The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1876-06-10

p9sa . in lime 10 reach The department By the
gay and hour named 10 the advertisement, As
blas resolved after tgsI lime wiz not be con-
sidernd ~ composition with bids Of REASON
sble amount hs1eised in time. AritheT can
bids be considered which are without the
bond Oath, ana certificate required BIZ section
"a act 81 June -, 1874
strictly according 70 the advertisenlent, and
lhsni y a desire, sgPaTateiy for different
offered for the advertised service, the other
propositions may be considered
~ There should be but oie route bid for In
q proposal. Consolidated or combinatiun bids
~t"proposing one sum for two or more ~routes.J
cannot be considered.
IA. The route. the service, the yearly pay,
the name and residences of tbe bidder, Chat
Is MS usual postofhce address, and the name
Of each member Of a drm where q company
offers, should be distinctly stated.
10. bianefs are requested To use, as lar as
pIscn s ne printed proposals. fur
the sum OF their lids, and TO retain copies Of
them.
yearly pay, or the name of the bidder. BY erss-
ures or interlineations, should not be submit
iea: and ~ 80 sssmiI e. VIII not be considered
q bid VIII be allowed unless the withdrawslir
receised twenty four henrs previous TO the time
liked for opening The proposals.
10. In case u failure Of the accepted bidder
to execute a contracf, or of the Abandonment of
service during the contract term. the service
will be re-adyertis ed and re-let at the expense
Of the failing bidder or contractor. and any ac-
cepted bidder who SHALL wrongfully refuse or
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perform the services described In his pr oposal.
may he deemed guilty OF q misdemeanor, anc,
therefor.
II. The Postmaster General reserves the
right to reject any bid which may be dee med ex
trayagant; and also 10 disregard the bids OF
failing Contractors and bidders.
No contract for carrying tn, mall shall be
made with any per on who has entered, or pro-
posed To enter. into any combination to prevent
the making of any bid for carrying The mail. or
who has made any agreement, or given or per-
formed. or Promised to give or perform. aQV con-
siderafion whatever TO induce any other person
not TO bid for any such contract.
No bidder for carrying the mails shall be re-
leased from his obligation under HE bid or pro-
posal, Notwithstanding an award made 10 a low
service shall have been duly executed by such
lower bidder al d his sureties. and accepted,
and the service entered upon by the contractor
TO the satisfaction Of the General.
By regulation Of the Department. no carrier
can be employed who Is under sixteen years OF
der twenty-one years o fage, or who Is a married
woman.
IS. The bid should be sealed. superscrised
Mail Proposals. Wyoming Territory ad.
dressed Second Assistant Gene
raj, CONTRACT Ofice."
10. Every proposal must be accompanied by
a bond with two or mora sureties approved by a
postmaster, and in cases where the amount of
the bond exceeds Ave thousand dollars $50 o.
by a postmaster of the hrst, second, or third
class. Bids for service. the pay for which at the
time Of advertisement exceeds five thousand
dollars Is, 900. must be accom- panied by a cerii.
fed check, or draft, pay sbls TO the order of the
Postm as-er General. on tome solvent national
bank. Of not less han Ave per centum on tho
amount of the annual pay on such route, and IN
case OF new or modified service. not less than
ave per ceEtum of the amount accompanying
the bad, II the amount Of said bond exceeds
($5.e1O) i've thousand dollars.
Tue am nnnt OF bond required with bids, and
the present pay when IL exceeds ts5.ooo) five
thousand dollars. are stated in tho advertise
ment under the appropri ate ronte.
Sureties on the bond of a bidder must take an
oath before an officer qualified to administer
oaihe that they are the owners of real estate
worth, in the aggregate, u sum double the
due and owing sy Them. and ali Judgments,
mortgages, and executions against them, after
allowing all exemptions of every character
y. All checks deposited with bids VIII be
hello until contract is executed and the service
will then he returned by mail, on the written
request OF the bidder, or delivered TO any one on
81. The contracts are to be executed and re-
turned to The Department by or before the 10Th
day OF September. 1876, otherwise the accepted
the Postmaster General may proceed TO con-
tract for the service with other parties. accord
Assignments OF contracts. or Of interest in
contracts, are forbidden by law. aud consequent
Iy cannot be allowed. Neither can bids. or in
tercrt in bids, he transferred or assigned TO
other parties, Bidders will therefore take no
tee that tley will be expected TO perform the
service awarded TO them through the whole con-
p. Section s4s of the act of June 8 1872. pro-
vides that contracts Tor the transportation of the
mail shah be awarded to the lowest bidder ten
dering sufficient guarantees for faith full per-
formanoe. without other reference 10 the mode
of snch transportation than NAV be necessary 10
provide for the due CELEBRITY, certainty, and secu-
rIfy thereof" Under this law bids that propose
TO transport the nails with CELEBRITY, certainty.
aud security " having been decided 10 be t:e
only legal bids, arc construed as providing for
the entire mail, however large, and whatever
insure its 'celerity. certainty. ana security
and have the preference over all others, and no
others are considered. except for
rontes.
%. modification OF a bid in any ofits essen.
iiai terms is TO a new bid. and cam
competition. Making n new bid In proper form
is the only way TO modify a previous one.
"a. Postmasters are cautioned, under PEN
atty of removal, not 10 sign the approval of
the bond of aay bidder before the bond is
signed by the bidder and his %sureries, and not
Until entirely satisfied of the suficiency of the
sureties.
No postmaster, assistant postmaster. or
clerk employed in any postofice, shall be n
contractor or concerned in n contract for car
ryin5 the mali.
c5. Postmasters ar , also liable to dismissal
from office for acting as agents OF contractors
er bidders, with or without compensation. in
mail service. They are The trusted agents of
the Department, and cannot consistently act
In both capacities'
28. In case the route IL not fully supplied
with pouches. .ocks and keys, requisition must
be made upon the Second Assistant
Genera for The same before the dale OF begin
ming service.
~ Proposals altered by erasures or inter-
lineations of the route, the service, the yearly
pay, or the name of the bidder, will not be con-