The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1876-07-10

nluS tIIu6 De HDf aDT1dEeux Ine
Vice er whenever Ss see pa III ne rests ID a ss
ment Tor any sass he aIos Is sarsi IL
dehty 10 contractor, one pay On tllt
snlouns q service dispensed WITH snds frgTett
and continued. - ~
o: Payments WIN be made by collections irons. 0,
| ton OF each querter-say In November, February
May, ana August, provided thai required evidence Q
lowed should they be greater than advertised If tn
st n Or Ice on tisy point and also Il
reference TO the weight OF the mail the condition
hills roads streams, &C.. and all tolbrtdges, turn
| kind BY which expense may be Incurred. No Claim
for additional pay based on such ground can be con-
sion to the degree Of service; for bridges de
sroyed ferries discontinued or other distractions
causing or increasing distance expense occurring
during the contract TERM. Offices established after
this advertisement is issued and also during the con-
tract term to be without extra pay IL the
distance be not increased a.
In time to reach the Department by the day and hour
named In the advertisement; as bids received after
that time 1oil1 not Qge considered IN competition
Neither can bids be considered which are without the
bond, oath andcertifeatn required by section 245.
is Bidders Should rst propose for service strictly
according to the advertisement and then, If they de-
sire, 8epdrafety for different service; and III the
service the other propositions may be considered
49,. There should be but one route bid for in a
proposal. Consolidated or. combustion bids e. pro-
posnig one sum for fgo or more routes cannot De
Il. The route the service the yearly pay, the name
and residence Of the bdder-that Isl his usual post
office address, and the name Of each member of q
firm where a company offers, should be distinctly
15 Eiddors arc renunsted To usc ma far practicn-
bic; the printed proposals furnished by the Depart
ment, owrlte out In full of their bids and to
Bids altered in the route, the service, the yearly
pay, the of the bidder, by erasures or inter-
ted win not be considered In awarding the contracts
No withdrawal of bid will be allowed unless the
withdrawal Is received twentyfour hours previous
16. in case of failure of the accepted bidder to exc
cute contract, or of the abandonment OF service
vcrtiScd and relct at the expense OF the failing bid
shall wrongully refuse or fail to enter into contract
his proposal, may be deemed guilty of misdemea-
nor, and on conviction thereof be fined and I'M
priSoned therefor.
IT The Postmaster General reserves the right to
reject any bid which may be deemed extravagant,
and also to disregard the bids of failing contractors
No contract for carrying the mail shall be made
with any persop who has entered or proposed to ell.
bid CARVING the mail or who has made
agreement or given or performed, or promised to
give or perform, any consideration whatever to In
dnce any other person not to bid for any such coll
| tract ~, q
No bidder for carrying the mails shall be released
from his obligation under his bid or proposal not
wlthstanding an award made to lower bidder, un-
til contract for the designated service shall have
been duly executed by such lower bidder AMI his
suretics and accepted, and the service entered upon
by the contractor to the satisfaction Of the Postmas-
ter General.
BY regulation of the Department, no carrier can
be cmDlOyel who Is under sixteen OF and
no bidder will be accepted who Is under twenty-one
years Of Or H Is 10 seaad Mali
Proposals, State Of Virginia." addressed Second
Assistant Postmastcr-G General, Contract Office
| 10. Eve-y proposal must be accompanied by J
bond with two or more sureties approved by post;
master, and In cases where the amount of the bond
exceeds FIVE thousand dollars $4,000 by p post.
ment exceeds five thousand dollars (35 OOO must be
the order of the Postmaster-General, on some SOL
vent national bank. of not less than five per centun
on the @ OF 1ns ps On ai ess ban
\ percentum OF the amount Of the bond accompanying
the bid if the amount OF said bond exceeds $4,000
The amount. Of bond required With bids, and tn,
present pay when it exceeds (S5, 000l FIVE thousant
dollars, ire stated in the advertisement under thu
Sureties on the bond of bidder must take an oatl
before an officer qualified to administer 2atns ina
grcgate, sum double the amount OF said bond, owe
and above all debts due and owing by them, and Al
judgments, mortgages, and executions against them
after allowing all exemptions of every characte
90 All checks deposited with bids will be he'll
I1mtiI contract Is executed and the service com
memced by the accepted bidder. Checks ,oiil the'
ereturnsd by mail on the ,oritten rsqasfs Of tn
' 50 re Or eeraes see o e easesa
day Of September 1875, Othsr,otss the g1esep o
the Postmaster Gem era! may proceed TO contrae
for the service 1oith other partieS, according
La,y. ,,.ouo.. l., oo,
tracts, are forbidden by law and consequently can
not be allowed Neither can bids, or interest In Dd
viii Therefore take notice that they VIII be expecte
to perform the service awarded to them through I'd
aa s s' 24s Of the act of June g.
yidcs that contracts for the OF the ma
shall be awarded to the lowest bidder teadering su
fclcnt guarantees for faithful performance wi!not
other reference to the mode Of such transportatio
than may be necessary to provide Tor the Que Seert
certainty, and security thereof" Under TINS lay
bids that propose to transport the mails with ceLt
rity certainty, and security" having been d.
e De egGI old s ore So s9ssrsa r9
cessGrv to insure its ceterity, certainty and 81
curity,' and hare the preference ouer az otheT,
and no others are considcred except lor ste'lhoo'
2s. 4 modification of q bid in any of its essentil
terms Is tantamount to new Did, ana cannot pc =
Making a new bid In proper form Is the only way
modify previous one. -, =, rs
"a. PoStmaster5 are cautioned, nHuer peIa ~
removal not to sign thcapproval OF the Dona OF IN
bidder before the bond is signed by the bidder an
his suretieS, and not until eatlreiy aatisAeu VI "
No nostmaster, assistant postmaster, or clerk en-
ployed in any post-oice shall be contractor, g
concerned in contract FOR Carrying me mall fro,
office for acting rs agents of contractors or bldoer
with or without compensation In any business, ma
th3g tho to e and
consistently act In both capacities.
&C. In case the route Is not fully supplied %id
tpnon the Second Assistant Postmaster General fo
tie same before the date of beginning service:
e;rpronosals altered by erasures or interlfnes
lions Of tie route the SERVICE the yearly pay, or tn
name of the bidder, viii not be considered.
FORM OF PROPOSAL, BOND, AND CERTIFl
CATE. ,.r,,.,
PTopoS ~, II
dr Ine w COUNTY IF, State Of proposes
carry the mails of the United States from October
1874 % June Stale se Of -, under the
of the Postmaster-Gcneral dated May 20, 1915
with CELEBRITY certainty and cur ros Inc ~
cepted lie will enter into contract with suretes
I've approved by the Postmaster-General, within III
time n sad STU 9 knowledge
Se carrted, and ali other ressrsas
as XIII mo- Of the aps and insrcttons a
tGched to advertisement efmats serotce' p;d,er
Dated - H Os''''''
oetn rsarss es s Sses s.
S o ssyage s al e & oa
$50 FROM from n uM to o. 800, do Sven 81,