The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1860-02-03

posing one sum for two more routes'') are for
oidden by law, and cannot be considered.
10. The route, the service, the yearly pay. the
name and residence of the bidder, Uhat is his usu
al post Office address,) and those of each member o
| hrm, where company offers, should be distinct
I ly stated
! IS. Bidders requested to use, as far as prac-
tIcable, the printed form of proposal furnished By
the department. 10 write out in full the sum OF
! their bids, and TO retain copies OF them.
Altered bids should not be submitted nor shonld
bids once submitted be Withdrawn. No withdraw
| al OF bidder or guarantor will be allowed unless
Gated and received before the last day for receiving
proposals.
Each bid must be guaranteed by two responsible
persons.
General guarantees cannot be admitted The bid
aod guaranty should be signed plainly with the full
name OF each person.
The department reserves the right 10 reject any
bid which nay BE- deemed extravasant, and also TO
disregard the bids OF falling contractors and bid
ders.
Is. The bid should be sealed, superscribed
'FMail Proposals, State OF - addressed, 'sSec-
ond Assistant Postmaster General, Contract OlHce,
and sent by nail, not by or to agents and post
masters will not enclose proposals (or letters Of any
klnd) IN their quarterly returns.
II. 1 he contracts are TO be executed and return
ed to the department by or before the lst day Of
August 1860 but the service must be commenced
on the 1sc Of July preceding, or on the mail day
ecuted or not. No proposition TO transfer will be
considered until the contracts are executed and
celved at the department and then transfer will
be allowed unless good and sufficient reasons there
for are gwen 10 be determined by the department.
In all cases the retiring Contractor will be required
to become one OF the sureties on the
tract.
Is. Postmasters at offices on or near railroads.
but more than eighty rods from a station, WILL i'm
nedately after the 3lst Of March next, report their
exact distance from the nearest station, and how
they are otherwise supplied with the mail, to ena-
bic the Postmaster General 10 direct mal-messen-
ger supply faom the 1st Of July next.
l9. Section eighteen of act of Congress ap-
proved March 3, 1855, provides that contracts for
the transportation of the mail shall be let sin eV-
cry to the lowest bidder rendering sufficient
gu aranties for faithful performance, without other
reference ia the mode of such transportation" Un-
der this law bids that propose TO transport the
mail With "ceerity certainty, and security hav
ing been decided beethe only legal bids, are con-
strued providing for the entire mail, however
large, amt whatever may be the mode of convey
necessary to insure its ceerty, certainty and
security," and will have the preference all
others.
30. A modification OF bid in any of its essen
tial terms IS tantamount 10 new bid, and cannot
be received, so as 10 Interfere with regular COM
petition, after the last hour set 70 receiving bids
Making new bid, with guarantees and certificate,
is the Only way TO modify previous bid
81. P0stmasteTs are 10 be careful not 10 certify
the suiciency OF guarantogs or suretles without
knowing that they persons of sufficient re-
sponsbity and all bidders, g1arantors aud sure
d stincl.y notified that or failure 10 enter
into nsla1m ks e3Gts acts fer the service propo-
sed for IN the accepted bids, their legal abittes
will be enforced against them.
%. Present contractors, and persons known at
the departn eDt, must, equally with others, pro-
cure guarantors and certificates of their suiciency
substantially in the forms above prescribed. The
certificates of sutciency must be signed by post
master OF by judge of court OF record. No othe.
certificates will be admitted.
J. HOLT,
Feb. 3d. 1860. Postmaster General.