The Cadiz Democratic sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1854-1864, 1860-02-22


il the points to be supplied be correctly stated
Bidders must in'um Themselves on tilS PAM, anc
also in reference to the weight Of the mail, th'
condition Of the roads. hills, streams, &c, anC
all toll bridges ferries, or obstructions OF anl
. kind by which expense may be incurred. NJ
claim for additional pay, based on such ground
can be considered; nor for alleged mistakes o.
miSapprehension as to the degree ofservce; no
! for bridges destroyed, ferries discontinued, o.
other distractions increasing distance, occurring
during the contract term. Offices established
after this advertisement is issued, and also du
ring the contract term, are to he visited with
out extra pay, if the distance be not increa
sed.
IL, \ bid received after the last day ant
hour named. or without the guaranty requir
ed by law and certificate as to the sutfcency
ofSuch guaranty. cannot be considered in com
petition with regular proposal reasonable il
amount. " e,-.f.-
Il. Bidders should first propose for service
strictly according TO the advertisement, and
then, If they desire. sspalaie'Y for different ser
vice, aud il the regH'qf bid be the lowest offered
for the advertised service, the other propositions
nav be considered,
l3. There should he but one route bid for in
q proposal. Consolidated or combination bid,
G'proposng one sum lor two or more routeS'')
are forbidden by law, and cannot be considered
II. The route, the service, the yearly pay the
name and residence OF the bidder, Chat h', his
usual post Office addresS) and those of each
member ola firm, whore company offers,
should be distinctly stated.
15. Bidders are requested to use, as far as
practicable, the printed form of proposal fur,
Hished by the department, to write out in full
the sum Of their bids, and TO retain copies oi
them.
Altered bids should not be submitted nor
should bids once submitted I've withdrawn.
No withdrawal of a bidder or guarantor will be
allowed unless dated and received before the
last day ior receiving proposals.
Each bid must be guaranteed by two respon-
sble persons. '.
General guarantees cannot be admitted The
bid and guaranty should be sigaei plainly with
the full name of each person.
The department reserves the right to reject
any bid which may be deemed extravagant, and
also to disregard the bids of failing contractors
and bidders. , sr -n, ~. #-
l6. Tho bid should be sealed, superscrbcd
mail Proposals, State O." addressed
Second Assistant Postmaster General, Con.
tract Office" and sent by naa,2 not by or to an
agent; and postmasters will not enclose propos-
ais Cor letters OF any kindly in their quarterly re-
turns.
II. The contracts are to be executed and re-
turned TO the department by or before the Is!
dag Of AHggust, 1860 but the service must be
commenced on the lst July preceding, or on
the mail day next after that date, whether the
contracts be executed or not. No proposition
to transe er will be considered until the contracts
are executed aud received at the department;
and then no transfer will be allowed unless
good and sufficient reasons therefor are given,
to be determined by the department. In all
cases the retiring contractor will bc required to
become one ofthe sureties on the new contract.
IS. Postmastcrs at offices on or near rail
roads, but more than eighty rods from a station,
will, Immediately after the lst Of March next,
report their exact distance from the nearest
station, and how they are otherwise supplied
with the mail, TO enable the Postmaster Gener.
al to direct mail messenger supply from the
lst ofJuly next. -
49, Section eighteen OF an act Of Congress ap-
proved March g. 1915, provides that contracts
for the transportation Of the mail shall be let
''ln every case to the lowest bidder rendering
sufficient guarantees for faithful performance,
without other reference to the mode OF such
transportation than may be necessary toprovide
for the due CELEBRITY, certainty, and security of
such transportation" Under this law, bids
that propose to transport the mail with "cel
Gritty, certainty, and security" having been
decided to be the only legal bids, are constru
ed as providing ior the entire mail, however
large, and whatever may be the mode Of con-
veyance necessary to insure its ''celerity, Ger
tainty and security and will have the pre-
ference over all others
20 modification Of bid in any of its cs-
sential terms is tantamount to Il new bid, and
cannot be received so as to interfere with a reg
ular competition, after the last hour set for re-
ceiying bids. Making a new bid, with guaran-
ty and certificate, is the only way to modify a
previous bid.
2l. Postmasters are to be careful not to Ger
tify the snfiiciency OF guarantors or sureties
without knowing that they are persons of sul-
Gcent responsibility; and all bidders, guaran-
tors, and sureies are distinctly notified that on
a failure to enter into or perform the contracts
for the service proposed for in the accepted bids,
their legal liabilities will be enforced against
them. .t..f .. H..l
22 Present contractors, and persons known
at the department, must, equally with others,
procure gnarantors and certificates OF their sui-
fcency substantially in the forms above pre-
scribed. The certificates OF suficiency must be
signed by postmaster or by a judge ofa court
of record, No other certificate will be admit
ted a
-... .. J. HOLT,
.. Postmaster General.