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

after the expiration Of each quarter-sav.in
November, February, Nay and August.
~. The distances are given according u
the best information but no increased nav
wiz be allowed should they be greater than
advertised, if the points 70 be supplied Are
correctly stated. Bidders MAST irform tbsm-
selocs on 1ls point, and als1 in reference To
the weight Of the mail, the condition of
ioegs5 hills, streams, &C, and all toll
pItuses' ferries, or distractions Of any kind
oy Hhlen expense may be Incurred. No
@ y SaalNonal pay, based on such
sloeHS, Sah De considered nor for alleged
mistakes OF misaPprehension as to the de-
gree OF service nor for bridoes des+-ova4
ferries discontinued, or Other obstrucii M
increasing distance, occurring dnri,g he
contract term Offices established 800 -
advertisement is issued, and also -dn-ir~fbe
c0ntrsct term, are to be visited witbop3 ~
ira pay, if the distance be not increased
II. Bidders are cautioned to mail their
proposals in time to reach the department
By the day and hour named. - p. m, March
%, 1866 D for bids received after that time
ictlL H0s Be considered in competition with q
bid of reasonable amount received ia time
Neither can bids be considered which ara
without the guarantee required by law and
a certificate Of the suficiency Of such guar
antee.
y. Bidders should first propose for ser
vice strictly according to the advertisement
and then, IL they desire, separately for die.
ferent service; and if the regular bid be M,
lowest offered for the advertised service
/ Tho other propositions may be considered
Is. There should be but one route bid for
ina proposal. Consolidated or combination
bids ~("prOpOsing one sum for two or mora
routes are forbidden By law, and esuuot
be considered.
IA. The route, The service, the YEARLY
pay, the name and residence Of the bidder.
THAT is, his usual post Office address, snd
! those of each member Of a firm where 4
company offers, should be distinctly stated.
IS. Bidders are requested to use. as far
practicable, the printed proposals furnished
by the department., 70 write cut in iull the
sum Of their bids, and to retain copies o.
them
Altered bids should not be submitted; nor
should bids once submitted be withdraw.
No withdrawal ola bidder OF guarGEtOr viii
DO allowed unless the withdrawal = dated
and received before the last day Tor receiT-
ing proposals.
/ sponsibIe persons. The bid and guarantee
should be signsd plainly with the iull name
Of each person.
The department reserves the right 10 re-
Jet any bid which may be deemed extrava-
CANT, ana also 10 disregard the bids Of fall
ing contractors and bidders.
Is. The bid should be sealed, superseded
"Alail Proposals.. State Of Tennessee" sd-
dressed "Sec0nd Assistant Postmaster Cen
ersL Contract OHce, and sent by mGii, not
by or 10 an scent and postmasters Will not
enclose proposals Tor letters Of any kind IN
their quarterly returns.
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returned 10 the department by or before The
! ISt day Of Jzly, 1866 but the service must
be begun on that day, or on the msil 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
I Queutly cannot be allowed. Bidders Will
therefore take notice that they will be ex-
pected 10 perform the service accepted to
them through the whole term Of the con.
ract.
Is. Postmasters at Offices on or near "a
roads on which mails are carried, but more
than eighty rods from a station, viii, imue-
diately after the 2Sth 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 a maIl-messenger supply
from the Let Of July next.
10. Section eighteen of an act Of Congress
/ approved March 3, IS45, provides that con
tracts for the transportation Of the mail
shall be let, "in every case, to the lowest
bidder rendering sufficient guarantees for
faithful performance without other reier
ence to the mode Of such transportation than
may be necessary TO provide for the due
celebrity, certainty, and security OF such
transportation" Under this law, bids thar
propose TO transport the mails with "cs-
lerlty, certainty and security" haUing 5sst
dccldei to BE- the only legal Dds, arc con
sfrHcG as pr0Uiding for the entire alriL, h0r-
eUer large, and i0hGteusr mag Be the mode Of
cOuUevancs necessary % iHssre its "eeicrig,
ccrtGfnty, and security" and hare the pre-
ference oUcr oil Others, and no Others ore
c0nSidCrcdj-that is, none which name any
specific mode Of conveyance.
20. A modification OF a bid in any Gifts
essential terms is iantamount to q new bd,
and cannot be received, so as 10 interfere
with regular competition, at er the last hour
set for receiving bids. Making a neEsbl.
with guarantee and certificate, Is the only
way 90 modify a previous bid.
q. POstmasters are 10 be careful not o.
certify the suficiency Of guarautors OF
sureties without knowledge that they are
persons Of sufficient responsibility; q di-s-
gard Of tAis distraction By -PostmGsteTs Is d
Ut0tdli0u 0f Metr DATA Of oDlce, SA9trtHg
them 90 immediate removal. All bidder,
g%uarantors, and sureties sredistinctly uotJ-
ned hat on a failure to enter into or per
form the contracts for the service proposed
for in the accepted bids, he legal liabilities
Will be eniorced agasnst them.
p. Pr, sent contractors, and persons
known at the department, must, equally
with others, procure guarantors and csruh-
Gates Of their efficiency substantially 10 the
forms above prescribed. The eertihcate OF
suficiency must be signed by a postmaster,
or by a Judge Of a court Of record. No
other will be admitted. The certihcats
must also have affixed to it f~ve-centreye-
nue. stamp, cancelled, as required By luw.
W. DENN1s0S,
Postmaster General.
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