Nebraska advertiser., 1862-01-09

points 10 be supplied be correctly stated. Bidders
muss inforn tAenselrss on this point, and also in
reference to the weight OF the mail, the condition Of
reads, hills, streams, &C, and al toll bridges, ferries,
or distractions ofany kind by which expense may
be incurred. No claim for additional pay, based on
such ground, can be considered nor for alleged mis-
takes OF misapprehensiCn IS . the degree Of service
nor for bridges destroyed. ferries DISCONTINUED, or
other distinctions Increasing distance, occurring da-
ring the contract term. Offices established after this
advertisement is Issued, and also during the contract
term, are to be visited without extra Pays Hths dis
tanee be not increased.
IL. A bid receiFed after the last day and hour
named, or without the guarantee required By law
and q certificate as to the suEieieney Of such guarsn-
tee, cannot be considered in competition with q regu-
lar proposal reasonable in amOunt.
y. Bidders should first propose fnr service strictly
according 60 the advertisement, and then, If they
desire, separately for different service and if the
regular bid be the lowest offered for the advertised
service, the ether propositions may be considered.
Is. There should be bat one route bId for IN q
proposal. Consolidated or consultation bids pro-
posing one sum for two or more routes" are Forbid
den by law, and cannot be considered.
H. The route, the service, the yesrly pay, the
name and residence Of the bidder, THAT is his usual
post ONCE address and those Of each member Of
a firm, where q company Offers, should be distinctly
stated.
Is. Bidders are requested to use, as far a. praeti-
cable, the printed form Of proposal furnished by the
department, to write out in full the sum Of their
bids, and to retain copies Of them,s
Altered bids should not be submitted nor should
bids once submitted be withdraw. No withdrawal
OF a bidder or guarantor win be allowed unless dated
and received before the LAST day for receiving pro-
posals.
Eeach bid must be guaranteed by two responsible
persons.
General guarantees cannot be admitted. The bid
and guarantees should be signed plainly with the
fall name Of each person.
The department reserves the right to reject any
bid which msy be deemed extraVagant, and also 10
disregard the bids Of failing contractors and bidders.
is. The bid should be sealed. superscrided EMAIL
Proposals, Territory Of Nebraska" addressed Sec
ond assistant Postma ter General. Contract Office"
and sent by aiaiI, and not BY OF two an agent and
postmaster viii not enclose proposals Cor letters Of
any kind in their quarterly returns.
II. The contracts are to be executed and returned
10 the department by or before the ist day Of August,
1852; but the service must be commenced on the Ist
July preceding, or on the mall day next after that
date, whether the contractsbe executed or not.
Is. POstmasters at Offices on or near railroads, but
more than eighty rods from q station, will, immedi-
ately after the 3lst of March next, report their exact
distance from the nearest station, and how they are
otherwise supplied with the mail, to enable the Post
master General TO direct q mail-mesSenger supply
from the Ist Of July next.
Is. Section eighteen Of an act of Congress ap-
proved March 8, I845, provides that contracts for
the transportation OF MAu suAu De l6b III every
case TO the lowest bidder rendering ~sufieint guaran-
tees for faithful performance, without other refer
ence to the mode of such transportation than may
be necessary to provide for the due CELEBRITY, certain
ty, and security of such transportation" Under
tkis tar, biGs that prOposeto transport the mast Cith
celebrity, certainty, and security" huviRg been Geci-
ded to sthe oalytegalbids, are considered as proUid.
ing for tAe entire mail, hoWeUer large, and rhGferer
may be the mode ofeoHUeyaRee necessary to insure its
"celerily, certainty, and security and WiH haze the
preference orer al Others, and no Others TilI be con-
sidered,
20. A notification of a bid in any Of its essential
terms is tantamount TO a new bid, and cannot be
received, so as to interfere with a regular COMPETE
ton, after the last hour set for receiving bids
Making new bid, with guarantee and certificate, is
the only way to modify a previous bid.
q. POstmasters are to be careful not to certify the
suficieBcy of guarantOrs or surities without knowing
that they are persons Of Sufficient responsibility
and all bidders, guarantOrs and surities are distinctly
notified that on a failure to enter into or perform
the contracts for the service proposed for in the ac-
cepted bids, the legal liabilities viii be enforced
against them
%. Present contractors, and PERSONS known at the
department, must, equally with others, procure
guarsntOrs aud certificates of their suficiency sub
s~tantislly in the forms above prescribed. The GER
tifcstes Of suficieney must DO signed by a postmss-
ter or by a judge Of a court Of record. No other GER
tihcate will be admitted. n. BLAIR,
Postmaster GeaerGl.