The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1866-02-27

after the expiration Of each quarter-sav /,
November, February, Nay, and August.
~. Inc distances are given accordipg n
the best Information but no increased Bav
will be allowed should they be greater 10,
advertised, if the points to be supplie5 -
correctly stated. Bidders must mon -
selves on this point, and also in reference -
the weight Of the mail, the Condition. ~
roads, hills streams, &c, and an I'll
bridges, ferries, or distractions Of any kinJ
oy which expense may be incurred. NJ
cialm lor additional pay, based on sucb
sIoul1, can Oe considered nor for ALLEGED
misSes OF Misrepresentation as to the de-
gree Of service nor for BRIDGES destrova5
ferries discontinued, or otheT $500
increasing distance, occurring duriDg az
contract term. Offices establsbas a1esHo
advertisement is issued, and also dp-i,r ~
contract term, are to be visited witboD3 e.
ira pay, if the distance be not increased
II. Bidders are cautioned to mail tbei-
proposals in time to reach the department
BY the day and hour named, q p. M, March
%, 1866 , for bids received after that time
iclt not Be considered in competition with
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 suhciency of such guar
antee.
Il. Bidders should first propose for ser
vice strictly according to the advertisement.
aud 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.
I3. There should be but one route bid for
ina proposal. Consolidated or combination
bids (-"prOposing one sum for two or more
rOutes') are forbidden by law, and canuot
be considered.
IA. The route, the service, the yearly
pay, the name and residence Of the bidder,
that is, his usual post Office sddress,) snd
those of each member of a firm where &
company offers, should be distinctly stated.
IS. Bidders are requested to use, as far a
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 of bidder or guarantor will
DO allowed unless the withdrawal Is dated
and received before the last day for rece,Y-
ing proposals.
Each bid must be guaranteed BY two re-
sponsible persons. The bid and guarantee
should be signed plainly with the rail name
Of each person.
The department reserves the right to re-
iect any bid which may be deemed eXtraya-
CANT, and also to disregard the bids OF fail
ing contractors and bidders.
l6- The bid should be sealed, superscrbei
ssMail Proposals, State of Tennessee" sd
dressed ssSecond Assistant Postmaster Gen
eral, Contract Office, and sent by mad, not
by or 10 an scent aud p-ostmssters will not
enclose proposals Tor letters Of any kind Ia
their quarterly returns.
II. The contracts are to be executed snt
returned to the department by or before the
ISt day Of july, 1866 but the service must
be begun on hat day, or on h mai 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 eonss
quently cannot be allowed. Bidders vii
therefore take DOtics that they will be eZ
pected 10 perform the service accepted %
them through the whole term Of the cor,
ract.
IS. Postmasters at Offices on or near rail
roads on which mails are carried, but more
than eighty rods from a station, viii, imms-
diately after the 2Sth of April, 1856, Teplr
their exact distance from the nearest sta
ton, and how they are otherwise supplied
with the mail, 20 enable the Postmaster
General to direct 3 msil-messenger supply
from the Ist of July next
I9. Section eighteen Of an act Of C0ugress
approved March 3, ls45, provides that col-
tracts for the transportation Of the mai
shall be let, "in every case, to the loves,
bidder rendering sufficient guarantees for
faithful performance, without other rrtzr
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
propose 10 transport the mails with "cs.
terItV, certainty and security" hGUing been
decidsf to Be the only lsgat bids, are con,
Strued as pToUidiHg for the entire mail k0r-
eUer large, and t0hGteUer may Be The mode Of
Conveyance necessary 70 insure us "~celerIts,
certainty, and security" and hare the pre-
ference oUer al Others, and no Others are
eonSidered;-thet is, none which name suy
specific mode Of conveyance.
20. A modification Of a bid in any Of is
essential terms is tantamouut to a new bid,
and cannot be received, so as to interfere
with regular competition, after b last hour
set for receiving bids. Making a new bad,
with guarantee and certificate, is the only
way to modify a previous bid.
q. POstmasters are 10 be careful not o.
certify the sufficiency OF guarantofs Or
sureties without knowledge that they are
persons Of sufficient responsibility; q di2-J.
gard Of this instruction By PostmGstsTS is 2
Uiolation Of their oath Of o6ges. sn5otzs
them to immediate Tem0Uai. All biddsr.
g~uarantors land sureties are distinctly uot5.
ned that on a failure 10 enter into or per.
form the contracts for the service proposed
for in the accepted bids, the legal liabilities
will be enforced agasnst them.
%. Present contractors, and persons
known at the department, must, equally
with others, procure g~uarantors and csrJl-
Gates of their suficiency substantially 10 1.-THE
forms above prescribed. The certifcsie Of
sutieiency must be signed by a postmaster,
or by a Judge Of a court Of record. 10
other viii be admitted. The certif,ats
must also have affixed 10 it a f~ve-csntreys-
nue. stamp, cancelled, as required by uw.
W. DESNIsOS,
Postmaster General.