Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1873-1877, 1873-10-11

| of S., 900 per annum and upward must
be accompanied by certified check, or
draft, on some solvent national bank,
eaual to per cent. of the amount; also
bids for service which now costs 5000
or more per annum. Where the present
paw is S., 900 or more, it is stated in the
advertisement under the appropriate
route.
II. The contracts are to be executed and
returned to the Department by or before the
LIST day of June, 1874, other,rise the &c
copied bidder ,ciA be considered as hdring
failed, and the Postmaster General may
peoceed to contract for the service rah
other parties, according to lac.
Transfers of contracts, or of interest
in contracts. are forbidden by law, and
consequently cannot be allowed. Mel
Their can bids, or interest in bids, be
transferred or assigned to other parties.
Bidders will therefore take notice that
they will be expected to perform the
s. rvice awarded to them through the
whole contract term.
. 10. Section 249 of the act of June 8,
1872, provides 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 celer-
itv. certainty, and security thereof
Under this law bids that propose TO
transport the mails with "celeritY, Ger
taia.y. and security" haring been decided
to be the only legal bids, are construed as
preceding for the entire mail, houerer
large. and ,ohatsrer may be the mode Of
conre,ance accessory to insure its ''ce,er
i a certainty. and security and hare the
pr erence ouer all Others, and no others
are considered, except for steamboat
routes.
10. A modification of a bid in any of
its essential terms is tantamount to a
new bid. and cannot be received, SO as
to interfere with regular competition.
Making a new bid with guarantee and
certificate. is the only way to modify a
previous bid.
30. Postmasters are to be careful not
to certify to the sui1iciency OF guarantoTs
without knowing that they are persons
Of sufficient responsibility. (See sec
ton 2i7. act of June s. 1922 They |
must not sign the certificate until the |
sum of the bid is inserted. and the bid |
and guarantee are signed by the bidder |
md (two) guarantors; disregard Of |
his instruction By pOstmasters tciH subject |
hem to immediate removal and to seuere
penalties.
Postmasters are also liable to dismis-
al from office for acting as agents of
contractors or bidders, with or without
in any business. matter,
,r thing relating to the mail service.
They are the trusted agents of the De-
and cannot consistently act In
both capacities.
81. All bidders, guarantors. and sure
les are distinctly notified that on
allure to enter into or perform the con-
racts for the service proposed for IN the
accepted bids. their legal liabilities Will
he enforced against them.
%. Present contractors, and persons
.nown at the Department, must, equally
With others. procure guarantors and GER
ificates of their sufficiency substantially
n the forms above prescribed. The GER
Ificate of sufficiency must be signed by
postmaster.
% In all cases where the routes are
ot fully supplied with the necessary
ocks and pouches, it is the duty of the
at the head Of the route to
lake requisition on the Contract Office
this Department for such locks and
ouchas before LIST July next, provided
he route be let.
JNo. A. j. CREswELL,
Postmaster General.