The Daily state journal. [volume] (Alexandria, Va.) 1868-1874, 1873-01-13

usual post-ofiice address, and the name of each |
member of firm, where company offers, |
should be distinctly stated.
10. Bidders are requested to use, as far as
practicable, the printed proposals furnished by
the Department to write out in full the sum of
their bids, and to retain copies oil them,
Altered bids should not be submitted; nor
should bids once submitted be Withdrawn. No
withdrawal of q bidder or guarantor viii be
allowed unless the Withdrawal is received tWen-
ty-four hours previous to the time fixed for open
ing the proposals.
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 to
reject any bid which may be deemed eXtraya-
CANT; and also TO disregard the bids of failing
contractors and bidders. (Aet of June 5, 1872,
section A9.)
is. The bid should be sealed, superscribed
EMAIL Proposals, State of -" addressed
Second Assistant Postmaster General, Con-
tract Office" and sent by mail, not by or to an
agent. Bids of $4,000 per annum and
| upward must be accompanied by GER
titled check or draft on some solvent
national bank, equal to per cent, of the
| amount. (See law of Congress of June s, ls72'l
II. The contracts are to be erecded and returned
to the Department By Or before the LIST day Of June,
1875 other1oise the accepted bidder aOl be conStd,
cred as haUtug failed, and the Postmaster General
may proceed % contract for the serUiee Nth other
| parties, according TO lao.
Transfers of contracts, or of interests in con-
tracts are forbidden by law, and consequsn thy
| cannot be allowed. Neither can BIDS, or llIer-
ests in bids, be transferred or assigned to other
| parties. Bidders will therefore take notice that
| they will be expected to perform the service
awarded to them through the whole contract
term.
ls. Section 249 of the act of June s, 1872, pro.
| vides that contracts for the transportation OF
the mail shall be awarded to the lowest bidder
rendering sufficient guarantees for faithful per-
| Torrance, without other reference to the mode
of such transportation than may be necessary TO
provide for the due CELEBRITY, certainty and secu-
| Titv Hinder
to transport the mails with celebrity, certainty
and security having been decided to be the only
legal bids, are construed protidtng for the en-
tire mail hotoeuer large and aohatecer may be the
mode Of Conveyance necessary to insure IT'S zee.
lerity, certainty and security and have 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
tal terms is tantamount to new bid, and can
not be received. SO to interfere with regular
competition. Making anew bid, with guarantee
. and certificate, is the only way to modify pre-
vious bid.
90 Postmasters are to be careful not to certif
that they persons of sufficient responsibility
(See section 247, act of June s, lS72) They mus
not sign the certificate until the sum of the bid Is
inserted, and the bid and guarantee are signet
by the bidder and (two) guarantors; a dtsregdro
ofthis instruction By postntdsters aoH SUBJECT them
to Immediate removal, and to severe penalties.
Postmasters are also liable to dismissal IRON
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
81. All bidders, guarantors, and sureties arr
distinctly notified that failure to enter int
or perform the contracts for the service proposed
for in the accepted bids, their legal liabilities vii
0 be enforced against them.
% Present contractors, and persons known
4 at the Department, must, equally with others
procure gurantors and certificates of their sufl
g cheney substantially the forms above pre-
, scrbed. The certificate of sutficiency must b
g signed by postmaster.
/ JNO. A. J. CRESWELL,
ia 13-law6w Postmaster General.