Nebraska advertiser., 1858-04-15
-sous OF packages conveying nathalie matter out Of the

persons OF packages conveying nathalie matter out Of the
mail.
8. The N General may order an increase Of
service on a route By allowing therefor a pro rata increase
on the contract pay. He may change schedules Of de
paFtures and arrivals in AZ eases, and pastieuiariy 70
cut increase CT pay, provided The running time be not
abridged Ee may also order IN increase ~oF speed al
lowing within the restrictions OF the law, . pro rata in
crease Of pay for the additional stock OF carriers, iEany.
The contractor may, however, in the case Of increase Of
speed, relinquish the contract ~ giving prompt notice to
the department that he prefers doing 50 to caFsying the or
der into eject. The Postmaster General may also curtail
OF discontinue the service, in whole or in part, at pro rata
on the amount dispensed with, whenever in hts opinion
the public interests require the change, orin case he de-
slres to supercede itby a different grade Of Transports
9. Payments will be made by collections from, or
drafts on postmasters or otherwise, after the expiration
Of each quarter say in February, Nay, August and No
10. The distances are given according TO the best infor-
nation; but no increased pay WILDE allowed Should they
be greater than advertised, II the points TO be suppliedbe
correctly stated. Bidders must inform Themselves on
fails point: and also in reference TO the weight Of the
mail, the condition Of the roads, hills, streams, &C., and
all tol-bridges, ferries, or Obstr actions OF any kind by
which expenses may be incurred. Noclaim for addition
~ pay Ddseu ~ sui louuus, 1870 oonsaoefeu, nof LOT
alleged mistakes or misrepresentation as TO the degree Of
service; nor for bridges destroyed, or other distractions
increasing distance, occurring during the contract term.
0hices established after this advertisement is issued, and
also during the contract term, are 10 be visited without
extra pay il the distance be not increased.
II. A bid received after the last day and hour named,
or without the guarantee required by law, or that COM
bines several routes in one sum OF compensation, cannot
be considered in competition with a regular proposal rea-
sonsbie in amount.
u. Bidders should first propose for service strictly ac-
cording to the advertisement, and then il they desire,
separately for different service; and II the regular bid
be the lowest offered for the advertised service, the 9TH
er propositions may be considered.
10. There should be but one route bid for in a propo-
sal. E -z---E r.
IA. The route, the service. the yearly pay, the name
and residence of the bidder, THAT is his usual post office
address, and those Of each member Of a firm, where a
/ -nunoUz oHo-a cbnuld ha dieffprf1v cfatod. ala h mod
Of conveyance If ahigheT mode than horseback be intend
ed. 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.
10. 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.
Each bid must be guaranteed by two responsible per-
sons s =
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 falling contractors and bidders.
Is. The bid should be sealed, superseded "MaiI Pro-
pOsals, State of -" addressed = Second Assistant
Postmaster G~eneraI,-Contract office, and sent by mail,
not by OF to an agent; and posulasters Will not enclose
proposals Tor letters Of any kind i'll their quarterly re-
turns.
I. Az SAhANNA ~ S~ttS oo buAH ~
the department by or before the 1st 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 the
contracts be executed or not. No proposition to trans
fer will be considered until the contracts are executed
and received at the department; and then no transfer
will be allowed, unless good and sufficient reasons there
for are given, to be determine by the department. In
all cases the retiring contractor will be required to be-
come one Of the sureties on the new contract.
Is. Postmasters at Ofices on or near railroads, but more
than eighty rods from a station, will Immediately after
the 3lst Of March next, report their exact distance
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supplied with the mail to enable the Postmaster General
to direct a mail-messenger supply from the first Of July
next.
10. Section IS OF an act Of Congress approved March 3.
1916, provides that contracts for the transportation of the
mails shall be let in every case to the lowest bidder ten
dering auflcient guarantees for the faithful performance,
without other reference to the modeof such transporta-
ton than may Unnecessary 10 provide for the due celebrity,
certainty and security of such Transportation. Under this
law a new description Of bids have been received. They
do not specify a mode Of conveyance, but engage to take
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 the
books of the department, starbids, and they will be con-
strued as providing for the conveyance of the entipe mail,
however large, and whatever may be the mode necessary
to insure its celebrity, certainty and security.
In all cases where the lowest grade Of service is be-
lieved TO be sufficient, the lowest bid will be accepted in
preference to a star or specific bid.
When the lowest bid is not a starbid, and specifies eth
er no mode or an ~inadquate mode of conveyance it will
not be accepted, but set aside for a specific bid proposing
the necessary service.
When the bid does not specify a modeof conveyance;
also when it proposes to carry according to the adver-
tisement, y 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 terms
is tantamOunt to a new bid, and cannot be received, so as
TO interfere with q regular competition, after the last
hour set for receiving bids.
q. Postmasters are to be careful not to certify the
suficiency OF guarantOrs, or s~ureties, without knowing
that they are persons Of sufficient responsibility and all
bidders, gurantors, and sureties are distinctly notified
that on a failure to enter into or perform the contrasts
for the service proposed for in the accepted bids, their le-
gal liabilities will be enforced against them.
| partment must equally with others, procure guarantors
and certificates of their sufic ency substantially in the
forms above prescribed. The certificates of suficiency
must be signed by a postmaster or by a judge OF a court Of
record. A. V. BROWN,
Posfmastar Gpnaral