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and sufficient sureties
Jhis we do understanding distinctly the obligations
Fd liabilities assumed by guarantors under the 9th
section of the act Of Congress Of July 2, 1885.
(slgncd by two guarantors)
Dated
CERTIFICATE. ID
The undersigned, postmaster of --. State Of
- certifes u1der his oath of Qtiee, that he j. ac-
quaintcd with the above guaragts.s and knows them
to be men Of property and al make good the
guarantee. NS<
(Signcd)
Z Is. Altered bids shotld not lie submitted; nor
should bids once submitted be Withdrawn.
! Each bid must be guaranteed by two responsible
persons. 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 ys.sCh may he deemed eXtrayagant, and also the
bids Of failing contractors and bidders.
lG The bid should be sealed superscribed Mail
Proposals, state Territory Of (ls tLe case may bel
-,' addressed Second Assistant Postmaster
General Contract Office, and sent by mail, not by or
to an agent; and postmasters will not enclose prOpo
sails Tor letters Of any kind) in their quarterly re-
turns.s
II. The contracts are to be executed and returned
to the department by or before the lst of August
1853, but the service must he commenced the LIT
July, the mail day next after that date whether
the contracts be executed not No proposition for
transfers will be considered until the contracts are
executed and received at the department; and then
transfers will be allowed unless good and sufficient
reasons therefor are siten, to be determined by the
department.
March g. 1915 provides that contracts for the Trans
portation Of the mail shall be let in every tn
the lowest bidder rendering Sufficient guarantees TOR
faithful performance, without other reference 10 the
mode of such transportation than may be necessary
to provide for the due ceeTty certainty and security
Of such transportation" Un6er this law new des-
crption Of bids has been received. They do not spe
cfy a mode Of conveyance, but engage 10 take the
] Ian ma Wit
curity, using the terms Of the law These bids are
styled from the manner In which they are designated
on the books OF tic department, ''star bds," and
they will he construed providing for the convey
ance Of the entire mail however large and whatever
may he the mode necessary to insure It's "eelerity
certainty, and security"
! 49, IN all cases where the lowest grade Of service
Is believed to be sufficient the lowest bid will be
eepted u duly guaranteed, in preference to Star
or specific bid.
either mode or an Inadequate mode Of Conveyance
II will not be accepted. but se aside for specific bid
proposing the necessary service. ...
When the bid does not specify mode OF convey
the adverii ement," 6ni without such specification, il
Ice.
20. A modification of bid in any Of its essential
terms Is tantamount to a new bid, and cannot be re-
ceved so as 10 interfere with regular competition,
after the last hour set for receiving bids -.
a. Postmaster are 10 be careful not V certify The
suficency Of gnarRntors suretles without knowing
that they arc persons Of Sufficient responsibility; and
ell bidders guaraBtOrs and HHetlee are distinctly no
tiled that failure to enter into o. perform De
contracts for the service proposed for In the accepted
bids, their legal liabilities win be enforced against
them. ~
~. Present contractors. ard persons known at tho
department, must equally with others, procure guar
anton and certificates Of their gn1lgiency sgbstan-
TALLY b the forms above prescribed. The certificates
Of suficency must be signed by postmaster or by
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