Pioche daily record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1872-1876, 1873-10-22
Official.

Withdrawal Of bidder or riarantor will be al
lowed unless the withdrawal is received twenty
four hours previous TO the time fixed for open
ing the proposals.
Each bid must he guaranteed by two RESPONSE
bic persons. The bid and guarantee should be
signed plainly with The full name of each per-
sou.
The Postmaster General reserves the right to
reject any bid which may be deemed extrava-
CANT and also to DISREGARD the bids of falling con-
tractors and bidders. (Act Of June 3, 1872, see
ton 2l9l
l6. The bid should be sealed, subscribed
Mail Proposals, State Of Nevada, 4" addressed
"Second Assistant Postmaster General, Contract
once Bids OF $1,000 per annum and upward
must be accompanied by certified check, or
draft, ON some solvent National Bank, equal to
per cent. of the amount; also bids for service
which now costs 5000 or more per annum
Where the present pay is 1000 or more, it is
stated in the advertisement under the appro-
PIRATE route.
II. The contracts are to be executed and re-
turned to the Department by or before the LIST
day OF June, 1874, otherwise the accepted bidder
viii 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, be transferred 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.
IL, Section 2i9 of the act Of June 8, 1872, pro-
vdes that contracts for the transportation Of the
mail shall be awarded to the lowest bidder
tendering sufficient guarantees for faithful per-
forInance, without other reference to the mode
OF such transportation than may be necessary to
provide for the due celerity, certainty and secl-
rity 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 provid ing
for the entire mail, however large, and what
ever may be the mode OF conveyance necessary
to irsure its "celerity certainty, and security
and have the preference over all others, and no
others are considered, except for steamboat
routes.
-. A modification of bid in any of its essen.
tai terms is tantamOunt to a new bid, and cam
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.
90. Postmasters are to be careful not to certify
to the sufhciency Of guarantors without knowing
that they are p rsoDs Of sufficient responsibility
tSce section 2i7, act ofJune s, ls72.) 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; a 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 as agents of contractors or bid
ders, with or without compensation, III 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.
II. All bidders, guarantors, and sureties are
distinctly notified that a failure to enter into
or perform the contracts for the service proposed
for in the accepted bids, their legal liabilities
will be enforced against them.
%. Present contractors, and persons known at
the Department, must, equally with Others pro-
cure guarantors and certificates of their suffi-
cheney substantially i'll the forms above pre-
scribed. The certificate Of suficency must be
signed bya Postmaster.
%. In all cases where the routes are not fully
supplied with the necessary locks and pouches,
ii 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.
JN0. A. ]. .CRESWELL,
Postmaster General.