Pioche daily record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1872-1876, 1873-11-18
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tractors and bidders. Act Of jnne :. l-'2. C.
ton A9i
mail Proposals, State Of Nevada. addressed
..seoorsd SSH tant Postmaster General, Contract
Office Bids OF S 600 per annum and upsara
must BE accompanied by ceruned- cheek OF
draft on some solvent National Bank, equal 70
sreresnt Of the amount: also bids for srryiee
which now costs IS zoe or more per anhun-
Where the present pay is 5000 or more,
stated in the advertisement under the apphr
pirate route.
Turned to the Department by or before the LIST
dsy Of June, 1874. otherwise the accepted bidder
will be considered Is having failed, and the
Postmaster General may proceed to contract Tor
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 or inter
est 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.
Is Section 2i9 of the act Of June 5, 1874. pro-
yides that contracts for the transportation 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 neees ssry to
provide for the due CELEBRITY, certainty and secu-
rity thereof" Under this law bids that pro-
pose to transport the mails with 'celerits, cer-
| tainty and security" having been decided to be
| the only legal bids, are construed as providing
I for the entire mail. however large, and what
/ ever may be the mode of conveyance necessary
to insure its ''celerty, certainty, and security,
| and have the preference over all others, and nc
/ others are considered, except for steamboat
| routes.
| 10. A modification of bid in any of its essen
tal terms Is tsntsmount to new bid, and can
not be received, so as to interfere with regulal
| 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 sufficiency of guarantors without knowing
that they are p rsons of sufficient responsibility
| tSee section 2a7, act of June 3, ls72.l They mus
not sign the certificate until the sum of the biz
is inserted, and the bid and guarantee are signed
by the bidder and two guarantors; disregard
| OF this instruction by Postmasters viii subJec
! them to immediate removal and TO severe penal
ties.
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 agett of the Depart
ment, and cannot consistently act in boil
capacities.
q. All bidders, guarantors. and sureties ar
distinctly notified that on failure to enter int
or perform the contracts for the service propose
for in the accepted bids, their legal liabilitie
will be enforced against them.
90 Present contractors, and persons known O
the Department, must, equally with others, pre-
cure guarantors and certificates Of their suff
cheney substantially in the forms above pre-
scribed. The certificate Of suiiciency must b
signed bya Postmaster.
20. In all cases where the routes are not full
supplied with the necessary locks and pouche,
it is the duty of the Postmaster at the head {
the route to make requisition on the Contrat
Office Of this Department for such locks an
pouches before LIST OF July next provided tn
route be let, re
&c. JNo. A. J. CRESWELL,
ola Postmaster General.