Pioche daily record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1872-1876, 1873-11-22
Offirial.


February, May and August. provided thai r.
quired evidence OF service has been received.
no. The distances given are believed to be sub
stantiaiiy correct; but no increase1 pay all y
allowed should they be greater than sGNefusee'
Il the points TO be supplied are correctly STATED
Bdjfrs mrst inform themselves on this poipt,
nd also in Reference to the weight OF me hiai,
the conditions OF hills. roads. streams &c, anu
all ;oil-bridges, turnpikes, plAnkFoAls, ief..es,
or distractions Of any kind by which 1I<ilse
NAV be incurred. No claim for sdditonai pay.
based on such grouud. can be console red, nor
for alleged mistakes or rehehsloh As 70
the degree of service; nor for bridges destroyed
ferries discontinued, or other Distractions c4us-
Ing or increasing distance or expense occurring
during the contract term. Offieas established
after this advertisement is issued, and also dur
ing the contract term. Are to be visited without
extra pay, If the distance be not increased,
Ii. Bidders are cautioned TO mail their propo-
sails in time to reach the Department by the day
and hour named Is p. n, February z, 1874, as
bids received after that time will not be consld-
cred in competition with bids, OF reasonable
amount received in time. Neither can dos Dc
considered which are without the guarantee re-
ouired by law and 3 certificate OF the suineieney
Of such guarantee, and the oath OF the bidder,
according TO section 2i6, act of June 5: lsi2
u Bidders should first propose Tor service
strictly according to the advertisement, and
then II they desire separately for different ser.
vice; and If the regular bid be the lowest onered
for the advertised service, the other propositions
may be considered.
| IL There should be but one route bid for in a
proposal Consolidated or combination bids
! f..rroposing one sum for two or more routes J
cannot be considered.
] il The route the service. the yearly pay, the
name and residence of the bidder tthat Is, MS
I usual post-ofice address,, and the name OF each
/ member Of firm, where company offers, should
I be distinctly stated.
Is. Bidders are requested to use, as far as prac-
ticable, the printed proposals furnished ~ ,he
Department, to write out in full the sum 81 their
[ bids and to retain copies of them
Altered bids should not be submitted; nor
should bids once submitted be Withdrawn. No
withdrawal of O bidder or guarantor VIII DE al
lowed unless the withdrawal is received twenty
four hours previous TO the time fixed for open
ing the proposals.
Zach bid must be guaranteed by two response
BILE persons The bid and guarantee should b'
signed plainly with the full name OF each per
sou.
The Postmaster General reserves the right tt
reject any bid which may be deemed extraya
giant and also to disregard the bids OF failing con
tractors and bidders. lAc; of june s, 1872, sec
ton 2i9.)
IG. The bid should be sealed, subscribed
Mail Proposals, State of Nevada, addressed
Second Assistant Postmaster General, Contrac
Office" Bids of IS 600 per annum and upwart
must be accompanied by certified check. o
draft, on some solvent National Bank, equal t.
per cent. of the amount; also bids for servic
which now COslh EQUIV VI iipic Pei
Where the present pay is 5000 or more, it
stated in the advertisement under the appre
pirate route.
II. The contracts are to be executed and N
turned to the Department by or before the Il
day of June, 1874. otherwise the accepted biddt
will be considered as having failed. and Ii
Postmaster General may proceed to contract fo
the service with other parties, according to Law
Transfers of contracts. or of interest in col
tracts are forbidden by law, and consequen
| H. lAa all Neither cnO bids int
/ est in bids, be transferred or assigned to oth'
parties. Bidders will therefore take notice TIL
they will be expected to perform the servi'
/, awarded to them through the whole contra
term.
IS Section 249 of the act Of June g. 1872, pr
yides that contracts for the transportation of Il
mail shall be awarded to the lowest bidd
/, rendering sufficient guarantees for faithful pc
! Torrance, without other reference to the mo-
= of such transportation than may be necessary
y provide for the due CELEBRITY certainty, and sec
l. rity thereof" Under this law bids that pr
: pose to transport the mails with ''celerity, CT
: tainty, and security" having been decided to
Il the only legal bids, are construed as proVldll
. for the entire mail, however large, and whi
y ever may be the mode of conveyance necessa
II to irsure its "celerty, certainty, and security
e and have the preference over all others, and
u others are considered, except for steambc
!. routes
J; 10. A modification Of a bid in any of its esst
u tial terms is tantamount to new bid, and CO
not be received, SO as to interfere with re9u
competition. Making new bid, with guaran'
n and certificate, is the only way to modify p
u vious bid
r 90. Postmasters are to be careful not to cert
y to the sufiiciency of guarantors without knowi
'r that they are D rsons OF sufhcient responsible
d tSee section 2i7, act of June 8, 1871 They m,
,e not sign the certificate until the sum of the
;, is inserted, and the bid and guarantee are sigl
" by the bidder and two gunrantors; disreg
~ OF this instruction by Postmasters will subj
them to immediate removal and to severe pei
ties
Postmasters are also liable to dismissal ir
of Office for acting as agents of contractors or b
is ders, with or without compensation, in any o'
I'd ness matter, thing relating to the mail {
to vice They are the trusted agents Of the Dep'
I'd ment, and cannot consistently act in b
capacities
81. All bidders, gusrantors, and sureties
"a distinctly notified that failure to enter i
u; perform the contracts for the service propo
Oh for in the accepted bids, their legal liabili
Sc will be enforced against them.
of %. Present contractors, and persons KNOW
3d. the Department, must, equally with others, |
cure guarantors and certificates of their 81
tie cheney substantially in the forms above !
i'd scribed. The certificate of sufhciency must
d. signed bya Postmaster.
90. In all cases where the routes are not fl
~ supplied with the necessary locks and poucl
., it is the duty of the Postmaster at the head
VI the route to make requisition on the Cont
-, =, Office of this Department for such locks
IL pouches before LIST Of July next provided
route be let.
he JNO. A. J. CRESWELL,
do ola Postmaster Genera
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