Pioche daily record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1872-1876, 1873-12-10
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February. Nay and August. prOviind that .s-
| quired evidence Of service has been received.
| 10. ThedisfAnces given are believed 10 be sub
stantially correct: but no increased pay will b.
allowed should they be greater than advertised,
II the points 70 be supplied are correctly s'sted
| Bidders must inform themselves on this poapt,
snd also IN reference to the weight Of the mail,
the conditions Of hills. roads. streams 1c.. and
all toll-bridses, turnpikes, plsnk-road. ferries.
or distractions OF any kind by which expense
/ NAV be incurred. No claim for additional pay.
based on such ground. can be considered, nor
for alleged mistakes or nlisapp-ehension as TO
the degree of service; nor for bridges destroyed.
ferries discontinued. other distractions csus-
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, 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 q p M, February 2, 1870, as
bids received after that time will not be consid-
cred in competition with bids, Of reasonable
smount, received in time. Neither can bids be
considered which are without the guarantee re-
quired by law, and certificate Of the sufBciency
of such guarantee, and the oath Of the bidder,
according to section ?i6 act of June s. 1872.
u. Bidders should first propose for service
strictly according to the advertisement. and
then If they desire separately for different
vice. and if the regular bid be the loves, offered
for the advertised service the other propositions
may be considered.
IS. There should be but one route bid for in
proposal. Consolidated or combination bids
f''proposing one sum for two or more routes
cannot be considered.
IL The route, the service, the yearly pay, the
name snd residence Of the bidd IT THAT is, his
usual post-ofhce address,, and Tx name Of each
member OF firm, where compan 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should bids once submitted be withdrawn.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 q 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-
CAN'T and also to disregard the bids of failing
tractors and bidders. Act Of June 8, 1872, sec
ton 249)
16. 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 q certified check, or
draft, on some solvent National Bank, equal to
per cent. of the amount; also bids for service
which now costs S., 900 or more per annum.
Where the present pay is $1,000 or more, it is
stated in the advertisement under the appro-
PIRATE route.
IT, 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 8, 1872, pro-
vides 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 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 provid ing
| 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 tantsmount to 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 pre-
vious bid.
20. Postmasters are to be careful not to certify
to the suffciency of guarantors without knowing
that they are p. rsons OF sufficient responsibility
tSee section 247, act of June 8, 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 ttwol 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 agents Of contractors or bid.
ders, with or without compensation, in any bust
ness matter, or thing relating to the mail ser.
vice. They are the trusted agents of the Depart.
ment, and cannot consistently act in both
capacities.
Il. All bidders, guarantors, and sureties are
distinctly notified that on failure to enter into
or perform the contracts for the service proposed
for in the accepted bids, their legal liabilities
will be enforced against them.
p. Present contractors, and persons known at
the Department, must, equally with others, pro-
cure guarantors and certificates of their suffi-
cheney substantially in the forms above pre-
scribed. The certificate Of sufficiency must be
signed bya Postmaster.
%. In all cases where the routes are not fully
supplied with the necessary locks and pouches,
1t is the duty Of the Postmaster at the head of
the route to make requisition on the Contract
ONCE OF this Department for such locks and
pouches before LIST Of July next provided the
route be let.
JNO. A. ]. CRESWELL,
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