Pioche daily record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1872-1876, 1873-10-28
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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
BILE persons The bid anu guarantee should be
signed plainly with the full name of each per-
son.
The Postmaster General reserves the right to
reject any bid which may be deemed extrava-
CANT and also TO disregard the bids OF failing
tractors and bidders. tAct of June 9, 1872, sec.
ton 249.l
16. The bid should be sealed, subscribed
Mail Proposals, State Of Nevada, " addressed
"Seeond Assistant Postmaster General, Contract
Office " Bids OF $1,000 per annum and upward
must be accompanied by certified check, or
draft, on some solvent National Bank, equal to
3 per cent. of the amount; also bids for service
which now costs 5000 or more per annum.
Where the present pay is $4,000 or more, it is
stated in the advertisement under the appro-
pirate route.
Il. The contracts are to be executed and re-
turned 10 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, he 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.
ls Section 249 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-
formance, without other reference to the mode
of such transportation than may be nece sssry to
provide for the due celerty, certainty, and secu-
rty 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 irsnre its "celerty. certainty, and security,
and have the preference over all others, and no
others are considered, except for steamboat
routes.
10. A modification of bid in any of its essen
tial termsis tantamount to 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.
~. Postmasters are to be careful not to certify
to the suficiency of guarantOrs without knowing
that they are rsons of sufficient responsibility
See section 2i7, act of June s, 1871 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.
postmasters are also liable to dismissal from
Office for acting 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, guGrantors, and sureties art
distinctly notified that on failure to enter into
perform the contracts for the service proposed
for in the accepted bids, their legal liabilities
will be enforced against them.
l,,tn, ,,,trp t,rG ND mo lynny M
the Department, must, equally with others, pro.
cure guarantors and certificates Of their sufh
cheney substantially in the forms above pre-.
scribed The certificate of sufficiency must be
| signed bya Postmaster
90, In all cases where the routes are not fully
supplied with the necessary locks and pouches
it 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. A. j. CRESWEIL,
| Postmaster General,