The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1866-03-01

alter the expiration Of each quarter-ssv il;
November, February, Nay, and Augusf
iV. The distances are given according Ia
We pest information but no increased nav
VIII De allowed should they be greater tta1
~N'eElsed, II the points to be supplied ars
correctly stated Bidders mist INFORM 49,
Stirts 90 AlS point, and also in reference \,
lAe weight Of the mail, the condition Of
toa4s' nils, streams, &c, and all TON
o-'uses' ferries, or distractions Of any kind
~ when expense may be incurred. No
Ior additional pay, based on such
49, IN De considered nor for alleged
VI misrepresentation as to the de-
gree OF service nor for BRIDGES DESTROYED
ie;r!es discontinued, or o.ber obst,rc,i ms
increasing distance, occurrirc 5v-;,c -
contract term. Offices Stabilized .eos5 -.
advertisement Is issued, and also drring tbs
contract term, are to be visited witbori ~
ira pay, if the distance be not incressSJ
IL. Bidders are cautioned to mail tb.-
proposals in time 10 reach the departDs,t
by the day and hour named, 6 p. m, March
p, 1866 y for bids received after that time
rlt not Be considered in competition with a
bid OF reasonable amount received in time.
Neither can bids DO considered which are
without the guarantee required By law aud
a certificate " the suthcieucy Of such guar
autee.
u. Bidders should first propose for ser
vice strictly according TO the advertisement.
and then, If they desire, separately for dlf-
terent service; and If the regular bid be Tia
lowest offered for the advertised service
the other propositions NAV be considered
Is. There should be but one route bid for
ina proposal. Consolidated OF combination
bids (~"proposing one sum for two or more
routes are forbidden by law, aud caEugt
be considered.
IA The route, the service, the yearly
pay, the name and residence Of the bidder,
that is, his usual post Office address,) and
those Of each member of a firm where 8
company offers, should be distinctly stated.
Is. Bidders are requested to use, as far 8
practicable, the printed proposals furnished
bv 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 withdraw.
No withdrawal ola bidder OF guarantOr viii
DO allowed unless the withdrawal Is dated
and received before the last day for recey-
ing proposals..
Each bid must be guaranteed by two re-
sp0nsIbie persons. The bid and guarantee
should be signed plainly with the uu name
of each person.
The department reserves the right 70 re-
iect any bid which may be deemed extraya-
CANT, and also % disregard the bid of lail-
IuE contractors and bidders.
I6. The bid should be sealed, superscribei
"Nlail Proposals, State Of Tennessee al
dressed second Assistant Postmaster Gen
eraI. Contract Odice, and sent by uaal, uot
by or 20 sufgsut and p0stmasters viii LOT
enclose proposals Tor letters Of any kind 10
their quarterly returns.
NJ .Tha arufraefa are 10 he executed and
returned o. the department by OF before the
Ist day Of July, 1866 but the service must
besbeEuu on that day, or on the mail dsy
next after 10, whether the contracts BE- exc
cuted OF not.
Transfers of contracts, or Of interest ia
contracts, are forbidden by law, and cCuse
queutiv cannot be allowed. Bidders viii
therefore take notice that they will be eE-
pected 90 perform the service accepted %
them through the whole term OF the con-
racr.
Is. Postmasters at offices on or near nail
roads on which mails ere carried, but moT-
than eighty rods from a station, will, imms
| dIateiv after the 2Sth Of April, 1850, Iep0-
| their exact distance from the nearest ST.
| ton. and how they are otherwise supp.HI
/ with the mail, to enable the PoStmas.sr
| General % direct a mail-messenger supply
from the Ist of July next.
10. Section eighteen of an act Of Congress
| approved March 8, 1915, provides that con
tracts for the transportation Of the ms.
shall be let, in every case, TO the loves.
l bidder rendering sufficient guarantees Or
/ faithful performance, without other refer
| euce To- the mode of such transportation than
may be necessary 10 provide for the due
| celebrity, certainty, and security OF su.-
/ transportation" Under this law, bids that
I propose TO transport the mails with "rz-
| I.rlfy. certainty and security huUiHg Been
decided to Be the only legal BIDS, arc con-
St-ucd as pr0UidIng for tie entire mGlt, h5--
| Crer large, and lChateUer mGy Be the mole o.
Conveyance necessary 20 insure IT'S "cclcTEp
/ certainty, and security and have ne pre-
/ ference 0Ucr cH Others, and no others a~s
/ c0uSidsrCdi-that is, none which name any
specific mode of conveyance.
"a. A modification Of q bid In suy fits
essential terms is tautamOgnt 70 a new bid
and cannot be received, so as TO interfere
| with regular competition, af or the last hour
set for receiving bids. Making a new bal.
with guarantee and certificate, d the UulE
way to modify a previous bid
p Postmasters are TO be careful not %
certify the sulhcieucy OF gusrantors o-
suretIes without knowledge that they ar.
persons OF sufhcient responsibility; a ai7rt
gard Of this Instruction ty PostzaStcrs is O.
rotation Of their oath Of Office, sutJF-tHg
them to immediate removal. All bidder,
guarantOrs, and suretIe5 are distinctly uotr-
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 reinforced aga-nst them
p. Pr sent contractors, and persons
known at the department, must, equally
with others, procure ~gusrantOrs and caruA-
Gates Of their suficjency substantially 10 the
forms above prescribed. The certificate Of
suticicncy must be signed by a pOstmastsr
or by q Judge Of a court Of record. No
other will be admitted. The certificate
must also have affixed 20 il q fve-centr eys-
nue. stamp, cancelled, as required by NV.
". DFSSIsOS,
Postmaster Genera.
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