The Daily state journal. [volume] (Alexandria, Va.) 1868-1874, 1873-02-10

usutl post-oflce addressl, and the name Of each
member of u firm, where a company offers,
should be distinctly stated.
10. Bidders are requested to use, as far as
practicabie the printed proposals urnished by
the apartment, to write out N full the sum OF
their bids, and 10 retain copies OF them,
Altered bids should not be submitted; nor
should bids once submitted be Withdrawn. No
withdra val OF a bidder or guaranior will be
allowed unless the Withdrawn l. received iwen-
tv-four hours previous TO the time fixed for open
ing the proposals.
Each BIZ must be guaranteed by two respon-
sible persons. The bid and guarantee should be
signed plainly with the full name of each per-
son.
The Postmaster General reserves the right to
reject anybid which may be deemed ex rava-
gSnt; and al o 10 disregard the bids of fail ng
Contractors and bidders. [Act of June 8, 1879,
section 249.I
IS rhs hid should be sealed, snperscrtbed
Mail Proposals, StaIe of -" addressed
'SecO d Assistant Postmaster Generfi, ON
agent. Bids of $4,000 per annum aud
upward must be accompanied by a Ger
lifted check or d aft on ONE solvent
national bank, equal to 8 per -ent of the
Ihe cont acts are to be executed aud returned
to tie Department BY or before he Ist dry Of Ju'e,
1873 other,otse ne accepted bidder 'ofi be conStd;
cred ms hduiug failed, ind the Postrn IS err Gen raj
may proceed to contract for the service 10Th other
parties, according to lalo.
Transfers of G nt,acts, or of interests in con.
tracts are forbidden by law, and conse iusu tly
cannot be allowed. Neither can bids, or inter.
ests In bids, ne transferred or assigned to other
parties Bidders will therefore take notice thai
they will be expected to perform the service
awarded to them through the whole contract
term.
Is Section f49 of the act of June s, 1872, pro.
vides that contracts for the transportation OF
the MAJ shall be awarded 10 the low, st b oder
rendering sufficient guarantees for faithful per
formance, without other refere .ce 10 the mod.
OF such transportation than may be necessary to
nT0VlnA Tor me nla cellar ~ ppr "a 1 N " and Ga0u-
rlty thereof" Under thus law bids hat p oppose
10 transport the mails with celebrity, certainty,
and security haui1ag ben decided to be the only
legal bids, a e construed as prortding for the en-
tire mail, however large, and tohdteuer may be the
mode Of conUeydace necessary to insure ats ce
tertty, certainly, and security dpd haze tbs pref
ere7lce orer all Others, and no others are consid
cred, except for steamboat routes
10, A mod iflcation of a bid in any of its essen
tial terms is tantamount TO a new bid, and can
not be received. SO as to interfere with regular
competition. Making u new bid, with guarantee
and certificate, is the only way to modify a pre-
vious bid.
~. Postmasters are to be careful not to certify
to the sufficieucy of guarantors without knowing
that they are pc sons of sufficient responsibility.
(See section 247, act of June 8, lS7z) They must
notslgn the certificate until the sum OF the bid Is
inserted, and the bid and guarantee are signed
by the bidder and (twol guarantors; n disregard
ofthfs Instruction By poStrndSteTS 1ctH subject them
to immediate removal, and to severe penalties.
Postmasters are aiso liable TO dismissal from
office for acting as agents of contractor, or bid
ders. with or without compensation, IN any busi-
ness, matter, or thug, relating to the mail ser
vice. They are the trusted agents of the Depart
ment, and cannot consistently act in both capa.
cities
81. All bidders guarantors. and sureties are
distinctly notified that on n 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
al the Department, must, equally with Others,
Irgcurp on ~ "A ore md Hnrtt fipa tpl Of thpir 4 nf1-
cheney substartiails in the forms above pre-
scribei. The certificate of sufficiency must be
signed by a postmaster.
JNO. A i. CRESWELL,
ia l3-6w Postmaster General.