The weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1869-18??, 1870-12-14

lost and Tor refusing, after demand, to convey
the mail as frequently as the contractor runs, or
Is concerned in running, coacn, car, or stsa".
boat on route. eil fV-e ~ 900 w
z The Postmaster General may annul the con. .
tract for repeated failures 10 run sgresaoIy 70 =
contract; for violating the post once laws or a.
disobeying the Instructions OF the Department
for refusing to discharge the carrier when re-
quired by the Department to do so for running
an express as aforesaid; or for Transporting
persons or packages conveying mailaoe I m s'
ont of the mail. III III ~ II ~
8. The Postmaster General may order an In
crease OF service on route by allowing therefor
pro ratio increase on the contract pay. Hemy
change schedules OF departures and artv IN
all cases, and particularly 10 make them con-
form to connections with railroads. without ~,
crease OF pay, provided the running time be Iot
abridged. The Postmaster General may 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 DIS Juag
ment, shall require such discorsinuance or car.
talment tor any other cause |; be allowing ss full
Indemnity to contractor one month's extra pay
on the amount of service dispensed with, ana
pro ratio compensation for the amount Of servlce
retained and continued.
or drafts On, postmasrers, or otherwise, sitter the
expiration OF each quarter-say In Noyemper,g
February, May, and August. g,Il e,.sss,H AZ
10. The distances are given according 70 tne
best Information; but no increased pay VIII pc
allowed should they be greater than adyertiseos
bidders must inform Themselves ON this point ana
also in reference to the weight Of the mall, the
condition Of roads, hills, sfreamss Be- and al
toll.bridges. turnpikes, plank roads, ferries or
obstructions of any kind by which expense
may be Incurred. No claim Or additional pay
based on such ground, can be considered nor
for alleged mistakes or misapprehension as to
the degree of service nor Tor! bridges destroy-
ed, ferries discontinued, or other distinctions
causing or increasing distance OF expense. &C
curing during the contract term. Offices estab-
ished after this advertisement Is issued, and also
during the contract term, are to be visited with
ont extra pay II the distance be not increased
II, Bidders are cautioned to mail their propo-
sails In time to reach the Department BY the day
bids received after that time ola not b consider
ed in competition with bids of reasonable
amount received in time. Neither can bids be
considered which are without the guarantee re-
quirsd by law, and o certificate of the sufficient
| IL. Bidders should first propose for service
strictly according to the advertisement, and
then, if they desire, Seperatey for different SER
vice; and if the regular bid be the lowest offer
ed for the advertised service, the other PROPOSE
| 'tions may be considered. a e.4'li.os Itf
| Is. There should be but one route bid TOR In q
| proposal. Consolidated or combination bids
e. proposing one sum for two or more routes -
| are forbidden by law, and cannot be considered.
| a. The 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 company offers,
| should be distinctly stated. 4,
| 15 Bidders are requested to use, as far as
| practicable, the printed proposals furnisbtd by
| the Department, to write out In full the sum of
their bids, and TO retain copies of them. Fi-ff
| Altered bids should not be submitted; nor
| should bids once submitted be withdrawn. No
| withdrawal of q bidder or guarantor will be al
| lowed unless the withdrawal Is dated and re-
ceiyed before the last day for receiving propc-
sails. .ft5y,.,.,-s sac faff. 4 g.
Each bid must be guaranteed by two respon-
sible persons. The bid end guarantee should be
signed plainly with the full name OF each person.
| The Department reserves the right to reject
any bid which may be deemed extravsgant; and
also to disregard the bids of failing contractors
and bidders. (Act Of July Q. 1885, section q. J
16. The bid should be sealed, superscrbed
mail Proposals, State of North Carolina" ad.
dressed "Second Assistant Postmaster General,
Contract Office, and sent by mail, not by or to
an agent. s2 "a. y le!9yilfs9 zs5 lliIH lilta
1 IL. The contracts are to be executed and re.
turned to the Department by or before the Isl
i dag of july, 1871; but the service must be be-
gun on that day, or on the mail day next aftei
| it, whether the contracts be executed or not.
Transfers OF 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. %s TIicf isiI1s
Is. Section eighteen of an act Of Congress
approved March 8, 1916, 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
vide tor the due celebrity certainty, and security
Of such transportation" Under this law bids thai
propose to transport the mails with eelerity
certainty. and security" haring been decided to B
the only legal bids, are construed as providiis,
for the entire mail, however large, and waatevel
may be the mode Of conveyance necessary to insu,,
Is r, ss.s,ty; ese,a and ssssr snd hsg
considered, except for railroad and steamboat
routes. -iH .'.-' -3- H"i'e'ii.'.il Ll
10. A modification of a bid in any of its 60
sential terms is tantamount to a new bid, aud
ular competition. Making q new bid, with
guarantee and certificate, is the only way to
modify previous bid. ri gu.sGiu9l s-gaii
| 20. Postmasters are TO be careful not TO certi-
fly to the sufficiency of guarantors without
knowing that they are persons of sufficient re
sponsibility. They must not sign the certificate
until the sum OF the bid Is inserted, and the bic
and guaranty are signed by the bidder and 1.-TWO
guarantors; disregard Of this instruction b
poStn,dsters is violation Of their oath Of office
Sn01ecttHg Mem 70 Hanaedtdte feneOedG All oldQer6
guarantors. and sureties are distinctly notifies
that on failure to enter into or perform thu
con: racts Tor the service proposed for In the &C
cepted bids, their legal liabilities will be eniorc
ed against them. f a ys'8g'o-8r gsr1Ti
Il 81. Present contractors, and persons known
at the Department, must, equally with Others
procure guarantors aud certificates Of their sufh
cheney substantially In the form above prescrib.
ed. The certificate of sqfficiency must be signei
by postmaster, or BY Judge of a court OF RI
cord; no other will be admitted. Z, 80 r..
Il JNO A. J. CRESWELL, p
Il Postmaster General.
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