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


sitter the expiration Of each qusrts-ssv In
November, February, Kay, and AugussE
10 The distances are given According "a
The best Information but no increased paw
viii be allowed should they be greater thai
advertised, II the points 20 Be supplied A..
correctiy stated. BiddeTs mast iaforn Asm-
sslEes On his p0int, aud ais in reference 10
the weight OF the mail, the condition OF
roads, bills, streams, Sc, and AL tol
bridges ferries, on o~bstructio1s q eny kind
b which expense may Be iaeurfea@N9
an tor additional pay, based On sueh
ground, can be considered nor for ALLEGED
mistakes or misrepresentation as 10 the de-
gree Of service; nor for bridges DESTROYED
ferries discontinued, CT other obstrucf us
increasing distance, occurriog during the
C nj act term. Ohces established ansr this
advertisement Is issued, and also during he
contract term, ere % be visited without er-
ira pay, If he distance be not inc essed.
II. bidders are cautioned to mail their
proposals IN tine 10 reach the department
by he 3sy and hoar named, Is D. NJ arch
~, 1855 } for bids received EfsT that TINE
Uia nst ts constasred in competItlon With q
bid Of reasonable amount reserved in time.
Neither can bids De considered Which sre
without the guarantee required b Law and
q earuheaes Of he sUheiezey Of Z guar
sntse
y. Bidders should frst proposs Eor ssr-
vice strictly secoEding 70 the advertisement,
and then, II they desire, sspGrafSly for dir
isrent service; and II the rsgElT bid be tie
lowest offered; iors the advertised se-vioe,
he Other Propositions nay be Considered
Is. T~hersshogld be but enc roata.bid fer
ina proposal. Consolidated or combination
bids (~"proposing one sum for two or more
routes") are forbidden By law q osn1ot
Be considered.
IA The route, tie s%srvics, the yearly
pay, the name and residence Of the bidder,
that Is, his usual post ohce address, .
those Of each member Of q hrm where 3
company offers, should be distinctly stated
IS Bidders are requested 70 use, - far a
practicable, the printsd proposals. furnished
BY the department, 70 write out In f9ll the
sum- Of their bids, and - retain copies Of
them.
Altered bids should not be submitted; Nor
should bids once submitted be withdrawn
No withdrawal ofa bidder or g~uarsntor VIII
DO allowed unlsss the withdrawal Is dated
and received before the last day for receiE-
ing proposals..
Each bid must be guaranteed By two re-
sponsible persons. The bid and guarantee
should be signed plainly with the fuli name
Of each person.
The department reserves the risGt 10 re-
ieet any BID which may be deemed eEtravs-
CANT, and also TO disregard the bids Of fal-
ing contractors and bidde-s-
i6. The bid should be sealed, superseded
Mail Proposals.. STATE Of Tennessee" I'D
dressed "Sec08d AssistaHt Postmaster Geu-
ersl. Contract Ofce, sud sent By MAJ, not
by or 70 sn sgsnt and pOstmasfers will not
enclose proposals Tor letters Of sny kind IA
their quarterly returns
l.. The contracts are TO Be executed and
returned 10 the department BY or before the
lsf aay Of Juy5 1866 but the service must
be begun on that day, or % the nail day
next aiter 70, whether the contracts be exc
cuted Cr not.
Transfers Of contracts, or Of interest in
contracts, are forbiddan BY law, q conss
qusntly cannot be allowed. Bidders vii
therefore take rotice that they viii Be ex-
pected TO perform the service accepted 70
them through the whole term Of the CON
rao'.
Is. Postmasters at ofbces on or near ran
roads on which MATS sre carried, but more
than eighty rods from a station, Will imne-
date ; Of er the 36th Of April, 1880, rePsrt
heir exae distance rom he nearest sta
ton, and how they are otnerwise Supplied
with the mai, 70 enable the Postmaster
General to direct q msil-messenger supply
from the LIST Of July next.
l9, Section eighteen Of az act Of Congress
approved March ,, fs45, provides thst con
tracts f0r the transportation Of the NAL
shall be let, Sin every case, % the lowest
b oder rendering sufficient guarantees for
faithful performance, without other refer
ence oths mode Of such transportation thaz
mar be necessary 20 provide for tee due
CELEBRITY, certainty. sud security Of such
transportation" Under tais law, bids that
--- a. nam-n-..H 80. IL III Al.
drtr, ccrtdinN and sscEriiv," kcUisg Seen
decided 20 Be- Ae oaiy ltgaf biis, arc con
st-Eca as Pr0vtatHg fer As sHtire alGL, koE-
eUer large, aEd WhGteUer agoy 5e tie m0ts Of
c9Euggance necessary % trszre IS "caisrify,
certainty ced Sseurlty" Gnd kage he pre-
fcreHee 0usr az others. GEd 10 ogers Grs
CONSIDERED that Is. none which name any
spscidc mode Of Conveyance.
20 A modification Of Z bid in soy Of Hs
essential terms is 'antamount 70 q Hsw bid,
sud caunot be received, 50 as 70 Interfere
with regular competition, az er ne lhst hour
set Tor receiving bids. Making a new bid,
with GUARANTEES and certifcste, h the only
way 70 modify a previous bid
q. POstuasters are 10 be careful not 10
certify the efficiency OF guarnntors or
sureties without knowledge that they are
persons "t sufficient re~spousihilitvya dtsrs-
gard q hss iHshWchon b P~osfmausrs 4 q
g~ioiati0n Of their oaA Of grce, HR5iechHg
them % tmmssiate renoUai. All bidder,
.gusrantors, and sureties aredistincuy noto-
ned that on a allure 20 enter int1 or per
form the contracts for the service proposed
for IN the accepted bids. the legal liabilities
will be reinforced against them.
y. Pr sent contractors, and rersona
known 81 the department, must, equally
Win others procure -guarantors and EARTH
Gates Of their suEciency Substantially In the
forms above prescribed. The ceuihcale OF
suihciency must be signed BY 3 postmaster,
or BY o judge OF q court Of record- No
other viii Be admitted. The certificate
must also have affixed to il a f~ve-centrsvs-
nre stamp, cancelled, as required By luw.
". DEsyIsoN,
Postmaster General.