Arizona citizen. [volume] (Tucson, Pima County, A.T. [i.e. Ariz.]) 1870-1880, 1876-07-01
General. Contract Office. /"

General, Contract Office"
| 80. Every proposal must be accompanied
/ by a bond with two or more Sureties APP
proved by q postmaster, and In cases
where the amount of the bond exceeds
/ i've thousand dollars (Sj,0O0J by post
master of the first, second or third class
/ Bids for service, the pay tor which al the
/ time of advertisement exceeds five thou
sand dollars, $500 must be accompani
| ed by a certified check, or draft, payable
I to the order OF the Postmaster General on
some solvent national bank, OF not less
I than five percentum on the amount OF the
annual pay on sucn route, and IN case o.
new or modified service, not less than nVe
per centum of the amount of the bond &C
lcompanying the bid, II the amount OF
/ said bond exceeds $4,000 hve Thousand
dollars.
The amount Of bond required with bids
and the present pay when IL exceeds 80,
COO fve thousand dollars, are stated IN the
advertisement under the appropriate
route.
take an oath before an officer quailhed 70
administer OathS that they are the own
| ers of real estate worth, in the aggregate
a sum double the amount of said bond
ioVeT and above all debts due and owing
I by them, and all judgments, mortgages
and executions against them, alter allow
ling all exemptions of every character
whatever. 49,
70. All checks deposited with bids will
I be neld until contract Il executed ana the
service commenced by the accepted bidder.
Checks Will then be returned 10y mail, on
I the written request of the bidder, or ue'
/ livered TO any one on his order.
n. The contracts are To be executed anu
returned TO the Department by or before the
10Th day oil Septemoe 1876, otherwise the
accepted bidder Will be considered as nav
/ ing Jailed, and the Postmaster General
may proceed 10 contract Tor the service
with other parties, according 10 law.
Assignments OF contracts, or OF interest in
contracts, are forbidden by law, and con-
sequently cannot be allowed. Neither
can bids, or interest in bids, be translerreu
or assigned To other parties. Bidders VIII
therefore take notice that they VIII De eX-
hfed ~ psEtptm tRhfo ffe FcHd6s a tg S 10
- Section 2i9 of the act OF June 3, lS1Z,
provides that contracts for the transporta-
ton Of the mail shall be " awarded 10 the
lowest bidder rendering sufficient guar
anteeS for faithful performance, without
other reference TO the mode OF such trans
pOrtation than may be necessary 10 pro-
vide for the due celebrity, certainty, and
security thereof" Unuer this law bids
that propose To transport the mails with
|" CELEBRITY, certainty, and security" having
been decided 10 be the only legal bids, are
construed as providing for the entire
mai, however large, and whatever may
be the mode OF conveyance necessary 10
insure its celebrity, certainty, and securl-
ty," and have the preference over all
Others, and no others are considered, eN-
cept for steamboat routes.
23 \ modification Of bid In any OF It's
essential terms is tantamOunt to new
bid, and cannot be received so as 10 m
terfere with regular competition. Making
new bid in proper form Is the only way
10 modify previous one.
"a. PoStmasters are cautioned, under
penalty Of removal, not TO sign the APP
prevail of the bond of any bidder before
The bond is signed by the bidder and his
SuretieS, and not until entirely satisfied Of
the Sufiiciency OF the sureties.
No postmaster, assistant postmaster, or
clerk employed in any post office, shall
he "a contractor or concerned in contract
Tor carrying the mail.
y. POSlm1sters are also liable To dis
nisSal from Office for acting as agents OF
contractors or bidders, with or Without
COM ensaUion, in any business, matter, or
thing relating to the mail service. They
are the trusted agents of the Department,
and cannot consistently act in both capac-
tiles.
%. In case the route is not fully sup
piled with pouches, locks, and keys, re-
QUESTION must be made upon the second
Assistant Postmaster General for the same
before the date OF beginning service
sE-Proposals altered by eraSureS or in
terlineatiOns Of the route, the service, the
yearly pay, or the name Of the bidder,
Will not be considered.