The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1866-02-13

sitter the expiration Of each quRrter-u
November, February, Nay and Auru.i
10. Tit distances are given aecoSiin-
the best information but no incresss5
viii be allowed should they be create
advertised il the points &c Be suppFs5-
correctly stated. Bidders must fut5w -
Setrcs on Mis point, and also in Referees.
the weight Of the mail, the eonditie1
roads, hills, streams, SC. and M
bridges, ferries, or o~bstructions Of snvE
by which expense may be incurred
eiaIm Tor additional pay, based on 49,
ground can BE- considered nor TO- als-eI
mistakes or misapprshension as 10 ~
gree OF service nor for bridges dextr,v-I
ferries discontinued, or other obstraci{.
increasing distance, occurring durinr -
contract term. Ohces established aSeetI
sdvertisement Is issued, and also du-sDr -
contract term, are 70 be visited without 80
ira pay, if the distance be not increased
IL. Bidders are cautioned to mail tb.-
proposals in time to reach the department
by the day and hour named, d d. m. Na-.I
2s, 1866 , for bids received aGer that t.
tciu net b considered in competition with
bid Of reasonable amount resolved in in.
Neither can bids be considered which a..
without the guarantee required By law an
q certificate Of tho suticieney Of such ru,r-
antee.
Il Bidders should FIRST propose for ser.
vice strictly according 90 the advertisemert
and then, II they desire, separately for Jf
ferent service; and if the regular bti be- ~
lowest offered f0r the sdvertisea service
the other propositions may be considered
Is. There should be but one route bid fr
IN proposal. Consolidated OF combinatiop
bids ~("proposing one sum for % OF nor,
routes are Forbidden BY law, and cannot
be considered.
IA. The route, the service, The yesr,v
pay, the name and residence Of the bidder.
lthat IL, his usual post once address, and
those Of each member Of a firm where q
company offers, should be distinctly sisted.
IS. Bidders are requested 70 use, as far a
practicable, the printed proposals furnished
BY the department, 10 write cut in iull the
sum Of their bids, and to retain copies Of
them.
Altered bids should not be submitted; nor
should bids once submitted be withdraw.
No withdrawal ofs bidder or guarantor wall
DO allowed unless the withdrawal j. dated
and received before the last day for receiv-
ing proposals.
Zach bid must be guaranteed BY two re-
sPonsihle persona. The bid and guarantee
should be signed plainly with the iun name
Of each person.
The department reserves the right 70 re-
ject any bid which may be deemed extrsya-
CANT, and also 10 disregard the bids Of fail
ing contractors and bidders.
rs. The bid should be sealed, superscribed
"Mail Proposals, State OF Tennessee" ad-
dressed Second Assistant Postmaster Gen
ersl, Contract Office, and sent BY mGL not
BY or 10 an sgent and postmasters wili not
enclose proposals (Or letters Of any Kind IN
their quarterly returns.
Il. The contracts are 20 be executed and
returned to the department by or before the
lsf day Of 5aiy, 1885 but the service must
be begun oR that day, o. 90 the mail day
next alter il, wheiher the contracts Be exc
cuted or not.
Transfers Of contracts, or Of interest in
contracts, are forbidden BY law, and c0nse
quently cannot he allowed. Bidders viii
therefore take notice hat they viii be eK-
Pected 90 perform the service accepted 10
them through the whole term Of the con-
ract.
Is. Postmasters at Offices on or near rail-
roads on which mails are carried, but more
than eighty rods from a station, will. imme-
diateiy after the 2Sth of April, lSG6, report
their exact distance from the nearest s1a-
ton, and how they are otherwise supplied
with the mad, 60 enable the Postmaster
General TO direct . mail-messenger supply
from the lst Of July next.
10. Section eighteen OF an act Of Congress
approved Mcrch S, IS45, provides that con-
tracts for the transportation of The msl
shall be let, Gin every case, TO the lowest
bidder rendering sufficient guarantees for
faithful performance, without other refer
ence 70 the mode Of such transportation than
may be necessary 10 provide for the due
CELEBRITY, certainty, and security OF such
Transportation" Under this law, bid that
propose 10 transport the mails with "cc-
lerlb, certainty AID secaTiy," Aartng been
decided 70 be the only iggGf bids, arc con
StrHcd as proUidiNg 1or Ae mhrc Hml how
euer iGrge, and tohatsuer alGy Be ts mode Of
Conveyance necessary 10 iasEre ats "ceieri9,
certainty, aud secErity," and hare He pre-
ference 0rsr al Others, and no Others arc
c0nsifsred;-that il, none which name any
specific mode Of conveyance.
20. A modification Of g bid in any Of is
essential terms Is tantam9unt to a new bid,
aud cannot be received, so as 10 interfere
with regular competition, after the last hour
set for receiving bids. Making s new bid.
with guarantee and certafcate, is the only
way to modify a previous bid
n. Postmasters are 10 be careful not to
certify the suficieney Of guarantors or
sureties without knowledge that thay are
persons OF sufficient responsibility; q disre-
gard Of nis instruction. 81 P0stnasfers - a
rotation or their oah or Office, si6jscfing
AeHl 70 Immediate rcn0UGL All bidder,
guarantors and sureties are distinctly noto-
Ted that on q failure 20 enter into Or per
form the e0ntrasts for the service proposed
for ia The accepted bids, the legal liabilities
wall be enforced agasnst them.
p. Pr sent contractors, aud persons
known at the department, must, equally
with others, procure guaraatOrs aud cartih-
Gates oftheir suficieney substantially 10 the
forma ahoua ura=rrfhaf Tha cert ! ata Of
suficiency must be signed by a postmaster,
or by a Judge Of q court Of record. No
other viii be admitted. The certificate
must also have ahxed 70 it a fve-eent reye-
nue. stamp, cancelled, IS required By luw.
". DESSIsON,
Postmaster General.
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