Pioche daily record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1872-1876, 1873-10-21
Offifial.

withdrawal Of bidder guarantOr will be al
lowed unless the withdrawal is received twenty
four hours previous to the time fixed for OPEN
ing the proposals.
Each bid must be guaranteed by two response
BILE persons. The bid and guarantee should Ue
signed plainly with the full name of each per-
sou.
The Postmaster General reserves the right to
reject any bid which may be deemed extrsya-
CANT and also to disregard the bids of failing
tractors and bidders. Act Of June 8, 1872, sec
ton 2igl
16. The bid should be sealed, subscribed
Mail Proposals, State Of Nevada, addressed
Second Assistant Postmaster General, Contract
Office " Bids of 5000 per annutn and upward
must be accompanied by certified check, or
draft. on some solvent National Bank. equal to
5 per cent. of the amount; also bids for service
which now costs 5000 or more per annuIn.
Where the present pay is 5000 or more, it is
stated in the advertisement under the appro-
PIRATE route.
Il. The contracts are TO be executed and re-
turned to the Department by or before the LIST
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
~ cannot be allowed. Neither can bids orinter
est in bids, be transferred assigned to other
parties. Bidders will therefore take notice that
they will be expected to perform the service
"NbASu ~ 'hNiN eh''NoA VIZ "hSAN NSiA"S'
terp.
IS. Section 24g of the act of June 8, 1872, pro-
yides 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, aud secu-
rity thereof" Under this law bids that pro-
pose to transport the mails with 'celerity, Ger
/ tainty, and security" having been decided to be
/ the only legal bids, are construed as providing
for the entire mail, however large, and what
| ever may be the mode of conveyance necessary
to irsure its celebrity, certainty, and security,
and have the preference over all others, and no
others are considered, except for steamboat
routes
/ 10. modification of bid in any Of its essen
tlal terms is tantamOunt to a new bid, and can
| not be received, so as to interfere with regular
! competition Making new bid, with guarantee
| and certificate, is the only way to modify pro-
yious bid.
/ 20. Postmasters are to be careful not to certify
| to the sufiiciency of guarantors without knowing
that they are p rsons of sufficient responsibility
See section 2i7, 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; disregard
Of this instruction by Postmasters Will subject
| 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
dcTS, with or without compensation, IN any buSl
ness, matter, or thing relating TO the mai ser
vice. They are the trusted agents Of the Depart
ment, and cannot consistently act in botl
capacities.
81. All bidders, guarantors, and sureties ar
| distinctly notified that on a failure to enter int
or perform the contracts for the service propose'
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, pro
AsaV4H thlntn of tl.1r
cheney substantially in the forms above pre-
scribed The certificate OF sutlciency must b
signed bya Postmaster.
49, 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 o
the route to make requisition ON the Contrac
Office Of this Department for such locks an
pouches before lst of July next provided tn
route be let
JNO. A. ]. CRESWELL,
Postmaster General.