The weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1869-18??, 1870-12-07

lost; and for refusing, after demand. to convey
the mall as frequently as the contractor runs. or
IS concerned In running, coacn, car, or steam
~ The Postmaster General NAV apnul the con.
tract Tor repeated failures to run agreeably TO
contract; tor violating the post office laws or
disobeying the instructions OF the Department.
for refusing to discharge the carrier when re-
quired by the Department to do so; for runninr
an express as Aforesaid; or for transportinee
ont of the mail. '-'"''e'
8. The Postmaster General NAV order an IN.
crease OF service on route by allowing therefor
apU raso increase on 1ne contract pay. He may
all cases, and particularly to make them con-
form to connections with railroads, without in.
crease OF pay, provided the running time he not
abridged. The Postmaster General NAV also
discontinue or curtail the service, in whole or in
part, IN order to place on the route superior SER
vice. or wherever the public interests in hs indr-
ment, shall require such discontinuance or cns.
tallment tor any other cause he allowing as fnr
indemnity to contractor one months extra nav
on the amount of service dispensed with. and q
pro ratio compensation for the amount nj serr;o
retained and continued.
y. Payments will be made by collectors from
OF aralts Cd, postmasrers, or otherwise after tbp
expiration oil each quarter-say in November
February, May, and August
~ ine Instances are given according TO the
best intormation but no increased nav will, he
allowed should they be greater than advertised
IL the points to be supplied are correctly stated
bidders mast inform themselves o., this poinf and
also IN reference to the weight of the mail the
condition COZ OF roads, hills, streams, &C.. and all
toll-Drldges. turnpikes, plank roads, ferries or
distinctions of any kind by which exnens,
may be incurred. No claim or additional nav
pased on such ground, can be considered. nor
ior alleged mistakes or misapprehension as to
inc degree OF service; nor for bridges DESTROY
ed, ferries discontinued, or other obstrnctiono
causing or increasing distance or expense ocN
curing during the contract term. Offices estab.
llshed after this advertisement is issued. and also
during the contract term, are to be visited with.
out extra pay, if the distance be not increased.
Ii. Bidders are cautioned to mail their promo
sails in time to reach the Department by the dav
and hour named, g p. M, March j. iS7i ! 10y e.,
bids received after that time iU not be oousids
ell in competition with bids of reasonah,o
amount received in time. Neither can bids he
considered which are without the guarantee re-
CURED ny law, and certificate of the suffcien-
cy OF such guarantee.
u Bidders should first propose for service
strictly according to the advertisement, and
tnen, II they desire, separately for different ser
wee; and II the regular bid be the lowest offer
ca ior the advertised service, the other propos
| lions may be considered
Ii. There should be but one route hid for in q
proposal. Consolidated or combination bids
T. proposing one sum for two or more routes ny
are forbidden by law, and cannot be considered.
IL. Inc route, the service, the yearly pay, the
name and residence OF the bidder, Chat is, his
usual post office address, and the name of each
member OF firm, where a company offers
| should be distinctly stated. fi7'-r.'
To- Bidders are requested to use, as far as
practicable, the printed proposals furnish, by
| the Department, to write out in full the snm 81
| their bids, and TO retain copies of them -
| Altered bids should- NOR ba .,,h..:..,
should bids once submitted be withdrawn. No
| withdrawal OF bidder or guarantor will he al
| lowed unless the withdrawal is dated and re-
| ceived before the last day for receiving prono-
sails. ,i# . 9..H.
Each bid must be guaranteed by two rcsnor-
sible persons. The bid and guarantee should he
signed plainly with the full name OF each person
The Department reserves the right to reject
| any bid which may be deemed extravaganza; and
also TO disregard the bids of failing contractors
and bidders. (Act of July 2. 1886, section 24;9
16. The bid should be sealed, superscrihed
Mail Proposals, State of North Carolina adj
| dressed Second Assistant Postmaster General
Contract Office" and sent by mail, not by or to
| an agent.
IL. The contracts are to be executed and re-
turned to the Department by or before the LIST
day Of July, 1871; but the service must be be-
gan on that day, or on the mail day next after
| it, whether the contracts be executed or not.
| transfers oil contracts, or OF interest in con-
tracts, are forbidden by law, and consequently
cannot be allowed. Bidders will therefore take
notice that they will be expected to perform the
| service accepted to them through the whole
term of the contract 81 '-.y
Is. Section eighteen Of an act of Congress
approved March 3, 1915, provides that contracts
for the transportation of the mail shall be let.
Sin every case, to the lowest bidder rendering
sufficient guarantees for faithful performance,
without other reference to the mode of such
transportation than may be necessary to pro.
vide for the due celebrity, certainty, and security
OF such transportation" Under this law bids that
propose to transport the mails with ce1erity
certainty, and security havig been decided to Be
the only legal bids, are construed as prouidiag
for the entire mail, however large, and uhateuer
may be the mode Of conveyance necessary to insure
its "celerity, certainty, and security" and have
the preference over all others, and no others are
considered, except for railroad and steamboat
routes. .,is ,.s1- lu.e....uas. ..
10. A modification of a bid in any of its es.
sential terms is tantamouut to new bid, aud
cannot be received, SO as to interfere with reg
ular competition. Making new bid, with
guarantee and certificate, is the only way to
modify previous bid. ..I-l
20. Fostmasters are to be careful not to certi-
fly to the suficiency of guarantors without
knowing that they are persons of sufficient re-
sponsiblity. They must not sign the certificate
until the sum of the bid is inserted, and the bid
guarantors; disregard Of this instruction bl
postmasters is violation Of their oath Of office
su6jecting them to immediate renoral All bidders
| guarantors. and sureties are distinctly notified
that on failure to enter into or perform tht
contracts for the service proposed for in the &C
cepted bids their legal liabilities will be enlorc
! ed against them. -i---t
81. Present contractors, and persons know
at the Department, must, equally with Others
procure guarantors and certificates of their sufi