The national Republican. [volume] (Washington City [D.C.]) 1866-1870, 1868-03-02

continue or curtail the service, in whole or n
part, In order to place on the route greater Dc.
gree Of service or whenever tho public interest,
In his judgment, shall require such discontinu.
lowing as full indemnity to contractor ore
months extra pay on the amount Of service dis
ponsed With, and pro rata compensation fer
the smouns Of service retained and continued.
.: Payments will be made BY collections from
or drafts on postmasters, or otherwise, after tho
expiration OF each quarter--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 DO greater than advertised,
u the points to be supplied arc correctly stated.
Bidders must inform kemseire, on Ills point,
and also In reference to the weight OF the mail,
the condition Of roads, hills, streams, DO, and
all toll bridges, ferries, or distractions OF any
kind by which expense may be incurred. No
claim for additional pay, based on such ground,
can be considered; nor for alleged mistakes or
misapprehension as to the degree OF service; ntr
for bridges destroyed, ferries discontinued or
other obstructions increasing distance, occurring
during the contract term. 0nices established
after this advertisement 10 Issued, and also dur.
ing the contract torn, arc TO DO visited without
extra pay II the distance DO not Increased.
ii: Bidders are cautioned to mail their propo.
SALE In time to reach the Department by the day
and hour named % p. m, March 4, 1863 for
bids received after that time piW not Be eonsids
cred In composition with a bid Of reasonable
considered which are without m. guaranty re-.
quirod BY law and q certificate Q! the ,ufieisncy
of such guaranty.
IL. Bidders should nrst propose for ,cryics
strictly according to the a lvertisement, and
then, II they desire, separately for different ser.
vice. and II tho regular bid be the lowest offered
for the advertised service, the other propositions
Is. There should be but one route bid for in n
proposal, Consolidated or combination bids
''proposing one sum for two or moro routes")
are forbidden BY law. and cannot DO considered
IL. The route, the service, the yearly pay tho
name and residence Of the bidder, Chat 10, his
member OF hrm, where a company offers, should
DO distinctly stated.
Is. Bidders are requested to use, 'as far a.
practicable, tho printed proposals furnished by
the Department, to write out In full the sum Of
their bids and to retain copies Of thcm.
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 Is dated and re.
ceiysd before tho last day for receiving proposals
Each bid must be guaranteed by two response.
BILE persons. The bid and guaranty should be
agned plainly with the full name Of each person
The Department reserves the right to reject
also to disregard the bids Of failing contractors
and bidders.
10. The bid should be scaled, superscribcd
Mail Proposals, State of Ohio" addressed
Second Assistant Postmaster General, Con
tract Office, and sent by mail, not by or to an
AGENT and postmastsrs will not enclose pro.
posGs Tor letters Of any kind in their quarterly
returns.
II. The contracts are to bs executed and re.
m IN In h. k.,a k.fn h.
day Of July 1868; but the service must DO be
gun on that day, or on the mail day next after
II, whether the contracts DO executed or not
Transfers Of contracts, or Of interest in con-.
tracts, arc forbidden by law, and conse quentIy
cannot DO allowed. Bidders will therefore take
notice that they will DO expected to perform
the service accepted to them through the whole
term oil The contract.
IS. Postmastsrs at Offices on or near railroads,
but mere than eighty rods from Q station, will,
immediately after the 4th Of March next, report
their exact distance from tho nearest station,
and how they arc otherwise supplied with the
mail, to enable tho Postmaster General to di-
rect r,ai.messsnger supply from the lst Of
July next.
proved March 8, 1s45, provides tina, contracts
for tho transportation Of the mail shall be let,
in every case, to the lowest bidder rendering
| sufficient guarantees for faithful performance,
without other reference to tho 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 "cclerity,
certainty, and security" having been decided
to be the only legal bids, are construed as pro-
vidng for the entire mail, however large, and
whatever may be the mode Of conveyance
necessary to insure its celebrity, certainty, and
security" and have tho preference over all
others, and no others are considered.
20. A modification Of a bid In any of lis cs.
sential terms is tantamount TO a new bid aud
cannot be received, so as to interfere with reg
ular competition, after the last hour set for re.
eeiving bids. Making a new bid, with guar
anty and certificate, is the only way to modify
previous bid.
81. Postmasters are to DO careful not to Ger.
tify tho sufioiency Of guarantors or sureties
without knowing that they are persons Of sun.
cient rsspousibilityi a disregard ofthi, inJtyWe.
ton BY poJtmastsrJ Is a violation Of their 0aiG
Of oDfce, sH6jeeting them to immediate removal
All bidders, guArsntors, and sureties are 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 be enforced against them.
%. Present contractors, and persons known at
the Department. must equally with others, pro.
cure guarantors and certificates Of their SUIT
cheney Substantially In the form above pre-
scribe1. The certificate Of sIaicieney must be
signed by q postmaster, or by judge of q court
Of record No other will be admitted.
ALEX. W. RANDALL,
ja22-Gt Postmaster General