Arizona citizen., 1873-02-15
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pay VIII De allowed should they be greater than advertised, if the points to be supplied are correctly stated. Bidders must inform themselves on this point, and also in refer ence to the weight of the mail, the condi- tiOn of hills, roads, streams. &c, and all toll-bridges, turnpkes, plank-roads, ferries, or Instructions of any kind by which ex- pense may be incurred. No claim for ad- ditional pay, based on such ground, can be considered nor for alleged mistakes or mis- apprehension as to the degree of service nor for bridge destroyed, ferries diseontin- ued, or other Instructions causing or in-- creasing distance or expense occurring dur ing the contract term. Offices established after this advertisement is issued, and also during the contract term, are to be visited without extra pay, if the distance be not increased.
 II. Bidders are cautioned to mail their proposals in time to reach the Department by the day and hour named {3 D. m., March 3, 1S73), for bids received after that time will not be considered in competition with bids, of reasonable amount, received m time. Neither can bids be considered which are without the guarantee required by law, and certificate of the suffciency of such guarantee, and the oath of the bid der according to section 246j act of June 8, 1872.
 I2. Bidders should first propose for serv- ice strictly according to the adv ertisement, and then, if they desire, separately foT different service; and if the regular bid be the lowest offered for the advertised service, the other propositions may be considered. 13. There should be but ruute bid for in proposal. Consolidated or combi- nation bids (''propOsing one sum for two or more routes'') cannot be considered. 14. The route, the service, the yearly pay, the name and residence Ot the biducr (that is. his usual post office address), aud the name ot each member of firm, where company offers, should be distinctly stated.
 15. Bidders are requested to use, as far as practicable, the printed proposals furn- ished by the Department, to write out in full the sum of their bids, and to retain copies of them.
 l Altered bids should not be submitted; nor should bids once submitted be with drawn. No withdrawal of bidder or guar antor will be allowed unless the with drawaI is received twenty four hours pre- vious to the time fixed for opening the pro- posais.
 Each bid must be guaranteed by two re- sponsible persons. The bid and guarantee should be signed plainly with the full name of each person.
 The Postmaster General reserves the right TO reject any bid which may be deem- ed extravagant; and also to disregard the bids of failing -o0htractors and bidders. | (Act of June s, 1872, section 249.) l l6. The bid should be sealed, superscrib- ed "Ma ail Proposals, Territory of Arizona," addressed "Second Assistant Postmaster General, Contract Ofice,'' and sent by mail, not by or to an agent. Bids of S5,0OO per annum and upward must he accom- panied by a certified check or draft on some solvent national bank, equal to per cent. of the amount. (See law of Congress of June 8, 1S72.)
 r. The contracts are to be executed and returned to the Department3 by or before the Ist day of June, 1873, otherwise the accepted bidder will be considered as hay ing failed, and the Postmaster General may proc eed to contract for the service with other parties, according to law.
 Transfers of contracts, or of interests in contracts, are forbidden by law, and con- seq uently cannot be allowed. Neither can bids, or interest in bids, be transferred or ! assigned to other parties. Bidders will therefore take notice that they will be ex- pected to perform the service awarded to them through the whole contract term. IS. Section 249 of the act of June s. 1872, provides that contracts for the transporta- tion of the mail shall be ''awarded to the lowest bidder rendering sufficient guaran- tees fer faithful performance, without other reference to the mode of such traDspOrta- I ton than may be necessary to provide for the due celerity, certainty, and security thereof.' Under this law bids that propose to transport the mails with "eelerity, cer- tainty, 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 security" and have the pref erence over all others, and no others are considered, except for steamboat routes. | l9. A modification of a bid in any of it's essential terms is tantamOunt to new bid, and cannot be received, so as to interfere with regular competition. Making new bid, with guarantee and certificate, is the only way to modify previous bid.
 %. Postmasters are to be careful not to certify to the suficiency of guarantors with out knowing that they are persons of suffi- cient responsibility. (See section 24I, act of June s, 1S72.) They must not sign the certificate until the sum of the bid IS insert ed, and the bid and guarantee are signed
 by the bidder and (two) guarantors a dis regard of this instruction oy postmasters will subject them to immediate removal. and to severe penalties.
 [. Postmasters are also liable to dismissal