Pioche daily record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1872-1876, 1873-11-21
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tractors and bidders. tic, q June :, is'2' SC
ton 2i9.l
10. The bid should be sealed, subscribed
Mail Proposals, State Of Nevada. sddre sssd
second Assistant Postmaster General, Gourmet
once" Bids Of IS coo per annum and upward
must be accompanied by.a certified cteek, cr
drsft on some solvent National BsnE equni %
5 per cent. Of the amount; also bids Tor service
which now costs IS 600 or more pr snnum.
Where the present pay is $500 or more. ii Is
stated in the advertisement under the appro-
priste route.
II. The contracts are to be executed and re-
turned TO the Department by or before me Isl
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
Is cannot be allowed. Neither can bids Orinter-
est 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 3, 1872, pro-
vides that contracts for the transportation of the
mail shall be awarded to the lowest bidder
rendering 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 seeu'
rity 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 provid ing
for the entire mail, however large. and what
ever may be the mode OF conveyance necessar!
to irsure its celebrity certainty, and security
and have the preference over all others, and nc
others are considered, except for steamboat
routes.
49, A 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 regulsl
competition. Making q new bid, with guarantee
and certificate, is the only way TO modify pre-
vious bid.
90 Postmasters are to be careful not TO certify
to the sufficiency Of gusrantors without knowing
that they are p rsons of sufficient responsibility
See section 247, act of June 8, 1871 They mus
not sign the certificate until the sum of the bio
is inserted, and the bid and guarantee are signet
by the bidder and two guarantors; disregard
Of this instruction by Postmasters Will subJec
them to immediate removal and to severe penal
ties.
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 boil
capacities.
II. All bidders, guarantors, and sureties ar
distinctly notified that on a failure to enter int
or perform the contracts for .be service PROPOSED
for in the accepted bids their legal liabilitie
will be enforced against them.
%. Present contractors. and persons known a
the Department, must, equally with others, pre
cure guarantors and certificates OF their SIM
cheney substantially in the forms above pre-
scribed. The certificate of suffeency must h
signed bya Postmaster.
90. In all cases where the routes are not full
supplied with the necessary locks and pouches
il is the duty of the Postmaster at the head G
the route to make requisition on the Contrac
Office Of this Department for such locks an
pouches before list of July next provided tn
route be let
JNO. A. J. CRESWELL,
ola Postmaster General