The Daily state journal. [volume] (Alexandria, Va.) 1868-1874, 1873-02-25

| usu1l Dost-office address, aud the name of eacl
member of a firm, where company offers
should be distinctly stated.
} 10. Bidders are requested to use, as far n,
practicable, the printed proposals furnished b,
the Department to write out in full the sum
their bids, and to retain copies of them,
Altered bids should not be submitted; MOI
should bids once submitted be Withdrawn. Nc
withdrawal of a bidder or guarantor will be
allowed unless the withdrawal is received TWEEN.
ty-four hours previous to the time fixed for open
ing the proposals.
Each bid must be guaranteed by two respon.
sible 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-
| giant and also to disregard the bids of falling
contractors and bidders. (Act OF June S, 1879,
| section 249.)
| l6. The bid should be sealed, superscribed
Mail Proposals, State of ---," addressed
| Second Assistant Postmaster General Con-
| tract Ohiee, and sent by mail, not by or to an
| agent. Bids of $1,000 per annum and
Upward must be accompanied by a GER
| tned check or draft on some solvent
| national bank, equal to per sent. of the
| amount. (See law of Congress of June s, 1921
IL. The contracts are to be executed and returned
to the Department By or before the LIST day of June
1873 Otherwise the accepted bidder ,oil be consid-
cred as hdUiug failed, and the Postmaster General
may proceed to contract for the service 10Th other
parties, according to Ian.
Transfers of contracts, or of interests in con-
tracts are forbidden by law, and consequsn tly
cannot be allowed. Neither can bids, or inter-
ests in bids, be transferred or assigned to other
parties. Bidders will therefore take notice that
they will be expected to perform the service
awarded to them through the whole contract
term.
IS. Section 249 of the act of June 8. 1872 pro-
yldes that contracts for the transportation oil
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 CELEBRITY, certainty and secu-
r ri thereof" Under this lay bids that propose
and security" hdptng been decided to be the only
legal bids, ale construed as proytdtng Jor the
tire natl ho,oeuer large, and aohateuer may be the
mode Of conveyance necessary TO insure its "ce-
tertty, certainty and security and have the pref
erence ocer all others, and no others are consid.
cred, except for steamboat routes.
l9. modification of a 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 a new bid, with guarantee
and certificate, is the only way to modify pre-
yious bid.
20. Postmasters are to be careful not to certify
to the sufficieucy of guarantors without knowing
that they are persons of sufficient responsibility.
tSee section 247, act of June s, 1871 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 postndsters oiH subject them
70 Immediate removal, and to seuere penalties. '''
Postmasters are also liable to dismissal from
office for acting as agents of contractors or bid
lers. with or without compensation, IN any bust
ness, matter, or thing, relating to the mail SER
vice. They are the trusted agents of the Depart.
ment, and cannot consistently act in both capa.
cities
q. All bidders, guarantors, and sureties are
distinctly notified that on failure to enter into
)r perform the contracts for the service proposed
or in the accepted bids, their legal liabilities will
De enforced against them
% Present contractors, and persons known |
It the Department, must, equally with others,
procure gurantors and certificates of their suffi-
ency substantially IN the forms above pre-
cribed. The certificate of sufficiency must be
igned by postmaster.
JNO. A. J. CRESWELI.,
ia l3-6w Postmaster General.