The national Republican. [volume] (Washington City [D.C.]) 1866-1870, 1868-02-24

continue or eurtsil the ssryics, In whole or .
part, In order 10 place on the route greater dc
gree Of services, or whenever the public INTEREST,"
In his judgment shall require such discontinue.
ance or curtsiimsnt for any other oausej he al.
lowing 90 iun indemnity 10 contractor or
months extrs psy on the amount Of service dis.
psnssd with, and pro rata compensation fer
the amount Of services retained and continued.
.. Payments will Be made by collections from
or drafts on postmastsrs, or otherwise, after the
expiration Of each quartsr-say In November,
February, May, and August.
10, The distances arc given according to tho
best informationi but no increased pay will 10
allowed should they Be greater than advertised,
II the points 10 be supplied Are correctly stated.
Bidders nsua inforri fhsmseitss on this poinf,
| and also In reference 10 the weight OF the mail,
the condition Of roads, hills, streams, &C., and
all toll bridges, ferries, or distractions Of any
kind ~ which sxpsnss may be incurred. No
claim for additional pay, based on such ground
can bs considered; nor for alleged mistakes or
misaPprshsnsion - to the degree Of service; nor
for bridges destroyed, ferries discontinued or
other obstructions Increasing distance, occurring
during the contract term. 0fhces established
after this advertisement 10 issued, and also dur.
ing the contract term, are to be visited without
extra pay. II the distance be not increased.
H. Bidders are cautioned TO mail their promo.
sails In time 10 roach the Department By the day
and hour named Is p. m. March 4, 1853, y for
bids received after that time tDiH not Be eonsid.
| cred In composition with . bid Of reasonable
amount received In time. Neither can bids be
considered which are without the guaranty 70.
CURED BY law and certificate Of tho suficisncy
Of such guaranty.
IL. Bidders should fret propose for service
strictly according to the advertisement, and
then, II they desire, separately for different scr.
vice; and II the regular bid DO the lowest offered
for the advertised service, the other propositions
may be oonsidsfsd.
10. There shoald bs bat one route bid for in
proposal. Consolidated or combination bids
("proposing one sum for two or more routss")
are forbidden BY law, and cannot be considered.
IL. The route, the service. the yearly pay, the
name and rssidsnes Of the bidder, Chat IL, his
usual post once addrsss,) and the name Of each
member ofs Urn, where company offers, should
DO distinctly stated.
Is. Bidder, are requested to us.,'. far a,
practicable. the printed proposals furnished by
the Department, to write out in full the sum Of
their bids, and 10 retain copies Of them.
Altered bids should not be submitted; nor
| should bids once submitted be withdrawn No
withdrawal Of bidder or guarantor will be al.
lowed unless the withdrawal 10 dated and re.
osiysd before the last day for receiving proposals
Zach bid must be guaranteed by two response.
| bic persons. The bid and guaranty should be
ngnsd plainly with the full name Of each person.
The Department reserves the right to reject
| any bid which may be deemed sxtravagant, and
also to disregard the bids Of failing contractors
and bidders.
10. Tho bid should be sealed, superscribod
Mail Proposals, State Of Ohio" addressed
Second Assistant Postmaster General, Con.
tract ONCE" aud sent BY mail, not by or to an
posals (orlsttsrs Of any kind In their quarterly
returns.
IL. The contracts are TO DO executed and 70.
turned to the Department by or before the la
day Of July 1868; but the service must DO be.
gun on that day, or on the mail day next aiter
II, whether the ooa.raots DO executed or not.
Transfers Of contracts, or Of interest in con.
cannot be allowed. Bidders will therefore take
notice that they will DO expected to perform
the service accepted to them through the whole
term Of the contract.
IS. Postnastsrs at Offices on or near railroads,
but mors than eighty rods FROM . station, will,
Immediately aftsr the eth Of March next, report
| their exact distance from the nearest station,
and how they are otherwise supplied with the
| mall, to enable the Postmaster General to d.
rect nail messenger supply from the LIST of
| July next.
| 10. Section eighteen Of an act Of Congress ap-
proved March 8, l845, provides that contracts
for the transportation Of tho mail shall be let
lin every case, 70 the lowest bidder rendering
sufficient guarantees for faithful performance,
without other reference to the mode Of such
transportation than may bs necessary to provide
| for the due celebrity, certainty and security of
such transportation" Under this Law bids that
propose to transport the mails with "celerity
certainty, and security" having been decided
to DO the only legal bids, arc construed as pro-
vidipg for the entire mail however large, and
whatever may DO the mode Of conveyance
necessary to insure its celebrity. certainty, and
security" and have the preference over all
others, and no others are considered.
20. A modification Of a bid in any of its es.
sential terms Is tantamount to . new bid, and
| cannot be received, so as to interfere with reg.
ular composition, after the last hour set for re-
| csiving bids. Making . new bid, with guar
anty and certificate, Is the only way to modify .
previous bid.
81. Postmasters are 10 DO careful not to Ger.
tify the sufioiency Of guarantors or sureties
without knowing that they arc persons Of sufh.
hon by psstnastsys 10 violation Of their oath
Of office, ,n1jeeting them to immediate removal
All bidders, guarantors, and suretios arc dis.
tinctly notified that on failure to enter into or
perform the contracts for tho service proposed
for In the accepted bids, their legal liabilities
will DO enforced against them.
~ Present contractors, and persons known at
the Department, must, equally with others, pro.
cure guarantors and certificates of their sufi.
cheney substantially In the form above Pre-
scribsd. The certificate of suficisncy must DO
signed BY postmaster, or by . judge Of q court
Of record. No other will DO admitted.
ALEX. w. RANDALL,
ja22.6t Postmaster General
PENNSYLVANIA.
Posr OFFICE DEPARTMENT,
WAsHNaroS, October 81, 1867.
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