Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1857-05-27
INSTRUCTIONS.
Containing conditions to be tneOrporated in the


Containing conditions to be Incorporate in the
contracts to IL. ertsnt the Department may
l. No pay will be made for trips not performed !;
and for each Of such omissions not satisfactorily
Quoted. Deductions will also be ordered for grade
of performance inferior to that specified in the con-
specified, enlarged penalties proportioned to the
tuIe thereof and the Importance OF the mail, mag be
2. For leaving behind or throwing of the mails, or
any portion of them for the admission of passengers
press conveying intelligence in ADVANCE of the mail,
a9uaTter's pay NAV be deducted. -,.
promptly ard salts lactory explained by certificates
of postmasters, or the affdavlts of other credible
negecting to take the mail from delivering it into
post Office for suffering it lowing either to the
be wet, injured destroyed robbed, or lost and for
refusing, AFTER demand, to convey the mail as fire.
quently as the contractor runs or is concerned in
unnlng a coach on the route.
4. The Postmaster General may annu the contract
for repeated failures to run asreeaby 10 contract for
violating the post office laws, disobey ing the in
structons of the Department.; for refusing to dis
do for assigning the contract without the
of the Postmaster General for running press
conveying mailable matter out Of the mail.
s. bid received after the last day and hour named
cons ldered In competition with a regular proposal
reasonable in amount.
office address, and those of each member ofhe firm,
where company offers, should be distinctly stated.
Z. Altered bids should not be submitted; nor should
bids once submitted be Withdrawn;
spOnsIble persons satisfactory TO the Postmaster
General. General guarantees cannot be admitted.
The bid and guarantee should be signed plainly with
the vi name OF each person.
9. The Department reserves the right 70 reject any
bid which may be deemed eXtravagant, and also the
bids of failing contractors and bidders.
d To- The bid should be sealed s1PsrscIibed Mail
ed SECOND Assistant Postmaster General" Con-
1 A iHcpt innO of ir of
terms is tantsInount to new bid and cannot be re-
oevcd, so as to Interfere with regular competition,
alter the last hour set for receiving bids.
r. POstmasters to be careful not to certify the
snf'Glency OF guarantors as suretles without know
and all bidders, guarantors and suret distinct
notified that on failure to enter into or perform
the contracts Tor the service proposed for the
oepted bids, tbeir legal liabilities will be enforced
Is. Present contractors, and persons known at the
Department must, equally with Others procure guar
sntGrs and certificates of their sutiesncy substan
OF sqfficency must be signed by postmaster or by
aITTff s ss Of a court It Of q record:
isdlrected to the following laws, viz:
Sea- Act of March 8, 1885, requiring contractors,
carrlers, d @. 10 be sworn.
Sec "A: Act of March s. 1885, in relation to failure
Sec 2. Act of July O. 1886 Liabilities of guaran.ors.
Sec "a Act of July 2, 1885. authorizing bids of
failing contractors t9b rejected.
nations amongst bidders.
=, Act of Aprii2l 1873. provides that no member of
Sec. a. An act of March 8, 1925, provides that no
p0stmater, assistant postmaster, or clerk in a post
office snail be contractor.
Sec. T. Act of March 3, 1926 provides that no other
thaa a tree white male person shall be employed in
IL The Postmaster General will reserve to him
self the right ofannullng any made under the
above act, whenever he shall discover that the same
or any part Of IT, is offered for sale the market for
the purpose of speculation and he will, in no case
sanction transfer of the same in whole or in part
to any assignee or sub-oont raotor, sss qualified in
his opn than the original contractor to carry the
same into successful operation.
AARON v. BROWN,