Pioche daily record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1872-1876, 1873-12-05
Offitial.

/ February, May and August, provided thls re
quired evidence of service has been received.
/ TO- The distances given are believed TO be sub
stantiAlly correct: but no increased pay VIII be
| allowed should they lie greater than advertised.
IL the points to be supplied are correctly stated
/ Bidders must inform themselves on this poipt.
| and also in reference to the weight OF the mail,
the conditions Of hills, roads, streams &c. and
all toll bridges, turnpkes plsnk-roads, ferries,
| or distractions of any kind by which expense
| may be incurred. No claim for additional pay.
based on such GROUND. can be considered, nor
/ for alleged mistakes or miszpprehension as to
the degree Of service; nor for bridges destroyed.
ferries discontinued, or other distractions caus
| ing or increasing distance or expense occurring
| during the contract term. Offices established
after this advertisement is issued, and also dur
ing the contract term, are to be visited without
| extra pay, If the distance be not increased
IL. Bidders are cautioned to mail their propo-
sails in time to reach the Department by the day
| and hour named Is p. m, February 2, 1874, as
bids received after that time will not be consid-
cred in competition with bids, of reasonable
amount received in time. Neither can bids be
considered which are without the guarantee re-
quired by law, and certificate OF the suthciency
OF such guarantee, and the oath of the bidder,
according TO section 2i6, act of June s, 1872
Il. Bidders should first propose for service
| strictly according to the advertisement and
then, If they desire, separately for different SER
vice; and if the regular bid be the lowest offered
for the advertised service, the other propositions
Is. There should be but one route bid for in
proposal Consolidated combination bids
| t''proposing one sum for two or more routes'l
cannot be considered.
IA. The route, the service, the yearly pay, the
name and residence Of the bidd sr THAT is, his
usual post-office address, and the name of each
member Of a firm, where companT offers, should
be distinctly stated.
Is. Bidders are requested to use as far as prac-
/ ticable, the printed proposals furnished by the
| DeDarfmppt write ont in full the of their
bids, and TO retain copies Of them.
Altered bids should not be submitted; nor
| should bids once submitted be Withdrawn. No
withdrawal of bidder or guarantor will be al
| lowed unless the withdrawal is received twenty
four hours previous to the time fixed for open
ing the proposals.
Each bid must be guaranteed by two response
BILE 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 aAy bid which may be deemed extravs-
CANT and also to disregard the bids of failing
tractors and bidders. tAct Of June s, 1872, Sec
| ton 2i3.I
l6. The bid should be sealed, subscribed
"Mail Proposals, State of Nevada, addressed
'Second Assistant Postmaster General, Contract
Office Bids of IS, 600 per annum and upward
must be accompanied by certified check, or
draft. on some solvent National Bank, equal to
8 per cent. of the amount; also bids for service
which now costs $4,000 or more per annum.
Where the present pay is 5000 or more, it is
stated in the advertisement under the appro-
pirate route.
II. 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 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 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 nece ssary to
provide for the due CELEBRITY certainty, and secu.
rity thereof Under this law bids that pro-
| pose to transport the mails with "celerity, GER
tainty. and security" having been decided to be
the only legal bids, are construed as providing
for the entire mail, however large, and what.
ever may be the mode of conveyance necessary
to insure its celebrity, certainty, and security,
and have the preference over all others, and nc
others are considered, except for steamboat
routes.
10. modification of bid in any of its essen.
tial terms is tantamount to n 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
20. Postmasters are to be careful not to certify
| to the suifciency of guarantors without knowing
that they are pr rsons OF sufficient responsibility
| lSee section 247. act of June s, 1s72) 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 Postmasters will subject
them to immediate removal and to severe penal
ties.
office for acting as 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 boil
capacities.
81 All bidders, guarantors, and sureties ar,
distinctly notified that on failure to enter into
or perform the contracts for the service proposed
for in the accepted bids, their legal liabilitiel
viii be enforced against them.
%. Present contractors, and persons known a
the Department must, equally with Others pro
cure guarantors and certificates Of their suffi
cheney substantially in the forms above pre-
scribed. The certificate of suficiency must b,
signed bya Postmaster.
%. In all cases where the routes are not full,
| supplied with the necessary locks and pouches
it is the duty of the Postmaster at the head O.
the route to make requisition on the Contrac
Office Of this Department for such locks anC
pouches before LIST Of July next provided the
route be let.
JNO. A. J. CRESwELL,
| ola Postmaster General.