The Arizona sentinel., 1873-11-15
u Bidders should first proI o5e for SER

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mant. and then if they desire, separately,
for different service; and if the regular bid
be the lowest offered for the advertised
service, the other propositions may be con-
siSered
10; There should be but one route bid
for in a proposal. Consolidated or com
bination bids ("proposiug.one snm for two
or more routes'') cannot be considered.
L. The route, the service, the yearly
pay. the name and residence of the bidder
Chat is his usual post Office address,. and
the name 'of each member OF firm, where
a company offers, should be distinctly
stated
10. Bidders are requested TO use, as far
as practicable, the printed proposals fur
nshed by the Department, to write ont
ID full the sum of their bids, and 10 return
copies of them.
Altered bids should not be submitted;
nor sh0Dld bids once submitted be with
drawn. No withdrawal of a bidder or
guGrantOr will be allowed unless the with
draWal is received twenty-four hours pre-
vious to the time fixed for opeuing the pro.
pOsals.
Each bid must be guaranteed by tho
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tee should be signed plainly with full name
of each person.
The Postmaster General reserves the
right to reject any bid which may bo
deemed extravaganza; and also to disregard
the bids Of falling contractors and bidders.
(AcE of June 8, 1872, section 249.)
10. The bid should be sealed, supper
scrlned Mail Proposals, Territory of
Arizona" addressed "Second Assistant
Postmaster General. Contract Office
Bids of $4,000 per annuH and upward
must be accompanied by a certified check s
or draft on some solvent national bank.
equal to five per cent. of the amount; also
bids for service which now costs 5000
or more per annum. Where the present
pay Is $4,000 or more, it is stated in the
advertisement under the appropriate route.
IL The contracts ara to be executed and
returned to the Department BY or before
the lst day of June 1874, Otherwise the
accepted bidder will be considered as hav-
ing failed, and the Postmaster General NAV
proceed to contract for the service with
other parties according to law. =
Transfers of contracts, or of Interest
in contracts are forbidden by law, and
consequently cannot be allowed. Neither
can bids, or interest in bids, be trans
terred CT assigned TO other parties.
Bidders will therefore take notice that they
will be expected to perform the service
awarded to them through the whole con-
tract term.
IL. Section 30 of an act Of June g..
1872, provides that contracts for the trans
portation of mail shall be awarded to the
lowest bidder rendering sufficient guaran
tee for faithful performance, " Without other
reference to the mode of such transportg-
ton than may be necessary to provide
for the due celerity, certainty. and security
thereof" Under this law bids that pro-
pose TO transport the mails with "celerity,
certainty, AMI security" lIaving been de-
clded to be the only legal bids. are con
strued as providing for the entire nail.
however large, and Whatever NAV be the
mode of conveyance necessary To insure it's
. CELEBRITY, certalnty and security" and
have the preferrn-e over at others and
no others are Coz t-rei e-cert fer steam
boat routes.
~. a modification Of bid in any ofits
essential terms is tantamOuut 10 a new bid.
and cannot be received, so as to interfere
with regular competition. Making new
bid, with guarantee and certificate, ia the
only way to modify previous bid
~. P0Stmasters are to be careful aot 70
certify to the suficiency or guarantors
without knowing that they are persons of
suiiielentre responsibility. (See section 247.
act OF June 8, 1922 Taey must not sign
the certificate until the sum of the bid Is
inserted and The bid and guarantee ara
signed by the bidder and (two) guarantors:
disregard OF this instruction by the post .
masters will subject them to immedia.5
removal and TO serFere penalties.
Postmlsters arc also liable to dismissal
from Office for acting as agents of cOntrac-
tors or bidders, with or without compen-
sa'Ion, IN any business, matter, or thing re-
lating to the mail service They are the
trusted agents of the Department, aud
cannot consistently act 10 both capacities.
u. All bidders, guaraHtOrs. and sureties
are distinctly notified that on a failure to
enter iuto or perform the contracts for tbs .
service proposed for in the accepted bids,
their legal liabilities will be enforced
against them.
p. Present contractors, ana persons
known at the Department. must, equally
with others. procure gaarantOrs and certi-
ifcates Of their suficiency substantially IN
the forms above prescribed. The certifi-
cate Of suiiicleucy must be signed by q
postmaster,
% In all. cases where the routes are
not fully supplied with the necessary locks
ana pouches, it is the duty of the p0stmas
ter at the head Of the route to make re-
QUESTION on the Contract Otice of this
Department for such locks and pouches
before lst July next, provided the route
IE. IL y CEESH- Ef4Is.
r9-l &c Postmaster General.