The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1866-01-28


indemnity 10 contractor one months extra
pav on the Bmount Of Service dispensed
with, and q pro rata compensation Tor she
amount Of service retsfued ard continued
g. PAYMENTS wlN be INSIDE BY collections
from o., Grsfts on postnasters. OF otherwise.
sftel the expiration Of each qusrter-ay, IN
November, February, Kay, ana AUGUST.
10. The distance are given scco-ling to
the best information buL 70 increased paw
/ viii be allowed should they be greater than
advertised, if che peints 70 be supplied are
correctly stated. Bia8ersaaef iaf5Iw Aem-
sslucs o. His point, and als,i il reference TO
the weight Of the mail, the condition OF
roads, hills, streams, &c. sud 81 toll
bridges, ferries, or obstrucuons Of any kind
BY which expense may be incurred No
c aim for additional pay, based on such
ground, can be considered nor FOX alleged
mistakes OF misapprehousion as % the de-
gree Of service; nor for bridges destroyed,
/ ferries discontinued, or ether distractions
increasing distance, occurring during the
contract term. 0Hces established etterthis
advertisement is Issued, aud also during the
contract term, are % be visited without ex-
TIA paw, if the distance be not increased.
II. Bidders are cautioned TO mail their
proposals in time 10 reach The department
by The day snd hour named, { p. M 4arch
-, 1850 D for bids received si-ar hat time
grH not Be- coasdsrcd in composition with q
bid Of reasonable smount received IN time
Neither can bids be considered which are
without the guarantee required By law snd
a certificate Of the snhcieucy Of such guar
sntee.
y. Bidders should first propose for ser
vice strictly according 10 The adverusemert,
and then, If they desire. SsvaratsI for dl-
ie-ent service; and IL The regzi1r bid be The
lowest offered for the advertised service,
1 the other propositions may be considered
fS. There should be but one route bid for
in q proposal. Consolidated or combination
bids ("~proposing one sum for two o. more
~rOutes') are forbidden by law, n cannot
be considered.
a. The route. the service, the yearly
pay the name and residence Of the bidder,
that IS, his usual post ONCE address, ano
those of each member Of q hrm where 8
company offers, should be distinctly stated.
i. Bidders are requested TO use, IS far a.
practicable, the printed proposals furnished
BY the department. 20 write out in hl the
sum Of their bids, and % retain copies q
them.
Altered bids should not be submitted nor
should bids once submitted be Withdrawn.
I NJ MAAAA4A "a q L.aANH VA A"AAAAEH-A NHAa
DO allowed unless the Withdrawal is dated
and received before the last day FOR receiy-
ing proposals.
Each bid must be guaranteed by two re-
sponsibie persons. The bid and guarantees
should be sigHca plainly with the fun name
Of each person.
The department reserves the right 20 re-
iect any bid which may be deemed extrava-
CANT, and also TO disregard the bids Of fail
ing contractors and bidders.
Is. The bid should be sealed, superscribed
"Mail Proposals, State Of Tennessee, I'D
dressed sSec0od Assistant Postmaster Gen
eral. Contract Office, and sent BY Hrif, mol
By or 70 sn sgent and ~postmssters will Dot
enclose proposals Tor letters Of any kind iu
their quarterly returns.
L. The contracts are 10 be executed ana
returned 10 the department oy or bsf0re Ia,
lst day Of jay, 1850 but the service mus
be begun on that day, or ou the msil day
neItsitsr IL, whether the contrasts Be exc
cutsd OF not.
Transfers OF contracts, OF o. interest il
contracts, are forbidden BY law, and conse
eusntiy cannot be allowed. Bidders vii
therefore take notice that they will be ex
pected 10 perform the service accepted i
them through the whole term Of the con.
rsct.
IS. Postmasters at Offices on or near rail
roads on which mails ere carried, but mors
than eighty rods from a station, viii, imme
diateIy after the 2sth OF April, 1866, repor
their exact distance rom the nearest sta
ton, and how they are otherwise supple,
with the mai, 20 enable tho Postmssta
General 70 direct a mEil-messenger supply
from the LIST OF July next.
l9. Section eighteen Of an act o. Congres
approved March =, lst5, provides that con
tracts for the transportation Of the mai
shall be let, Gin every case, 10 The loves
bidder rendering sufficient guarantees fo
faithful performance, without other rsfer
suce to the mode Of such transportation thai
may be necessary 10 provide for the du.
celebrity, certainty, aud security Of suci
} transportation Under this law, bids tbs.
/, propose 10 transport the mails with "ce
; ie-lty, certainty and security" hc1iug bsgi
!. DECIDED 10 Be tie only tgat BIDS, arc con
SSusd Gs PrOuidtHg FOR ae entire MAJ hot5
6Ue igrgs, and J7lateUgr HsGy Be hC u0es O
Conveyance nsceSs1ry 70 inSErs It's "~celertf-
/, csrtatEiy, and security, and haze tie PIE
ference 0rer al Others, aFi no Others a.,
, c0nsidsred;-that Is, none which name an
specific mode Of conveyance.
20. A modification Of q bid il anv Of IN
essential terms Is t-sntamcunt TO a new bid
and cannot be received. So as to interfsr,
Win regular C0mpetltlQuB ar er the last hou.
set fer receiving bids. Making a new bid
with guarantee and certificate, is the onl,
way 70 modify q previous bid.
p. P0stmasters are TO be careful not Z,
certify the suticiency Of Euaruntors o
s~ureties without knowiedge that they ar
persons Of sufficient responsibility; q disp,
gard Of thus obstruction b. p5stndsters -
violation OF their 0Sth o. o5Fcs, sEbjcctn
them TO imagCIiats removal. All bidders
g~uarantors land sureties are distinctly noto
ned that on a failure 10 enter into or per
form the contracts for the service propose,
for in the accepted bids, the legal liabiltie
viii be reinforced agGsnst them
p Present eoRtrsc.ors, and person
known ct the department. must, equally
~wlth-others, procure ~gaarsutors and cartif
Gates Of their suiicieucy Substantially in th,
iofms above prescribed. The certificate o
suihciency must be signed By o postmaster
or by O judge OF q court Of record. n,
other viii be admitted. The eertifcst.
must also have affixed TO IL a fvo-eent rsve.
hue stamp, cancelled, az required b. law.
v. DEyyIsoE,
P0stmasfsr General.
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