The Daily state journal. [volume] (Alexandria, Va.) 1868-1874, 1873-03-03

usu II post-office address,, aud the name of eaci
member of firm, where Il company offers
should be distinctly stated.
10. Bidders requested TO use, as far al
practicable, the printed proposals furnished by
the department, To write out IN full the sum o
their bids. and TO retain copies of them,
Altered bids should not be submitted MOI
should bids oace submitted be Withdrawn Nc
| withdrawal OF bidder or guarantor will be
allowed unless the Withdrawn /. received TWEEN.
tv-four hours previous to the time fixed for open
| ing the proposals.
| Each bi must be guaran 'eed by two respon.
| sible persons. The bid and guarantee should be
signed plainly with the full name of each per.
| son.
The Postmaster General reserves the right Ia
| reject any bid which may be deemed ex rava-
| CANT and al 10 disregard the bids of TALL ne
contractors and bidders (Act OF June 5, 1871
| section A9.D
10 che bid should be sealed, superscribed
| mail Proposals, state of -" addressed
| 'Secoud Assistant Postmaster cleneril, Con-
tract Office" and sent by mail, not by or TO an
agent. Bids of $4,000 per annum and
upward must be accompanied by a GER
tified check or daft on some solvent
natlonal bank, equal to per cent. of the
| amount. (See law of Congress OF June 8, 1872. J
II The cont acts are to be executed and returned
to the Department by or before he LIST dry of June,
1873 otterlotse the accepted bidder tpi be consid-
cred as hauiug failed, md the Postm Central
may proceed to contract for the seruice ,oih other
parties, according TO tdio.
Transfers of MT acts, or of interests In con-
| tracts are forbidden by law, and conse lusn tiy
cannot be allowed. Neither can bids, or inter-
ests In bids ne transferred or assigned to other
| parties Biad'rs will therefore take notice thai
| they will be expected to perform the service
! awarded to them through the whole contract
term.
ls Section r4o of the act of June 1879, pro.
vides that contracts for the transportation oil
the mail shall he awarded 20 the low st oder
rendering sufficient guarantees for faithful per
formance, without other retere ce 10 the mod
of sucn transportation than may be necessary to
provide for he due celer ty, rIa,nty and secu-
nty thereof" Under this Ia y bids that p onose
TO transport the m ais with ceterity, &c tdt"ty,
and security haptng b>sn decided TO b. the only
legal bids, a construed as propidtng for the en-
tire matt hooeuer large, md Wtdterer may be the
mode Of conveyance nsces'dvy TO insure ,ts &c
erence ouer all others. and no others al consld
ered except for steamboat routes
19. A modification of a bid In any of It's essen
tial terms is tantamount TO new bid and can.
not be received. so as to interfere with regular
competition Making a new bid, with guarantee
and certificate, Is the only way to modify pre-
vious bid.
81, Postmasters are to be careful not to certify
to the suff1ciency of guarantors without knowing
that they are pc of sufficient responsibility.
(See section 247, act of June s, iS72) They must
not sign the certificate until the sum OF the bid is
inserted, and the bid and guarantee are signed
BY the nidder and (two) guarantors; disregard
ofthis Instruction By postmaSters lotll subject them
to immsdtate removal, and to sepere penalties.
Postmasters are also fable TO dismissal from
office for acting as agents of contractor or bid
ders with or without compensation, IN any busi-
ness matter or thug, relating TO the mail ser
vice. They are the trusted agents OF the Depart
ment, and cannot consistently act in both capa-
cities
q. All bidders. guarantors, and sureties are
distinctly notified that on a failure to enter into
or perform the tracts for the service proposed
for in the accepted bids, their legal liabilities will
be enforced against them.
% Present contractors, and persons known
at the Department, must, equally with Others,
procure gurantors and certificates of their sufh-
cheney substantially the forms above pre-
scribed. The certificate of suff1ciency must be
signed by postmaster.
JNO. A J. CRESWELT4,
ia l3--6w Postmaster General.