The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1876-06-24
Mail Lettings.

accepted bidder Checks aoiH then be returned By mail,
on the agrten request Of the bidder or deDeTed 70 any
one on his order.
81 The contracts are to be executed and retrnedtO the
Department by before the 2Ok day of September 1876,
otherwise the accepted bidder OLb considered as having
failed, and the Postmaster General may proceed 10 con
tract the service with other parties, according to Lal0
Assignments of contracts of interest in contracts
forbidden by law, and consequently cannot be al
lowed Neither bids, interest in BIDS be trans
erred assigned to other parties Bidders will there
fore take notice that they will be expected to perform
the service awarded to them through the whole contract
term.
o. Section 249 of the act of June sh 1872 provides
that contracts Tor the OF the mai sna pc
antees for faithful performance without other reference
the mode Of such transportation than may be
sary provide for the due celebrity certainty and seeu
rty thereofu Under this law bids that propose to
transport the mails with ceLeTty certainty and seca
ty having been decided to be the only legal bids are con-
stTued providing for the entire MAIL however large,
and schdteUer may be the mode Of conveyance necessary
to insure ceIeriy, certainty and security hare
the preference all Others and others consd
cred, except for steamboat routes.
20. modification Of a bid in any Of its essential
terms is tantamount to new bid and cannot be recev
ed to interfere with regular competition. Making
a new bid in proper form is the only way to modify
previous one.
a. Postmasters are cautioned under penalty ofremov
al not sign the approval Of the bond OF any bidder
before the bond is signed by the bidder and hs surees
and not until entirely satisfied Of the sucency Of the
sureties.
No postmaster assistant postmaster clerk employ
ed in any postoce shall be contractor concerned
in contract for carrying the mail.
25 Postmasters also liable to dismissal from Office
for acting agents of contractors bidders, with
without compensation, in any business matter thing
relating to the mail service. They are the trusted
agents of the Department, and cannot consistently act
in both capacities.
&C. In case the route is fully supplied with pouch
e locks and keys, requistion must be made upon the
Second Assistant Postmaster General for the same be-
fore the date of beginning service.
RPropoals altered by or nterlineations Of
the route the service the yearly pay the name of the
bidder, will not be considered.
FORM OF PROPOSAL, BOND AND CERTIFICATE.
PROPOSAL.
The undersigned, -, whose postofice address
the mails the United States from October 1876, to
June 30. 49,, on route NJ =, between = and =,
State of -, under the adver tsement Of the Postmas
ter General dated May 90 1876 with CELEBRITY certain
ty and security, for the annual sum of - dollars;
and if this proposal accepted he will enter into con-
tract with suretes to be approved by the Postmaster
General within the time prescribed in said advertise
ment.
This proposal is made with full know ledge of the dis
OF the route the weight of the mail to be carried
and all other particulars in reference to the route and
service and also, after careful examination of the laws
and instructions attached TO advertisement Of mail SER
vice. --, Bidder.
Dated -.
Oath required by section 245 of act of Congress ap
proved June 80 1874 be affixed to each bid for carry
ing the mall and to be taken before an officer qualified
administer oaths:
I.--of- bidder for carrying the mail on
route No. =, from - o., do swear that have the
ability. pecuniarily, to fulfill my obligation such
bidder; that the bid is made in good faith and with the
intention enter into contract and perform the service
in said bid shall be accepted. --.
Sworn to and subscribed before me, -
for the - Of, this - day Of, A. ID.
1877 and in testimony whereof hereunto sub SEAL.
scribe my name and aft X my official seal the day
and year aforesaid. --.
NoTE-When the oath is taken before Justice of the
Peace, or any other officer not using seal, except
Judge United States Court, the certificate of the
Cerk Of Court of Record must be added, under his
of Office that the person who administered the oath
is duly qualified such officer.
Bids must be accompanied by certified check, or
draft, solvent national bank, pay able to the
der of the Postmaster General equal to per centum
the present annual pay the route when the present
pay exceeds COOS in of new service, not less
than per of the amount of the bond accompa
nyiug the bid, if said bond exceeds $4,000.
The proposal must be signed by the bidder or bidders,
and the date of signing affixed.
Direct the Second Assistant Postmaster General,
Postoffice Department, Washington, D. c." marked
Proposals, State of Maryland"