
sn29 3aw4W .StmasteL General