Arizona citizen., 1873-11-01

increase, decrease, or extend the service in accordance with law, he allowing a pro rata increase of compensation for any ad- ditiOnal service thereby required, or for in- creased speed, If the employment of ad- dltlOnal stock or carriers is rendered neceS- Sary; and in case of decrease, curtailment or diScOntinuance of service, as a full in demnity to said contractor, one months extra pay on the amount of service dis penSed with, and a pro rata compensation for the service retained. Provided how ever, that in case of increased expedition, the contractor may, upon timely notice, relinquish the contract.
 9. Payments will be made by collections from, or drafts on, pOstmasters or other wise, after the expiration of each quarter say in November, February, May and August, provided that required evidence of service has been received.
 10. The distances given are believed to be substantially correct; but no increased pay will be allowed should they be greater than advertised, if the points to be supplied are correctly stated. Bidders must inform themselves on this point, and also in reference to the weight of the mail, the condition of hills, roads, streams, &c., and all tOll-bridges, turnpikes, plank roads, ferries, or ObStructions 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 miSapprehenSiOn as to the degree of service; nor for bridges destroyed, ferries discontinued, or other Instructions causing or increasing distance or expense occurring during the contract term. Of tlceS established after this advertisement is issued, and also during the contract term, are to be visited without extra pay, II the distance be not increased.
 II. Bidders are cautioned to mail their proposals in time to reach the Department by the day and hour named 6 D. m., Feb ruary 7, lS74, as bids received after that time will not be considered in competition of r1oC ,nHI in time. Neither can bids be considered which are without the guarantee required by law, and certificate of the Sufficiency of such guarantee, and the oath of the bid der according to section 246, act of June 8, 1872.
 12. Bidders should first propose for ser vice strictly according to the advertise ment, and then, if they desire, separately for different service; and if the regular bid be the lowest offered for the advertised service, the other propositions may be con sidered.
 13. There should be but one route bid for in proposal. Consolidated or cOmbina- tion bids (' proposing one sum for two or more routes '') cannot be considered.
 H. The route, the service, the yearly pay, the name and residence of the bidder (that is his usual pOst-Office address), and the name of each member of a firm, where a company offers, should be distinctly stated.
 D. Bidders are requested to use, as far as practicable, the printed proposals furnish ed by the Department, to write out in full the sum of their bids, and to retain copies of them.
 Altered bids should not be submited; nor should bids once submitted be with drawn. No withdrawal of bidder or guarantOr will be allowed unless the with draWal is received twent 7-four hours pre- viOus to the time fixed for opening the pro pOSalS.
 Each bid must be guaranteed by two responsible persons. The bid and guar antee should be signed plainly with the full name of each person.
 The Postmaster General reserves the right to reject any hidEWhieh may be deem ed eXtravagant; and dRIQ4f<k{1 ftae. bids of failing cOntf&*t z s4 Act of June S. 1872 seiiff< ii = ' 7 ss;z. ed '' Mail Proposals, q E<f ||z x I1 ' q 7 i<; addressed "SecOnd AHSsi 8ttft t* t' 'e4t< 1-I General, Contract Office.' Bids Of S5. 5.066s per annum and upward must be accom- panied by a certified check, or draft, on some solvent national bank, equal to per cent. of the amount; also bids for service which now costs S5,O00 or more per annum. Where the present pay is S5,000 or more, 1t is stated in the advertisement under the appropriate route.
 IT, The contracts are to be executed and returned to the Department by or before the 1St day of June, 1874, otherwise the ac- cepted 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 contracts, are forbidden by law, and con sequently cannot be allowed. Neither can bids, or interest in bids, be transferred or assigned to other parties. Bidders will therefore take notice that they will be eX- pected to perform the service awarded to them through the whole contract term.
 IS. Section 249 of the act of June s, 1872, provides that contracts for the tranSporta ton of the mail shall be awarded to the lowest bidder rendering sufficient guar antees for faithful performance, without other reference to the mode of such trans pOrtatiOn than may be necessary to pro vide for the due celerity, certainty, and and security thereof" Under this law bids that propose to transport the mails with "celerity, certainty and security" having been decided to be the only legal bids, are construed as providing for the entire mail however large, and whatever may be the mode of conveyance necessary to insure it's "'celerity, certainty and Secur- ity," and have the preference over ali others, and no others are considered, ex- cept for steamboat routes.
 19. A modification of bid in any of its essential terms is tantamOunt to new bid with regular competition. Making a new bid, with guarantee and certificate, is the only way to modify previous bid. 20. POStmasterS are to be careful not to certify to the Sufficiency of guarantors without knowing that they are persons of sufficient responsibility. (See section 247, act of June 8, 1S72.) They must not sign the serted, and the bid and guarantee are sign ed by the bidder and (twO) guarantOrs; a disregard of this instruction by pOStmaSt- CTS will subject them to immediate remOy-