Arizona citizen., 1875-01-09

re-Iet at the expense of failing bidder or contractor
 IT, The Postmaster General reserves ths
 right to reject any bid which may be deem
 ed extravagant; and also to disregard the bids of failiEg contractors and hi iders. 1 (Act of June s, 1872, section 249.) Is. The bid should be called, superserib-
 ed Mail Proposals, State of -," ad- dressed Second Assistant Pos tmaster Gen | eral, Contract Office"
 l9. Every proposal must be accom- panied by bond with sureties approved by a pos,- master, and in cases where rhe amount of the bond exceeds five thousand dollar, ($3O0O) by postmaster of the first, second. or third class. Bids for service, the pay for which at the time of advertisement exeeeI. five thousand dollars, ($50sO,) must be ac- cOmpanied by a certified check, or draft. payable to the order of the Postmaster Gen. eral, on some solvent national bank. of not less tn an five per centum on the amoun, of the annual pay on such route, and in cas-, of new or modified service, not less tba. hve per centum of the amount of the bond accompanying the bid. if the amount of said bond exceeds ($5O00l five thousand doIlar,.
 The amount of bond required with bids. and the present pay when it exceeds (S5- OOO) i've thousand dollars, are stated in tb. advertisement under the appropriate ro1te.
 ZO. All cheeks deposited wlrh bids will be held until contract is executed and sery- ice cmomenced by the accepted bidder. Checks will then be returned by mail ou the written request of the bidder.
 Fl. Transfers of contracts, or of intere,, in contracts, are forbidden by law, and con seqnentiy cannot be allowed. Neither can bids. iutarasf iY, hide lo assigned to other parties. Bidders will therefore take notice that they will be e1- Pected to perform the service awarded t. them through the whole contract term.
 22. Section 249 of the aet If Junas 1872, provides that contracts for the trans. portatlon of the mail shall be 'awarded te the lowest bidder rendering SD ficient guar antees ior faithful performance, without other reference to the mode of such tran.- 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 "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 tn. mode of conveyance necessary to insure its "celerlty, certainty, and security" and have the preference over all others, and no others are considered, except for steamboat routes
 23. modification of a bid in any of its essential terms Is tantamount to anew bid. and cannot be received so as to interfere with regular competition. Making a new bid in proper form is the only'way to modi- fly previous one.
 "A. POstmasters are cautioned not ts 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- istied ot the suticiency of the sureties. See sections 246 and 247; act of June 2s, 1874. this advertisement.
 20. PoStmasters are also 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. and can. not consistently act in both capacities.
 26. In all eases where the routes are not fully supplied with the necessary locks and pouches, it is the duty of the postmaster at the head of the ronte to make reouisition on the Contract Office Of this Department for such locks and pouches before Ist July next, provided the route Le let.
 MARSHALL JEWELL,
 l4:6w Postmaster General.