Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1855-10-01

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Sec. I59. A,,d be 1T further enacted. That
in case the person or persons or the directors
| OF any Incorporated company who have en-
| tered into any contract, or who NAV hereafter
enter into any contract with the Postmasttr r
General for conveying the mail of the United
States to any foreign country in pursuance Of
| the act entitled An act to provide for the
transportation Of the mail between the United
States and foreign countries and for other DUR
| poses, approved the third day of March, eigh-
teen hundred and forty-fve, or of any
| other act in which said contract there is a
stipulation on the part Of such contractor,
giving to the United States the right to pur-
chase, at an appraised value, the steamship
or ships required by such contract to be en-
Ployed In conveying the mail, shall decline to
sell and 'liver to the United States such shin
| or ships, or shall refuse to name and appoint
appraisers to value the same agreeably to the
provisions OF said act, or the same having
been appraised and valued, shall refuse to
convey and deliver said ship or ships to the
| United States, on the payment, or tender of
| payment, by the United States, of the sum at
which the said ship or ships may have been
| appraised and valued, such person or persons
| 50 offending shall forfeit sum not exceeding
one hundred thousand dollars to be recovered
| In any proper action, for the use OF the Trea
sury Of the United States; and in case of re-
fusal or inability to pay the same, shall be
| liable to be Imprisoned not exceeding one year,
| at the discretion of the court rendering iude-
| 27, 1873.
Sec 100. Ahd be IL further enacted. That
| to secure the regular transmission of the mail
! to and from foreign countries, the Postmaster
| General be aad he is hereby authorized and
| required to impose fines on contractors for any
. unfnaSOO hIp = al ~, h. L.
! parture of such mails or in the performance
| Of the TIP Provtded, That the fine for any
| one default shall not exceed one half of the
| contract price paid for the trip. Sec. 4, act
| Of June q, Iei8.
Sec. l61. Aud be 1t further enacted, That
| 1t shall not be lawful for any contractor for
transporting the mail to any foreign country
to assign or transfer his contracts; and ali
such assignments or transfers shall be null
and void : PrOUidsd, That assignments and
transfers which have been made and accepted
| by the Postmaster General, or the Secretary
| CT the Navy, before the passage of this act,
shall not be affected by this section. Sec 5,
| oct Of June q, lS4S.
Sec 162. Ana be 1t further enacted, That
the Postmaster General be and he is here
by authorized to enter into a contract for the
l transportation of the United States mail on
board OF the steam vessels, which at present
ply regularly between Boston, in the State of
Massachusetts,, and Halifax, in Nova Scotia,
upon such terms as may appear to him rea-
| sonable: PrOUtdea, That the contracts au-
tholized by this section shall be let to the low
! est bidder according TO the provisions of the
existing laws: And prorided further, That
the amount paid shall in no case exceed the
amount Of postage derived from the said mails.
Sec. 2, act Of august 81, 1852.
Sec. 1853. And be 1T further enacted, That
| the Postmaster General be, snd he is hereby
anfhnrI1aH 70 onto into A.
! suitable arrangements for transpoI ting through
any foreign country the mails Of the United
States, running rom and to any point in the
said United States Provided, That such con-
| tracts as shall bs made under the authority
conferred by this section, shall not be for a
| longer period than four years, and that, in
| making hem, the Postmaster General shall be
bound to select the speediest, safesS, and most
| economical route: Provided further, That
such contract shall be subject to be revoked
AID annulled whenever any new road or canal
shall be cut or opened, affording speedier,
| more economical, aud equally as safe means
| Of communication between the point Of depar-
tura and the point of destination of the mail
| to be transported; and that, in such case a
| fair indemnity be awarded to the parties con-
| ceTned: Ah,d proUtdea further, That before
making such contracts, notice shall be given
duiing sixty days, by advertisements in the
| usual manner, for inviting proposals for mail
contracts. Sec. 2, act Of March, 3, 1851
| Sec. 164. And be 1T further enacted, That
| the Postmaster General may from time to
| time, by and with the advice and consent of
the President, make any arrangements which
may be deemed just and expedient for allow
| ing the mails of Canada, or Of any other Pro-
| vince, State, or country adjoining the United
States, to be carried or transported at the ex-
pense OF the Province, State, or country to
which such mails belong, over any part or por-
tion OF the territory of the United States, from
ole point in the Province, State, or country to
which such mails belong, to any other point in
the same, upon obtaining the same privileges
for the transportation of the mails Of the Uni
ted States through the Province, State or coun-
try to which such privileges shall be granted
| Prortded, That such privileges may at any
United States, or by joint resolution of the two
Houses of Congress. from and a. Ter the expira-
tion CT one month next succe eding the day on
which the notice of the act of the President or
| OF the joint resolution of the two Houses shall
be given to the chief executive officer or head
| of the Post Office Department of the Province,
State, or country whose privilege is to be
thereby annulled. Sec. 6, act of August 81,
| 1852.
| See. l65. Aa,d be at further enacted, That
| every mail, of any Province, State, or country
having the privilege authorized to be granted
In ana oy the next preceding section, shall,
| while In the territories Of tie United States,
be deemed and taken to be a mail of the uni
| ted States, so far as to make any violation
| thereof, any depreciation thereon; or any act
or offence in respect thereto, or any part there
1 of, which would be punishable under the ex-
| isting laws Of the United States, in case the
same had been mail or part of n mail of the
United States, an offence Of the same grade,