New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1870-12-16
0FFTCIAL, NOTICES.

nv the companies for the performance o. ~ rods
side service-that lie, for ofrces ovef 0s''
from No pav viii be made for trips not geEost1rGHfG;
and for each Of such OMISSIONS nct In iii be
saRia.ned t Fnr a1yais Go lar behind time % to
hreak Connection with depending mails, anu no.
sufficiently excused, ., e;t,re For re-
nSat1I dslinnurncies of the kind herein sl'eci
enlarged penalties. proportional 70 tnT may he
thereof and the Importance OF VIC "'
s For leaving behind or throwing on ,ne 81 mas
or any portion of them, for the aainLss; IN or
sensers, y, ' rass conveying intelligence III al
vance of the mail, quarters pay '
Quoted. n. dalnouency
he promptly and satisfactorily explained 1y cers J
Gates OF postmasters or the afndaSltS o. time
for neoIectlnr to take the mail from OF deusr W,
into pOstOfice for suffering II 10 W 49, t;er ,le
destroyed robbed or lost and ior 't1r a. the CON
tractor rms or is concerned in running " co'eA'
car or steamboat on route , ,be ron.
I. The Postmaster General may annn t!e o ,.,,.
tract Tor re peated failures to run agreeapiy ..
tract: for violating the pOstOfiice laws or tt;s
ing the instructions OF the 1';,ad nv the De-
partment to do so for running an express rs "oiu
said, or for transporting persons OF pMcA"s
yeyiug mailable matter out Of the mail. 10000.
q The postmaster General may order an increase
of service ON q route by allowing therefor a p,o
rata increase on the contract pay. ne inaS ~, Eases
and particularly to make them CONFORM 70 conA ~
tiOns with railroads, without increase Oh pay pp.
vded the running time De not ~ ourtail the
master General may also discontinue OF cur ~
service in whole in part IN order 10 piace, T nc
route superior service or whenever the paonn
teres.s i'll his Judgment shall require such uscy ~,
tinuance or curtaimtn ut for any other cause ne
allowing as full indemnity 10 contractor y ~:
months extra pay on the amount Oh r . 80 .i
pensed with, and pro rata compensation i"i ''"
amount of service retained and continued. r
8. Payments will be made by cor1ioss l, ,9 y.
drafts on, postmasteTs or other",se, an. r Feb
pration of each Quarter-say IN No'cnioei' To"
ruary, May and August. A., ..,
TO- The distances given ACCORDING to tie pest
information; but no increased pay WI! De "ii s ~
points to I've supplied are correctly stated. bl1ue!s
must inform themselves OF tins Pc,nt anu aisU m
reference to the weight of the mail. the CONDITION
O; roads hills, streams; etc, and al tol-nriuses:;
turnpikes plank roads. ferries or Obstfuct'0hs OF
any kind by which expense may be incurred: no
claim for additional paw based on such ground, can
be considered; nor for alleged mistakes OF mlsap-
prehenson as to the degree OF service; nor .ioL
bridges destroyed, ferries discontinued, OF otner
distractions causing increasing DIST OK tx
pense occurring during the contract term. Omces
established after this advertiser ant 10 issued ana
also during the contract term. are 10 he Nis'teo
without extra paw, If she distance DC ho' III
creased.
in time to reach the Department by the day and
hour named e T. n, March !. lS'1), for bids re-
ceived after that time will not be co sidered IN
competition with bids Of reasonable amount re,
ceived in time Neither can bids be CONSIDERED
which are without the guarantee required by law,
and certificate OF the sutnciency Of such Suaran'
tee. ...
II. Bidders should first propose for service strict.
ly according to the advertisement. anu then, II
they desire, separately for different service; and II
the regular bid be the lowest offered for the 6uvef
tised service, the other propositions may be CON-
sidered.
H. There should be but ore route bid for in
proposal. Consolidated or combination bids t'pro-
posing one sum for two or more routes are Ior-
hidden by law, and can not be considered
route.
and residence Of the bidder THAT is his usual
postOffice address,, and the rame OF each member
of firm where q company offers, should be DIS
Is. Bidders are requested TO use, as far as prae-
tcable the printed proposals furnished by the De-
partment. to write out In ful the sum OF their bids
and to retain copies of them.
Altered bids should not BE- submitted, nor should
bids once submitted be withdrawn. No withdrawal
OF bidder or guarautOr will be allowed unless the
withdraw is dated and received before the last
day for receiving proposals.
Each bid must be guaranteed by two responsible
persons The bid and guarantee should he signed
plainly with the full name of each person.
bid which may be deemed extravagant, and also to
disregard the bids OF failing contractors and bid
dfss lid Of ; juy be ,s sslS 1 mail
Proposals. State of Louisiana" addressed :. Second
Assistant Postmaster General, Contract Office. and
sent by mail, not by or to an agent.
Il. The contracts are to be executed and returned
to the Department by or before the first day of July
1871 but the service must be begun on that day or
be executed or not.
Transfers of contracts OF interes. in contracts
are Forbidden by law, and consequently can mot be
allowed. Neither bids, or interest IN bids, he
transferred or assigned to other parties. Bidders
will therefore take notice that they will be expected
to perform the service accepted 10 them through
the whole term of the contract.
IL. Section eighteen OF an act of Congress approved
March 3, l8i3, provides that contracts for the
transportation of the mail shall be let, in 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 provide Tor tie due CELEBRITY,
certainty, and security of such transportation"
Under this law bids that propose 20 transport the
mails with ceieritv certainty, and security hav
ing been decided TO be the only legal bids
strued as providing for the entire mall however
large, and whatever may be tie mode of convey
and security and have the preference over all
Others, and no others are considered, except for
steamboat routes.
IL. A modification OF d bid n any of its essential
terms is tantainount 10 bid. and can not DE
received TO interfere with regular COMPETE
ton. Z Making new bid, with guarantee and GER
tihcate is the only way TO modify pteviou bid.
20. Pns:masters to be careful to certify to
the suticiency OF guarantors without knowing that
they are persons Of SUITE responsibility. They
must not sign the certificate until the sum of the
bid is inserted. and the bid and guarantee are
signed by the bidder and two guarautors; dis.
regard OF this instruction by postmasters is vio-
latlon OF their oath OF office, subjecting them to
immediate removal.
2l. All bidders, guarantors and suretes are dis
tnctly notified that on failure to enter into or
perform the CONTRACTS for the 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 sufficiency
substantially in the forms above prescribed. The
certificate OF sufciency must be signed by post
master or by 4 Judge OF court OF record no other
will be admitted.
no,o , JOHN A J. cREswELL,
nolS law OF Postmaster General.