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


alter the expiration Of each quarter-ssv. Il.
November, February, Nay, and August.
10. The distances are given according Z,
me best information but no increased pay
VIII De allowed should they be greater than
auserused, # the points 10 be supplied are
oOtIec1'y stated. Bidders mast tuf0Tm them
SttSs oe Gts POINT, and also in reference TO
1Ae Welgnt OF the mail, the condition of
iO9Is, NUS, streams, &c. and All toU
9rlaSes, ferries, or distractions of snv kind
Oy NhIeh expense may be incurred. No
alm 4E aooltlonal pay, based on such
sIoeL1, Sau y considered; nor for alleged
mis~aPPrehension as to the de-
gree CT service; nor for bridges dsst-ove5
ferries discontinued, or other obst--c.{ -
increasing distance, occurring during tbe
contract term. Offices established aases -
advertisement Is issued, and also during tbe
contract term, are to be visited without ex-
ira pay, if the distance be not increased.
II. Bidders are cautioned to mail their
proposals in time to reach the department
BY the day and hour named, Is p. m, March
%, 1866 , for bids received after that time
l0iH 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 aud
a certificate Of the sufhciency Of such guar
antee.
u. Bidders should FIRST propose for ser,
vice strictly according to the advertisement.
and then, if they desire, separately for DIFF
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 for
IN a proposal. Consolidated or combination
bids ("proposing one sum for " or more
routes') are forbidden by law, and csnno
be considered.
IA. The route, the service. the yearly
pay, the name and residence Of the bidder,
that is, his usual post Office sdd-ess,) snd
those Of each member Of a firm where 8
company offers, should be distinctly stated.
IS. Bidders are requested to use, IS far a
practicable, the printed proposals furnished
by the department, 10 write out in full the
sum Of their bids, z to retain copies O.
them.
Altered bids should not be submitted mo-
should bids once submitted be withdraw
No withdrawal ola bidder or guarantOr will
DO allowed unless the Withdrawal is dated
and received before the LAST day for receiy-
ing proposals.
Each bid must be guaranteed BY two re-
sponsible persons. The bid snd guarantee
should be signed plainly with the iull name
Of each person.
The department reserves the right to re-
jeet any Gid which may be deemed extrsva-
CANT, and also to disregard the bids Of fail
ing contractors and bidders.
i6. The bid should be sealed, superscrbe3
''Alail Proposals. State OF Tennessee" al
dressed ''Secood Assistant Postmaster Gen
ersl, Contract Office, and sent by mai, uos
by or 10 sn sgent aud pOstmesters will nc,
enclose proposals (or letters Of any kind iD
their quarterly returns.
l.. The contracts are 20 be executed sn3
returned to the department BY OF before tS9
lSt day Of J4ly, l566 but the service must
be begun on that day, or on the mail day
next alter 1t, whether the contracts be exc
cuted or not.
Transfers Of contrasts, or Of interest 10
contracts are forbidden By law, and c0nss
quently cannot be allowed. Bidders VIII
therefore take notice that they will be eX-
pected 10 perform the service accepted to
them through the whole term Of the con-
ract.
Is. Postmasters at Offices on or near rail-
roads on which mails sre carried, but more
than eighty rods from a station, will, imUs.
diately after the 2sth Of April, 1866, Ieq17.
their exact distance from the nearest sta
ton, and how they are otherwise sGpgIea
with the mail, to enable the Postmsst--
General to direct q mail-messenser supp.g
from thu lst Of July next.
10. Section eighteen Of an act Of Congress
approved March 3 lS45I provides hat cen
tracts for the transportation Of the ma
shall be let, IN every case, TO q. loves.
bidder rendering sufficient guarantees Gr
faithful performance, without other refer
ence 10 the mode Of such trRnspOr alton than
may be necessary to provide for the dus
CELEBRITY, certainty, and security Of such
transportation Under this law, bids that
propose to transport the mails with "rg-
lsrity, certainty and SccEriu5" karing been
decided to De tie only legal bids, arc con
strEed as Pr0ridiHg FOR the entire mai, AoC-
eUsr large, and 0kafeuer may Be The mode o.
coaUeyaHce necessary to insure ity "cslsritg
certainty, and secArity," and hare tie pre-
rsrence over az Others, and no others are
eOasidsrsds-thst Is, one which anne Az
specific mode Of conveyance.
20. A modification Of q bad in any Of its
essential terms is tantamount 10 q new bid,
and cannot be received, 50 as 10 interfere
with regular competition, aftef the last hour
set for receiving bids. Making a new bi1
with guarantee and certificate, is the only
way 70 modify q previous bid.
y. Postmsster2 are to be careful not 10
certify the sghciency Of ~guaTaators or
sUretIes without knowledge that they are
persons OF sufficient responsibility; a dgre
gard Of his instruction b. Post7yGstcrs o. q
0~ioiGti0a Of their oath Of Qggce, sH5jcrt.rg
them 10 immediate TemouGl. All bidders.
guarantors and sureties are distinctly noto
he'd 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 agasnst them.
p. Pr sent Contractors, and persons
known at the department, must, equally
with others, procure guarantors and Garth
Gates Of their sufficiency substantially in the
forms above prescribed. The certihcats o.
sufbciency must be signed by a postmaster.
OF by Q judge Of 8 court of record. Nc
other will 6e admitted. The certificate
must also have affixed 10 il a fve-centT sTs.
hue stamp cancelled, as required By iUw.
". DESEIsON,
Postmaster Genera.
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