Pioche daily record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1872-1876, 1873-11-11
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withdrawal Of u bidder or guarantor will be al
lowed unless the withdrawal is received twenty
four hours previous to the time fixed for open
ing the proposals.
BILE 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 may be deemed extrava-
CANT and also to disregard the bids of failing
tractors and bidders. Act of June s, 1872, sec
tion 249.)
lG. The bid should be sealed, subscribed
Mail Proposals, State of Nevada, a" addressed
Second Assistant Postmaster General, Contract
Office " Bids of 5000 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 s5,0o0 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
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 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 viii be expected to perform the service
awarded to them through the whole contract
term.
lS Section 249 Of the act of June 8, 1872, pro.
vdos that contracts for the transportation oi the
mail shall be awarded to the lowest bidder
tendering sufficient guarantees for faithful per-
| formance, without other reference to the mode
/ OF such transportation than may be necessary to
provide for the due CELEBRITY. certainty and secu.
rtty thereof" Under this law bids that pro-
| pose to transport the mails with "celeritg, GER
tainty, and security" having been decided to be
/ the only legal bids are construed as ding
| 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 arc considered, except for steamboat
routes
10. modification of bid in any of its essen
/ tial terms is tantamount to new bid, and can
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.
20. Postmasters are to be careful not to certify
to the suficiency Of guarantors without knowing
that they are p rsons of sufficient responsibility.
tSee section 2t7, act of June 3, 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
ONCE lOr aCll1p as agents OF CONTRACTORS OF Dlu
ders, with or without compensation, in any busi
ness, matter, or thing relating to the mail ser
vice They are the trusted age is Of the Depart
ment, and cannot consistently act in botl
| capacities.
81. All bidders, guarantors, and sureties ar,
distinctly notified that failure to enter int
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 a
the Department, must, equally with others, pro
cure guarantors and certificates of their suffi
cheney substantially in the forms above pre-
scribed. The certificate Of sufhciency INST b.
signed bya Postmaster.
90. In all cases where the routes are not full,
supplied with the necessary locks and pouches
it is the duty Of the Postmaster at the head o
the route to make requisition on the Contrac
Office Of this Department for such locks ant
pouches before LIST Of July next provided tn
route be let
JNO. A. J. .CRESWEII,
ol4 Postmaster General.