The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1866-03-06

sitter the expiration of each quarter-ssy, in
Nen3er, February, Nay, and August.
~ ne distances are given according to
will - I'ormstion but no increased pay
5vort liowed should they be greater than
colleeby stated. Bidders mus IN ,rm 49,
800 " sats point, and ais, in reference "a
s"o Nei51t OF the mail. tbe cordit;o, of
iosas, mis-, streams, ke 60 III III
bridges, ferries, or OhstructioDs -
Dy which expense may be- incr--
cain Tor additional pay, boseJ
ground, can be considered nor
mistakes or Misrepresentation a. II -
gree Of service; EOr for bridges dss.-oN
ferries discontinued, or other obstrucf;
increasing distance, occurring duripV -.
contract term. Offices established afe99 re
advertisement is issued, and also during ths
contract term, sre to be visited without ex-
ira pay If the distance be not increased.
ii. bldders are cautioned to mail their
proposals in time 10 reach the department
oy The day and hour named, e ?. m, March
y, 1866 } for bids received after that time
iotH 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 suheiency 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
ms proposal. Consolidated or combination
bids ("propOsing one sum for two or more
~routes") are forbidden bylaw, and cannot
be considered.
IA The route, the service, the yearly
pay, the name and residence Of the bidder,
tthat Is, his usual post of6ce address,) and
those Of each member Of a firm where q
company oilers, should be distinctly stated.
To- Bidders are requested to use, as far a
practicable, the printed proposals furnished
BY the department, 10 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should bids once submitted be Withdrawn.
No withdrawal ola bidder or guarantor will
DO allowed unless the withdrawal is dated
and received before the last day for receiv-
ing proposals.
Each bid must be guaranteed by two re-
spOnsible persons. The bid and guarantee
should be signed plainly with the mll name
Of each person.
The department reserves the right to re-
ject any bid which may be deemed extravs-
CANT, and also to disregard the bids Of fall
ing contractors and bidders.
10. The bid should be sealed, superscribed
Mail Proposals, State Of Tennessee" ad-
dressed Second Assistant Postmaster Cen
eral, Contract Office, and sent by mGii, not
by or 10 an scent; and postmasters will not
enclose proposals Tor letters Of any kind in
their quarterly returns.
II. Tit contracts are 70 be executed and
returned 10 The department by or before the
lSt day Of JHly, 1906 but the service must
be begun on that dsy, or on the mail day
next after il, whether the contracts be exc
cuted or not.
Transfers of contracts, OF Of interest in
contracts, srs forbidden by law, and eonse
ouentiy cannot be allowed. Bidders will
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 are carried, but more
than eighty rods from a station, viii, imme-
diately aher the 25th Of April, 1866, report
their exact distance from the nearest sta
ton, and how they are otherwise supplied
with the mail, to enable the Postmaster
General to direct q msil-messe1ger supply
from the lst of July next.
10. Section eighteen of an act Of Congress
/ approved March 3, 1916, provides that con
/ tracts for the transportation Of the mail
shall be let, "in every case, to the lowest
bidder rendering sufficient 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
propose TO transport the mails with "cs-
ierity, certainty and security" haUiHg been
decided 10 Be The only Legal bids, arc con-
StrHed as prOUidtHg for The entire HlaH, kotc-
eUer large, and I5hGteUer may Be the mode Of
Conveyance necessary 10 insure us "celertty,
certainty, aud security" and hare the pre-
ference Orsr oil Others, and no others are
eonsiderCE;-that is, none which nauie any
specific mode Of conveyance.
20. A modification Of a bid in any Of its
essential terms is tantamount to n new bid,
and cannot be received, SO as 10 interfere
with regular competition, af er the last hour
set for receiving bids. Making a new bid,
with guarantee aud certificate, Is the only
way 70 modify a previous bid.
q. POstmHsters are 10 be careful not TO
certify the suficiency OF guarantors or
sureties without knowledge hat they are
persons OF sufficient responsibility a disre-
gard Of this instruction By P0stnasters ~ a
u~t0tGtiOh OF Aetf OcA q QVtces ShJtctahq
them to immediate rcmOcai. All bidders,
g~uarantors, and sureties are distinctly nOto-
ned that ON a allure 10 enter into or per
form the contracts for the service proposed
for in the accepted bids, the legal liabilities
will be enforced against them.
p. Pr. sent contractors, and persons
known at the department, must, equally
with others, procure g~uarsntors and cartih-
Gates of their suficiency substantially in the
forms above prescribed. The certificate Of
suficiency must be signed by a postmaster,
or by a Judge Of a court Of record. No
other will be admitted. The certificate
must also have affixed TO il q fve-centreve-
nue. stamp, cancelled, as required by luw.
W. DESSIsOS,
Postmaster General.