The Arizona sentinel. [volume] (Arizona City [Yuma], Yuma County, A.T. [Ariz.]) 1872-1911, 1873-11-01
II. Bidders should first propose for SER


vice strictly according to the advertise
mont, and then if they desire, separately
for different service; and If the regular BIZ
be the lowest offered for the advertise
service, the other propositions may be Con
t adhered.
, Is; There should be but one route BIZ
f for in proposal Consolidated or com
bination bids (''propOsing one snm for tw
or more routes cannot be considered
II IL. The route, the service, the yearl.
lpay, the name and residence of the bidde
(that is, his usual post Office address,, ant
the name of each member of firm, wher
a company offers, should be distinctly
tstated. ,,s...-,.v,a,.
Is. Bidders are requested to use, as fal
as practicable, the printed proposals fur
nished by the Department, to write ont
in full the sum of their bids, and TO return
copies of them.
Altered BIDS should not be submitted
nor shomld bids once submitted be with
drawn No withdrawal of a bidder OF
guarantor will be allowed unless the with
drawal ia received twenty-fOur hours pre-
vious to the time fixed for opeuing the pro
posals.
Each bid must be guaranteed by two
responsible persons. The bid and guaran'
tee should be signed plainly with full name
of each person.
The Postmaster General reserves the
right to reject any bid which may be
deemed extravag ant; and also to disregard
the bids of failing contractors and bidders.
| (Act of June s, 1872, section 249.)
is. The bid should be sealed, supper
scribed "Mai Proposals, Territory of
| Arizona" addressed Second Assistant
Postmaster General, Contract Office
Bids of $1,000 per annum and upward
must be accompanied by a certified check,
or draft, on some solvent natiOnl. y..aA,
equal to five per cent. of the amount; also
bids for service which now costs $4,000
or n ore per anuum. Where the present
pay is s., 600 or more it is stated in the
advertisement under the appropriate route:
H. The contracts ara to be executed and
returned to the Department by or before
the lst day of June 1874, otherwise the
| accepted bidder will be considered as hav-
ing 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 contracts are forbidden by law, and
| consequently cannot be allowed. Neither
can bids, or interest in bids. be trans
terred 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 con-
tract term.
IL. Section 245 of an act of June s.
1872, provides that contracts for the trans
pOrtation of mail shall be " awarded TO the
lowest bidder rendering sufficient guaran-
tee for faithful performance, without other
reference to the mode of such transpOrta-
ton than may be nececessary to provide
for the due celebrity, certainty, and security
thereof Under this law bids that pro-
pose to transport the mails with 'celerity,
certainty, and security" having been de-
cided to be the only legal bids, are con-
strued as providing for the entire mail,
however large, and whatever may be the
mode of conveyance necessary to insure IFS
"celerity, certainty, and security" aud
have the preference oyer all others, and
no others are considered, except for steam
H-9t -9rf"~
l3. E modification Of bi in sHy Of lis
aase1-.ai terms IS saareuoUl r1 He# 1fl-
and cannot be received, 70 90 Co i1l1I
with regular competition. Taking 06W
bld, %Ith guarantee aad certificate, is The
Only way 30 mOds rrcrlc 10 bid.
- Postnaster a-a t. oe laro.ul act 20
certify 10 tho sulo.eaCy 90 euFauto.s
without knowing --a tAs- 10 pctsOns vi
sufficient responsibility. (See section 247,
act of June 8, 1922 Taey must not sign
the certificate until the sum of the bid is
ms EaI III Ebo ID
signed by the bidder and (tWo) guarantors;
disregard of this instruction by the post
masters will subject them to immediate
removal and to servere penalties.
POstmasterS are also liable to dismissal
from office for acting as agents of (0ntrac,
tors or bidders, with or without c0mpen-
satiOn, in any business, matter, or thing re-
lating to the mail service. They are the
trusted agents of the Department, and
cannot consistently act IN both capacities.
81. All bidders, grarantors, and sureties
are distinctly notified that on failure to
enter into or perform the contracts for the
Service proposed for in the accepted bids,
their legal liabilities will be enforced
against thelp.
y. Present contractors, and persons
known at the Department, must, equally
with others, procure guarantors aud certi-
ffcates Of their snfiiciency substantially in
the forms above prescribed. The certif-
cate of suiicieney must be signed by q
postmaster,
30 In all cases where the routes are
not fully supplied with the necessary locks
and pouches, it is the duty of the postmas-
ter at the head of the route to make re-
QUESTION on the Contract Cfice Of this |
Department for such locks and pouches |
before lst July next, provided tho route
be let.
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r6stc1s5er Genera