Arizona citizen. [volume] (Tucson, Pima County, A.T. [i.e. Ariz.]) 1870-1880, 1876-07-15

time OF advertisement exceeds nVe thou'
sand dollars, ,Sj0O0.l must De accoInpan
led by certified check, or CraIt' payable
TO the order of the Postmaster General on
some solvent national bank, OF not less
thau I'VE percentum on the amount OF the
annual pay on Sucn route, ana I'D ease ol
new or modified service, not less IMAM uVe
per centum OF The amount OF the BOND ac-
com p"nylnS tie bid, u the amount oil
SAID bond exceeds lS5OOOl hEe thousand
dollars.
The amount OF bond required with bids,
and the present pay when 1t exceeds (s3.-
iUUul nve thousand dollars, are stated IN the
vertlsement under the appropriate
route.
>ureties on the bond OF a bidder must
take an oath before an officer qudllued 10
administer oaths that they are the own
.erS OF real estate worth. IN the aggregate,
a sum double the amount OF said bona.
over and above all debts due and owing
; ~ them, ana ali Judgments, mortgages
and executions against them, after allow
ing all exemptions OF every character
Whatever.
/ 20 All checks deposited with bids will
be held until contract Is executed and the
service commenced 10y the accepted bidder
Checks Will then be returned by mail, or
the written request OF the bidder, or de-
livered To any one on his order.
p. Tue contracts are 10 be executed ana
returned 10 the Department 10y or before the
-Uth day OF september 1876, Otherwise the
accepted bidder viii be considered as haF-
ing failed, aud the Postmaster General
NAV proceed 60 contract Ter the service
with other parties, according 10 law
Assignments Oi cont tracts, or OF interest IN
contracts, are forbidden by law, aIu CON
sequenLly cannot be allowed. Neither
.can bids, or interest In bids, be transferred
or ASS gned To other parties. Bidders viii
therefore take notice mat they VIII be eN-
pscted 10 perform the service awarded 10
them through the whole contract term.
-. section 2l9 OF the act Of June ;, lo1Z.
provides that contracts for the transpOrta-
lion OF the mail Shall be awarded 10 the
lowest bidder rendering sufficient guar
antees for faithful performance, without
other reference 10 the mode OF such trans
pOrtallon than may he necessary 10 pro-
vide for the due CELEBRITY, certainty, and
security thereof Under 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 Tor the entire
mai, however large, and whatever may
be the mode OF conveyance necessary 10
insure its " CELEBRITY, certainty, ana SeCurl-
~" aud have the preference over all
others, and no others are considered, eN-
cept for steam boat routes.
p. \ modification OF a bid IN any OF Its
essential terms is tantaDount 10 new
bid, and cannot be received 81 az TO in
terlere with regular mpetltlon. Making
ii new bid in proper form Is the only way
10 modify previous one.
q. POstUaSters are caut Oned, under Z
penalty of removal, not TO sign the APP 4
prevail OF the bond OF any bidder before 4
the bond is signed by the bidder and his .
sUreties, and not unJil entirely satisfied Oi
the sutficency Of the sureties.
No postmaster, assistant postmaster, or .
clerk employed IN any post office, shall .
be- a contractor or concerned in a contract .
Tor carrying the mail.
>. POStmasiers are also liable 10 dis
missal from Office for acting as agents of
or bidders, with or without z
com pensatiOn. 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-
ties.
70. In case the route is no. fully sup
plied with pouches, locks, and keys, re-
luisition must be made upon the Second /
Assistant PustmaSterGe for the same .
before the date of beginning service.
s5-Proposals altered by erasures or in
,eriineaIIonS OF the route, the service, the /
yearly pay, or the name OF the bidder,
viii not be considered.