The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1866-02-20

after the expiration OF each euarter-
November, February, Nay, and Aus1.:'R
TO- The distances are given aceorH-
the best Information but no increases .
viii be allowed should they be create
advertised, II the points to be sapplsI
correctly stated BiddcrS mHt inf5rn
SelrcS on Uis p5iHt, and also in reiersr-
the weight Of the mail, the condit;o,
roads, hills, streams, &c, and M
bridges, ferries, or o~bstructons Of anv
BY which expense may be incurred
cam Tor additional pay, based on 49,
ground, can be considered nor for 49,
mistakes OF misrepresentation as 20 ~
gree OF service nor for bridges dest-S--
ferries discontinued, or other obssue
increasing Instance occurring durir-
contract term. Offices established ara
advertisement is issued, and also dursr-Va
contract term, are to be visited witbr1s
TIA pay, If the distance be not incressa5
II. Bidders are cautioned TO mail r..
proposals in time to reach the departw~
BY the day and hour named, q p. L., Ns--b
-, lS66 y Tor bids received after thar g.
totl not Dc considered in competition viii
bid oi reasonable amount received 10 tim.
Neither can bids be considered which i.
without the guarantee required By law 49,
8 certificate Of the suficiency Of such c.-
sntee.
u. Bidders should first propose for
vice strictly according % the sdvertsemss.
aud then, If they desire, separately for
/ iereut service; snd ID The regular bid be- nj.
lowest offered for the advertised scrytg
The other propositions may be considered
IS. There should be but one route BID l.
ms proposal. Consolidated or c~ombnati1-
bids proposing one sum-ior two OF u.s
.a--HE -. E.-NeN L. - L. -
be considered.
IA. The route, the service. the vear.y
nay, the name and residence Of the b.dIs
that is, his usual post Office address, en-
those Of each member Of a firm where O
company offers, should IS distinctly stated
IS. Bidders are requested % use, AS a-
practicable, the printed proposals FURNISHED
by the department, 20 write cut In fan tla
sum Of their bids, and 10 retain copie, .
them.
Altered bids should not be submitted ns-
should bids once submitted be Withdraw.
No withdrawal ola bidder or ~guarantor VIII
DO allowed unless the withdrawal Is dated
and received before the last day for recs.,-
ing proposals.
Each bid must be guaranteed BY two re-
sponsible persons The bid and guarania,
should be signed plainly with the Wil uane
Of each person
The department. reserves the right 10 re-
ject any bid which may be deemed extrays-
CANT, and also % disregard the bids OF faI-
ing contractors and bidders.
10. The bid should be sealed, superseded
"Mail Proposals, State OF Tennessee, al
dressed "SecoBd Assistant Postmaster Gen
eral, Contract Office, and sent by mai, nos
by or 70 an sgent and postmasters VIII not
/ enclose proposals Tor letters Of any kludI lu
their quarterly returns.
IL. The contracts are TO be executed and
returned 20 the department BY or before the
Isl dag Of judy, 1866 but the service must
be begun on that day, or on the mail day
lee after il, whether the contracts be exc
cuted or not.
Transfers Of contracts, or Of interest IN
contrscts, sre forbidden by law, and conse
quenty snnot be allowed. Bidders wl
therefore take notice tha. they viii be ex-
pected % perform the service accepted %
them through the whole term Of the Goa
ract.
IS. P~ostmasters at Offices on or near rail-
roads on which mails are carried, but more
than eighty rods from a station, viii, imme-
diately after the 18th Of April, 1850, report
their exact distance from the nearest sta.
ton, and how they are otherwise supplied
with the mail, to enable the POSTMASTER
General TO direct s mail-messeuger supply
from tho lst Of July next.
~. Section eighteen Of an act Of Congress
approved March 3, 1S45, provides that con.
tracts for the transportation Of the mai
shall be let, ''in every case, 10 the lowes'
bidder rendering sufficient guarantees Got
faithful performance, without other refer
/ ence 10 the mode Of such transportation thar
may be necessary TO provide for the du,
/ nmn.HfHU anHHnnmHm uwI unnrHm.Hm 20 nnHnN
/ transportation" Under this law, bids that
propose TO transport the mails with "cc-
FlcrifV. certainty AID security" hariHq bcel
ieridci 70 Be ne only legal bids, arc con.
I strscd as pr0uidiHg for he entire mdii, h0u-
/ eUer large, end rhGtcucr mog Be tie mode o.
I Conveyance necessary % insure is "~cc'erifs
certainty. and security" and hars Ms pre-
/ ference 0uer al Others, end 20 others az,
consideref;-thst is, none which lame any
/ specific mode OF conveyance.
20. A modification Of a bid in any Of its
/ essential terms is tantamount % a new bid,
and cannot be received, so as 20 interior,
with regular competition, after the lsst hour
set for receiving bids. Making a new bid,
with guarantee and certificate, is the only
way 90 modify a previous bid.
y. Postmasters are 10 be careful not %
certify the suficiency Of g~uarant0rs OF
suretIes without knowledge that they aus
persons Of sufficient responsibility; a disrG.
/ gard Of blis distraction By p0stmastcrs s q
Ui0lah0n Of their oath Of Office, subjsctul
Acm 10 iumcdiatc removal. All bidder,
guarantorss and sureties are distinctly motto
ned that 0n a failure 10 enter into or per
form the contracts for the service proposed
for in the accepted bids, the legal liabilities
will be eniorced agasnst them.
p. Present contractors, aud persons
known at the department, must, equally
with others, procure guarantors and csrtil-
Gates OF their suficiency substantially in the
forms above prescribed. The certificate of
suficiency must be signed by a postmaster,
OF by a Judge Of a court Of record. No
other win be admitted. The certificate
must also have affixed 10 1t a h~ve-centrcve-
nue stamp, cancelled, as required by luw.
". DEsSIsON,
Postmaster General.
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