The Daily state journal. [volume] (Alexandria, Va.) 1868-1874, 1873-02-12

usu1i post.offce address,, aud the name Of each
member of a firm, where q company offers,
should be distinctly stated.
10. Bidders are requested to use, as far as
practicable, the printed proposals furnished by
the department, TO write out in full the sum oil
their bids, and TO retain copies of them,
Altered bids should not be submitted; nor
| should bids once submitted be Withdrawn. M
| withdrawal OF a bidder or euarantor will be
allowed unless the withdrawal IL received twen-
-four hours previous tothe time fixed for open
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 ex,rava-
CANT and also 10 disregard the bids OF falling
contractors and bidders. (Act OF juno s, 1877,
10. rhe bid should be sealed, superscribed
Mail Proposals, State Off," addressed
'Secoud Assistant Postmaster General, Com
tract Once" and sent by mail, not by or to an
agent. Bids of $1,000 per annum and
upward must be accompanied by a GER
Tiled check or draft on some solvent
national bank, equal to 8 per cent. of the
amount. (See law of Congress of June s, ls72.l
IL. The contracts are to be erecuted and returned
to the Department By or before The LIST dry Of June,
1873, othertoise the accepted bidder loilt be consid.
cred as hauiugJ failed, and the Postmasrer General
may proceed 10 contract for the sercfce 10Th other
parties, according to lao.
Transfers of c ntracts, or of interests in con-
tracts are forbidden by law, and conse lusn thy
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-
yides that contracts for the transportation oil
the mail shall be awarded 10 the lowe st 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-
rity thereof" Under this law bids that propose
to transport the mails with celebrity. certainty,
and security having been decided to be the only
legal bids, al G construed as providing for the en-
tire mail, hoaoeuer large, and 1ohdteoer may be the
mode Of conveyance, necessary to insure ITS zee.
erence ouer all others, and no others are consid-
cred, except for steamboat routes.
10. A modification of a bid In any of its essen
tiai terms Is tantamount to a 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 a pre-
vious bid.
90. Postmasters are TO be careful not to certify
to the sufficiency of guarantors without knowing
that they are persons of sufficient responsibility
(See section 247, act of June s, 1871 They must
not sign the certificate until the sum of the bid is
and the bid and guarantee are signed
by the bidder and (two) guarantors; a disregard
Of his instruction By postmdsterS totU subject them
to immediate removal, and to sepere penalties.
Postmasters are also liable to dismissal from
Office for acting as agents of contractors or bid
ders. 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-
81. 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.
% Present contractors, and persons known
ut the Department, must, equally with Others,
procure gurantors and certificates of their sufn-
cheney substantially IN the forms above pre-
The certificate of suficiencY must be
signed by a postmaster.
JNO. Al CRESWELI,
ia l3-6w Postmaster General.