Pioche daily record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1872-1876, 1873-10-31
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withdrawal Of a bidder or guarantor will be al
lowed unless the withdrawal is received twenty
four hours previous to the time fixed for open
rlg the proposals.
Each bid must be guaranteed by two response.
bic persoils The bid and guarantee should be
signed plainly with the full name of each per.
son.
The Postmaster ueneral reserves the right to
reject any bid which may be deemed extrava-
CANT and also to disregard the bids of failing con-
tractors and bidders. Act of June s. 1872, Sec
ton 2i9.l
l6. 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 n 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 il
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 249 Of the act OF June s. 1872, pro-
yides that contracts for the transportation the
mail shall be awarded to the lowest bidder
tendering sufficient guarantees for faithful per-
fOrmance, without other reference to the mode
of such transportation than may be necessary 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 irsure its celerity, certainty and security" +"
and have the preference over oil others, and no
others are considered, except for steamboat
| routes.
~ A modification Of bid in any of its essen
/ tal terms is tantamount to q new bid, and can
not be received. so as to interfere with regular
competition. Making new bid, with guarantee
and certificate, isthe only way to modify pre-
vious bid.
90 Postmasters are to be careful not to certify
to the suthciency of guarantors without knowing
that they are p rsons Of sufficient responsibility
tSee section 2i7 act of June 3, lS72.) 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 Postnasters will subject
! them TO immediate removal and to severe penal.
| ties.
| postmssters 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 agents Of the Depart
ment, and cannot consistently act in both
capacities.
| 81. All bidders, guarantors, and sureties are
distinctly notified that on a failure to enter into
or perform the contracts for the service proposed
| for IN the accepted bids, their legal liabilities
will be enforced against them.
%. Present contractors and persons known q,
| the Department, must, equally with others, pro
cure guarantors and certificates Of their sufi
| cheney substantially IN the forms above pre-.
scrbed. The certificate of sufheiency must be
signed bya Postmaster.
%. In all cases where the routes are not fully
supplied with the necessary locks and pouches
| ii 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 LIST Of July next provided the
| route be let
JNo. 4. ]. CRESWEIL,
oil Postmaster General.