Arizona citizen. [volume] (Tucson, Pima County, A.T. [i.e. Ariz.]) 1870-1880, 1876-07-08

time OF advertisement exceeds hve thou
sand dollars. (S9g0.l must be accOmI'lnl
led d certified check. or crat'' paytabis
10 the order OF the Postmaster General on
some solvent national BANK, OF not res
lthan I'VE percentum on the amount OF the
iannuai pay on sucn route, anu IN case Ol
new or modified service, not less than I'VE
per centum of the amount OF the bond ac-
lcomptnylng the bid, II the amount Ol
said bond exceeds $4,000 hVe Thousand
dollars.
The amount of bond required with bids,
and The present pay when II exceeds So
lUUOl I'VE thousand dollars, are stated IN the
advertisement under the appropriate
route.
/ Sureties on the bond OF bidder must
/ take an oath before an officer quallned 10
administer oaths that they are the own
/ ers OF real estate worth, IN Ihe aggregate,
! "A sum double the amount OF said bond
lover and above all debts due and owing
! By them, and all judgments, mortgages
and executions against them, after allow
ing ali exemptions OF every character
Whatever.
~. All checks deposited with bids will
be held until contract il executed and the
service commenced by the accepted bidder.
Checks will then be returned by mail, OIL
the written request of the bidder, or de-
Iiyered To any one on his order.
p. The contracts are TO be executed ana
returned to the department by or before the
accepted bidder Will be considered as hav-
ing failed, and the Postmaster General
may proceed to contract fer the service
with other parties, according 10 law.
Assignments cfcontracts, or Of interest ID
contracts, are forbidden 10y law, and con-
sequently cannot be allowed. Neither
can lids, or interest in bids, be transferred
or assigned To other parties. Bdders vii,
therefore take notice that they VIII be eN-
pecled 10 perform the service awarded 10
them through the whole contract term.
-. Section 2i9 Of the act of June 5, 1872.
provides thai contracts for the tranSporta-
ton of the mail snail be awarded 20 the
lowest bidder rendering sufficient guar
antees for iaithfCl performance, without
other reference to the mode OF sucn trans
portatiOn than may be necessary 10 pro-
vide for the due celebrity, certainty, and
security thereof" Under this law bids
that propose 10 transport the mails with
- celebrity, certainty, and security" having
been decided 10 be the only legal bids, are
construed as providing for the entire
mali, however large, and Whatever may
be- the mode Di conveyance necessary 70
insure It's " ceierity, certainty, ana secuTl-
ty," and have the preference over ali
others, ana nc others are considered, eN-
ccpt for steamboat routes.
.. 4 mobilization Of q bid In ANY Of as
essential terms is tantamOunt 70 new
bid, and cannot be received so as TO in |
Ier1ere with regular competition. Making
u new Dlu In proper iOrbl Is the only way I
10 modify previous one.
n. PostmlSters are cautioned, under I
penalty OF removal, not 70 sign the ap- 4
prevail Oh TIE bond ri any bidder before /
lie bond is signed by the bidder and his I.
suretieS, and not until entirely satisfied OF
he sU:licleney Of the suretieS.
No postmaster, assistant postmaster, or P
clerk employ IN any post Office, shall /
be Il contractor o. concerned In contract .
or carrying the mail.
D. POStmasters are also liable 20 ui>-
nisSal from Office lor acting - agents OF !
contractors Or bidders, with or without .
mpansation, I'm any business, matter, or /
hing relating to the mail service. They I
are the trusted agents OF the Department, 4
anu cannot consistently ACT in both cdpac-
Ties.
%. In case the route is not fully sup
)lied with pouches, locks, and keys, re-
iuisitiOn must be made upon the Second .
Assistant Postmaster General FOR the same .
before the date Uf beginning service.
30 Proposals altered by erasureS OF in
erlinea,lOus Oi the route, the service, the /
early pay. or the name OF the bidder,
viii not be considered.