Wilmington daily commercial., 1876-06-17
and also to disre.
and bidders.

anu Dluuerb. AlA1s1saH1
No contract for carrying the mail sha
with any person who has entered, or p seoVeu
enter into any combination to prevent tlyg nSskis
of any bid for carrying the mail, or who has made
any agreement or given performed, or promised
| to give perform, any consideration what tever to
induce any other person not to bid for any such
| tract.
No bidder for carrying the mails shall be released
from his obligation under his bid proposal, not
withstanding an award made to a lower bidder, until
contract for the designated service shall have been
duly executed by such lower bidder and his sureties,
and accepted, and the service entered upon by the
contractor to the satisfaction of the Postmaster
General.
BY regulation of the Department, no carrier can
be employed who is under sixteen years of age and
no bidder will be accepted who is under twentyone
years of age, or who is a married woman.
IS The bd should be sealed, superscrbed Mail
Proposals State of Del" addressed Second Assist
ant Postmaster General Contract Office"
49, Every proposal must be accompanied by bond
with two more sureties approved by postmaster,
and in cases where the amount Of the bond exceeds
five thousand dollars (85 900 by postmaster of the
first. second, third class. Bids for SERVICE the
pay for which at the time of advertisement exceeds
five thousand dollars (S5OOO,> must be accompanied
by certified check draft, payable to the order of
the Postmaster General on some solvent national
bank, of not less than five per centm on the amount
OF the annual pay on such route and in of now
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 (S50OO) five thous-
and dollars.
The amount of bond required with bids and the
present pay when it exceeds $4,000 five thousand
dollarsare stated in the advertisement under the ap
Suretes ON the bond of a bidder must take an oath
before an officer qualified to administer oaths that
flln Eafr Afafa Ia 1F
greate, sum double the amount of said bond. over
and above all debts due and owing by them and all
Judgments mortgages, and executions against them
afer allowing all exemptions of every character
whatever.
until contract is executed and the service
menced by the accepted bidder Checks will then
be returned by mail, the written request of the
2l. The contracts are to be executed and returned
to the Department by or before the 2th day Of sep
tember lsl6 otherwise the accepted bidder VIII be
considered as having failed. and the Postmaster
General may proceed to contract for the with
other parties according to law.
Assignments ot contracts, or of interest in con-
not be allowed Neither can bids or interest IN bids
be t~an- ferred or assigned to other parties Bidders
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70 perform the service awarded 60 them through the
whole contract term.
-, Section 80 Of the act OF June 5 ls2 provides
that contracts Tor the transportation 0f the mail
shall be " awarded To the lowest bidder tpndering
sufficient guarantees for faithful perform with
ont other ference to the mode OF such transporta
tgn than may be necessary to provide Tor the due
ceerty. certainty, and security thereuuf.n Under
this law bids that propose 10 transport tha mails with
"celeriiy, certainty, and security, having been de-
cided to be the only legal bids are cons ruei as pro
Yding Tor the entire mail however large and what
ever m y be- the mode of conveyance necessary to
insure its celebrity. certa MY and security and
have the preference over all others and others
are sld-red, except Tor steamboat routes
% modification of bid in an, OF its essential
tens is tantamount TO q bid. and carnot be
received so 10 Interfere with regular competition.
Making a new bid in proper rm is the only way to
modify a previous one.
a PQstmasters are cautioned. under penalty OF
removal not to sign the approval Of the bond of any
bidder before th bond is signed 10y the bid Ter and
his sureties and not unt entirely satisfied Of the
suiiciency If the surrties.
No pos Muster, assistant postmaster. clerk
employed IN amy post office, shall be contr lctor
concerned in "A contract for carrying the mail.
% Postmasters are also Ii ble TO dismissal from
office for acting agents Of contractors bidders.
with or without mpensatun. in any business mat.
ter, or ing, relating 70 lie mail service They are
the trusted agents of tire Department, and cannot
consistently act in both capacities
20 In case the route is not fully supplied with
pouches, locks and keys, requisition must he made
upon the Second Assistant Postmaster General for
the same before the date Of beginning service.
; Proposals altered by ensures or interlinea.
tons OF the route the service the yearly pay the
name OF the bidder, will not be considered.