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3. No proposal will be considered unless accompanied by a guaranty which should 

 be in manner and form as directed in these intructions. 



4. All bids and guaranties must be f made in triplicate, upon printed forms to be 

 obtained at this office. 



5. The guaranty attached to each copy of the bid must be signed by an authorized 

 surety company, or by two responsible guarantors, to be certified as good and sufficient 

 guarantors by a Judge or clerk of a United States Court, United States District Attorney, 

 United States Commissioner, or Judge or clerk of a State court of record, with the sea! 

 of said court attached. 



6. A firm as such will not be accepted as surety, nor a partner for a copartner 01 

 firm of which he is a member: Stockholders who are not officers of a corporation maj 

 be accepted as sureties for such corporation. Sureties, if individuals, must be citizens 

 of the United States. 



7. When the principal, a guarantor, or a surety is an individual, his signature to a 

 guaranty or bond shall have affixed to it an adhesive seal. Corporate seals will be 

 affixed by corporations, whether principals or sureties. All signatures to proposals. 

 guaranties, contracts, and bonds should be written out in full, and each signature tc 

 guaranties, contracts, and bonds should be attested by at least one witness, and, when 

 practicable, by a separate witness to each signature. 



8. Each guarantor will justify in a sum of dollars ($ ). The 



liability of the guarantors and bidder is determined by the Act of March 3, 1883, 22 

 Statutes, 487, Chap. 120, and is expressed in the guaranty attached to the bid. 



9. A proposal by a person who affixes to his signature the word "president," "sec- 

 retary," "agent," or other designation, without disclosing his principal, is the proposal 

 of the individual. That by a corporation should be signed with the name of the 

 corporation, followed by the signature of the president, secretary, or other person 

 authorized to bind it in the matter, who should file evidence of his authority to do so. 

 That by a firm should be signed with the firm name, either by a member thereof or by 

 its agent, giving the names of all members of the firm. Any one signing the proposal 

 as the agent of another or others must file with it legal evidence of his authority to do so. 



10. The place of residence of every bidder, and post-office address, with county and 

 State, must be given after his signature. 



1 1 . All prices must be written as well as expressed in figures. 



12. One copy each of the advertisement, the instructions for bidders, and the 

 specifications, all of which can be obtained at this office on application by mail or in 

 person, must be securely attached to each copy of the proposal and be considered as 

 comprising a part of it. 



13. Proposals must be prepared without assistance from any person employed 

 in or belonging to the military service of the United States or employed under this office. 



14. No bidder will be informed, directly or indirectly, of the name of any person 



