The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1876-06-16

houd, oath, and certificate required BY section
IL Bidders should hrst propose tor service
strictly aeeordLEs 70 The sdssrtl ga aud
service; and II lhe regular bid be the Lowest
offered for the advertised sergiee, p other
49, There should be bat one route bid for in
proposal consolldated or combiaati6n bids
e-ProPoslng one sum for Two OF more routesS)
n The route, the service. the yearly pay,
is his usual postofnee address, and the name
Of each member Of q nrm where . company
Offers, s ahesla be distinctly stated, e =, Tar n.
practicable, the printed proposals fur
nished by The Department, TO write out in full
the sum OF their bids, and 10 retain copies Of
them.
Bids altered in the route, the service, the
nres or interlineations. should not be submit
ted; and IL so snbmitie5 will not be considered
a bid will be allowed unless the withdrawal IL
received twenty -four hours previous 10 the lime
nxsd for opening the proposals
10. In case Of failure OF the accepted bidder
to execute a contract, or OF the abandonment of
service during the contract term, the service
of the failing bidder or contractor and any &C.
cepted bidder who shalt wrongfnlly refuse or
fail 10 enter into contract in due form, and to
perform the service described in his proposal.
may be deemed guilty of . misdemeanOr, and.
on conviction thereof, be fined and imprisoned
II. The Postmaster General reserves the
right to reject any bid which may be deemed ex.
trayaganti and also TO disregard the bids Of
failing contractors and bidders.
No contract for carrying tn mail fhall be
made with any person who has entered, or pro-
posed TO enter, into any combination to prevent
the making Of any bid for carrying the mail, OF
who has made any agreement, or given or per-
formed, or promised to give or perform, any con-
alteration whatever TO Induce any other person
not TO bid for any such contract.
No bidder for carrying the mails shall be re-
leased from his obligation under his bid or pro.
posal, Notwithstanding an award made 10 a low
err bidder, until a contract for the designated
| service shall have been duly executed by such
lower bidder aid his ~kurofies, and accepted,
and The service entered upon BY the contractor
BY regulation of the Department, no carrier
can be employed who is under sixteen years of
aye; and NO bidder will be accepted who Is un-
der twenty-one years OF age, or WHO'S a married
woman.
"AIaiI Proposals. Wyoming Territory ad
dret sed Second Assistant Postmaster Gene
raj, Contract Ofice."
n bond with two or more sureties approved by a
postmaster. and in cases where The amount of
the bond exceeds Ave thousand dollars 5000
by a postmaster Of the first. second, or third
class Bids for service, the pay for which at the
| time of advertisement exceeds 1--WE thousand
dollars t<5, 900, must be accompanied by a certi
fed check, or draft, pay able to the order Of the
Postmaster General. oil some solvent national
amount Of the annual pay on such route, and in
case OF new or modified service, not less than
uft per CcItum Oh the amount hCcOmpunSln
the bid, II the amount of said bond exceeds
$4,000 I've thousand dollars.
The amount OF bond required with bids. and
the present pay when 1t exceeds (S5,OOO) I'VE
thousand dollars, are stated In tho advertise
ment under the appropriate route.
Sureties on the bond of = bidder must take an
oath before an officer qualified 10 administer
oaths that they are the owners of real estate
worth, In !, the The ss 9 a "a sum ahavs double sh ae ne
due and owing by them, and all judgments,
mortgages, and executions against them, after
allowing all exemptions OF every character
20. All checks deposited with bids will be
hold until contract is executed and the service
commenced by the accepted bidder Checks
will then he returned by mail, on the written
request OF the bidder, or delivered to any QUE on
81. The contracts are to be executed and re-
turned to the Department By or before the sQth
day of September, 1876, otherwise the accepted
bidder will be considered as having failed, and
the Postmaster General may proceed TO con
tract for the service with other parties, accord
Assignments OF contracts, or of interest In
contracts. are forbidden by law, and consequent
tercst in bids, be transferred or assigned tc
other parties, Bidders will therefore take no
tee that they WI be expected 70 perform dne
%. Section s4s Of the act of June s, 1872. pro
vides that contracts for the transportation of the
mail shall be awarded to the lowest bidder ten
dering sufficient guarantees for faithful per
OF such transportation than NAV be necessary It
provide for the due celebrity, certainty. and secu
rlty thereof" Under this law bids that propos,
to transport the malls with CELEBRITY, certainty
and security" having been decided 10 be tas
only legal bids, are construed as providing FOL
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 nc
others are considered, except for steamboa
routes.
%. A modification OF a bid in any ofits essen
tial terms is tantamount TO q new bid. and can
not be received so as TO interfere with regular
competition. Making n new bid In proper form
is the only way to modify a previous one.
81. Postmasters are cautioned under PEN
atty of removal, not to sign the approval OF
the bond of auy bidder before the bond Is
signed by the bidder and his s%ureties, and moi
until entirely satisfied of the suiicicncy ofthe
sureties.
No postmaster, assistant postmaster. or
clerk employed in any postoflce, shall be Q
contractor or concerned in a contract for car
rying the mall.
%. Postmasters are also liable to dismissal
from office for acting as agents of contractors
or bidders, with or without compensation, in
any business, matter, or thing relating to the
mail service. They are The trusted agents o
the Department, and cannot consistently &C
In both capacities
20. In case the route is not fully supplied
be made upon the Second Assistant
Genera, for the same before the date OF begin
ming service.
eE Proposals altered by erasures or inter
lineations of the route, the service, the yearl,
pay, or the name OF the bidder, will not be con
sidered.