The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1866-02-11

alter the expiration Of each quaFter-sav
November, February, Nay, and Angus
TO- The distances are given accordipg
the best Information but 10 increasede p.
will be allowed should they be greater -
advertised, II the points 10 be supplied a.
correctly stated. BIDDERS rNst in}oim 49,
Setues on Ais point, and also in reference
the weight Of the mail the condition =.
roads, hills, streams, &c, and All
bridges, ferries, or o~bstructions Of snv
BY which expense may be incurred. X
c.aim for additional pay, based on snsS
ground, can be considered nor for &C.
mistakes or misrepresentation a. 70 The -
gree Of service; nor for bridges destrova3
ferries discontinued, or other obstrucii ~
increasing distance, occarring duripp -
contract term. Offices established sheTtbls
advertisement IS issued, and also DARING ~,
contract term, are 70 be visited without ~
ira pay, Il the distance be not increased.
II. Bidders are cautioned to mail the
proposals in time 20 reach the departmebt
by the day and hour named, Is p. m, March
2s, 1866 , for bids received after that Inn.
VIZ NOT Be considered IN composition with
bid Of reasonable amount received in time.
Neither can bids be considered which an
without the guarantee required By law 81
a certificate Of the suhciency OF such quar-
antee. r.,
u. Bidders should first propose for ss-.
vice strictly according 70 the advertisement.
and then, if they desire, Separately for dn.
ferent service; aud il the regular bid be Ia
lowest offered for the advertised service.
the other propositions may be considersi.
IS. There should be but one route BID Tor
ms proposal. Consolidated or combinatiob
bids -("proposing one sum for two or more
routes are forbidden By law, and csnnot
be considered.
"A. The route, the service, The yearly
pay the name and residence Of the bidder,
chat is, his usual post ONCE address,) and
those O. vssh member Of a firm where a
company offers, should 5e distinctly stated.
Is. Bidders are requested 70 use, as far q
practicable, the printed proposals furnished
by the department., 70 write out in full the
sum Of their bids, and - retain copies Of
them.
Altered bids should not be submitted; nor
should bids once Submitted be withdrawp.
No withdrawal offs bidder or g~uarantor will
DO allowed unless the withdrawal is dated
and received before the last day for rsceiv-
ing proposals.
Each BID must be guaranteed By two re-
sPonsible persons. The bad and g-usraniee
should be signed plainly with the ul name
Of each person.
nc ANNAA AAAcI NN1NN NNa AAN AANAA ~ NE~
ject any bid which may be deemed extravs-
giant, and also 10 disregard the bids Of fail
ing contractors and bidders.
IS. The bid should be sealed, superseribei
Snail Proposals, State Of Tennessee sd
dressed Second Assistant Postmaster Gen
ersl, Contract Office, aud sent by mGil, not
BY or TO an agent and p~ostmasters will not
enclose proposals (0r letters Of any kind Ia
their quarterly returns.
Il. The contracts are TO be executed and
returned TO the department by or before the
Isl day Of JHly, 1906 but the service must
be begun on hat day, or OF the msil day
next after IT. whether the contracts be exc
cuted or not.
Transfers Of contracts, or Of interest IN
contracts, are forbidden BY law, aud conse
quently eanno be allowed. Bidders will
therefore take notice that they viii DO ex-
pected 20 perform the service accepted TO
them through the whole term Of the con
ract.
Is. Postmssters at Offices ON or near rail-
roads On which mails are carried, but mere
than eighty rods from q station, viii, imme-
diately after the 2Sth of April, 1856, report
their exact distance from the nearest ats
ton, and how they are otherwise supplied
with the mail, to enable The Postmaster
General to direct a mail-messenEar supply
from The LIST Of July next.
l9. Section eighteen Of an act Of Congress
approved March 3, ls45s provides that con
trscts for the transportation Of the mail
shall be let, Gin every case, to the lowest
bidder rendering sulicicns guarantees for
faithful performance, without other refer
ence to the mode Of such transportation than
may be necessary TO provide for the due
celebrity, certainty, and security Of such
transportation" Under this law, bids that
A. a-M-a~.-H ~. ii --aL. H..
le-ttg, certainty and seclrify," hariag been
decided 10 BE- hc oniu legal BIDS, are con-
strned as pr0uidiag for the entirs mGii, A0ic-
erer large, and i0hGteusr may b hs mode Of
c9nreyance necessary % iasars It's "ccierib,
certainty, and security" and haUe ds pro.
ference ouer al Others, and 20 OfAsrS are
c0nstdCrCd;-thst Is, none which name any
specific mode Of conveyance.
20. A modification Of a bid in apy Of It's
essential terms is tantamount % 8 new bii,
and eannot be received, 50 as 70 interiors
with regular competition, after the last hour
set for receiving bids. Making q new bid,
with guarantee and certificate, Is the only
way 10 modify a previous bid.
q. Postmasters are 70 be careful not to
certify the sufhciency Of g~uarantoTa Or
fureties without knowledge that they ore
persons Of sufficient responsibility; g disrf-
uard q his obstruction " POsfntGsfsrs d, a
relation Of heir 0atA Of Qglcs, sA5schag
them 10 immediate removal. All bidder.
g~uarSntors land sureties are distinctly noto-
ned that on a failure 10 enter into or per-
form the contracts for the service proposed
fer in the accepted bids, the legal liabilities
will be reinforced agasnst them.
%. Present e0Rtractors aid persons
known at the department, must, equally
with others, procure guarantors and carti6-
Gates of their an HeiaueV suhafeuffa4fv IN an.
forms above prescribed. Tbs certificate OF
efficiency must be signed by a postmaster,
or by a judge Of a court Of record No
VIII DO admitted. The eertifcats
lnust also have affixed 20 It q fve-csnt reve-
nue. stamp, cancelled, IS required BY luW.
W. DENSIsOs,
Postmaster General.