The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1876-06-30

ANA hE~ AL1st -AAgN ~ 80 49,
refusing 70 discharge q earneF shen required
BY The Department 70 do So for running an
express as Aforesaid; OF for transporting PR
sons q packages conveying maiiabls matter
| out q the mail.
s. The Postmaster General may order an
Increase Of service on a route by allowing
uAereioI a pro rata Increase on The contraet
Grss ana arrivals ia al cases, aud psfiacn-
iaTly 10 make them conform 10 eonnee3ioHs
with railroads.. without increase of pay, pro
xided the running time be not abridged.
The Postmaster General may also discOn-
tlnae or enr,an me service, in whole or in
service, or whenever the public Interests, in
his Judgment. shall require such disconf4n-
allowing, as full indemnity TO contractor, one
months extra pay on the amount of service
dispensed with, and q pro rata compensation
tinued.
.. Payments will be made by collections
from, or drafts on. postmasters or otherwise,
after the expiration OF each quarter-say in
vided that required evidence of service has
been received.
10. The distances given are believed to be
will be allowed should they be greater than
eosiss stated .ni Bi REie1 must M St in sSRPh fhe ane
selves on this point, and also IN reference TO
the weignt OF ths mail the oondinon OF mis-,
pixies. plank roads. ferries, or distinctions Of
any kind by which expense may be incurred
ground, can be considered; nor for alleged
mistakes or misapprehension as to the degree
" wv hoi ~ offiEtS otbliONfus
discontinued, or Instructions causing or In
ereasing distance or expense occurring during
this advertisement is issued, and also during
the contract term are to be visited without
extra pay 1.-THE distancebe not increased.
II. Bidders are cautioned TO mail their pro-
posal S intline to reach the Department by The
day and hour named in the advertisement, as
bids received after that time will not be con-
sidered In composition with bids OF reason
abie amount received In time. Neither can
bond, oath. and certificate required by section
245, act OF June ., 1874,
u bldders should first propose for service
strictly according 10 the advertisement, and
then, nlhey desire, separately, for different
offered for the advertised service, the other
propositions may be considered.
a proposal. consolidate or combie alton bids
cproposing one sum for two or more routes'D
cannot be considered.
H. The route, the service, the yearly pay,
the name and residence OF the bidder, that
is his usual posto4ice address, and The name
offer, should be distinctly stated.
Ia bidders ars requested To use, as far as
practicable. The printed proposals fur
nished by tn Department, 10 write out in full
me sum OF their lids, and TO retain copies Of
them.
Bids altered In the route, the service, the
yearly pay, or the name of the bidder, by eras-
ted; and II so submitted will not be considered
In awarding the contrscts. No withdrawal of
a bid VIII be allowed unless the withdrawal Is
received twenty -four hours previous to the Time
fixed for opening the proposals.
IL. In case Of failure OF the accepted bidder
TO execute a. contract, or of the abandonment of
service during the contract term, the service
viii be re-adyeriised and re-let AT the expense
of The falling bidder or contractor, and any ac-
cepfed bidder who shall; wrongfully refuse or
fail 20 enter into contract in due form, and 10
may he deemed guilty OF a and,
on conviction thereof, be fined and Imprisoned
II. The Postmaster General reserves the
right to reject any bid which may be deemed ex-
trayagant; and also to disregard the bids OF
failing contractors and bidders.
No contract for carrying tn, mail shall be
made with any person who has entered, or pro-
the making Of any bid for carrying the mail. or
who has made any agreement, or given or per-
, .iderat,o or p wSateyer 10 10 f tndao oe p eny aiS.s any nsr oon,
not TO bid for any such contract.
No bidder for carrying the malls shall be re-
leased from his obligation under his bid or pro.
posal, Notwithstanding an award made TO a low
er bidder, until a contract for the designated
service shall have been duly executed by such
lower bidder al d his ~sureties, and accepted,
and the service entered upon by the con tractor
10 the satisfaction Of the Postmaster General.
by regulation Of the Department. no carrier
can be employed who Is under sixteen years OF
ag-; and no bidder will be accepted who is m
der lweuty-one years OF age, or who is a married
woman.
Is. The bid should be sealed. unprecedented
mail Proposals. Wyoming Territory ad-
dressed Second Assistant Postmaster Gene
raj, Cunirac Once"
II bond with Two or more sureties approved by a
postmaster, and in cases where the amount OF
Z lDt DOuQ cACteGt uNe tntutun QDIHrS (tlUu
by a postmaster of the first, second, or third
class. Bids for service. the pay for which at the
time OF advertisement exceeds five thousand
dollars t$5,DOV), must be accom- panied by u certi-
fled check, or draft, payable to the order of the
Postmaster General, on some solvent national
bank. of not less than 1vo per ccntum on the
amount of the annual pay on such route, and IN
case of new or modified service. not less than
1--WE per ceItum OF the amount accompanying
the bid, II the amount of said bond exceeds
sl.t0o) i've thousand dollars.
The amount of bond required with bids, and
the present nav when IL pNcReae l~l MAN nya
thousand dollars, are stated in tho advertise
ment unccr tho appropriate route.
cath before m officer qualified 10 administer
oaths that they are the owners of real estate
amount OF said bond, over and above all debts
due and owing by them, and all judgments,
allowing 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 delivered to any one on
his order.
II. The contracts are to be executed and re-
turned to the Department by or before tho 10Th
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
ing to law.
contracts, are forbidden by law, and consequent
iy cannot he allowed. Neither can bids, or in
tercrt In bids. be transferred or assigned to
oibti puiucs, Dilutrb VIII tncrciort lake no
t.ce that they will be expected to perform the
service awarded 10 them through the whole con-
tract term.
-. Section s4g of tho act of June 8. 1872, pro-
vides that contracts for the transportation of the
mail shall be awarded 10 the lowest bidder ten
dering sufficient guarantees for faithful per-
formanoe. without other reference to the mode
OF snch transportation than may be necessary 10
provide for the due cclerity, certainty, and secu-
ri'y thereof Under this law bids that propose
ITO transport the mails with : celebrity, certainty,
aud security having been decided TO be tie
only legal bids, are construed as providing for
the entire mail, however large. and whatever
may be the mode of conveyance necessary to
insure its "cclerity, certainty. and security
and have the preference over all others, and no
others are considered, except for steamboat
routes.
%. A modification OF a bid in any Gifts essen
tial terms Is tantamount TO n 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 Z previous one.
"a. Postmasters are cautioned, under pen
atty OF removal, not TO sign the approval of
the bond of any bidder before the bond is
signed by tho bidder and his ~sureties, and not
until entirely satisfied of the sufhcicncy ofthe
%sureties.
No postmaster, assistant postmaster. or
clerk employed In any postoffice, shall be n
contractor or concerned In q contract for car
ryins the mail.
20. Posimasters ar also liable to dismissal
from office for acting rs agents of contractors
er bidders, with or without compensation, in
qSy business, matter, or thing relating to the