Nebraska advertiser. [volume] (Brownville, Nemaha County, N.T. [Neb.]) 1856-1882, 1869-12-09

13 There should be but one route bid for in pro-
posal. Consolidated or combination bids c'prOpO-
sing one sum for twQOr more routes are forbidden
by law, and cannot be considered.
IA The route the service, the yearly pay, the
name and the residence of the bidder tthat Is, his
usual post Office address, and the name of each
meInber Of q firm, where company offers, should
be distinctly stated.
Is Bidders are requested to use as far as practc-
able the printed proposals furnished by the Depart
ment TO write out in full the sum of their bids, and
Altered bids shall not be submittednOr should bids
once submitted be Withdrawn. No withdrawal of a
bidder or guarantOr will be allowed unless the with
drawal is dated and received before the last day for
recei ing proposals.
Each bid must be guaranteed by two RESPONSIBLE
persons. The bid and guarantee should be signed
plainly with the full name Ofeach person.
The Department reserves the right TO reject any
bid which may be deemed extravagant, and also to
disregard the bids Offaing contractors and bidders.
tAct OF July 3 1895, section "a
1G The bid should be sealed superscribed Mail
Proposals, State of Nebraska" addressed second
Assistant POSTMASTER General, Contract Office, and
sent Dy ad not oy or to an agent; and postmaster
VIII not nclose proposals or letters of any kind in
their quarterly returns.
II. The contracts are to be executed and retured
to the Department by or before the 1St day Of July,
1870; but the service must be begun that day,
on the mail day next after, whether the contracts be
executed or not.
are forbidden by law, and consequently cannot be
allowed; Bidders will therefore take notice that
they Will be expected 10 perform the service accept
ed 20 them through the whole term of the contract
Is P0stnasters at offices on or near railroads, but
more than eighty rods from station, will, immedi-
otey ater the 5J1 OF March next, report Enelf eX-
act distance from the nearest station to enable the
Postmaster General to direct a mail-meSsenger
supply from the LIST of July next.
49, Section eighteen Of an act of Congress apprOV-
ed March 3, 1885, provides that contracts for the
transportation Of the mail shall be let, 'in every
case TO the lowest bidder rendering sufficient guar
anteeS for faithful performance without other ref
erence to the mode such transportation than may
be necessary to provide for the due celeTty certain
ty, and security of such transportation" Under
this law bids that propose to transport mails with
ceLerty, certainty and security" hdOHg been decided
TO De the only legal blS, construed as providing for
the entire mail, hotgeUeT large and lOh0teU may De
the mode Of Conveyance necessary 10 insure its ceLei-
ty, certainty, and security" and haze the preference
OUeT all others, and no others are considered
70. A modification of bid in any of its essential
terms is tantamOunt to new bid and cannot be re-
ceived, to interfere with regular competition.
Making new bid, with guarantee and certificate, is
the only way TO modify previous bid.
2l. POstmaSters be careful to certify the
Sutciency of guarantOrs, sureties, without know
ing that they are persons OfSutcient responsibility
disregard Of this obstruction bg pOStHdsterS is rio
GdtiO Of their oath Of office sl6scting them 10 fHle-
diGte renOUdL All bidders garantOrs, and sureties
are distinctly notified that on failure to enter into
or perform the contracts for the service proposed
for in the accepted bids their legal liabilities viii be
enforced against them.
%. Present contractors, and persons known at the
Department, must, equally with others, procure
gusrantors and certificates of their sufcency sub
stantialy in the forms above prescribed The GER
tifcate of suficiency must be signed by pOstmast-
er, or by judge Of court of record. No other will
be admitted.
JNO. A. ]. CRESWELL,
+6t Postmaster General.