The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1874-12-07

''uS ~ tuV uue CeleElty, certainty ana
security thereof; but the Postmaster Gen.
eral shsll not be bound to consider the
bid OF any peraon who has willfully or
neGligentIy failed to perform a former
contract.
Combinations 10 preVent bidding prohibited.
Sec. 250. That no contract for carving
the mail shall DO made with any person
who has entered, or proposed 10 enter
into any combination to prevent the
making OF any bid Tor carrying the mail,
or who has made any agreement, or given
or performed, or promised to give or
perform, any consideration whatever to
induce any other person not TO bid for
any such contract; and If any person 80
Offending Is contractor for carrying the
mail, his contract may DO annuled; and
for the first oaeuse the person so offend
ing shall DO disqualified 10 contract Tor
carrying the mail for five years, and for
the second otense shall be forever dis.
qualified.
Failing bidders and eontrdcIors-ContractS
may Do extended, and temporary con-
tracts made.
SIC. 25l. That after any regular bid
der whose bid has been accepted shall
fail 10 enter into contract for the trans.
portation Of the mails according to his
proposal, or having entered into contract,
shall fail 10 commence the performance
OF the service stipulated in his or their
contracts as therein provided, the Postmas.
ter General shall proceed 10 contract
with the next lowest bidder for the
same service, who will enter into o
contract for the performance thereof, IN
lCss the Postmaster General shall consider
such bid too high, in which case he shall
re.adVertisc such service. And if any
bidder whose bid has been accepted, and
who has entered into contract 10 per-
form the service according to his proposal,
and in pursuance Of his contract has en-
tered upon the performance of the service
to the satisfaction Of the Postmaster Gen.
eral, shall subsequently, fail or refuse to
perform the service according 10 his con.
tract, the Postmaster General shall pre-
coed 10 contract with the next lowest bid.
der for such service, under the advertise
ment thereof, (unless the Postmaster Gen.
eral shall consider such bid too high J who
will enter into contract and give bond,
With suretiCs, 10 be approved by tao Post.
master General, Tor tao faithful perform
ance thereof, in tho same penalty and
with the same terms and conditions there
10 annexed as were stated and contained In
the bond which accompanied his bid; but
in case each and every OF the next lowest
bidders for such service whose respective
bids are not considered too high by the
Postmaster General shall refuse 10 enter
into contract and give bond as he1ein:se-
quired for the faithful performance Of his
contract, the Postmaster General shall
Immediately advertise for proposals to
perform the service on said route. When.
ever an accepted bidder shall fsil 10 en-
te. into contract, or q contractor on any
mail'route shall fail or refuse to perform
the service on said route according to his
contract, or when new route shall be
established, or new service required, or
when from any other cause there shall not
be contractor legally bound or required
to perform such service, the Postmaster
General may make temporary contract
for carrying the mail on such route, with.
out advertisement, for such period as nav
be necessary, not in any case exceeding
six months, until the service shall have
commenced under o contract made &C.
cording TO law: Provided, h0reuer, That
the Postmaster General shall not employ
temporary service on any route at high.
CT price than that paid 10 tho contractor
who shall have performed the service
during the last preceding regular contract
term. And IN all cases OF regular con-
tracts hereafter made, tho contract may,
in the discretion Of the Postmaster Gen
eral, be continued in,force beyond its ex.
press terms Tor period not exceeding
six months, until new contract with the
same, or other contractors, shall be made
by the Postmaster General.
Bidders not RELEASED antR a contract is en-
tered into and service begun.
SEC. 252, That no bidder for carving
the mails shall be released from his obi,
CATION under his bid or proposal, NOT.
withstanding an award may be made 10
a lower bidder, until contract Tor the
designated service shall have been duly
executed by such lower bidder and bis
sureties, and accepted, aud the service
entered upon by the contractor to Ihc sat.
islaction oil the Postmaster General.
CERTIFIED CHICKS OR DRAFTS To ACCOM-.
PAEY ALL lids RxcRBDENa $4,000.
SEC 253 That hereafter all bidders
upon every mail route for the transporta
ton Of the mails upon the same, where
the annual compensation for the service
on such route at the time exceeds the sum
Of five thousand dollars, shall accompany
their bids with certified check, or draft,
payable to the order Of the Postmaster
General upon some solvent national bank,
which check or draft shall not be less
than five per centum on the amount of
the annual pay on said route at the time
such bid Is made; and in case OF new or
modified service, not less than five per
centum OF the amount Of tho bond of the
bidder required 10 accompany his bid, IL
the amount of the said bond exceeds five
thousand dollars. In case any bidder, on
being awarded any such contract, shall
fall TO execute the same, with good and
sufficient surctics, according to The terms
on which such bid was made and &C
copied, and enter upon the performance
Of the service 10 the satisfaction oil the
Postmaster General, such bidder shall, in
10 his liability on his bond &C.
companying his bid, forfeit tho amount so
deposited TO the United States, and tho
same shall forthwith be paid into the
Treasury for the use oil the Post Office
Department. but II such contract shall be
duly executed and the service entered
upon as Aforesaid, such draft or check go
leDOsileh and Tho chnnka or hrnIhn hn