The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1876-07-07

proposes to carry the mails of the United States from
October l, 1876, to June 80, 49,, on route No. -,
between - and -, State of -, under
the advertisement of the Postmaster General dated
for the annual sum of - dollars; and if this pro-
posal is accepted he will enter into contract with
sureties to be approved by the Postmaster General,
WITHIN the time prescribed in said advertisement.
This proposal is made aUith full knoapledqe of the
distance Or the route, the aceight of the mail to be
carried, and all other particulars IN reference to the
roote Gnd service; and, Also after careful eramina-
tiSement of mail SeTcice.
Dated - Bidder
Oath required By section 245 of an act of Conqress
approved June 49, 1874, to be atred to each bid for
carrying the mail, and TO be taken before an officer
qualified to administer oaths.
I--,o of - bidder for carrv;no tho
mail on route No. -, from - to - do
swear that have the ability, pecuniariiy to fulfil
my obligation as such bidder; that the bid Is made in
good faith. and with the intention to enter into con-
tract ana perform the service in said bid shall be
accepted.
Sworn to and subscribed before me, -
of =, A. D. 1877 and in in testimony (sEA1.1
whereof hereunto subscribe my name and
said.
NoTE.-When the oath is taken before a Justice of
the peace, or any other officer not using seal,
CcpC JuuSc VI STATES court, the CertnCdte
Of the clerk Of court of record must be added,
der his seal Of office, that the person who admins
tered the oath is duly qualified as such officer:
BadS must De accompanied By certified check, or
draft, on some solrent national bank payable to the
order OF the Postmaster General equal to per CEN
tu the present annual pay on the route ohen the
present pay exceeds $5OO0 orin case of new se,vice
not less than per centm of the amount of the bond
accompanying the Did. if said bond ereeeds $1,000.
The proposal must be signed by the bidder or bid
ders and the date of signing affixed.
Direct to the Second Assistant Postmaster Gen
eral, Post Office Department, Washington d. C.
marked Proposals, State of Mane.'
BOND.
Directions.
% Insert the names of the principal and suretes
signatures to the bond should be witnessed and the
certificate on the inside should be signed BY JUS
tce Of the peace adding his official title Or if signed
by Notary Public, he should affix his seal.
Know all men by these presents, that --,
Of, in the State of -, principal, and -
and du-,,;o- 49, 10 Of -, -. in the State Of
the United States of America in the just and full
sum of - dollars, lawful money Of the United
States be paid to the said United States of America
the payment OF which, well and truly to be made
and d0ne we bind ourselves, our heirs, executors
and administrators, jointly and ssveraly, firmly by
these presents.
Sealed with our SEALS and dated this - day of
Whereas, by an act of Congress approved June %,
1874 entitled "An Act making appropriations for the
service of the Post Office Department for the fiscal
year ending june thirtieth, eighteen hundred and
and Tor other purposes, it is provided
shat every proposal for carrying the mail shall be
accompanied by the bond of the bidder with suretes
and in compliance with the provisions of said law
this bond is made and executed subject to all the
terms, conditions, and remedies thereon, in the said
act provided ard prescribed to accompany the afore
going and annexed proposal of the said -.
that MoW the The condition sd Of the said Obligation is such
SHALL within such time after his bid is accented as
the Postmaster General has prescribed in said adver-
tsement enter into contract with the United States
approved by the Postmaster General to perform the
service proposed in his said bid, and further shall
perform said service according to his contract; then
this obligation shall be void, otherwise to be in full
force and obligation in law.
In witness whereof we have hereunto set our hands
and seals this - day Of -, 1877.
=--, [sEAL
xu... ----, [sEAL.l
Any alteration by erasure or interlineation of a
material part Of the foregoing bond will it to be
rejected, unless it appears by note memorandum
attested by the witnesses that the alteration was
made before the bond was signed and sealed.
When partners parties to the bond the partner
ship name should not be used, but each partner
should sign his individual name.
COUNTY OF, 90
ns On this hsfo-o day of 1877 personally ap
sureties in the aforegoing bond to me known to be
the persons named in said bond as sureties and who
duly sworn, depose and say and each for himself de-
poses and says, he has executed the within bond
that his place of residence is correctly stated therein
that ne is the owner of real estate worth the sum
hereinafter set against his name over and above ali
debts due and owing by him, and all judgments,
mortgages and executions against him, after allow
ing all exemptions OF character whatpvar
total sum thus assured amounting to IS y
dollars, being double the amount of the foregoing
bond. --S-e
Subscribed and sworn before me this = day
Of, 1877
NoTE.-When the above oath is taken before a JUS
tice of the peace any other officer not using seal
except Judge ola u S; Court, the certificate of the
clerk OF court OF record must be added under his
seal OF office that the person who administered the
oath is duly qualified as such officer.
s eoArE ooFF='}ss.
L----, clerk of the -, the same being
aLcourt Of Record, do hereby certify that -
-, whose genuine signature appears to the fore
going affidavit, was, at the time OF signing the same
justice of the in and for the county and State
as such are entitled to full faith and credit.
In testimony whereof 1 have hereunto set nv hand
as Clerk and affixed the seal of said court on this
day Of, 1877
CERTIFICATE OF POSTMASTER,
], the undersigned, postmaster at State of
-, after the exercise of due diligence to inform
myself OF the pecuniary ability and responsibility of
the principal and his sureties in the aforegong bond
and OF the unincumbered real estate owned bysthem
respectively do hereby approve said bond and certify
that the said sureties are sucient-suficent in my
Delef to insure the payment of double the entire
amount Of the said bond; and do further certify
tnat the said bond was duly signed by
Dluder, and - - and -, his sureties be-
fore signing this certificate.
Dated -, 1877
For forms of proposal, bond, and certificate and
also for instructions to the conditions to be EN-
braced in the contract &C. advertisement of this
GATE IN pamphlet form inviting proposals for mail
service in Maine, &C., to be found t the terminal
post offices OF the above routes and to be had on an
pllcation to the Second Assistant P. M, General
Bids should be sent in sealed envelopes SUPER
scribed: Snail Proposals, State of Maine" and ad-
dressed to the Second Assistant Postmaster General
MARSHALL JEWELL,
JuodlaW6wT Postmaster General.
SUMMER RESORTS.
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