The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1866-02-03

aiter the expiration Of eseh quarts,-sv
november February, Kay, aud August
10. The distances are given aecorii,.
The best Information bus no iucreassd
VIII be SLOWED should they be greats- -
advertised, if the points 10 be supulis5.-
correctly stated. Bidders mast izfo~z -
Ssues o. ttis P0iat, and slso in refsrencs
the welght Of the mEii.t the eonditsn
ROADS, h4s, streams Sc-, aud al t
s1ases, ferries, o. oostructions Of aay -
y which expense may be incurred. y
cain Tor additional pay, based On wcS
ground, can be considered nor for alleg.s
mistakes or misapprehension a. to tbc =,
gree Of service nor for bridges destrovs5
ferries discontinued, OF other obstruc6
Increasing d~istsnce, occurring during H.
contract term. Ohces established afsr ii,
advertisement 3 issued, and alec durinr -
contract term, are TO be visited withouf az
ira pay, if the distance be not increased.
Al. Bidders are cautioned to mail the-
proposals in time 10 reach the departne-t
by The day and hour named, Is .. m, Ma-,S
-, 1866 for bids received after that TIM
cu NOT BE- CONSIDERED in competition with
bid OF reasonable amount received in time
Neither can bids be considered which ar
without the guarantee required By law al
q c~erthca5e Of the suhcieney OF such guar
autec.
-. Bidders should first propose Far A.
vice strictly according to the adveuisemen..
sud then. if they desire, separately for dHt
lerent service; and if the regular bid be he
lowest offered for the advertised service.
the other propositions may be cOnsideret.
IS. There should be but one route bid fa-
ma proposal. Consolidated or e0mbinst.su
bids proposing enc sum for two or more
routes are forbidden By law, and osn17t
be considered.
IA The route, the service. the yesrly
nay. the name and residence Of the biddsr.
that is, his usual post Ofice sddress.l sBi
those Of each member Of n firm where =
company offers, should be DISTINCTLY stated
Is. Bidders are requested 10 use, ss hr q
practicable, the printed proposals mrnishci
by the department., 10 write out In tan the
srA Of their bids, and 10 retain copies o.
tkcm.
Altered bids should not be submitted; nor
bids once submitted be Withdrawn.
withdrawal ola bidder or g~uzrsnt0r viii
DO allowed unless the Withdrawal j. dated
and received before the last day for receiv-
ing proposals.
Each bid must be guaranteed BY two re-
spOnsible persons. The bid and guarantee
saould be gas5 plainly with The IN naua
Of each person
The department reserves the right TO re-
Jet any Bid which may be deemed extrays-
giant, and slso % disregard the biis Of fan
contractors snd bidders
nc. The bid should be sealed, superseded
'NiniI Proposals, State Of Tennessee al
second Assistant Postmaster Gen
erll. Contract Office, aud sent BY snail, 10.
by OF TO an SCENT and postmssters Will uot
enclose proposals or letters Of sny kindI q
their quarterly returns.
j.. The contracts are % be executed anI
returned 10 the department by or before the
Isl 1ay Of Jdy, 1866 but the service mus.
be begun on that dsy, OF on the mail iay
next alter it, whether the contracts Be exc
cuted or not.
Transfers Of contracts. or Of interest ia
contracts, ere forbidden By law. and cons,
queudy cannot be allowed. Bidders vii.
therefore take rotice that they will be e1-
pected 20 perform he service accepted to
them through the whole terra Of the cor
ract.
Is. Postmasters at Offices on or near RAJ
on which mails are carried, but mors
thsn eighty rods from a station, will, imms
after the 2sth Of april, 1855. rsp0rt
their exact distance from the nearest sa
tion, and how they are otherwise supplied
the mai, 70 enable the Postmaster
General to direct q mail-messengsr supply
the lst Of July next.
70. Section eighteen Of an act Of Congress
approved March 8, ls45, provides that con
for the transportation Of the maj
be let, "in every case, 10 the lowest
b oder rendering sufficient guarantees Tor
performance, without other refer
70 the mode Of such transportation than
may be necessary 70 provide for the due
certainty. and security Of such
transportation. Under this law, bids that
10 transport the mails with "cS-
.erlty, certainty and sCclrig," bduirg been
isc.asd % Be- ftC oHly igat bids, arc cor
stracf G5 proridiag for tie snf.-c mGiI, I5u-
,uer large, and IrAatsvsr nay Be tie node o.
'oHreyGnce necessary % irsu~s rs "es'elt.,
-C-tGiufr, and Ssclrit, and HAZE tts grs-
'ert1ce 0usr al others, AID 10 olAs-5 CO
'0Hsidsrsd;-that is, none which name any
Ipecidc mode OF conveyance.
20. A modification Of q bid in auy Of is
s5sential terms IL tantamount 10 new bio
mo be received, 50 a. 10 interfere
With regular competition, al er the Last hou-
et for receiving bids. Making q new bid.
With guarantee and certificate, is the only
yay % modify a previous BID.
81. Postmasters are 20 BE- careful not q
certify she suficiency Of ~guarantors Or
.~ureties without knowledge that they are
PERSONS OF sufficient responsibility; O. lisrg-
ard o. ttds Instruction D. P-ozftGstrrs Is O
.i0iahoH Of their oGth q o7gre. rH5is-fn1
hfm 20 immediate TeB0ra'. All bidders.
,uarautors and sureties are distinctly motto
led that on a failure 10 enter into or per
orm the contracts for the service proposed
Or in the accepted bids, The legal liabiiities
Till be enforced agasnst them.
~. Pr sent contractors, and persons
.nown al the department. must, equally
With others, procure guarantors and cartiG-
ates Of their suliciency substantially in the
arms above prescribed. The certificate OF
Efficiency must be signed by a postmaster,
2 by a judge Of a court Of record. No
Their Will be admitted. The certificate
also have affixed to it q 6ve-eent rsys-
ue stamp, cancelled, IS required By luv.
W. DESNIsON,
Postmaster Gcusrd'.