Nebraska advertiser. [volume] (Brownville, Nemaha County, N.T. [Neb.]) 1856-1882, 1869-12-02

IL There should be bat Oae route bid for In pro-
Posal, Consolldated or combination bios (.prOpO-
sung one sum Tor two or more routes are FORBIDDEN
by law and cannot Be considered.
IA. The route, tho service. the yearly pay, the
usual post Office address, ana the name OF each
member Of firm, where company offers, should
IS Bidders are requested to use as far as prnctic-
able the printed proposals furnished by the Depart
ment to write out n fuii the sum Oftheir bids, and
Altered biasshalI nOtbe esubmitted;nsr should bids
builder or garntor VIII be allowed unless tle with
drawal is dated and received before the last day for
recei wing proposals.
Each bid must be guaranteed by two TespOnsi5ie
persons The bid and guarantee should be signed
plainly with the full name ofesch person.
The Department reserves the right % reject any
bid which may be deemed extrsvagant, and also 70
disregard the bids Orfang contractors and bidders.
i6 The BID should be sealed superscribed ''lTail
proposals, state Of Nebraska, addressed second
sent by mail not by or tOan agent; and pOstmasters
VIII not ncOSe proposals COR letters Of any kndl In
their quarterly returns.
to the Department by or before the lst day n tlV.
$50; but the service must be begun on that day or
on the mail day next ater, whether the contracts be
TTsnsieSs of contracts or az interest In contracts.
allowed Bidders Win therefore take notice that
they will be expected to perform the service accept
ed to them through the whole term Of the contract.
lS POstmasters at offices on near railroads, but
more than eighty rods from station, will, immedli-
the OF AlarCn next, knGiE eA-
act distance from the nearest station to enable the
Postmaster General 70 direct a mRil-messenger
supply from the lst of July next
10. Section eighteen Of an act of Congress approx
ed March 3, 1875, provides that contracts for the
transportation Of the mail shall be let, lin every
case TO the lowest bidder rendering sufficient guar
antees for faithful performance without other ref
erence to the mode Of such transportation than may
be necessary to provide for the due celerlty certain
ty, and security of such transportation" Under
this law bids that propose 20 transport mails with
eeIety, certainty and security hGCRg bee7l decided
70 Dc the O1ly legut biCs construed prOrin0 Jo
The entire mail, hOiCeuer large and tcGterer may be
the mode Q cOtreydice eceSsy 70 insure Is "ceierf-
~, certainty, and security and hare the preference
our al Others, and no others are considered.
20. A modification of bid in any of its essential
terms Is tantamOunt to bid, and cannot be re-
ceYed, so as to Interfere with regular competition
Making new bid with guarantee and certificate, IS
the only way to modify previous bid.
81 Postmasters to be careful not TO certify the
suhciency of guarantOrs, suretieS, without know
ing that they persons OfsUfcient responsibility
Disregard OF This Instruction or OSRGsters Is rio
tttoIl Of their oath Of office, St5ectinQ them ~ tDIBe
dite relOudL All bidders, guarantOrs, and Sureties
or perform the contracts for the service proposed
fOrin the accepted bids, their legal liabilities viii be
enforced against them. .-s.
- Present contractors, and persons known at the
department., must. equally with others, procure
guHrantOrs and certificates of their suficency sub
stantially in the forms above prescribed The GER
nhcate of sufiiciency must be signed by pOstmast-
err or by Judge Ofa court of record. No other will
be admitted.
,lu. JNO. A. ]. CRESWELL.
46t Postmaster GeHCral