Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1874-12-19

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tered into q contract to perform the service
according to his proposal, and in pursuance of
his contract has entered us.on the performance
| OF the service TO the satisfaction Of the Post
mater General, shall subseq uently fail or re-
| fuse TO perform the service accSrdiug 20 his
contract, the Postm sster General shall proceed
10 contract with the next lowest bidder for such
I ser. ice, under the advertisement thereof tun-
less the Postmaster shall consider such bio too
high, WHO will enter into contract and sire
bond, with spreties, TO be approved by the
Postmaster General, for the faithful Tform
shce thereof, in the same penalty and with the
were stated snd contained in the bond which
accompanied bis bid, bat in case each
AID every OF the next lowest bidders
| Tor such service whoee respective bids
sre Lot considered too him by the
Posimsst Genessl shall refuse TO enter Into
contract and give BLld as herein required for
me faithful performance of his contract, the
Postmaster General shall Immediately sdver-
tise tor Iro. osss to perfor III tie service On said
foste. whenever All accepted bidder shall fail
TO enter into contract, or u contractor on any
n all route shall fail or r.fu-e To perform the
service on said route according to HIS contr act,
oT"Leh lie" route shali he establish he'd, or u y
service required, or wht n from any other cause
there shall not be u contractor lea Ally bound or
required TO perform such service, the Postmas
Yer Genersi may make temporary contract
Tor carrying the mail on such route. witacut
Advertisement for such period may De Reces-
ssry not in any exceeding six months IN
I'll the service shall have commenced under a
a.
erer, That the Postmaster General n sli NOT en-
IlUy ttmI orsry service on ans route at ? higher
!ricr than that psid 20 the CO tractor who shall
have peTior ned the service during the Lass ore
ctulng Regular contract term And in all cases
OF Te gular contracts here. ter made tha CON
tract may, In the dscrt ton OF The Postmaster
GENERAL DO continued n force bevOrd L : ex-
press terms for a period not exceeding six
months, until a Few contract with H., SAFE ar
o'heI contractors, shall be made by the Post
master General.
BlDnRRs not RELEASED UNTIL A CONTRACT
Is EnTEEKD INTO AND SERVICE BseAY.
SAC. 252 That bidder for carving the
a!l- shall be released from bis obli alton un-
Ger has bid or proposal, notwithstanding an
award made 70 a lower bidder, until contract
for the designated service sh al have been IL DIV
eNecut d 10y such lower bidder ard his surrties
and accepted, aud the service entered uu,n low
the contractor TO the satisfaction of the Post
master General.
CERTIFIED C6EOKs Oh DRAFTS TO ACCOMPANY
ALL BIDS EXCEkDISG 5000
SEC. 2jS, That here after all bidders unon
every mail route for the Transportation of the
mails upOn the same, where the annual c0mpen-
patton Tor the service on such route a. the time
exceeds the sum of I'VE thousand dollars, shall
accompany their bids with a certified cneck or
draft. payable 10 the order of the Postmaster
GeneT al, upon some solvent nation Al n K which
check or craft shall not be less than fiv. per
centun on the amount of the annual psy on said
route at the time such bid Is ma AIDE; aud ia case
OF new or nIoaiheu service, not less than ii We rrr
CcntulD Vi tiS amount OF lie BOND of the bidder
required To accompany HE bid. If the amount of
the SAID bond exceeds i've thousand dollars In
case any bidder, on being awarded any such
contract, shall fail TO execute the ssme, with
good and sufficient sureties according TO tha
terms on which such bid IN sde aud acc-uted
and enter upon the performance OF the service
to the satisfaction OF the Postmaster General
such bidder shall, III addition TO his liability on
his bond accompanying his bid, forfeit the
amount so de ICsteu To the United States and
the same shall forthwith ne paid into the Trsa-
a ms of D,Ss ltf,.,
but II such contract shall be duiy executed ami
the service entered upOn aforesaid, such
q AFT or check so deposited, and the checks or
Ora : deposited by all Other bidders on the
same route, shall be returned 10 the respective
bluoers making such deposits. No proposals
1or the transportation or the mails where the
amount of the bond required 10 ACCOMPANY the
same sh ali exceed five Thousand collars snall be
Considered. usless accompanied with the check
or DRAFT herein required, together with the
bon required 10y preceding section: Pr0rtged
That nothing in this act shail be construed or
inteD ted to affect any penalties or forfeitares
which have heretofore sccrued under the pro-
visions OF the section hereby amended.
FAILING CONTRACTORS GUILTY OF MIspz-
MEANOR.
SEC. Z5i. That any person or persons bidding
Tor % transportation OF the mails upon any
route which may be advertised 10 be let and rs-
ceIvins IN award OF the contract for such SER
VICE who shall wrOngfuly refuse OF fail tn enter
into cOntractWith the Postmaster General in due
form, and perform the service described in his
or thtlr bid or proPossl, shall be deemed guilty
of o misd emeenOr, ard. on conviction I'll sreof
be upished by fine Ut eNceedns I've thousand
col ans, and by imprisonment for a term nor
exceeding twelve months.
no PAY TO BE MADE UNTIL CONTRACTS App
EXECUTED.
SEC. 259. That no person y hose bid for carry
ing me nail is accepted shall receive any pay
un III he has executed bis contract according TO
law and tie regulations OF the Department
COMPENSATION FOR ADDITIONAL sERvICEs
RESTRICTED AND REGULATED.
SEC 200. That compensation for additional
service III carrying the mail shall not be iu ex-
Gers OF the exact proportion which the original
compensation 6ears To the original seryior; and
when any such additional service IL ordered.
the Gum to be allowed therefor shall he eK-
pressed in the order, and entered up0l the
books OF the department; and 40 compensation
shall be paid for any additional regular service
rendered before the issuing OF such order.
SEC. 261. That no extra allowance shall be
n sde for any increase of expedition in Carving
the mail unless thereby the employment of adj,
ditioBai stock and carriers IL made necessary
and in such case the additional compensation
email pear no greater proportion to the addi-
tlonaI stock and carriers necessarily employed
than the compensation in the orr xnal contract
Tears TO the sIoch ait Carriers necessarily en-
p!Cyed III ite execution.
DEDUCTIONS MAY BIB MADE, AND FINES I'M
POSED, FOX DELINQURNCIEs.
SIC. 2G6. That the Postmaster General NAV
make DEDUCTIONS from the pay OF cantr .ctors
Tor failures to perform service according to
contract, and impose fines upon them for other
GeliEqucDcies. He may ded net the price of tbs.
nip ii all cases where the trip not per for med:
and lot exceeding three times the price IL the
failure be occa@toned by the fault OF the con.
tractor OF carrier.
CONTACTS CANNOT BE ASSIGNED NOR TRANS
PEERED.
SIC. I'll That no contractor for transporting
the mail within or between the United States
Gnc any foreign country shall assign or tr ans
ter lis contract, and all such assignments OF
transfers shall be null and void.
SCHEDULES TO BIZ FURNISHED AND POSTED TIP
IN POsT OFFICES. REGISTERS to BE Re-
TURNED AND REPORTS MaDH.
SEU. 30. That the Postmaster General shall
furnish to the posimssters the Termination of
each route sch Ell ule OF the time of arrival and
Gel arturo OF the mail at their Offices respec-
tlVeiy. to b" ported in \ conspicuous place in
the Office; gnn the Postmaster General snail also
give The Postmaster notice OF any change ia the
arrival and departure that may be ordered; and
be sbaIl cause TO be kept and returned 20 Jhs
Department, at short and regular intervals, reg
isters EhOwing the exact times of the arrivals
and departures OF the mails