Arizona citizen. [volume] (Tucson, Pima County, A.T. [i.e. Ariz.]) 1870-1880, 1876-07-22

time of advertisement exceeds five thou
sand dollars (s5g)O.l must be accOmpani
led 10y certified check. or drait, payabl
To the order OF the Postmaster General, oi
tsOme solvent national bank, OF not les
than five percentum on the amount OF the
lannual pay on sucn route, and IN case O
new or modified service, not less than tiv'
per centum of the amount OF the bond ac
campaigning the bid, u the amount o
said bond exceeds $4,000 five Thousand
dollars.
l The amount of bond required with bids
and the present pay when II exceeds 10,
lOO0l five thousand dollars, are stated In th'
advertisement under the appropriate
route.
Sureties on the bond of n bidder mus
take an oath before an officer qualified q
administer Oaths that they are the own
lerS of real estate worth, in the aggregate
a sum double the amount of said bond
lover and above all debts due and owing
by them, and all Judgments, mortgages
and executions against them, after allow
ing all exemptions OF every character
Whatever.
20. All checks deposited with bids will
be held until contract Is executed and the
service commenced by the accepted bidder
Checks will then be returned by mail, on
the written request of the bidder, or de-
/ livered 10 any one on his order.
p. The contracts are to be executed and
returned to the Department. by or before the
10Th day of September, 1876, otherwise the
accepted bidder will be considered as hav-
ing failed, and the Postmaster General
may proceed to contract for the service
with other parties, according to law.
Assignments ofcontractS, or of interest in
contracts, are forbidden by law, and con-
Sequently cannot be allowed. Neither
can bids, or interest in bids, be transferred
or assigned to other parties. Bidders viii
therefore take notice that they will tie eX-
pected to perform the service awarded to
them flrDugh the whole contract Term.
-. Section 2i9 OF the act of June s, 1872,
provides that contracts for the transporta-
ton Of the mail shall be awarded 10 the
lowest bidder rendering sufficient guar
antees for faithful performance, without
other reference TO the mode of such trans
portation than may se necessary 10 pro-
vide for the due CELEBRITY, certainty, and
security thereof" Under this law bids
that propose to transport the mails with
- celebrity, certainty, and security" having
been decided to be the only legal bids. are
as providing for thu entire
mail, however large, and whatever may
be the mode OF conveyance necessary To
insure its " celebrity, certainty, and securl-
ty," and have the preference over all
others, and no others are considered, eX-
cept for steamboat routes.
D. \ modification OF bid In any of its
essential terms Is tantamOunt TO new
bid, and cannot be received SO as 10 in
IerfeTe with regular competition. Making
a new bid in proper form Is the only way
10 modify previous one.
p. PostmasteTs are cautioned, under
penalty Of removal, not to sign the APP
prevail OF the bond of any bidder before
he bond is signed by the bidder and his
'ureties, and not until entirely satisfied of
he sufliciency of the sureties.
No postmaster, assistant postmaster, or
,lerk employed in any post office, shall
be a contractor or concerned in a contract
or carrying the mail.
y. PostmaSteTs are also liable To dis |
nisSal from Office for acting as agents of
contractors or bidders, with or without I
in any business, matter, or ,
hing relating To the mail service. They /
Ire the trusted agents OF the Department, !
md cannot consistently act in both capac- /
ties.
26. In case the route is not fully sup |
died with pouches, locks, and keys, re-
IuiSitiOn must be made upon the Second |
Assistant Postmaster General for the same 1
'efOre the date Of beginning service.
nD-PropoSalS altered by erasures or in
erlineatlOns OF the route, the service, the I,
early pay, or the name Of the bidder,
will not be considered.