Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1873-02-12

four hours previous to the time fixed for opening
the proposals.
Each bid must be guaranteed by two fespon-
sible persons The bid and guarantee should
be signed plainly with the full name OF each
The Postmaster General reserves thu risht ..
reject any bid which may be deemed sxtrays
CANT; and also to disregard the bids of failins
eontraetoEs and bidders.ztAes of June 8, 1877,
Il T Pso Dls sh0s State % Of sealed
dressed Second Assistant Postmaster Csnersl.
Contract Office" and sent by s,saiL not h AZ to
an agent. Bids of So, 900 per=annum And IN.
ward must be accompanied by certified check
or draft on some solvent national bank, equal
to per cent OF the amount. {See law Of Con-
gress Of June 8, 1922 sE -
IL. Ihe contracts are to b. executed and re-
turned to the Department By or before Ire Let
day q June 1875, othertcise tAS accented bidder
,0att De CONSIDERED as hdsing failed, and TIE
LoSentaster CenerdI may proceed to contract
latc. '''e' "'es' ~
Transfers of contracts, or of interests in con.
tracts, are forbidden by law, and consequently
cannot be allowed. Neither can bids, or inter.
Is. IN Dids De transferred or assigned to other
that they will be expected to perform the service
awarded to IL EN- through the whole contract
term.
Is. Section 249 of the act of June 8, 1872 pro.
vldes that contracts for the transportation Of the
mail shall be awarded to the lowest bidder
rendering sufficient guarantees for faithful Per.
formanee, without other reference to the mode
OF such transportation than may be nscsssary 10
provide for the due CELEBRITY, certainty, and So
curlty thereof" Under this law bids that pro.
oe to transport the mails with .,ceIefitx Ger
preTg, ara security" haring been decided to Be
tars''ty legal bids, cons tructed a. prorid;ns
nhe entire mail, however large. and what.
:, may De me mode Of conveyance necessary to
nt.0re ats ceteT1ty, certainty and securifv"
o2.d hare the preference orer all Others. and no
others are considered, except for steamboat
routes. G o's IL
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 q new bid, with sua,ar-
tee and certificate, Is the only way to modify q
previous bid. -.. -
20. Postmasters are to be careful not to ccrtif,
to the suthciency of guarantors without know
ing that they are persons Of sufficient respopsil
bility. (See section DAT, act of june g. 1872
They must not sign the certificate until the sum
OF the bid is inserted, and the bid and guaran-
tee are signed by the bidder and (two) euaran.
tors; q disregard of this instruction 81 post-
masters 1clU subject them to immediate remor-
al, and to serere penalties.
Postmasters are also liable to dismissal from
office for acting as agents of contractors or bid
mess, matter, or thing, relating to the nah SER
vice. They are the trusted agents of the De-
partment, and cannot consistently act in both
capacities. 4 ~ fe5
q. All bidders, guarantors, and sureties are
distinctly notified that on failure to enter in
to or perform the contracts for the service pto-
posed for in the accepted bids their legal liabil-
tiles will be enforced against them.
~: Present contractors, and persons known
at the Department, must equally with others.
procure guarantors and certificates of their suf-
fciency substantially in the forms above pre-
scribed. The certificate of suficiency must be
signed by postmaster. il' , =
y o- II .c- JNo. A. j. CREswKLL,
...lt Postmaster General.