National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1874-11-30
NAH. ROUTES

shall. for each otIssos, iorfSlt and psy one huI
Sec. -. That Are owner OF every staRe-eoael
rauWay-car, steamboat, or other vehicle or Fesse
which shall, with the knowledge OF any owner, 1
nnoie OF ~ part Or with me knoHledge Or cor
: person having charge ef the same, convey an
: person acting or employed as private expires
Tor the conveyance Of letters or packets, and ae
ually IN possession OF the same for the purpose
, conveying them contrary to the spirit, true IN
tent or meaning OF this law, shall for every sue
offence, forfeit and pay one hundred and any dol
Sec. $50. That no person shan transmit By pr
Eate express or other unlawful means, or delive
70 any agent % such unlawful express, Or deposit
or cause 70 be deposited, at any appointed place
for the purpose Of being transmitted, any lette
o. packet, and for.evsry such offence the party >
offending shall forfeit and pay Hlty dollars.
Sec, 81. That no stagee0aeh, railway car
stesmboat, or other vehicle or vessel which regu
larry performs trirs q stated periods on anypost
route or irom any city town o. place TO any othei
city, town or pi1co between which the mail Is reg
ulariy carried. shall carry, otherwise than in thS
~ san s.sfs ~ except saen sS Ieiat.
tinie By the same se-eoaeh, rsiiWay-ear erolheI
! vehicle except as provided IN section two hun.
bred and thlrty-nine; and for every such ofence
the owner Of the stage-eOaeh, railHSy-ear steam
boat or other vehicle o. vessel shalt forfeit and
pay one hundred dollars and the driver, con
duct0r, master or other persOn having cbarrs
thereof and not at the time owner Of the whole AZ
any part thereof, shall in IKE manner forfeit and
1 (SectiOn - permits conveyance Of letters In
I stamped envelopes otherwise than by mail.) .
! TIE manner IN wAfeh proposals shaH 81 made
and The lfabtlify 81 PoyfmesfeTs.
SeP. 2ij. That every proposal for Carrying the
nal mall shall be accomplished ey the bond Of .he
bidder, with sureties approved by postmaster,
l and in cases Where the amount OF the, bond ex-
eeeds nye thousand dollars by postmaster Of
4 the hrst, second, or third class, In sum to be
designated by the Postmaster General In the ad-
yertlSement Of each route; to which bond 3 con-
dttion shall be annexed. that II the said bidder
shall, within such lime after his bid Is accepted
I as the Postmaster General shall prescribe enter
/ into CONTRACT with the United States OF Amer
I lea, with good and sufficient sureties, 70 be ap
the service proposed in his said bid, and further
that be shall perform the said service according
/ to his contract, then the said obligation to be
void, OtherW to be In full force and Obligation
in law; and In case Of failure of.any bidder to
enter into such contract to perform the service
or, having executed contract, in ease Of failure
to perform the service according TO his contract
he and his sureties shall be liable for the amount
Of said bond as llquidated damages, to be re-
eovered In an action Of debt on the said bond
No proposal shall be considered unless It shall
be accompanied By such bond, and there shall
have been Affixed to said proposal the oath Of the
minister oaths, that he has the ability, peeuni.
ariiy, to fulfill his obligations and that the bid
s made in good ialthi and Wifh the Intention to.
case his bid Is accepted.
See sIo That before the bond or 4 bidder pro-
Vtueu Ior IN the Aforesaid section Is approved,
there shall be tndoTsed thereon the oaths Of the
suretes therein, takeu before an ofheer qualified
% administer oaths, that they are owners Of real
estate WORTH, In ne aggregate, sum double the
due and owing by them, and all judgments, mort
cages and executions against them, after allow
az ~, exemptions Of every eharaeter Thateyer
sec. III That any postmaster who shall afix
MS signature 70 the approval OF any bond OF
Dldder, or 10 the eertincate OF sutncieney OF
suretles IN any contract before the SAID bOnd OF
contract e signed hy the bidder oreontraetor and
bidder with insnfisient sS4etiss or tIaII n ~
ingly make any false or fraudulent certificate,
shaH be forthwith dismissed from office, and be
thereai.er dlsqnaiined from holding the ONCE OF
postmaster, and shall also be deemed guilty Of q
isdemeanor, and, on conviction thereof, be pun
lshed BY hne not exceeding i've thousand dol
lars, or BY imprisonment not exceeding one year,
Sergtes 70 Dc awarded 10 ne iOrea bidder Bids
Of JatitRg contractors may not be c0HsideTed.
Sec 2l9. That all contracts for carving the
mail shall be in the name OF the United STATED
and shall be awarded 10 the lowest bidder tender
ing sufficient guarantees for faithful periOrmance
without other reference to the mode OF transpor-
tatIon than NAV be NECESSARY 10 provide for me
due eelerity Certainty and security thereof. but
the Postmaster General shall not be bound to
consider the bid OF any person who has willfuIiy
or negligently failed 70 perform former contract
Combinations to prepenf bidding prohibited
See 9sa That No ..ontra.t a. ,,,,,,r-,,I,,- tbs
mail sbaIi he made Win ~ nsrs,,1 ~ bSs ~
fered - Y,rov,osa-I -, i,1,Pa 80 - .i.,i
10 prevent ne makinS of aEv sd foy esTrvi19 he
mai ~ Mo 6as nads an, - @ j ~
nerfor1sd - nro1sf-s,i - 80. ~ ,..s 2 ~
sidera Hon ~ Ai5,s a., ~ ,,s3g
not 10 BID FOR any such and If anv person
80 offsndi,s, a. !, eo.toSfo 70 ~ ! yi
his eo1traet NAV bs annnlis5 AM a. ne FrSl
offence ne peTson "a offendinsl shall h is0naii
wears and for The seeond 5fTe5es shall he forsveT
ddfsH5aii6sd 'il1'i y ~ 0'Si
be srfended and feuoOrarg eoufrGefa.made
Sec as1 That aftsr any regular bl5der ,zbose |
trScf ror tb tSsnotario a.
ing 10 ma nronosaf or havIn, entarad into cnn /
tract shall fail to Commence the performanee Of !
the Service stipulated In his or their Contract as
therein Droyided Ire Postmaster Ge6eTsi sbaII
nroeeed 10 eontraek Win me newt IoyTosf hi,ider
Tor the same Service. WHO will enter into a con-
tract for the Derformnnea tbeTeof nnless me l
PoStnaster CienerI saH eo1sjdsr 'sileb bi too
high IN which case he sIaIl re- advertise sueh ser
vice And II ary bidder whose bid has been ac- /
cepted and who has eL tered into a eoatraet 10 per
form the service according 10 his proposal and In
pursuance OF his Contract has entered moon the
performance OF the service 10 the satisFaeti0n or
The Postmaster General shall su Iail or
refuse 10 perform the service ACCORDING 10 lis con
tract the Postmaster General shaIP proceed 10 4
contract with the next lowest bidder Tor such SER
Postmaster General shall consider such bid too 1
high) who will enter into contract and give bond,
WITH suTetles % Pc approved Dy me POSTMASTER
GeneLalt LoL tne IalLnil PettSItnAnee theEeOl ~
the saine PS5naly aho Win me sane tsIms she
oonuitlvns Nsloso Anne1eI - nete- st1, -, anu
onIAneu IN tne DOnu Hlleh aeco1 pAnie1 MS olqi
9ut ~ ease ecn anu e' cry u sne mex loHess DID
ueIs lOL soch seI lSeI Iess spes.Lle Dlus are
not SolsneIeg ~ ny ~ 'I l Ostlnaste. yen,
1--WE bond az herein reoJired Tor the fairhfIf per
isrmanee OF his contract the POstInasI General
shall Immediately advertise for proposals to per-
form the service on said route. Whenever an &C
cepted bidder shall faf to enter into contract, or
contractor on any mailrOute shall fail or refuse
TO perform the service on said route according to
his contract, or when q new route shall be estab-
lished, or new service required, or When from any
other cause there shall not be aeOntraetor legally
bound or required to perform such service, the
Postmaster General may make temporary con
tract for carrying the mail on such route, without
for such period IS may be neces-
sary, not In any case exceeding six months, until
the service shall have commenced under a con-
tract made according 70 law; PToVided. hOirersr,
That the Postmaster General shall not employ
than that paid to the contractor who shall have /
the service during the last preceding /
regular contract term. And IN all cases Of reEu-
lar contracts hereafter made the contract may /
in the discretion Of the Postmaster General, be |
In force beyond It's express terms for q
period not exceeding six months until . new con |
tract with the same, or other contractors shall /
be made by the Postmaster General.
Ri55.rs mai ,.tsa,sd s,,j;y /, .o,fr., =, .,,.,,4
go 49, $50 1s,,,,,,