The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1836-08-10
,a hook. q true and faithful abstract of

embracing as wen thosc ""S" aio 10
;ected. as those which are accepted. The
said abstract shall contain the names OF
the marty or parties offering the terms
nm which he or they propose to carry the =
mail the sum for which it is offered to
c,ntract ald the length oftime the agree
,,,,nt Is TO continue. And it shall also be
.nd the duty Of the Postmaster General to
mt ON file preserve the originals of the
n,ouositions Of which abstracts are here
directed to be made, and to report at each
session cf Congress true copy from the
sa;d record of all Offers made for carry
NJ the mail as aforesaid.
Src. .26. And be it further enacted, That if
ony person employee ip,the Post-Oflice De-
nar,mept or postmaster shall become Interested
I, anv mail contract or act as agent, with or
without ompensation, in any matter OF thlng
relating to business in said Departmont,for any
contractor, or person offering to become aeon
,racior. he shall be forthwith dismissed from
ofJ;ce. and shall be liable to pay SD much mo-
nov as would have been realized from said con-
.r.c, N he recovered in action of debt in any
conrt having jurisdiction thmfof, in the name
the United States, for - use OF the Post
Office Department and 1t shall be the duty OF
,he Postmaster General to cause prosec ution to
be initituted. ,r
SER. 81. And be ii further enacted, That eve:
~ proposal for the transportation OF the mail
shall be accompanied by written guaranty
signed by one more Responsible persons 10
the effect that he or they undertake that tne
bidder or bidders will, if his or their oid DC ac-
can,ea enter into an obligation IN such time as
NAV prescribed by the Postmaster General
n,;,b oood and sufficient sureties to poIform the
.ory;ee nroposod. No proposal shall be con-
s;dered. ,nlest accompanied by such guaranty
If, after the acceptance OF proposal ana noli.
6cation thereof to the bidder or bidders ne OF
they shall fail to enter into an obligation WIN
=; IL ,;,,o nrescr;bed by the Postmaster Gene
raj with good and sufficient suretles ior inc
narf,rrnanco OF the service then the Pos master
General sbalI proceed 10 contract with some
othe person or persons, Tor tho perio'hh"noooi VI
the said service, and shall forthwith cause tho
difference between the amount contaiheu III t.io
proposal so guaranteed, ana INC Iiionc '',ne ao'
which he uIay huvo contracted Tor inc perform
anc of said service, for the whole period oi tho
proposal. to be charged up against the SAID bid
der or bidders, and his or their guarantor or
guaratees, and tho same may be hhhicuie'ey
recovered by the u. States, for the use OF me
Post Office Department, IN an action Vi uoo'
against either or all of the said persons:
SEC. %. And be it further enacted, That no
contract for the transportation of the mail shall
knowingly be made by the Postmaster "sherai
with any person who shall nave en'oreo INTO
any combination, or proposed TO ehter ihto any
combination, to prevent the making OF any oiu
for mail contract by any other person OF per-
cons or who shall have made any agreement,
or shall have given or performed, OF prohiseu
TO rive or perform, any consideration what-
ever or TO do or not TO do any thug Whatever,
in ordor to induce anyother person or persons
not to bid for mail contract. AnG II any per-
son so offending be a mail contractor he may
be forthwith dismissed from the service oi t'o
Department Propidod, That whenever thc
Postmaster General shall exercise the power
conferred by this section, he shall transmit
copy or statement of the evidence on whlch no
acts to Congress, at its next session.
SEC. 30. And be IL further enacted, mat no
person whose bid for the transportation oil inc
mail NAV be accented shall receive any pay,
until he shall have executed his contract ac-
cording 20 law, and tho regulations OF the De-
partment nor shall any payment be mace ior
any additional regular service III the trahspor-
tation of the mail, unless the same shail nave
been rendered in obedience TO prior iegai of-
dor of the Postmaster General.
SEC. 30. And be IL further enacted, Ihat so
much oftho acl concerning the Post Once De-
parlment approved Mrrch Sd, 1925, as directs
that duplicates copies of contracts or ordsrs
mldosby the Postmaster General shall be lodg-
ed in the office of the Comptroller OF the Irea-
sury, be repealed.
SEC 81. And be IL further enacted. That 1t
shall be the duty of the Postmaster Generate
furnish TO the postmasters at the termination
of each route, a schedule, specifying the times
ofarrival and departure at their offices respcc-
lively, of each mail, a copy of which the post
master shall posi- up in some conspicuous place
in his Office and the Postmaster General shall
alse furnish notice in like manner, OF any
change alteration in the arrivals and de-
partures which may be ordered by him. And
It shall be the duty Of every postmaster prompt
ly to report to the Department every dehn- !
quency, neglrct, or malpractice OF the contrac-
tors, theiI aSents, or carriers, that may come TO |
his knowledge. And the Postmaster General !
shall cause TO be kept, and returned to the De- /
partment, at short and regular intervals, by |
po5tmasters at tho ends of routes, and such |
others as he may think proper, registers, show |
ing the exact times of the arrivals 81 departures
of the mails.
SEC. %. 4ad be it further enacted, That if |
anv postm mlster shall unlawfully dotain in his
office any letter, package, pamphlet, er news
paper, with intent TO prevent the arrival and
delivery ofthe same to the person or persons
10 whom such letter package, pamphlet or
newspaper may be addressed or directed in the
usual course ofthe transportation of the mail
along the route or if any postmaster shall,
with intent as aforesaid givd any preference TO
any letter, package pamphlet, newspaper,
over another, which may pass through his
office, by forwarding the one and retaining the
other, he shall on conviction thereof, be fined
IN sum not exceeding five hundred dollars,an
Imprisoned for term not exceeding six months
and shall, moreover, be forever thereofter in
capable ofhoing the Office of postmaster in
the United States.
SEC. 81. And be ii further enacted That there
saal! be appointed by the President of the u.
States, by and with the advice and consent of
tho Senate, Deputy Postmaster for each post
Office at which the commissions allowed to the
postmaster amounted TO one thousand delars
or upwards in the year ending the Both day of
June, 1885. or which may, in any subsequent
year, terminating on the 30th day Of June, a.
mount TO or exceed that sum, who shall hold
his Office for the term of four years, unless