Arizona citizen. [volume] (Tucson, Pima County, A.T. [i.e. Ariz.]) 1870-1880, 1876-06-24

Opening the proposals.
l6. In case OF failure OF the accepted
bidder To execute a contract, or OF The
abandonment OF service during the con
tract term, the service will be read
Ivertised and re-let at the expense Of the
failing bidder or contractor, and any ac
lcepted bidder who shall wTongfully REFUSE
or fail 10 enter into contract in dIe form
and TO perform the service described In
his proposal, may be deemed guilty Of 9
misdemeanOr, and, on conviction thereof
\ be fined and imprisoned therefor.
/ II. The Postmaster General reserves the
right TO reject any bid which may ot
deemed eXtravagant; and also TO dis
regard the bids of failing contractors ana
bidders.
! No contract for carrying the mail shall
be made with any person who has enter
I ed, or proposed to enter, into any cOmblna
ton To prevent the making of any lid fol
carrying the mail, or VINO mas made any
Iagreement, or given or performed, OIL
promised to give or perform any considers
/ ton whatever TO induce any other per
son not To bid for any such contract.
No bidder for carrying the mails shall
be released from his obligation under his
bid or proposal, Notwithstanding an award
made 20 "A lower bidder, until a contract
for the designated service shall have been
duly executed by such lower bidder and
his suretles, and accepted, and the service
entered upon by the contractor 10 the sat
isfaction OF the Postmaster General.
BY regulation of the Department, no
lcarrier can be employed who is under six
teen years of age; and no bidder Will be
accepted who Is under twenty-One years
OF age; or who is a marie q woman.
Is. The bid should be sealed, superscrib-
ed " Mail Proposals., Arizona Territory"
addressed second Assistant Postmaster
General, Contract Office"
10. Every proposal must be accompanied
by bond with two or more sureties APP
proved by a postmaster, and in cases
where the amount of the bond exceeds
five thousand dollars (S5,O00) by "a post
master of the first, second or third class.
Bids for service, the pay for which at the
time of advertise ment exceeds i've thou
sand dollars, $780, must be accOmpani-
ed by certified check, or draft, ayable
to the order OF the Postmaster General, on
some solvent national bank, OF not less
than nve percentum on the amount of the
annual pay on such route, and IN case OF
new or modified service, not less than five
per centum of the amount OF the bond ac-
cOmpanying the bid, If the amount Of
said bond exceeds $4,000 five thousand
dollars.
The amount OF bond required with bids,
and the present pay when it exceeds (S5,-
600 five thousand dollars, are stated in the
advertisement under the appropriate
route.
Suretes on the bond Of bidder must
take an oath before an officer qualified TO
OathS that they are the own
erS OF real estate worth, in the aggregate,
a 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, after allow
ing all exemptions Of every character
whatever.
~. 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-
liyered 10 any one on his order.
p. The contracts are TO be executed and
To the department by or before the
10Th day Of Septem Der, 1876, otherwise the
bidder will be considered as hav-
Ing failed, and the Postmaster General
may proceed To contract tCr the service
with other parties, according to law.
Assignments OfcOntractS, or of interest in
are forbidden by law, and con-
sequently cannot be allowed. Neither
;an bids, or interest in bids, be transferred
Or assigned TO other parties. Bidders viii |
therefore take notice that they will be eX-
Dected To perform the service awarded 10 /
hem through the whole contract term.
-. Section 24J of the act OF June s, 1872, Z
provides that contracts for tine JranspOTta- /
ion OF the mail shall be awarded To the /
Owest bidder rendering sufficient guar .
tntees for faithful performance, without 4
Jther reference 10 the mode Of such trans
JOrtatIOn than may be necessary 10 pro- (
=
security thereof" Under this law bids (
nat propose TO transport the mails with /
celebrity, certainty, and security" having
Jeen decided to be the only legal bids, are
as providing for the entire
mai, however large, and whatever may I,
Dc the mode Of conveyance necessary 10 /,
insure its CELEBRITY, certainty, aud Securi- n
W and have the preference over all !
,thers, and no others are considered, eX-
epL FOR steamboat routes.
ION in lTnN~ M
essential terms is iantamOuut to a new
I'D, and cannot be received so as TO in
eriere with regular competition. Making 4
new bid in proper form Is the only way
o modify previous one.
u. POstmaSteTs are cautioned, under
penalty OF removal, not 10 sign the APP
'rOval Of the bond OF any bidder before
lie bond is signed by the bidder and ms !
ureties, and not until entirely satisfied OF
he sufliclency Of the sureties.
No postmaster, assistant postmaster, or
Jerk employed in any post office, shall .
e a contractor or concerned in a contract (
Jr carrying the mail.
-. POStmaSters are also liable TO dis |
lissal from office for acting as agents Of
or bidders, with or without 4
in any business, matter, or
hing relating 10 the mail service. They \
re the trusted agents of the Department,
nd cannot consistently actin both capac-
les.
20. In case the route is not fully sup
lied with pouches, locks, and keys, re-
uisitiOn must be made upon the Second /
assistant Postmaster General for the same c
efOre the date OF beginning service. 1
rs, Proposals altered by erasures or in I
OF the route, the service, the I,
early pay, or the name OF the bidder, .
Ill not be considered. II
ORM OF PROPOSAL, BOND, AND :