The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1876-07-10

the withdrawal e received twenty.four
hours previous to the time fixed for open
ing tho proposals.
10. In case Of failure Of the accepted bid.
der to execute contract, or Of the aban.
donment Of service during the contract
term, the service will be re.adyertised and
re.let ct the expense Of the failing bidder or
contractor, and any accepted bidder who
shall wTongtully refuse or fail TO enter into
contract In due form, and to perform the
service described In his proposal, may be
deemed guilty OF o miSdemean0r, and, on
conviction thereof, be fined and imprisoned
therefor.
II. The Postmaster General reserves the
right 10 reject any bid which may de deem
cd extravagant; and also to disregard the
bids OF failing contractors and bidders.
No contract for carrying the mail shallbe
made with any person who has entered, or
proposed 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 performed, orpromised to give or
perform, any confederation whatever TO In
duce any other person not 10 bid for any
such contract.
No bidder for carrying the mails shall be
released from his obligation under his bid
or proposal, Notwithstanding an award
made 10 q lower bidder, until contract for
the designated seryiceshall have been duly
executed bymch lower bidder and his sure.
ties, and accepted, and the service entered
upon by the contractor 70 the satisfaction
OF the Postmaster General. ...
BY regulation Of the Department, no car.
rier can be employed who Is under sixteen
years Of age; snd no bidder will be accepted
who Is under twenty:one years oil age, or
who Is o married woman.
IS. The bid should DO sealed super
scribed "AIail Proposals, State OF West Vir-
ginia," addressed "Second Assistant Post.
master General, Contract 0ffiee.P
10. Every proposal must be accompanied
by q bond with two or more sureties up
proved by postmaster, and In cases where
the amount Of the bond exceeds five thou.
sand dollars tx, 000) by q postmaster Of the
first, second, or third class. Bids for SER
vice, the pay for which at the time Of I'D.
yertisement exceeds five thousand dollars,
(S5, Co., must be accompanied by "a cert.
lied check, or draft, payable tothe order OF
the Postmaster General, on some solvent
national bank, OF not less than five per
centum on the amount OF the annual pay on
such route, and In case Of new or modified
service, not less than five per centum Of the
amount OF the bond accompanying the bid,
II the amount Of said bond exceeds (S5, 000)
Ave thousand dollars.
The amount Of bond required with bids,
and the present pay when 1t exceeds
($5, 000) Eve thousand dollars, are stated In
the advertisement under the appropriate
route.
sureties on the bond OF bidder must
take an oath before an officer qualified TO
administer oaths that they ere the owners Of
real estate worth, in the aggregate, a sum
double the amount OF said bond, over and
above oil debts due and owing by them, and
all iugments, mortgages, and executions
against them, after allowing all exemptions
Of every character whatever.
20. All checks deposited with bids will
be held until contract Is executed and The
serrice commenced by the accepted bidder.
Checks will then be returned by mail, on
the written request OF the bidder, or de-
liyered To any. one on his order.
q. The contracts are 10 be executed and
returned to the Department by or before the
Goth day Of September, 1876, otherwise the
accepted bidder will be considered as hay-
ing failed, and the Postmaster General may
proceed 10 contract for the service with
other parties, according to law.
Assignments OF contracts, or Of interest in
contracts arc forbidden by law, and conse-
quently cannot be allowed. Neither can
bids, or interest In bids, be transferred or
assigned to other parties. Bidders will
therefore take notice that they will be ex-
pected to perform the service awarded
them through the whole contract term.
%. Section 2I9 OF the pctof June s, 1872,
provides that contracts for the Transports
ton OF the mail shall be "awarded to the
lowest bidder rendering sufficient guaran.
tees for faithful performance, without
other reference to the mode OF such trans.
portation than may be necessary TO provide
Tor the due celebrity, certainty, and security
thereof" Under this law bids that propose
to transport the mails with "celerity, Ger.
taihty, and security" having been decided
to be the only legal bids, are construed rs
providing for the entire mail, however
large, and whatever may be the mode Of
conveyance necessary to secure It's "celeri.
ty, certainty, and security" and have the
preference over all Others, and no others
are considered, except for steamboat routes.
20. A modification OF bid In any OF its
essential terms Is tmtamount TO new bid,
and cannot be received so rs to interfere
with regular competition. Making new
bid in proper form Is the only to way to
modify previous one.
"a. Postmasters are cautioned, under
penalty Of removal, not to sign the apprO-
val OF the bond OF any bidder before the
bond is signed by the bidder and his sure.
ties, and not until entirely satisfied OF the
sufiiciency OF the sureties.
No postmaster, assistant postmaster or
clerk employed in any post Office, shall be
a contractor or concerned in contract for
carrying them mail.
25. Postmasters are also liable to dismiS.
sal from office for acting as agents OF con.
tractors or bidders, with or without com.
pensation, in any business, matter, orthing
relating to the mail service. They arc the
trusted agents OF the Department, and can.
not consistently act in both capacities.
20. In case the route is not fully supplied
with pouches, locks, and keys, requisltion
must be made upon Second Assistant Post.
master General for the same before the date
OF beginning service.
E5-PropOsals altered by erasures or in.
teflineations of the route, the service, the
yearly pay, or the name OF the bidder, will