Arizona citizen., 1875-01-23

= less the withdrawals is received twenty fou
 hours previous to the time fixed for open
 ing the proposals.
 3 Is. h case cf failure of the accepted bid der to execute contract, or of the aban- donment of service during the contract term, the service will be re-advertised and
 re-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 failing contractors and bidders. t Act of June s, 1872, section 249.) | Is. The bid should be scaled, superscrib. ed "Mail Proposals, State of--," ad- dressed Second Assistant ostmaster Gen. eral, Contract 0ffice"
 l9. Every proposal must be accompanied by bond with sureties approved by post master, and in cases where,the amount of the bond exceeds five thousand dollars l(S5000) by postmaster of the first second, or third class. Bids for service, the pay for which at the time of advertisement exceeds five thousand dollars, ($5OOO,) must be ac- companied by certified check, or draft, ipayable to the order of the Postmaster Gen.
 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 (S5000l five thousand dollars. The amount of bond required with bids, and the present pay when it exceeds (S5- IO00) five thousand dollars, are stated in the
 advertisement under the appropriate route. I 20. All checks deposited 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-
 seqnently cannot be allowed. Neither can
 bids, or interest in bids, be transferred or
 assigned to other parties. Bidders will
 therefore take notice that they will be ex-
 pected to perform the service awarded to
 them through the whole contract term. i P. Section 249 of the act of June &, ! 1872, provides that contracts for the trans
 portation of the mail shall be "awarded to
 the lowest bidder rendering sufficient guar
 antees for faithful performance, without
 other reference to the mode of such trans
 portation than may be necessary to provide
 for the due celerity, certainty, and security
 thereof" Under this law bids tha. pro-
 pose to transport the mails with "ceerity,
 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 its
 'celerity, certainty, and security" and
 have the preference over all others, and no others are considered, except for steamboat 'IrouteS.
 I 23. A modification of bid in any of it's essential terms IS tantamount to anew bid, and cannot be received s as to interfere with regular competition. Making anew
 bid in proper form is the only way to modi- fy previous one.
 :, "A. POstmasters are cautioned mot to sign the approval of the bond of any bid dir before the bond is signed by the bidder and his sureties, and not until entirely sat isfed of the suficiency of the sureties. See sections 246 and PAT, act of June g, 1874 accompanying this advertisement.
 25. Postmasters are al, 0 liable to dis = missal from office for acting as agents o l contractOrs of bidders, with or without com , pensation, in any business, matter, or thing relating to the mail service. They are tht r trusted agents of the Department. and can I not consistently act in both capacities. r 26. In all cases where the routes are no |; fully supplied with the necessary locks anc : pouches, it is the duty of the postmaster @ the head of the ronte to make requisitior on the Contract Office of this Department for such locks and pouches before 1st July next, provided the route | e let.
 MARSHALL JEWELL, | l4:6W Postmaster General.