Pioche daily record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1872-1876, 1873-11-23
Offifial.

February May and August provided that IT.
/ quired evidence Of service hiss been received.
| 10. The distances given are believed to be sub
stantially correct: but no Increased pay Will be
allowed should they be greater than advertised,
IL tie points to be supplied are correctly sisted.
| Bidders must inform themselves on this point,
and also in reference to the weight Of the mail.
the conditions Of hills, roads, streams Ne. and
all toll-bridges. turnpikes plank-roads, ferries,
or distractions Of any kind by which expense
may be .,rred. No claim for additional pay i,
based on such ground, can be considered. nor
/ for alleged mistakes or Misrepresentation as to
the degree of service; nor for bridges destroyed
ferries discontinued, or other distractions eaus-
ing or increasing distance or expense occurring
during the contract term. Offices established
after this advertisement is issued, and also dur
ing the contract term, are to be visited without
extra pay, il the distance be N increased.
IL Bidders are cautioned to mail their propo-
sails in time to reach the Department by the day
and hour named 70 p. m, February 2, ls74) , as
bids received after that time will not be consd-
cred in competition with bids, Of reasonable
amount, received in time. Neither can bids be
considered which are without the guarantee re-
CURED by law, and a certificate Of the suihciency
OF such guarantee. and the oath of tbs bidder,
according to section 2i6, act Of June s. 1872.
II. Bidders should first propose for service
strictly according to the advertisement, and
then, if they desire separately for different SER
vice. and if the regular bid be the lowest offered
for the advertised service the ether propositions
may be considered.
10. There should BE- but one route bid for in a
proposal. Consolidated or combination bids
t''proposing one sum for two or more routes'l
cannot be considered
H. The route. the service the yearly pay. the
name and residence Of the bidder tthnt is, his
usual post-offce address,, and the name of each
member of firm, where a company offers, should
be distinctly stated.
Is Bidders are requested to use, as far as prac-
ticable, the printed proposals furnished by the
Department, to write out in full the sum of their
bids, and to retain copies of them.
Altered bids should not be submitted: nor
should bids once submitted be withdrawn. No
withdrawal of bidder or 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 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-
CANT; and also to disregard the bids of failing con-
tractors and bidders. tAct of June 8, 1872, Sec
ton 249D
l6. The bid should be sealed, subscribed
mail Proposals State Of Nevada" addressed
Second Assistant Postmaster General, Contract
Office" Bids of 5000 per annum and upward
must be accompanied by a 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 annum.
Where the present pay is 5000 or more, it is
stated in the advertisement under the appro-
PIRATE route.
II. 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
ly cannot be allowed. Neither can bids or inter
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 s. 1872, pro-
vides that contracts for the transportation Of 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-
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 insure its CELEBRITY, certainty, and security
and have the preference over all others, and no
others are considered, except for steamboat
routes.
10. A modification of bid in any Of its essen.
tial terms is tantamount TO new bid, and can.
not be received, SO as TO lterfere with TT ,ular
competition. MAKING a new bid, with guarantee
and certificate, as the only way to modify pre-.
vious bid.
70. pCslmasters are to be careful not to certify
to the suffciency OF guarantors without knowing
that they are p rsons OF sufficient responsibility
tSee section 2i7, act of June 8, lS72.) They must
not sign the certificate until the sum of the Did
is inserted, and the bid and guarantee are signed
by the bidder and ttwo) guarantors; disregard
OF this instruction by Postmasters will subject
them to immediate removal and to severe penal
ties.
Postmasters IRE also liable 20 d, missal ron
ofiice for acting as agents Of contractors or bid
uers, with or without compensation. in any bust
ness, matter, or thing relating to the mail ser
vice They are the trusted gents Of the Depart
ment, and cannot consistently act in both
capacities
II. All bidders, guarantors, and surcties ere
distinctly notified that on failure to enter into
or perform the contracts for the service propo ed
for IN the accepted bids, their legal liabilities
will be enforced against them.
%. Present contractors, and persons known a,
the Department, must, equally with others pro.
cure guAiantors and certificates of their sufi.
ciency substantially in tho forms above PIE
scribed. The certificate Of Suthciency must be
signed bya Postmaster.
%. IN all cases where The routes are not fully
supplied with the necessary locks and pouches
it is the duty of the Postmaster at the head OF
the route TO make requisition on Che Contract
Office q this Department for such locks and
pouches before LIST Of July next provided the
route be let,
JNO. A. J. CRESwELL,