Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1873-1877, 1873-10-25

e competition with bids, of reasonable
: amount, received in time. Neither cal
3 bids be considered which are without
| the guarantee required by law, and a
, certificate Of the sufficiency Of sucl
: guarantee. and the oath of the bidde,
according to section 246, act of June 8.
/ 1872
T. Bidders should first propose fol-
service strictly according to the adver-
tis+men., and then. if they desire, sep
Grdtely for different service; and if the
regular bid be the lowest offered for the
advertised service. the propositions
may b. considered,
49, There should be In: one route bid
for in proposal Consolidated or COM
binaiion bids (''proposing one sum for
two Oh more routes" cannot be consid-
cred.
IA. The route. the service, the yearly
pay, the name and r. sideDce Of the bid
der (that is. bis usual post-offce addressl
and the name of each nj mber Of Il firm,
where . company offers, should be dis
tinctly stated.
Is. Bidders are requested to use. as
far as practicable, the printed proposals.
furnished by the Department. to write
out in full the sum Of their bids, and to
| retain copies OF them.
| Altered bids should not be submitted;
nor should bids once submitted be with
drawn. No withdrawal of bidder or
Ruarantor will be allowed unless the
| withdrawal is received twenty four hours
previous to the time fixed for opening
the proposals.
Each bid must be guaranteed by two
responsible persons. The bid and guar
antee should be signed plainly with the
full name Of each person.
The Postmaster General reserves the
right to reject any bid which may be
deemed extravaSant; and also to disre-
gard the bids Of failing contractors and
bidders. (Act OF June 8, 1879, section
249.)
16. Tho bid should be sealed, super
scribed Mail Proposals, State of New
ada, addressed Second Assistant Post
master General. Contract Office" Bids
of IS, 900 per annum and upward must
be accompanied by a 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 S., 600 or more. it is stated In the
advertisement under the appropriate
route
II. The contracts are to be executed and
returned TO the Department By or before the
LIST day of June, 1874, Otherwise the dc-
cepted bidder teii be considered as haring
failed, and the Postmaster General may
psoceed to contract for the service ,rah
ether parties. according to lam.
Transfers Of contracts, or of interest
IN contracts. are forbidden by law, and
cannot be allowed. Nei-
ther can bids. or interest in bids, be
or assigned to other parties.
Bidders will therefore take notice that
they will be expected to perform tho
service awarded to them through the
whole contract term.
IL. Section 249 Of the act of June 8,
1872, provides that contracts for the
Of the mail shall be
awarded to the lowest bidder rendering
sufficient guarantees for faithful per-
Torrance. without other reference to the
mode of such transportation than may
be necessary to provide for the due celer-
ity. certainty, and security thereof
Under this law bids that propose to
transport the mails with celebrity, Ger
tai,ty. and security" haring been decided
10 be the only legal bids, are construed as
proriding for the entire mail, hoceuer
large. and ,ohaterer may he the mode Of
coareydnce necessary to insure its ''celer-
ity. certainty. and security and haze the
Preference oUer all others, and no others
are considered, except for steamboat
routes.
10. A modification Of bid in any of
its essential terms is taItamount to .
new bid, and cannot be received, SO a.
10 interfere with regular competition.
Making new bid, with guarantee and
certificate. is the only way to modify
previous bid.
90 Postmasters are to be careful not
10 certify to the suficiency Of guarantorS
without knowing that they are persons
Of sufficient responsibility (See Sec
ion PAT, act of June 3, 1871 They
must not sign the certificate until the
yum of the bid is inserted, and the bid
md guarantee are signed by the bidder
md (twol guarantors; disregard Of
his instruction by postandsters arM subject
hem to immediate rerrorc! ard to seuere
penalties.
Postmasters are also !iai,e to dismis-
;al from Office for acting Us agents of
contractors or biddeTa, with or without
in any business. matter,
II thing relating to the mail service.
They are the trusted agents OF the De-
and cannot consistently act in
10Th capacities.
81. AL bidders, gUaran:ors, and sure
les are distinctly notified that On .
allure to enter into or perform the con-
racts for the service proposed for in the
accepted bids, their legal liabilities will