Arizona citizen., 1875-01-16

. less the withdrawal is received twenty fou
 hours previous to the time fixed for open
 ing the proposals.
 3 l6. In case Cf f,ilure of the accepted bid } Ider to execute contract, or of the aban- Idonment of service during the contract term, the service will be re advertised and
 let at the expense of failing bidder or
 contractor.
 I IT. The Postmaster General reserves the right to reject any bid which nay be deem ed extravagant; and also to disregard the bids of faiirg contractors and bidders. t Act of June 8, 1872, section 249.)
 Is. The bid should be ealed, superscrib- ed "Mail Proposals, State of -" ad- dressed Second Assistant Postmaster Gen. eral, Contract Office ''
 | l9. Every proposal must be accompanied by bond with sureties approved by post master, and in cases where the amount of ihe bond exceeds five thousand dollars l(S5000) by postmaster of the first, second, Tor third class. Bids for service, the pay for which at the time of advertisement exceeds five thousand dollars, ($5OOO,) must be ac- !cOmpanied by a certified cheek, or draft, payable to th+ order of the Postmaster Gem eral, on some solvent national bank, of not
 less than five per centum on the amount of
 the annual pay on such route, and in case
 of new or modified service, not less than five per centum of the amount of the bond
 accompanying the bid, if the amount of said
 bond exceeds ($5O00, five thousand dollars.
 The amount of bond required with bids, and the present pay when it exceeds ($5- 0OO) five thousand dollars, are stated it. the advertisement under the appropriate route. i 20. All cheeks depO.ired wirh bids will be held until contract is executed and serv- ice cmomenced by the accepted. bidder Checks will then be returned by mail on
 the written request of the bidder. 2l. Transfers of contracts, or of interest in contracts, are forbidden by law, and con seqnentIy cannot be allowed. Neither can
 bids, or interest in bids, be transferred or assigned to other parties. Biders will therefore take notice that they will be ex- Ipected to perform the service awarded to ,hem through the whole contract term
 22. Section 249 of the act June &, 1872, provides that contracts for the trans pOrtatiOn of the mail shall be "awarded to the lowest bidder rendering sn ntficient guar antees or faithful performance. without other reference to the mode of such trans portation than may be necessary to provide for the due ceerity, certainty, and security hereof" Under this law bids tha. pro- pose to transport the mails with 'celerity, certainty, and security" having been de- cided to be the only legal bids, are con strued as providing for the entire mail. however large, and whatever may be the mode of conveyance necessary to insure it's "celerity, certainty. and security" and have the preference over all others, and no others are considered, except for steamboat routes.
 g. A modification of bid in any of it's essential terms IS tantamount to anew bid, a cannot be received so as 50 interfere with regular competition. Making a new bid in proper form is the only way to nfodi- fy previous one.
 24. POstmasters are cautioned not to lsign the approval of the bond of any bid< dir before the bond is signed by thebidder and his suretIes, and not until entirely sat Iisfed of the sufficiency of the sureties. See sections 246 and 247, act of June 2, 1874, accompanying this advertisement.
 25. POstmasters are al % liable to dis missal from office for acting as agents of contractors of bidders, with or without com pensation, in any business, matter, or thing relating to the mail service. They are the trusted agents of the Department. t. and can. not consistently act in both capacities. 1 26. In all eases where the routes are not fully supplied with the necessary locks and pouches. it is the duty of the postmaster a { the head of the ronte to make requisitioE on the Contract Office of this Department for such locks and pouches before I<t July next, provided the route e let. MARSHALL JEWELL, 14:6w Postmaster General.