The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1862-03-15

oiseonunue the service, In whole or IN ma. -.
pro Tate decrease OF pay, allowing one por., Ct
extra compensation on the amount d;anhs
Win, whenever In his opinion, the public ; fused
ests require the change, or In ease he deS;.u'er-
suPersede 1t BY different grade of tran.Tos.es to
y: Payments will be made BY coiIec,; 0s'aeon.
OF crafts on postmGsters, or otherwise oe. nom
expiration OF each quarter say, in FL The
May. August, and November oruGry.
H. The distances are given aecord;
pest information; but no increased rs 70 The
allowed should they be greater than "a VIII De
Il the points to be supplied be correct,,
Dtaa:IS a'sst 'HJ0s"1 themselves this po;n,
also IN reference to the weight of tn. E r and
condition OF roads. hills, streams. Gc 50il the
bridges, ferries, or distractions of IHu oil toll
which expense may be incurred ny and BY
0ddlnon0i pay, based on such ground a Tor
considered; nor for alleged mistoksa can be
Mentions as to the degree of 50. U misappre.
bridges destroyed, ferries discont;n,,' nor for
distractions increasing distance u' or other
ing the contract term: Offices estcbI;Aning dur
.aS, - and also durin, tS
If the distance be not increased "N e&Fa pay,
H bid received after the last dar
named, or without the guarantee reon;rsa Az nour
and certificate as to the sufficiencv of suob law
dntee' cannot De considered in competition with
regular proposed reasonable in amount
IL. Bidders should first propose for .o,u;
strictly according to the advertisement, ana thnS
If they desire, separately for different service n
II the regular bid be the lowest offered for tb S
yertsed service, the other propositions NAV bs
considered. ""1 os
IL. There should be but one route bid for in -
proposal. Consolidated or combination b;ds
c'proPosing one sum for two or more routesN arS
forbidden by law, and cannot be considered.
IA. Inc route, the service, the yearly pay the
name and residence of the bidder, that is b;s
usual post office Gddress,) and those of each
member OF a firm, where company offers, should
be distinctly stated.
10 Bidders are requested to use, az far as prsc
ueGole, the printed form of proposal furnished
by the department, to write out in full the snm
OF their bids. and to retsin copies of them
Altered bids should not be submitted: nor
should bids once submitted be withdrawn No
wlthdrGwGl of a bidder or guGrdntor will be al
lowed unless dated and received before the last
day for receiving proposals.
Each bid must be guaranteed by two response.
bic 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 which may be deemed extravGgGnt, and also
to disregard the bids of falling contractors and
bidders.
l6. The bid should be scaled, superscribed
&c Nail Proposals, State of Kansas" addressed
Second Assistant Postmaster General, Contract
Office and sent by mail, not by or to an agent;
and postmGsters will not enclose proposals Tor
letters of any Kind) in their quarterly returns
II The contracts are to be executed and re-
turned to the department by or before the LIST day
Of august, 1862; but the service must be COM
menced on the LIST July preceding, the mail
day next after that date whether the csntr0cts be
executed or not.
IL. PostmGsters at offices on or near railroads
but more than eighty rods from station, will,
Immediately after the 3lst of March next, report
their exact distance from the nearest station and
how they otherwise supplied with the mail,
to enable the Postmaster General to direct mail
supply from the 1st of July next.
10. Section eighteen of-An Act of Congress APP
proved March 3, IS45, provides that contracts for
the trAnsportAt of the mail shall be let in ev
cry to the lowest bidder rendering sufficient
guarantees for faithful performance, without 9th
4r reference to the mode of such Transportation
than may be necessary to provide for the dine ce-
lerity certainty, And security of such transports
tion. Under this Laso bids that propose to transport
the mail Nth celebrity, certainty and security har.
ing been decided to be the only legal bids are construed
as pT0Uidng for the entire mail, hOrecer large and
insure It's celebrity certainty, and security and trH
haze the preference all others, and others trin
be considered
20. A modification of a bid in ANY of its essen
tiAl terms is tAntAmount to A new bid, And can
not be received, SO AS to interfere with regular
After the last hour set for receiving
bids. Making new bid, with guarantee And
certificate, is the only way to modify previous
bid.
81. PostmAsters Are to be careful not to certify
The sutticiency of guArAntors or sureties without
showing that they Are persons of sufficient res
Donsibi lily; And All bidders guarAntors And sure
lies Are distinctly notified that on failure to en-
er into or perform the contracts for the service
proposed for in the accepted bids. the legal LA
'ilities will be enforced gain st them.
%. Present contractors, and persons known At
he department, must, equally with others, pro-
.ure guArAntors and certificates of their sufi-
.iency substantially in the forms Above prescribed
The certificates of sufficiency must be signed by
4 postmaster or by judge of court of record
No other certificate will be Admitted.
M. BLAIR,
Postmaster General