Pioche daily record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1872-1876, 1873-10-29
Official.

withdrawal of a bidder or glarantor will be al.
lowed unless the withdrawal is received twenty
four hours previous to the time fixed for OPEN
ing the proposals.
Bile persons. The bid and guarantee should be
signed plainly with the full name of each per-
sou.
The Postmaster General reserves the right to
reject any bid which may be deemed extrava-
CANT and also to disregard the bids of failing
tractors and bidders. Act Of June s, 1872, Sec
tion 24g.)
16. The bid should be sealed, subscribed
mail Proposals. State of Nevada, addressed
Second Assistant Postmaster General, Contract
Office" Bids Of 5000 per annum and upward
must be accompanied by a certified check or
draft on some solvent National Bank, equal to
5 per cent. of the amount; also bids for service
which now costs 5000 or more per annum.
Where the present pay is 5000 or more, it is
stated in the advertisement under the appro-
pirate route.
IT. The contracts are to be executed and re-
turned to the Department by or before the LIST
day of June, 1874. otherwise the accepted bidder
will be considered as having failed, and the
Postmaster General may proceed to contract for
the service with other parties, according to law.
Transfers Of contracts. or of interest in con-
tracts, are forbidden by law. and consequent
ly cannot be allowed. Neither can bids orinter-
est in bids, be transferred 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.
49, Section 24g of the act of June 8, 1874 pro-
vides that contracts for the transportation of the
mail shall be awarded to the lowest bidder
rendering sufficient guarantees for faithful per-
fOrmance, without other reference to the mode
of such transportation than may be nece ssary to
provide for the due celerty, certainty, and secu-
rity thereof" Under this law bids that pro-
pose to transport the mails with ''celeritY, Ger
taipty and earurity - having bppp decided IN he
the only legal bids. are construed as provid ing
for the entire mail however large, and what
ever may be the mode Of conveyance necessary
to insure its 'celerity, certainty, and security,
and have the preference over all others, and no
others are considered, except for steamboat
routes.
10. A modification OF bid in any Of its essen
tial terms is tantamount to new bid and can
not be received, so as to interfere with regular
competition. Making new bid, with guarantee
and certificate, is the only way to modify pre-
vious bid.
90. Postmasters are to be careful not to certify
to the suficiency of glarantors without knowing
that they are rsons Of sufficient responsibility
See section 2i7, act of June s, lS729 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 two guarantors; disregard
Of this instruction by Postmssters will subjec,
them to immediate removal and to severe penal
ties.
Postmasters are also liable to dismissal from
Office for acting agents of contractors or bid
ders, with or without compensation in any bust
ness, matter, or thing relating to the mail ser
vice. They are the trusted agents Of the Depart
ment, and cannot consistently act in bott
capacities.
81. All bidders, guarantors, and eureties are
distinctly notified that OH failure to enter into
or perform the contracts for the service proposed
for in the accepted bids, their legal liabilitie,
will be enforced against them.
%. Prese mt contractors and persons known al
the Department, must, equally with others, pro
cure guarantors and certificates of their sutfi
cheney substantially in the forms aboye pre-
scribed. The certificate of sufhciency must be
! signed bya Postmaster.
| 23. In all cases where the routes are not fully
| supplied with the necessary locks and pouches
| it is the duty of the Postmaster at the head Of
the route to make requisition on the Contract
Office Of this Department for such locks and
| pouches before lst Of July next provided the
route be let.
JNO. A. J. CRESWELL,
Postmaster General,