The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1874-12-07
Extracts from Laws, &c.

Oath Of Nal! CGGtvdt,ors and CdtylsrI, 10.
2utrSd by Act Of CoHgrtiS, June s, iS7l.
L., do solCmnlY swear Tor atarm) that
Will ialthfally perform all tho duties required
OF mo, and abstain from everything forbidden
by the laws in rotation TO the CstAbllshn ent OF
post 0lIl:cs or post.roats within tho United
sta!efi and va: will honestly and truly &C.
count ior and pay over any money belonging 10
the said United States which may come into
my possession or control. 20 help me God.
BY section 1G OF the act Of June s, 1872,
every person employed in the postal ser.
vice 10 subject to all the pains, penalties,
and ioriGltures for violation OF the laws re.
lating to such service, whether he has
taken the above oath or affirmation or
not.
Sections Of The Atttf Congress "Go ReriSe,
Consolidate, and Amend tho Statutes 70.
h'ing 10 The Post Office Department." Ap'
pr1red June 8, 1872.
The Postmaster General requests that
bidders, guarantoIs, sureties, and all per.
sons concerned, or intending TO DO con-
Ccrned, in mail contracts, will carefully
read and critically examine the abstract
OF laws here presented, and also the lorna
and instructions at the end of this ad.
vCrii3emCnt, In order that bids may be
made and liabilities assumed understand.
iugly, and that oil misapprehensions or
caass OF compliant hereafter may be
avoided.
PJslmAsters ore required 10 make them.
selves familiar with these laws and in
slfuc'ions, that they may be able TO in
form aud direct others.
P5s!mdSttrS, clerks, de-, cannot BE- contract.
OrS
SEC, IS. That no postmaster, assistant
postmaster, or clerk employed in any
post office, shall DO q contractor or con-
Cerned in a contract for carrying the
mail.
Persons an the employ Of tic Pos! Office De-
partmenE GHcludlng p0stmdSterS) cannot
become interested in a mai! contract, nor
dc! as dgcntgcoAtractoB or bidders,
SIC. - That no person employed in
the Post OIllcG Department shall become
interested in any contract for carrying
the mail, or act aa agent, with or without
compensation, for any contractor or per-
son Offering to become contractor in any
business before the Department; and any
person so Offending shall be Immediately
dismissed from office, and shall be liable
10 pay SO much money as would have
been realized from said contract, 10 be 70.
covered in on action Of debt, Tor the use
Of the Post Office Department.
By regulation Of the Department, nc
carrier should be employed who is under
sixteen years of age; and no bidder will
be accepted who is under twenty.olC
years OF age, or who is q married woman.
Conveyance Of letters out dfhe mail. Phi.
rate eEprfSSeS, DC
SIC. 227. That any person concerned
in carrying the mail who shall collect, re.
CeiYe, or carry any letter or packet, or
cause or procure the same to be done,
contrary TO law, shall, on conviction there.
OF, for every such oiIeuse, forfeit and pay
not exceeding hty dOllGr3,
SEC. 22S. Thatno person shall establish
any private express Tor tho conveyance OF
letters or packets, or in my manner cause
or provide for the conveyance Ufthe same
by regular trips or at stated periods, over
any postroutc which is or may be estab-
lIshed by law, or from any city, town, or
place to any other city, town, or place be.
tween which the mail is regularly carried;
and every person so oilendiog, or aiding
or assisting therein, shall, Tor each olense,
forfeit and pay one hundred and fifty
dollars.
SEC. 220. That the owner of every
stGge'coaCh, railway, car, steamboat, or
other vehicle or vessel, which shall, with
the knowledge OF any owner, in whole or
in part, or With the knowledge or conni-
vance Of the driver, conductor, master or
other person having charge OF the same,
convey any person acting or employed as
q private express Tor the conveyance Of
letters or packets, Gud actually in posses.
sion Of the same Tor the purpose Of con-
veyiDg them contrary to the spirit, true
intent, and meaning Of this law, shall, Tor
every such oiIense, forfeit and pay one
hundred and fifty dollars.
SEC. $50. ThEt no person shall transmit
by private express or other unlawful
means, or deliver to any agent OF such I'm.
lawful express, or deposit, or cause 10 be
deposited, at any appointed place, for the
purpose otbeing transmitted, any letter or
packet, and for every such olEense the
party 50 Offending shall forfeit and pay
tiity dollars.
SEC. 23l. That hostage, coach, railway
car, steamboat, or other vehicle or vessel
which regularly performs trips ut stated
periods on any pOst'rOutc, or from any
city, town, or place TO any other city,
town, or place between which the mail Is
regularly carried, shall carry, otherwise
than III the mail, any letters or packets,
except such as relate to some part of the
cargo OF such steamboat or other vessel,
or to some article carried at the same time
BY tho same stHgeCoGch, railwsy-car, or
other vehicle, except as provided in sec
ton two hundred and thirty.ninc; and for
every such otlenso tho owner o! tho stage.
coach, rGllway-CAr, steamboat, or other
vehicle or vessel shall forfeit and pay one
hundred dollars; and tho driver, con-
ductor, master, or other person having
charge thereof, and not at the time owner
oil the whole or my part thereof, shall in
like manner forfeit and pay for every
such otlGnsc fifty dollars,
(SeCtiOn $50 permits conveyance Of let
tiers in stamped envelopes otherwise than
by mail)
The manner in wIieh proposals shah BE-
made, and the
LIABILITY OF rJsTMAsTERS.
Sac. 24j, That every proposal Tor car.
rying the mail shall be accompanied by
the bond OF the bidder, with surcties ap-
proved by postmaster, and in cases
where tho Rmount OF the bond exceeds
five thousand dollars, by postmaster of
the first, second, or third class, in q sum
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