The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1866-02-17


siser the expiration Of each qusr.e
November, February, Nay, and 'H
10 The distances are given accoss;-
the best information but no increass5sN
VII be allowed should they Be rrrss.-.4g
advertised, II the points 70 be su5piisSaa
correctly stated Biddcrs nnsf IN As
ssiues o. His goinf, and also in rels-s,--
the weight Of the mail, the conSits-~
roads nils, streams, 4c., and en-
bridges, ferries, or obstruetions Of 49,
BY which expense may Be ~incur-sS
cIaim for additional pay, based on
ground, can be considered; nor for an
mistakes or misaPprehension as 10 -
gree Of service nor for bridges dss.-,v-
ferries discontinued, or other obstrn~
increasing distance, occurring during ~
contract term. Offices established a.,
advertisement is issued, and also durinsr
contract term, are 10 be visited witbo77 -
ira pay. II she distance be not incressa5
II. Bidders are cautioned 70 msa -
proposals il time % resch the depsrr~.
BY the day and hour named, q D. m. ~
p, 1856 D Cor bids received after thst
sgil not Be- considered in composition W.
bid Of reasonable amount received in
Neither can bids be considered which
without the guarantee required By law ~
q certificate Of the sufcieney Of such -,
entee.
y. Bidders should FIRST propose ior
vice strictly according 70 the sdvertseme-,
and then, If they desire, separately Tor
ferent service; aud if the regular bid BE- 4,
lowest offered for the advertised servig
the other propositions may be cousidere
IS. There should be bat one route BID
ina proposal. Consolidated or cOmbinag-
bids (~"proposing one sum for two or ~.
routes are forbidden By Law, and cansE
be considered
"A. The route, the service, The ys.-lr
pay, the name and residence OF the bidis-
that IS, his usual post ohce address a.
those Of each member Of 8 firm where
company offers, should be distinctly stsle4
IS. Bidders are requested 70 use, As ar
practicable, the printed proposals furuists
By the department 10 write out In hl as
sum Of their bids, End 10 retsin copies i
them.
Altered bids should not be submittsd:u M
sho1ld bids once submitted be withdraw
No Withdrawal ola bidder or guarautor vii
DO allowed unless the withdrawal Is dsls8
and received bsforo thelast day Cor rsossY
ing proposals.
Each bid must be guaranteed BY two n.
sponsible persons. The bid and guarantee
should be sigEed plaialy with the iul mans
Of each person.
The department reserves the right to To-
ject any bid which may be deemed extravs.
CANT, and also % disregard the bids Of fail
ing contractors ard bidders.
Is. The bid should be sealed, superscribe5
email Proposals, State Of Tennessee" ad-
dressed Second Assistant Postmaster Gen
eral, Contract Office, and sent BY mai, not
by or to a agent and postmasters viii not
enclose proposals Tor letters Of any kind IN
their quarterly returns-
II. The contracts are 10 be executed and
returned 10 the department BY or before the
Isl dag Of JAY, 1886 but the service must
be begun on that day, or on he mail day
next after il, whether the contracts Be exc
cuted or not
Transfers Of contracts, or Of interest IN
contracts, are forbidden BY law, and conse
quently cannot be allowed. Bidders wi.
therefore take nodcs that they viii BE- ex.
pected 10 perform the service accepted "a
them through the whole term Of the con.
rsct.
Is. Possmasters al onees on or near raj.
roads on which mails sre carried, but more
than eighty reds from 3 station, viii, imms-
diately after the 2sth Of April, 1886, report
their exact distance from the nearest sta
tion, and how they are otherwise supplied
with the mail. 70 enable the Postmaster
General 70 direct q mail-messenger supply
from the 1st Of July next.
Is. Section eighteen Of an act OF Congress
approved March 3, 1s45, provides that cou,
tracts for the transportation Of tno ma.
shall be LET, elm every case, to the loves
bidder rendering sufficient guarantees for
faithful performance, without other refer
encs 10 the mode Of such transportation than
may be necessary 70 provide for the due
celebrity, eertainty, and security Of such
characterization" Under this law, bids that
propose 20 transport the mails with Gee.
ieih, certainty Gzd sccluiN," hGping been
deeided 10 Be he only LEGAL Dds, are coa-
strHcd as Pr0giding for hs entire naib Aov-
eper icrqe, and ~riafeusr may 5c TIE mode Of
conveyance nsrSsarg % iaSHre rs "celcrih,
csrfainty. an security" and Aauc he pre-
ference Oger AZ Others, and no Others are
c-oHsideraf;-that is, none which name sny
specifc mode Of conveyance.
80. A modification Of q bid in INV Of IL
essential terms is tantamount 70 a new bid.
and csnno, be received, 50 as to interfere
with regular competition, after the last hour
set for resolving bids. Making q new BID,
with guarantee and certificate, IS the onlv
way 70 modify a previous bid.
q Fostmasters are 70 be careful not %
certify the suficiency Of guarantors o.
sureties without knowledge that they are
persons Of sufficient responsibility; a dis-t-
gard Of Mis instruction By Posfmasters Is
.B~solati0n Of their oath Of Q6fce. sz5jertag
them 70 ilHcdiats rsl6UGi. All bidder,
guarantorsiand sureties are distinctly noto-
he'd that on a failure 10 enter into or per
form the contracts for the service proposed
for in thea accepted bids, tbs legal habiltiu.
will BE- enforced agasnst them
p. Present contractors, snd persons
known at the department, must, equally
with others, procure gusrautors and cartii.
other suficiency substantially in the
aboge prescribed. The certificate Of
suficiency must be signed by a postmaster.
BY q Judge Of q court Of record. No
viii 30 admitted. The certifcats
must also have af8xed 70 Il fve-esntreve
hue stamp, cancelled, as required BY luv.
W. DESSisoS,
Postmaster General.