The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1866-02-08

after the expiration Of each quarter-ssv. IN
November, February, Nay, and August.
10. The distances are given according 10
the best information but no increased pa
viii be allowed should hey Be grsater thai
advertised, # the points 70 be supplied are
correctly stated. Biddsrs RESt iHforz En-
selves On tbiS point, and also in reference To-
the weight Of the mail, the condition OF
roads, hills, streams, &c, and all toll
bridges, ferries, OF distractions Of any kind
BY which expense maj be Incurred. No
cain for additional pay, based on sach
ground, can be considered nor for alie-ed
mistakes OF misrepresentation as to the de-
gree Of service nor for bridges DESTROYED.
ferries discontinued, or other obstruci1ns
increasing distance, occurring during tho
contract term. Offices established afer ths
advertisement Is issued, and also during the
contract term, are to be visited without ex-
ira pay, if the distance be not increased.
IL. Bidders are cautioned to mail their
proposals in time 10 reach the department
By the dsy and hour named, Is D n, March
~, 1865 :, for bids received after that time
i1iH NOT Be- considered in competition with a
bid Of reasonable amount received in time,
Neither can bids be considered which are
without the guarantee required by law aad
a certificate OF The auhciency Of auch guar
antee.
l2. Bidders should Grst propose for SER
vice strictly accoTding T. the advertisement
and then, II they DESIRE sepa-atcE for diff
fercnt Service and if the regular bid be the
lowest offered for the advertised service,
The other propositions NAV be considered
Is. There should be but one roate bid fo-
ina proposal Consolidated OF combination
bids proposing one SUN for two or mora
routes are forbidden by law, and cannot
be considered.
IA. The route, the service, the yesrly
paw, the name and residences CT the bidder,
that is, his usual pest ofcs address, and
those Of each member Of 8 arm where 3
company oilers, shculd be disantctiy stated
Is. Bidders are requested 70 use, IS NJ .
practicable the printed proposals furnished
By the department, 70 write out IN flu ne
sum Of their bids, and to retsia copies OF
them
Altered bids should not be submitted; nor
should bid once submitted be Withdrawn.
No withdrawal ofa bidder or guarantor wlN
DO allowed unless the withdrawal is listed
and received before the laat day for receiv-
ing proposals.
Each bid must be guaranteed BY two re-
sPonsible persons. The bid aud guarantee
should be signed plainly with the tll nEme
Of each person.
The department reserves the right 70 re-
ieet any bid which may be deemed cNtrsva-
CANT, and also 70 disregard the bids OF fall
/ Ing contractors and bidders.
is. The bid should be sealed, superseded
EMAIL Proposals. State Of Tennessee, I'D
dressed Second Assistant Postmaster Gea-
ersI. Contract Office, snd sent BY mGl, uot
BY or TO an scent and pOstr0asters VIII not
| enclose proposals Tor letters Of any kind IN
their quarterly returus.
Il. The contracts are 10 Be executed ana
returned to the department BY or before the
lsf dag Of july, 1866 but the service must
be begun ou that day, or on the mail DAY
next after it, whether the contracts be exc
cuied or not.
Transfers Of contracts, or Of interest in
contracts, srs ferbidden By law, and conse
quently canned be allowed. Bidders vii
therefore take notice that thew viii be eN-
pected 10 perform the service accepted 70
them through the whole term Of the con-
ract.
Is. Postmasters at offices on OF rear rail.
roads on which mails are carried, but more
than eighty rods from a station, VIII, imme-
diatoly after the 2sth Of April, 1895, 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 S msiI-messenger supply
from the ist Of July next
10. Section eighteen Of IN act Of Congress
/ approved March ,, ls45s provides that con-
tracts for the transportation Of the mail
/ shall be let, "in every case, TO the lowest
/ bidder rendering sufficient guarantees for
/ faithiul performance, without other refer
ence to the mode 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 TO transport the mails with "cc-
lsrily, certainty and security" karing bcta
decided 20 Be The only legal BIDS, arc con
/ sfrEcd as proridiHg for the entire mGil, hoJg-
crcr large, and 1chafcrcr nay Be tie mode Of
conucyGace necessary 20 iHsure SIS "cclcrifp,
| certainty, and security" and hare tie prs-
ference 0rsr az Others, oud no oAsrs ore
o0nsifsr0d;-thst Is, non which nsme any
specific mode Of conveyance.
20. A m0diheation Of z bid in any of its
essential terms is iantamount 10 q new bid,
and cannot be received, 50 as t. interfere
with regular composition, anerthe last hour
set for receiving bids Making a new bid
with guarantee and certificate, is the only
way b. modify a previous bid.
81. Postmasters are TO be careful not to
| certify the safhciency OF gusraniors or
s~ureties without knowledge thst they are
persons OF sufficient responsibility; a fisrs-
| GARD Of tbis abstraction b. gostnsGstsrs - q
violation Of tkeir oath Of o1Fce, sube-tnr
them 70 Immediate TczorGi. All bidder,
guarantors land sureties are distinctly noto-
fed that on q failure 10 enter into or per
form the contracts Tor the service proposed
for in the accepted bids, Abe legal Liabilities
/ viii be enforced sgasnst them.
%. vrFaout contractors, and persons
known st the department, must, equally
with others, procure guarantors and cartia-
Gates OF their suficiency substantially iuths
forms aboVe prescribed. The certificate Of
suflcieucy must be signed by a postmaster.
or by q Judge Of a court OF record. No
other viii be admitted. The eertifcats
must also have affixed TO it a fve-centrevo-
nue. stamp, cancelled, as required BY luw.
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