The Daily state journal. [volume] (Alexandria, Va.) 1868-1874, 1873-02-01

usull post-off1ce address,, aud the name of eaci
member of a firm, where a company offers
should be distinctly stated.
10. Bidders are requested to use, as far a.
practicable, the printed proposals furnished b,
the Department, to write out in full the sum O
their bids, and to retain copies of them,
Altered bids should not be submitted; MOI
should bids once submitted be Withdrawn. Nc
withdrawal OF a bidder or guarantor will b
allowed unless the withdrawal l. received TWEEN
ty-four hours previous TO the time fixed for open
Each bid 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 10
reject any bid which may be deemed exirava-
CANT and also TO disregard the bids of falling
contractors and bidders. (Act of June s, 1872
10. The bid should be sealed, superscribed
Mail Proposals, State Of --,' addressed
second Assistant Postmaster General, Con-
tract Office" and sent by mail, not by or to an
agent. Bids of $1,000 per annum and
upward must be accompanied by a Ger.
TINED check or draft on some solvent
nauonal Pans, equal to Q per cent. of the
amount. (See law of Congress of June 8, 1871
~. The contracts are to be executed and returned
to the Department By or before the LIST day Of June,
ersd as havtug failed, and the Postmaster General
may proceed to contract for the service Nth other
parties, according to lao.
Transfers of contracts or Of interests In con-
II IOIDIuuth ny law IA COuSt1uSu Ily
cannot be allowed. Neither can bids, or inter.
ests in bids, be transferred or assigned to other
parties. Bidders will therefore take notice that
tney VIII be expected to perform the service
awarded to them through the whole contract
term.
Is. Section $40 of the act of June s, 1872, pro.
vides that contracts for the transportation OF
the mail shall be awarded TO the low, st bidder
rendering sufficient guarantees for faithful per.
formance, without other reference 10 the mode
of such transportation than may be necessary to
rnx,lI far Tho Naa Afa,EN- n...t "a t-t. a-l -
rlty thereof" Under this law bids that propose
to transport the mails with celebrity, certainty,
and security having been decided to be the only
,egal oids, ar construed as prouiding Gr he e..
mode Of conveyance necessary to insure ITS zee.
terfty, certainty, and security" and haze the pref
erence ouer all others, and no others are consid-
cred, except for steamboat routes.
10. A modification of a bid In any of its essen
tial terms is tantamount to a new bid, and can.
not be received, SO rs to interfere with regular
competition. Making a new bid, with guarantee
and certificate, is the only way to modify a pre-.
vious bid.
20. Postmasters are to be careful not to certify
to the sufficieucy of guarantors without knowing
hat they are persons Of sufficient responsibility
(See section 247, act of June 8, 1871 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 Nwo) guarantors; a disregard
to Immediate removal, and to sepsre penalties.
Postmasters are also liable to dismissal from
office for acting as agents of contractors or bid
ders. with or without compensation, IN any busi-
ness, matter, or thing, relating to the mail SER
vice. They are the trusted agents of the Depart
ment, and cannot consistently act in both capa-
cities
q. All bidders. guarantors, and sureties are
distinctly notified that on a 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.
procure gurantors and certificates of their sufil-
cheney substantially IN the forms above pre-
scribed. The certificate of sufficiency must be
signed by a postmaster.
JNO. A J. CRESWELI,
ia l3-6w Postmaster General.