The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1866-02-28

sitter the expiration Of each quartar-ssv
November, February, Nay, and August
~. Inc distances are given according
me best information but no increased SS.@-
VIII be allowed should they be create -
advertised, if the points 10 be supnIieJ1
correctly stated. Bidders mast IN formEo
selves on thts point, and also in refersncoS
the weight Of the mail, the couditic, -
ROADS, hills, streams, &c. and an 80
ordges, ferries, or distractions of snv ki-I
Oy when expense may be Incurred. ~
cain Tor additional pay, based on sBc5
gFouna' can be considered nor for aIlegaI
nlS~Ses OF Misrepresentation as 10 the de-
gree o. service; nor for bridges DESTROYED
ferries u~lscon1inued, or other o~bstruciious
increasing Instance, occurring during the
contract term. Omees established after tbi4
advertisement Is issued, and aIso 5r-;Dr a.
contract term, are to be visited witbor3
ira pay, if the distance be not increased
II. Bidders are cautioned to mai g.
proposals in time to reach the departmeDt
by the day and hour named, @ p. m, March
%, lS66 , for bids received after that tine
tCtL 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 and
a certificate Of the sufhciency Of such guay-
antee.
y. Bidders should first propose for ser.
vice strictly according to the advertisement
and then, If they desire, separately for dif-
ferent service; and if the regular bid be the
lowest offered for the advertised service.
the other propositions may be considered.
Is. There should be but one route bid s-
ina proposal. Consolidated or combination
bids ("~proposing one sum for two or more
routes" are forbidden BY law, and csnno,
be considered.
IA. The route, the service, the yearIr
pay, the name and residence Of the bidde-
ithat IS, his usual post Office sddressJ an
those Of each member Of a firm where q
company offers, should be distinctly stated.
Is. Bidders are requested 10 use, as far q
practicable, the printed proposals furnished
By the department, TO write out IN iuil 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 OF guarantor vii
DO allowed unless the withdrawal IS dated
and received before the last day Tor rece.Y-
ing proposals..
Each bid must be guaranteed by two re-
spousible persons. The bid and guarantee
should be sigHea plainly with the iull name
Of each person.
The department reserves the right 10 re-
iect any bid which may be deemed extrsva-
CANT, and also to disregard the bids Of fai-
ing contractors and bidders.
Is. The bid should be sealed, superscribeE
"Nail Proposals, State Of Tennessee, 20 ad-
dressed "SecOnd Assistant Postmaster Cen
eral, Contract Office, and sent by mai, not
by or 10 an sgent and postmasters will u5s
enclose proposals (Or letters of any kind
their quarterly returns
II. The contracts are 20 be executed and
returned to the department by or before the
lSt dqy Of JuIv, 1866 but the service mus,
be begun on hat day, or on the mail dsv
next after 10. whether the contracts be exc
cuted CT not.
Transfers of contracts, or Of interest 10
contracts, are forbidden by law, and cOls-
quentiy cannot be allowed. Bidders Bl
therefore take notice that they will be eE.
pected 10 perform the service accepted %
them through the whole term Of the con-
ract.
Is. Postmasters at Offices on or near rs
roads on which mails are carried, but mon
than eighty rods from a station, viii, imua
dlatelv after the 2Sth Of April, 1866, rer-.
their exact distance from the nearest
ton, and how they are otherwise supp1
with the mail, to enable the Postmaster
General % direct q msil-messeDger supply
from the 1st Of July e
10. Section eighteen of an act Of C0ngTea
approved March 3, lS45, provides that cJa-
tracts for the transportation Of the mai.
shall be let, Gin every case, to the lowest
bidder rendering sufficient guarantees lr
faithful performance, without other refer
euce 10 the mode Of such transportation than
may be necessary 10 provide for the due
AH--~H .am#mraHw al nnnwnH AH .H.H
transportation" Under this law, bids that
propose 10 transport the mails with "ts
lerlty, certainty and security" havuy bsl
decided to Be he only iCgGi bids, are cJl-
strrcd as preceding for the entire mall hoE-
ever large, and whatever may Be tie mode Of
Conveyance necessary 20 insure Us "~ce.eTln,
certainty, and security" and haze the pre-
ference 0Uer al Others, and no Others rs
c0uSidertd,-that is, none which name slY
specific mode Of conveyance.
20. A modification Of a bid in any Of .ts
essential terms is tantamount to a uew bid,
and cannot be received, so az 10 interfere
with regular competition, alter the last hour
set for receiving bids. Making & new bid,
with guarantee and certificate, Is the cu.v
way TO modify a previous bid.
p. Postmasters are TO be careful not %
certify the suficiency Of ~guarant0rs 1r
sureties without knowledge that they are
persons Of sufficient responsibility; a dirs-
gard Of his instruction by postmaster O. q
U~i5iat0n Of their oath Of Office, sutsctrg
Hcm 70 Immediate removal. All bidder,
~guarantors and sureties are distinctly noto-
ned that on a failure to enter into or per
form the contracts for the service proposed
for in the accepted bids, the legal liabilities
will be enforced against them.
%. Present coBtractoa and persons
known at the department, must, equally
with others, procure guarant0rs aud carut-
Gates oftheir sufhciency substantially 10 the
forms above prescribed. The certihcats Of
sutieiency aus be signed by a postmaster,
or by q Judge Of a court Of record. No
other will be admitted. The certificate
must also nave affixed 70 it a fve-centrevs-
stamp, cancelled, as required BY Inv.
W. DENyB0S,
Postmaster Geacrli.