Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1866-01-20

! in proposal. Consolidated or combinH
ton bids ("propoSlng one sum for two or
u. ore routes nrc forbidden by law and
cannot be considered.
II. The route, the service, the yearly pny
the name aud residence OF the bidder,
| (thnt Is, his usual post office address, and
those of each member of firm where n
company offers should be distinctly stated.
10. Bidders are requested to use, as far
MS practicable, the printed proposals furn-
= ished by the department, to 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| should bids once submitted be Withdrawn.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 of bidder or guarantor
| will be allowed unless tho withdrawal is
! dated and received before the last day for
receiving proposals.
/ Each bid must be guaranteed by two re-
sponsible persons. The bid and guarantee
should be signed plainly with the full name
of each person.
The department reserves tho right TO re-
! icct any bid which may be deemed eXtrava-
CANT, and also to disregard the bids of fail
: ing contractors and bidders
/ lG. The bid should be sealed, supcrscrib-
| cd "NIail Proposals, State of Texas" adj
dressed "Second Assistant Postmaster Cen
cral, Contract Office" and sent by mail, not
| by or 10 an agent; and pOstmasters will not
enclose proposals Tor letters OF any kind)
/ in their quarterly returns.
! II, The contracts are to be executed and
returned TO the department by or before the
! lst day Of july 1866; but the service must
be begun on that day, or on the mail day
( next after it, whether the contracts be exc
cuted or not.
Transfers of contracts, or Of interest in
| contracts, are forbidden by law, and consc.
! quently cannot be allowed. Bidders will
/ therefore take notice that they will be cx-
! pccted to POI form the service accepted to
i llcm through the whole term Of the con-
tract
! IS. Fostmastcrs al Offices on or ncGrraii-
roads on which mails are Carried, bur more
than eighty rods from u station, will, I'M
mcdiu.cly after the 10th Of March, 1866,
report their cXuct distance from the near
! est station, and how they are otherwise
supplied with The mail, the enable the
! Postmaster General to direct \ mail-neS-
| senger supply from the st Of July next.
10. Section eighteen Of an act of Con
grcss approved March 3, 1876, provides
! that contracts for the transportation Of the
mail shall be let, ''in every case, to the
lowest bidder rendering sufficient guaran-
tees for faithful performance, without 9TH
err reference to the mode of such transpor
tation than may be necessary to provide
for the due CELEBRITY certainty and security
of such transportation" Under this law,
bids that propose to transport the mails
with "cclerity, certainty, and security" hdr-
ing been decided tc be the only iegal bids, are
construed as proriding. for the entire mail, hoV-
eDer large and whateuer may be the mode Of
conveyance necessary TO insure its "cecrity, cer-
tainty and security" and hare the preference
oper all othGrs, dndno Others are considered.
90 \ modification of bid in any of its
essential terms is.tantamount to new bid,
and cannot be received, SO as to interfere
with regular competition after the last
hour set for receiving bids. Making a new
bid, with guarantee and certificate, is the
only way to modify previous bid.
81 Postmasers are to be careful not 10
certify the suficiency of guarantors or su-
rcties without knowing that they are per-
sons of sufficient responsibility; u Disregard
of this instruction By postmasters is a cioldhon
Of their oath Of office, sutJecting them TO I'M
mediate removal. All bidders, guarantors,
and suretes are distinctly notified that on
q failure TO enter into or perform the con-
tracts for the service proposed for in the
accepted bids, their legal liabilities will be
enforced against them.
%. Present contractors, and persons
known at the department, must equally
with others, procure guarantors and certiti-
Gates Of their suliciency substantially in
the forms above described. The certificate
of sufEciency must be signed by post
master, or by judge of court Of record.
No other will be admitted. The certificate
must also have affixed to it five. cent rev.
cnue stamp, cancelled, as required by law.
W. DENNlSON,
Postmaster General.