Arizona citizen., 1873-10-25
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practicable, the printed proposal A E. ed by the Department, to write 61i< 3s the sum of their bids, and to ret a-5< E5 f N of them. } #
 Altered bids should not be M{ q nor shOul1 bids once Submited2f H drawn. NJ withdrawal of a E{{< % k H guarantOr will be allowed unlessf7l ft f{ draWal is leceived twent Flour h5{ . vlouS to the lime fixed for Openin2< c pOsals. =
 Each bid must be guarantee esI B responsible peSOnS. The bid 3if n # antee should be signed plainlv 6E full name of eacf person. @7<z Ht{,
 The Postmaster General reSsr4 f7 f right to reject any bd which may <s zs ed eXtravagant; ald also to disre<z ff 4' bids of failing cOnractors andkE& E (Act of June s, 1872. sytion 249) 2k61El
 l6. The bid should be sealed, Sq1eT3i6<@z ed Mail Proposals, Territory of i AT M addressed "SecOnd Assistant P6Stmaster General, Contract Office" Bids oI 5000 per annum and upward must be accom- panied by a certiled check, or draft, on some solvent national bank, equal to T per cent. of the amount; also bids for service which now costs S5,0OO or more per annum. Where the present pay is 5000 or more, it is stated in the advertisement- under the appropriate route.
 17. The contracts are to be executed and returned to the Department by or before the Ist 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 tranSterredaQr assigned to other parties. Bidders N3(E therefore take notice that they will be aX pected to perform the service aWardedA them through the whole contract term. 1
 Is. Section 249 of the act of June s, 1S72,ss provides that contracts for the tranSpOrta- CI, lo nX IaH 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, certalnty, 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- l cept for steamboat routes.
 | 1g A modification of a bid in any of it's l essential terms is tantamOunt to new bid
 and cannot be received, so as to interfere
 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 SufIiciency of guarantOrS- I without knowing that they are persons of
 sufficient responsibility. See section 247,
 act of June s, 1S72.) They must not sign the certificate until the sum of the bid is in-
 serted, and the bid and guarantee are sign
 ed by the bidder and (twO) guarantors; Q
 disregard Of this instruction by pOstmast-
 CTS will subject them to immediate remOv- | al and to severe penalties.
 | PostmaSterS are also liable to dismissal | from office for acting as agents of contract
 ors or bidders, with or without compenSa- | ton, in any business, matter, ,ror thing re- | Iating to the mail service. They are the l trusted agents of the Department, and can not consistently act in both capacities. | 2l. All bidders, guarantOrs, and SuretieS
 are distinctly notified that on 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.
 | 22 Present contractors, and perSO n known at the Department, must, equally
 with others, procure guarantors and cer- titicates of their Sufficiency substantially
 in the forms above prescribed. 5The cer- tificate of sufficiency must be signed by postmaster.
 22tzIfi alLscases where the routes are not fufE s31Bniied with the necessary locks
 a1l<3 NY. .jhns it is the duty of the post rn;<t 6t a*khe head of the route to make
 re{.< I<5fE on the Contract Office of this D&7k f2s3z1&ft for such locks and pouch eS fk1f4t {*ss July next provided the rou to &s sl{<. 4 JNO. A. J. CRESSW ELL . se ff< PoSmaster Gener;