New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1876-07-01
NEW ORLEANS REPUBLICAN, SATURDAY, JULY l. 1876.
OFFICIAL, NOTICES.


present pay when it exceeds five thousand dollars,
are ated in the advertisement under the AoprO.
Lriate route.
Sureties ON the bond Of bidier m ,st take al
ca; before officer qua fled TO administer Oaths
that they are the owners of real estate worth, in
the aggregate. q sum double the amount Of said
| bond. over and above al! debts due and owing BY
them, and all judgments, mortgages and execu-
lions against them, alter allowing all exem otions
| Of every character Whatever
| 20. An checks deposited with BIDS will be held
until contract is executed aud the service COM
menced by the accepte1 bidder. Checks will then
be returned bv mail, the written request Of the
81. The contracts are to be executed and re-
turned to the depart pent by OF be fore the TWEEN
H I'm an
and the Postmaster Gene raj may proceed to con
tract for the service with other parties according
to law.
Assignments Of contracts of interest in con-
| tracts, are forbidden BY law. and consequently
can not be allowed Ne Their can bids, or interest
Bidders will therefore take notice that they will
| be expected to rerform the service awarded to
them through the whole contracted term.
| %. Section 249 Of the act OF June 8, 1872, pro
vdes that contracts for the transportation of the
mail shall be lava dad to the ioxest ddtr ten
derpg euf6cient guarantees for faithful pert, rm
ance without other reference to the m de OF such
transportation than may be necess sry to prov de
for the due CELEBRITY certainty ard security there
Of" Urd-r this law bids that propose to transport
the mails with celebrity, certainty and security"
having been decd to be the Only legal bids are
ever large. and whatever may he the mode of con
vevarce to ipsureits "celerly certainty
al security" ard have the provence over all
others, and others are co.'s ,red, exec IT for
steamboat routes.
%. modification of bid in any OF It's es-
sentisl terms 10 tsntamOunt to q new bid, and
not be received g. to interfere with regular
competition. Making new bid in proper form 10
the only way to modify a previous one.
"a. Postmssters are cautioned, under penalty OF
removal, mott sign the approval of the bond of
aoy bidder before the bond is signed by the bid der
ard his sureties, and not until entirely tatisfed
Of the kufdciency OF the gu, etes
No postmaster, ass slant postmaster or clerk en-
ployed in any postofice saall be contractor. or
concerned in Q contrsct for carrying the NAL.
Is POstnasters are also liable to Dismissal from
office f,r acting as agents Of contractors or bid
de1s with or without compensation, in any buai
ness matter or thing relating to the mail service.
They the trusted agents of the department.,
ard can not consistently act in both capacities.
%. IN case the route is cot fully supplied with
pouches locks q, keys requisition must be made
upon the eecond assistant pOstmasrer gene raj for
tie same before IL e date Of beginning service.
Proro as altered by erasures or interliDeations
of the route the service the yearly paw the
name OF the bidder, Will not be considered.