New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1873-01-25
OFFICIAL NOTICES,

tfcates of postmasters or TIE afidavits Of othe
credible persons for failing to arrive in contract
time; for negecting to take the mail from deliver
it into ppstoiiice; for suffering it 10 be wet, in
jured, destroyed robb, lost; and for refusing
after demand, to convey the mail as frequently as
the contractor runs, or is concerned in running,
coach car steamboat on a roUt
7. The Postmaster General may anuul the con-
tract for repeated failures to agreeab)y to
contract; or violating the ostotiice laws. on dis
oheSng the instructions of the department; for re-
tuslnE to discharge carrier when required by the
aCpalt TRENT TO do so; for running an express as
Aforesaid or for transporting persons packages
conveying malable matter out of the mail
.. The Postmaster General may order an Increase
OF service on route by allowing therefor q pro
rata Increase on the contract paw. He may change
schedules of departures and arrivals in all cases.
aud particularly to make them conform to connec-
uons With railroads, without increase of paw pro-
vided the running time be not abridged The Post
master General may also discontinue or cuitail the
service, in whole or i'll part in order to place on
the route superior service, or whenever the public
in eiess, i'll his Judgment, shall require III dis
continuance or Curtallment for any other cause;
he lowing full indemnity to contractor one
months extra pay on the amount Of service dis.
pensyd with and pro rata com. ensatian for the
amount Of seI vice retained and continued.
g. Payments will BE made by collections FROM OF
draft on, postmasiers or otherwise after the ex-
piration OF each quarter-say i'll Nov eluher, Feb
ruary, May and August, provided that required
evidence of service has been received.
10. The distances g ven are believed to be sub
stautially correct; but increased pay will be-
allowed should they be greater Than advertised.
if the points to be supplied are correctly stated
Bidders must inform themselves on this point,
and also in reference to the weight OF the mail the
condition of hills roads, streams, ETC. and all oil
brides, lurnpikes plank roads, tPrri. :, obstruc
tiOns OF aIy kind BY which expense may be in
cured. No claim tor additional pay, based ON
such ground, he considered nor for ale ged
mistakes or plsappTohensiOn as to the de gree OF
service; 1or bridges destroyed, ferries uscon-
inued or other distractions causing or lncTeatng
distance or expense occurring dung the CONTRACT
term Offices stahshed ter this ad tisement
is issued sand al during the contract term are to
be visited without ezra pay II the distance be
not Increased.
H. Bidders are cautioned to mail their proposals
in time to reach the department by the day and
| hour named g P. NJ March 3, 1879 for bids re-
| ceived after that time Will not DE considered in
competition with BIDS, of reasonable amount, re:
| ceivtd in time. Neither can bids be considered
| which are without the guarantee required BY law,
| and certificate of the sutfciencS of such guar
antee, and the oath of the bidder according to
| section 246 act of June 3, 1872.
| H. Bidders should first propose for service
| strictly accordh to the advertiser mt ana then,
| if they desire, separate ly for different serElcci
and il the regular bid be The low, st offered Tor
the advertised service, the other propositions may
| Is. There shOu' be but one route bid for in q
proposal. Consolidated or combination bids f'pro-
| posing one sum for two or more rOutesD can not
| be considered.
| Ia The route the service, the yearly pay, the
name and residence of the bidder (tnat is, his usual
| pOstOiCe address,, and the name Of each member
| of d firm, where company offers, should be dis
| tnctlY stated.
cable, the p.inted pro- osals furnished by the De
partment to write out in full the sum OF their bids
| and to retain copies of them.
| Altered bids should not be submitted; nor should
| bids submitted be withdraw. No with
| drawal of a bidder or guarantOr Will be allowed
! unless the Withdrawal is received twent .tOul
| hours previous to the time fixed Tor opening tht
| proposals.
Each bid must be guaranteed by two responsible
| PERSONS. The bid and guarantee srou!d be- BiSueo
| plainly with thu full lame OF each person.
| The Postmaster General reserves he right I'd
| % irct any bId which may be deemed extravaganza
aud also to disregard the bids TAI ing contract
| ors and bidders. (act OF June g. 1872 section 2i9
| l6. The bid should be sealed, superscribod Mar
Proposals, stare of Louisiana addressed SECOND
| Assistant Postmaster General, Contract OuGe,
and sent by mail, not by or to al agent. Bids C
| $4,000 pcr annuln and upw ard must be aCCompa
| MED by Il certified check draft some s0tyeIS
national bank, equal to five per cent OF the amouns
j (See law of Congress of June 8. 1927
II. The contracts are 10 be executed and 70
turned to the d, paTtment by or be ore the first
day of June, 1873, otherwise the accepted bidder
| will be con idered as having failed, and the Post
| master General may proceed to contract for the
service with other parties, according to law.
transfers of contracts, or of interest in coDe
tracts forbidden by law, and Conse quently caIl
1 not lie allowed. Neither can bids, or interest in
bids. be transferred asst sned to other parties.
Bidders win there fore take notice that they viii
! be expected to perform the service awarded u
! them TIE whole CONT act term.
10. Section 2+9 of the at Of June 2, 1872 provides
that contracts for the transportation OF the mail
shall be awarded to the lowest bidder tender ring
| sufficient guarantees for faithful pertorma nces
without other ref renee to the mode OF such trans
] purtAtion Il an may be Necessary to provide for
the due celebrity, certainty and eeCurty thereof.
Under til law bids that propose TO transport the
mails with celebrity, certainty and security, have
ing been de eide to be the only legal bids are con
! strucd as providing Tor the entire mail LOwevet
| large and whatever NAV be the mode of convey
ance necessary to insure its celebrity, CPrtainty
snd security" and have the preference over all
o.h-r-. and no others are considered except tCS
| steamboat routes.
10. / modification of n bid in any Ofs its essen
iial terms is tantamOunt to new bid, and cBn not
be received to interfere with regular cOmpe-
sitiou. Making Ii rev bid with guarantee sand
| Certificate Isl the only way to modify previous
| bid.
90 Posfmasters are to be careful not TO certify to
| the sutliiccucy of guarantors without known &
that they persons OF sufficient possibility.
| tSer section 2i7 act of June g. l812) they must
aOt sign the certificate until the sum of the bid Is
inserted, and the bid and guarantee sigr cd by
the bidder and (tWoI guar antors; disregard OF thls
instruction by postmasters will subject them to i'm
! mediate removal, aud to severe penalties.
Poatmasttrs are also liable to dismissal from of
fee for acting as agents tor contractors or bidders
| with or without compensation. i'll any business
| matter or thing, RELAXING to the mail service. They
are the trUeted agcnta of the Department and can
not consistently act III both capacities
d. All bidders, InIarantors and surttiCs dis.
! tnCtly notified that on failure enter into on
perform the TaCts for the service proposed for
in the accepted bids their legal liabilities viii be
| enforced against them.
| y. Present contractors, and persons known al
! the Department, must, equally with the others
procure guarantors and certificates of their Sufh
CicuCy substantially in the forms alb We prescribed
| The certificate of Eutiiccncy must be signed by
| postmaster. -
! JOHN A. ]. CRFSWBLL.
| jal4 law6t Postmaster General
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