The Arizona sentinel., 1873-12-06


mont, and then if they desire, separat
for different service: and if the regular
be the lowest offered for the ADVERT
service, the other propositions may be c
sldpred
10; There should be but one route |
for in a proposal Consolidated or co
/ bination bids (''proposing one snHl for ty
or more routes cannot BE- considered.
il The route, the service, the year
pay, the namr and residence of the bidd,
! Chat If his usual post Office nidress). ar
/ fhe name of each member of Il firm wheI
company offers, should be distinctl
stated
10. Bldders are requested TO use, as IA
as practicable, the printed proposals fur
nlshed by the Department, to write on
i, full the sum of their bids, and 10 return
copies of them.
Altered bids should not be submitted;
nor sholnld bids once submitted be with
drawn No withdrawal of bidder OF
guarantor will be allowed unless TIE with
drawdi j. received rwenty-four hotfs pre-
vious 20 the time fixed for opening the pro
posals.
Each bid must be guaranteed by two
responsible persons TIE bid and guarlB.
zee should be signed plainly with fuh nam-
O each person.
fHe Postmaster General reserves the
- rri ,ct any bid which may be
d-- 0Z-r--- -2ant; and also to disregard
the bids OF failing contractors and bidders.
Act OF june 3, 1872, section 2t9.)
10. The bid saauld b sealed, snpper-
scrIbed Mail Proposals, Territory of
Arizona" addressed Second Assistant
Postmaster General. Contract Office
Bids of $4,000 per annun aud usware
must be accompanied by certified check
.or draft, on some solvent national bank
equal to five per cent of the amount; also
ODDS for service which now costs $4,000
or more pee annum. Where the present
Gay Is $4,000 or more, it is stated in the
advertisements under the appropriate route.
"a. The contracts arc to be executed and
returned to the Department BY or before
the LIST day of June 1874, otherwise the
accepted bidder will be considered as hay-
ing failed, and the Postmaster General may
proceed to contract tor the service with
other parties according to law.
Transfers of contracts, OF of interest
IN contracts are forbidden by law, and
consequently cannot BIZ allowed Neither
can BIDS, or interest in bids. be trans
ferred or assigned to other parties.
Bidders viii therefore take notice that they
Will De expected to perform the services
awarded to them through the whole con-
tract term
u. Section 2i9 of an act of June &,
1877, provides that contracts for the trans-
p0rtatl0n of mail shall be AWARDED to the
lowest bidder rendering sufficient guaran-
tee for faithful performance, without other
reference to the mode If such transporta-
ton than may be nececessary to provide
Tor the due CELEBRITY, certainty. and security
thereof. Under this law bids that pro-
pose to transport the mails with CELEBRITY.
certainly, and security" having been o.
cided 30 be the only lega bids. are con
strasd as providing for the entire mai,
however iaig4, and whatever may be the
mode .! conveyance necesss y h insure IL
'eelrrlty, certainty, aud srcurjty ard
nave the preference Over all Others. ana
no others are considered, except FOR steam
boat routes
-. a modification OF bid IN any OF It's
essential terms is tantamount to new bid,
aud cannot be received, 50 as to interiors
with regular competition. Max ng new
bid, with guarantee and certificate, is the
only way to modify previous bid.
~ P0stnasters are to be careful pot 10
certify to the sufficieney or puarantors
without knowing that they are persons of
sufficient responsibility. (See section 247.
FcS OF June :, 1927 Taey 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 the post
masters will subject them to Immediate
removal and to servere peual les
Postnasters are also liable to dismissal
from office for acting as agents Of contrac-
tors or bidders, with or without comueu-
sa'l0n, Ia any business. matter, or thing re-
ldtlng to the mail service They are the
trusted agents of the Department, and
cannot consistently act IN both capacities.
~. All bidders, guarantOrs, aud sursties
are distinctly notified that on a failure to
enter into or perform the contracts Tor the
service proposed for i'll the accented bids,
their legal liabilities will be enforced
against them
Y. Present contractors. and persons
Known at the Department, mnst, equally
Nth others. procure guarantors and certi-
lcates OF their Sufficirney Substantially IN
he forms above prescribed. The certif-
'ats OF suficiency must be signed By a
postmaster,
q In all eases where the routes are
Tot fully supplied with the necessary locks
nd pouches. 1t is the duty Of the postDas-
rr at the head of the route to make re-
niSiFion or the CONTRACT Office OF It's
)rpa.tme11 fof such Iocss and pouch
etor7 LIST july next. provided ihe route
= let
JNC. a. =. CRESWEII.
owl OF Postmaster Genera