Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1874-11-21

EUTItItuTrr TOT
violation II the laws relating TO such service,
whether lie has taken the above oath or air.
nHiCI Cr Lot.
SECTIONS OF THR ACT OF CoNGREss "ro RE.
WISE, CoSsOLIDATs, AND AMEND TIE STAT
U1Es RkLA7ING TO The Posi- oFFIok DE-
FAkIMKNT." APPROVED JUNE {, lS72.
Tie Postmaster General requests that bid
dtrs, guar sntors, suretes, and all persons con-
cerDtd, or intending to be concerned, in mail
contracts, will carefully read and critically ex-
anime the abstract of laws here presestsd ard
aisO the forms and Instructions at the end of
this advertisement, in orcer that bids may be
mace al liabilities assumed UNDERSTANDINGS
ard that al misapIrehensiOhs or cause of com
Ilaint heTesfter may be svod,d.
PCstmssteTs are required TO make themse elves
familiar with these laws ard Instructors that
they may be able to inform and direct others.
FosTMAsTkRs, CLERKS, &c, CANNOT BIZ CON
TRACTORS.
SEC. IS. That 10 postmaster, assistant post
naStsT, or clerk employed in any post office,
shall be q contractor or concerned in a contract
for carrying the mail.
PERSONS IN THE EMPLOY OF THE POST OFFICE
DEPARTMENT (IrCLUDInG PosTMAsTRRs)
CANNOT BkCOsK INTERESTED MAIL CON-
TRACT NOR ACT AZ AGENT OF CONTRACTORS
OR BIDDERS.
SEC. II. That no person employed in the Post
Office Department shall become interested in
any contract tor carry ing the mail, or act as
agent, with or without compensation, for any
contractor or person Offering TO become a con-
tractor i'll any business before the Depart
meIt; and any person so offending shall be inn
Il eCiatey dismissed from Office, and shall be
liable to pay 50 much money as WOald have been
rtalized from said contract, to be recovered in
an acticn Of debt, Tor the Use OF the Post Office
Department.
BY regulation Of the Department, no carrier
Should be en- plcy5d who Is under sixteen years
OF ege; and 10 bidder will be accepted who is
under twenty one years OF age, or VINO is a mar
Tied woman.
CONVEYANCE OF LETTERS OUT OF TIE MAIL.
PRIVATE EXPRESSES, ETC.
SEC. 81. That any person concerned in carry
il the mail " no shall collect, receive, carry
any letter or packet, or cause or procure the
same TO he done, contrary 10 law, shall, on con-
yictiCn thereof, for every such offense, forfeit
ana pay rot exceeding fifty dollars.
SIC. Us. That DO person shall establish any
private express for the conveyance OF letters or
packets, or in any manner cause or provide for
the conveyance OF the same by regular trips or
al stated PERIODS, over any pOst-r0ute, which is
or may be established 10y law, or fiom any city,
town, or place 10 any other city, town, or place
between which the mail is regularly carried
ard every person go Offending, or aiding or as
sistiTg tEert in shall, tor each Offeuse, forfeit
and pay one hundI I'll and fifty dollars.
SIC. 22y. That the owner Of every sta ge- coach, ,
1allvay-car, steamboat, or other vehicle or VI 6
sci, which shall, with the knowledge or any
owner, in whole or in part or with the knOwl-
edge or CoLDtyance OF the driver, conductor,
master, or other person having charge of the
same, convey any person acting or employed as
q private express for the conveyance OF letters
or packets, and actually in possession OF the
same for the purpose of conveying them con-
tIary to the spirit, true intent, and meaning of
this law, shall, Tor every such Offense, forfeit
and pay one hundred and fifty dollars.
SIC. go. That no person shall transmit by
private express CT other unlawful means, OF de-
liver 10 any agent OF such unlawful express, or
deposit, or cause to be deposited, at any ap-
milt6d, any letter or packet, and for every such
ofeLse the arty SO offending shall forfeit and
lay fifty dellars.
SEC 81. That no stage coach, railway car,
steamboat, or other vehicle or vessel which
regularly performs trips at stated periods on
ally pCSt-rOUte, or from any city, town, or place
to any other city, town, or place between which
the mail Il regularly carried. shall carry, other
wise than III the mail, any letters or packets,
except such a. relate to some part of the cargo
OF such steamboat or other vessel, or 10 some
article carried at the same tiBe By the same
stage coach, Iailway-csr, or other vehicle, ex
cept as provided in section two hundred and
t1ty nine; and for every such ofieIse the
OV ner of the Et2ge-cOach, railway car, steam
boat OF other vehicle or vessel shall forfeit ard
Day one hundred dollars; and the driver, con-
ductCr, II as-CT, or other person having charge
T. err Of. and not a. the time owner OF tAe whole
OF aIS part thereof, shall ia like manner forfeit
and Jay for every such Cfleuse fifty dollars.
IS ion 2'9 permits conveyance of letters in
Sc mi I'd envelopes otherwise than by mail)
THE MANNER IL WHICH PROPOSALS SHALL BE
MADE, AND THE LIABILITY OF POsTMAsTERS.
SIC. 245. That every proposal for carrying
the mall shall be accompanied by the bond of
the BIDDER; with suTetes approved by post
master, ard in eases where the amount of the
bond e. Cet ds live thousand dollars, by a post.
master of The first, second, or third class in a
SUM 10 be cesigDate by the Postmaster General
In the adyei tsemeEt OF each route; to which bond
a condition shall be annexed, that II the said
bidder shall, within such tine alter his bid is
accepted IS the Postmaster Gen6ral shall pre-
scribe, enter into a contract with the United
States OF America, with good and sufficient
sureties, TO be approved by the Postmaster
General, TO perform the service proposed in his
said bid, and, further, that he shall perform the
said service according to his contract, then the
said obligation TO be void, otherwise 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 a
contract, in case of failure TO perform the SER
vice according TO his contract, he and his
suTeties shall be liable for the amount of said
bond as liquidated damages, to be recovered in
an action of debt on the said bond. No promo
sal shall be considered unless it shall be accom-
panied 10y such bond, and there shall have been
affixed TO said proposal the oath CT the bidder,
taken before an officer qualified to administer
ostbs, that be has the ability, pecuniariiy, to
fulfill bis obligations, and that the bid is made
in good faith, and with the intention to enter
into contract and perform the service in case
his bid is accepted.
$40: 246. That before the bond of a bidder
provided for in the aforesaid section is approved
there shall be Endorsed thereon the oaths of the
sureties therein, taken before an Off Ger qualified
10 administer oatbs, that they are owners of real
estate worth, in the aggregate, sum double the
Smount Of the said bond, over and above all
detts due and owing by them, snd all judg-
ments, mortgages, and executions against them,
after allowing all exemptions OF every character
whatever.
SEC 247. That any postmaster who shall afix
bis signature TO the approval of any bond of
bidder, or TO the certificate of Efficiency of
suTeties in any contract before the said bond or
contract IL signed by the BIDDER or contractor
and bis sureties, or shall knoWirg ly, or without
the exercise of due diligence, approve any bond
OF bidder with insufficient sureties, or shall
knowingly make any false or fraudulent certif-
cate, shall be forthwith dismissed from Office
ard be thereafter disqualified from holding the
Office of postmaster, and shall also be deemed
guilty OF a mIsdemeanor, and, On conviction
thereof, be puuished BIZ fine not exceeding
five Thousand dollars, or by imprisonment not
exceeding one year, or both.
SERVICE TO BE AWARDED TO THE LOWEST BID
DER. BIDS OF FAILING CONTRACTORS MAY
NOT BE CONSIDERED.
SIC. 2f9. That all contracts for carrying the
mail shall be in the name of the United States,
and shall be awarded TO the lowest bidder ten
dering sufficient guarantees for faithful per-
Torrance, without other reference to the mode
OF II snsportatioD than may be necessary to pro-
vide for the due celebrity, certainty, and securi-
ty thereof; but the Postmaster General shall not
be bound TO consider the bid of any person who