Nebraska advertiser., 1858-02-11
maiIable matter out Of the


persons or packages conveying mailabie matter out Of the
mail.
4 The postmaster General may order an increase Of
service on a route By allowing tnsrs aOo ap ssonLs1nglsai. ne = : q
partures and arrivals in all cases, and pArticularly 70
make them perform to connectiens Win IaalIoaas, Wilt
ont increase of pay, provided the running time be not
abridoed lie may also order an increase OF speed, all
owing within the restrictions Of the law, pro rata in-
crease Of nav for the additional stock or carriers, If any,
The contractor may, however, in the case Of increase OF
eDoad relinouish the contract by giving prompt notice t0
the department that he prefers doing SO to carrying the orr
der into ehect. The Postmaster General may also curtail
or discontinue the service, in whole or in part at pro rata
decrease OF pay, allowing one months extracompensanon
on the amount dispensed with, whenever 10 MS OPINION
the public interests require the change, or IN case ne de-
sires to s~upercede it by a different grade Of transporter
o PAYMENTS will be made by collections from, or
drafts on postmasters or otherwise, after the expiration
Of each quarter-say in February, May, August and Nor
10. The distances are given according to the best infOr-
nation; but no Increased pay WILDE allowed should they
be greater than advertised, if the points to be suppliedbe
correctly stated. Bidders mast inform menSeGes on
this points and also in reference to the weight Of tho
mail, the condition Of the roads, hills, streams, &c 5and
all toll-bridges, ferries, or distractions OF any KIND by
which expenses msy be incurred. Noclaim for addition
az pay based on such grounds, can be considered; nor for
alleged mistakes or misrepresentation as 70 the degree OK
service; nor for bridges destroyed, or other Instructions
increasing distance, occurring during the contract term,
Oaices established after this advertisement isissued, and
also during the contract term, are TO be visited without
4 extra pay if the distance be not increased.
ii. A bid received after the last day and hour named,
] or without the guarantee required by law, or Inal COM
bines several routes in one sum Of compensation, cannot
be considered in competition with a regular proposal rea-
sonable in amount.
L.. Bidders should first propose for service strictly ac-
corGing to the advertisement, and then IL they desire,
separately for different service; and if the regular bid
be the lowest offered for the advertised service, the 9TH
CT propositions may be considered. &
Is. There should be but one route bid for in q propO-
sal.
and residence Of the bidder, Ithat is his usual post office
address, and those Of each member Of a firm, where a
company offers, should be distinctly stated; also the mode
Of conveyance if ahigher mode than horseback be intend
Cd. The words with due celebrity, certainty, and secu-
rity," inserted to indicate the mode of conveyance, will
constitute a star bid. When a star bid is intended, no
specific conveyance must be named. But In case two
modes Of conveyance, are named at the same compensa-
ton, the highest or best for the service will be taken.
Is. Bidders are requested to use as far as practicable,
the printed form Of proposal furnished by the depart
ment, to write out in full the sum Of their bids, and to
Altered bids should not be submitted nor should bids
once submitted be Withdrawn. ea,sA
Each bid must be guaranteed by tive responsible per-
sons.
General guarantees cannot be admitted. The bid and
guarantee should be signed plainly with the full name Of
each person.
The department reserves the right to reject any bid
which may be deemed extravaganza; and also to disre-
gard the bids of failing contractors and bidders.
10. The bid should be sealed, superScribed mail Pro
pOsals, State Of -" addressed Second Assistant
POstmaster General ,-Contract office, and sent by mail,
not by or to an agent; and pOsmasters will not enclose
proposals Tor letters of any kind in their quarterly re-
turns.
II. The contracts are to be executed and returned t.
the department by or before the LIST day Of August, 1858
but the service must be commenced on the first July pre-
ceding, or the mail day next after that date, whether thu
contracts be executed or not. No proposition to trans.
fer will be considered until the contracts are executeC
and received at the department.; and then no transfer
will be allowed, unless good and sufficient reasons there
for are given, to be determined by the department. II
all cases the retiring contractor will be required to be
come one Of the sureties on the new contract.
Is. Postmasters at offices on or near railroads, but moTt
than eighty rods from a station, will Immediately afte
the 3lst Of March next, report their exact distance
from the nearest station, and how they are Otherwis,
supplied with the mail to enable the Postmaster Genera
to direct a mail-messenger supply from the first Of Jul!
next.
10. Section IS Of an act Of Congress approved March 3
1915, provides that contracts for the transportation of th
mails shall be let in every case to the lowest bidder ten
dering auhlcient guarantees for the faithful performance
without other reference to the mode Of such transports
ton than may be necessary TO provide for the due CELEBRITY
certainty and security Of such Transportation. Under thi
law a new description Of bids have been received. They
do not specify a mode Of conveyance, but engage to tax
the entire mail each trip with certainty, CELEBRITY and Sc
curity, using the terms Of the law. These bids are styl
ed from the manner in which they are designated on tn
books Of the department, star bids, and they will be con
struesl as providing fOrthe conveyance of the entire mail
however large, AID whatever may be the mode necessar,
to insure its celebrity, certainty and security.
In all cases where the lowest grade Of service is be
lievee to be sufficient, the lowest bid will be accepted il
preference to a star or specific bid. M
When the lowest bid is not a star bid, and specifies eth
, er no mode or an inadquate mode of conveyance, it will
not be accepted, but set aside for a specific bid prOpOsin
the necessary service.
When the bid does not specify a mode Of conveyance
also when it proposes to carry f~faccOrding to the adver
tisement,' - but without such specification, it will be con
sidered as a proposal for horseback service.
20. A modification Of a bid in any Of its esseetial term
is tantamount to a new bid, and cannot be received, so a
to interfere with a regular competition, after the las
hour set for receiving bids.
q. POstmasters are to be careful not to certify tn
s~uniciency Of guarantors, or sureties, without KNOWN
that they are persons of SUFFICIENT responsibility and al
D bidders, gurantcrs, and sureties are distinctly nOtihe
that on a failure to enter into or perform the contract
for the service proposed for in the accepted bids, their lie
gal liabilities will be enforced against th9m.
%. Present contractors, and persons known at the de
partment must equally with others, procure guarantor
and certificates of their sufhc ency Substantially in tn
forms above prescribed. The certificates Of ~suficienc
must be signed by a postmaster OF by a judge of a court c
record. A. V. ROWN,
Postmaster General.