The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1866-03-04

sftsr the expiration Of each quarter-.av
November, February, Nay, and August
IL. The distances are given according II
the best information but no increased nav
viii be allowed should they be greater than
advertised If the points to be supplied are
correctly stated. BIDDERS mast inform than
setrcs on uiS point, and also in reference to
the weight of the mail, the condition Of
roads, hills, streams, &c, and all toll
bridges, ferries, or distractions Of any kind
oy Whlch expense may be incurred. No
Can Aer additional pay, based on such
sIoeuu5 can be considered nor for alleged
ms1akes OF Misrepresentation as to the de-
gree Ok service nor for bridges DESTROYED.
terrIes discontinued, OF Other obstrpeti ma
increasing distance, occurripe during tba
cohtlaet 1erm- Omees established after this
advertisement IS issued, and also dnring The
contract term, are 10 be visited without ex-
ira pay, if the distance be not increased
IL Bidders are cautioned 10 mail tbe;r
proposals IN time to reach the Department
by the day and hour named, - p. m, March
%, 1866 , for bids received after tina time
i0iH not Be considered in competition with 9
bid OF reasonable amount received in time.
Neither can bids be considered which are
without the guarantee required by law snd
a certificate Of the sua6eiency Of such guar
antee.
u. Bidders should frst propose for ser.
vice strictly according TO the advertisement.
and then, If they desire, separately Tor df,
ferent service; and if the regular bid be the
lowest offered for the advertised service
the other propositions may be considered.
Is. There should be but one route bid for
n q proposal. Consolidated or combination
bids (~"proposing one sum for two or more
~routes'O are forbidden BY law, aud cannot
be considered.
IA. The route, the service, the yearly
pay, the name and residence Of the bidder
/ that is, his usual post Office sddress,) snd
those OF each member Of q firm where
company offers, should be distinctly stated.
Is. Bidders are requested to use, as far a
practicable, the printed proposals. furnished
by thssdepartment, 10 write out in full the
sum Of their bids, and to retain copies Of
them.
Altered bids should not be submitted; nor
should bids once submitted be withdrawn.
No withdrawal ola bidder or guarantOr will
DO allowed unless the withdrawal is dated
and received before the last day for receiy-
Jag proposals.
Each bid must be guaranteed BY two re-
sponsible persons. The bid and guarantee
should be signed plainly with the iull name
I Of each person.
The department reserves the right to re-
iect any bid which may be deemed extrava-
/ CANT, and also TO disregard the bids Of fall
ing contractors and bidders.
IS. The bid should be sealed, superscribed
"Mail Proposals, State of Tennessee" al
dressed "SecoBd Assistant Postmaster Gen
erAl, Contract Office, and sent by mail, not
By or to an scent and Postmssters will not
enclose proposals Cor letters Of any kind in
| thai uua~sa-fw eafurua
II. The contracts are 10 be executed and
returned 10 the department by or before the
LIST dGV Of July, 1866 but the service must
be begun on that day, or on the mail dsy
next after It, 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 wall
therefore take notice that they will be ex-
pected 10 perform the service accepted to
them through the whole term Of the con-
rac'.
Is. Postmasters at Offices on or near rail-
! roads on which mails are carried, but more
than eighty rods from a station, will, imme-
diately after the 2Sth Of April, 1866, report
their exact distance from the nearest sta
ton, and how they are otherwise supplied
with he mail, 70 enable the Postmaste-
General to direct a mAil-messenger supply
/ from he LIST Of July next
10. Section eighteen Of an act Of Congress
approved March 3, 1915, provides that con
tracts for the transportation Of the mail
shall be let, lin every case, 70 the lowest
bidder rendering sufficient guarantees for
faithful performance, without other refer
ence 20 the node Of such transportation than
may be necessary 10 provide for the due
/ CELEBRITY, certainty, aud security Of such
/ transportation" Under this law, bids that
propose 10 transport the mails with Gee
/ ierlty, certainty aud security" AariHg been
decided to Be the only legal bids, arc con-
| strued as preceding for the eHtirs mail, h0u-
eUer large, and i0hGteUer may Be the mode Of
conveyance necessary 10 insure ats "eelerity,
certainty, and security" and hare the pre-
| ference OUer all Others, and no others are
cOHsidered;-that Is, none which Eame any
| specific mode of conveyance.
20. A modification Of a bid in any Of its
/ essential terms is santamouEt to a new bid,
and cannot be received, so as to interfere
with regular competition, af er the last hour
set for receiving bids. Making a new bid,
with guarantee and certificate, is the only
way 10 modify a previous bid.
q. Postmasters are to be careful not %
certify the suticiency OF guarantOrs or
s~ureties without knowledge that they are
persons OF sufficient responsibility; q disre-
gard Of TINS instruction 5y Post7tGsferS - q
U~iclGtI0R Of their oath Of Office, sH9jectiug
them to immediate rem0Uai. All bidder,
guarsntors, and sureties are distinctly noto-
ned that on a failure 10 enter into or per
form the contracts for the service proposed
for in the accepted bids, the legal liabilities
p. 1T sHrr GUraHes5hS-- cav -
known at the department, must, equally
with others, procure g~uGFEptors and cartih-
Gates Of their suficiency substantially in the
forms above prescribed. The certificate Of
sufieiaacy must be signed by a postmaster,
or by q Judge Of a court Of record. No
other viii be- admitted. The certificate
must also have affixed 10 it a hv~e-centTeve-
nue. stamp, cancelled, % required by luw.
W. DESNIsOS,
Postmaster General.