The Daily state journal. [volume] (Alexandria, Va.) 1868-1874, 1873-03-01

usu u post-o1lce address,, aud the name of eact
member of firm, where company offers
should be distinctly stated.
l6 Bidders are requested to use. as far as
practicable the printed proposals furnished by
| the department, to write out IN full the sum o.
their bids, and to retain copies of them
Altered bids should not be submitted; nor
should bids once submitted bs Withdrawn. No
| withdrawal OF bidder or guarantor will be
allowed unless the withdrawal l. received TWEEN.
ty-four hours previous tot the time fixed for open.
| Each bi must be guaran' eed by two respou-
/ sbe persons. The bid and guarantee should be
signed plainly with the full name of each per-
| son.
The Postmaster General reserves the right to
| reject any bid which NAV be deemed ex rava-
| CANT and al o 10 disregard The bids OF TAIL ng
Contractors and bidders tAct of June 5, 1879,
10 The bid should be sealed. snperscrbed
Mail Proposals, State of -" addressed
'Secoud Assistant Postmaster ciener j. Con-
tract Ofce,' and sent by mIH not by or TO an
| agent Bids of 5000 per annum and
| upward must be accompanied by Il GER
tilted check or aft on some solvent
amount. (See law of Cong ress Of Ju te S, 1871
IL The cont acts are to be executed aud returned
to the Department By or before ne st dy of Juae,
1873 othertoise The accepted bidder ,ou BE- conSid.
cred as haviug failed, and the Postm er Central
may pro "eed TO contract for The ss,pce lcih other
portteS according to Ldo.
Transfers of C nt,acts, or of interests in con-
tracts are forbidden by law, and cone Iusnuy
cannot be allowed Neither can BIDS, or inter-
ests In bids, ne transferred or assigned to other
parties Bad-rs will therefore take notice thai
they will be expected TO perform the service
awarded to them through the whole contract
term.
IS Section c4g of the act of June S. 1872, pro.
vdes that contracts for the transportation OF
the mail shall be "awarded 70 the low st oder
rendering sufficient guarantees for faithful per
formance, without other refereoce TO the mode
of sucn transportation than may be necessary to
provide TOR The due pelHr y. certainty and EeCu-
nty thereof" Under this law bids hat p oppose
TO transport the mails with "ceLerity, certainty,
md security hduing b>s7l decided to be the only
legal bids, a construed as rouidtng Jor the en-,
tire mutt however large, and tohdteuer may be the
niode Of conveyance necessary to insure ITS &c
erence orer all others, and no others al consld
cred, except for steamboat routes
ls. modification of bid In any of its essen
tial terms is tantamount to new bid, and can.
not be received. so us 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 suffcieucy of guaran tors without knowing
that they pc of sufficient responsibility.
(See section 247, 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; n disregard
ofthtS instruction by Iostmdsters fctU subject them
to immediate removal, and to serere penalties.
Postmasters are also liable 10 dismissal from
office for acting as agents of contractors or bid
ders. with or without compensation, any busi-
ness, matter, or thing, relating 10 the mail ser.
vice. They are the trusted agents of the Depart
ment, and cannot consistently act in both capa-
cities
81 All bidders. guarantors, and suretes are
distinctly notified that failure to enter into
perform the con tracts for The service proposed
for in the accepted bids, their leg al liabilities will
be enforced against them.
% Present contractors, and persons known
at the Department, must, equally with Others
procure gurantors and certificates of their sufi
cheney substantial IN the forms above pre-.
scribed The certificate of sufficiency must be
signed by postmaster.
JNO. A J. CRESWELL,
ia l3-6w Postmaster General.