Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1874-12-19
PERSONS IN TRs EMrIoY OF TuRPc

for carrying The NAL.
PERSONS IN TBB EMrLoY or TnR POST OFPICg
DEPARTMENT (INILUpING POsTMAsTEas)
CANNOT BECOME INTERESTED IN a MAIL CON
tract, NOR AIT as AGENT UF CONTRACTORS
OR BIDDERS.
SIC. Il. That no person employed in the 2 - {
Of.ce Department shall become interested in
any contract for carrying the mail, OF act AZ
agent, with or without compensation. for any
contractor or person Offering 20 become a con-
tractor in any business before The Depart
meEt; and any person 20 offending shall be i'm
necistely dis isssd from office, and shall be
liable TO pay 50 much money AS would have been
realized from esid contract, 70 be recovered in
an action Of debt, TOR the use of the Post Office
Del artmeHt.
By regulation Of the Department no carrier
shon.d be employed Who il under sixteen wears
Of age; and DO bidder viii be accepted who is
uncer twenty ole years OF age, or WHO is mar
Tled woman.
CONVEYANCE CT LETTbRS OUT or TIE MAIL.
PRIVATE EXPRRssKs, ETC.
SIC. 22I That any person concerned in carry
ing the mail who shall collect, receive, or carry
any letter or packet, OF cause or procure the
same to be done contrary TO law, shah, on con-
viction thereof, for every such Oftense, forfeit
and pay not exceeding fifty dollars.
SIC. 226. That no person shall establish any
private express for the conveyance OF letters or
packets, or in Any II amer cause or provide Tor
the conveyance OF the same by regular trips or
at stated periods, over any pcst-route, which il
or Il az be established by law, or from any city
town, or lace to any other city, town, or place
between which the mail IL rcgularly carried:
AID every peTsOn 70 offending, or aiding or as
Slsting ther In, shall, for each offense forfeit
AID Isy one hundred and fifty dollars
SIC, 2ZJ. That the Ow Der or every sttge-cOach,
raIlHsy-car, steamboat or other vehicle or ?, :,
sci, which shall, with the know ledge OF any
owner, in whole or in part, or with the knowl-
edge or cODnivanCe OF the driver, conductor,
master, or other person having charge of the
same, convey any person ectisg OF employed as
a private express for the convey ance of letters
or packets, ara actually in possession OF the
same Tor the purpose OF conveying them con-
trary TO IL spirit, true intent, and meaning of
this law, shall, Tor every such Oifense. forfeit
and pay one hundred and tif;y dollars.
SIC. go. That 70 person shalt transmit by
private express CT other unlawful means, or de
liver TO any agent or such unlawful express or
delcsit, u cause tn be deposited, at ANY ap-
POINTED place, for the purpose OF being trans
nltttd, any letter or packet, and for every such
ofense the Iarty 80 offending shall forfeit ara
pay fifty delars.
SIC. 231. That 10 stsgs-coach, railway car,
steamboat, or other vehicle or vessel which
regularly performs trips at stated periods on
any pcst-foGte, or from any city. town or place
to any other city, town, or place between which
the nel l. regularly carried, shall carry other
wise than in the mail, any letters or packets
except such a. relate to some part Of IRE cargo
OF such steamboat or other vessel, or 30 some
article carried at the same time bV the same
stage coach, railwey-Car, or other vehicle ex-
c-pt a. provided in section two hundred and
thirty-nue; and for every such Ofiense The
boat, other vehicle or vessel shall forfeit and
paA one hundred dollars; and che driver, con-
duCtcr. master, CT other person having charge
thtr, Of and not a. the time owner OF the y hole
or any part thereof, shall III like manner forfeit
aDd ~ fey every such ofleuse fifty dollars
(Sec ion 20 permits conveyance of letters in
stamped envelopes other iso than by maIl)
TIE MANEER IN WHICH PROPOSALS SHALL Bs
MADE, AED TnB LIABtL;TY OF PusTMAsrRks
SsC. 80; That every proposal for carrying
the nail shall be accompanied By the bond of
the bidder; with suretIes approved by post
master, aId III cases where the amount Of the
bond exceeds five thousand dollars, by post.
mast T OF the fret, second. or thIrd class, in
sum 10 be designated by the Postmaster General
IL the adve. tiseme OF each rOnte to which bond
a condition shall be annexed, that IL the said
bidder shall, within such tine after hts bid is
accepted as the Postmaster General shall pre-
scribe, enter into q contract with the United
States Of America, With good and sufficient
eureties, 10 be approved by the Postmaster
General, 10 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 ard obligation in law; and in of
failure Of any bidder TO enter into such contract
TO perform the service, or, having executed
contract, in csse OF failure to perform the SER
vice according TO his contract, he and his
suTeties shall he liable for the amount of said
bond "a hquidated damages, to be recO rered in
an action OF debt on the SAID bond. No propo-
sal shall he considered uriesa il stall he accom-
Isnted by such bond, and there shall have been
affixed TO laid p!OpOsal the oath of the bidder,
taken before an officer qualified to administer
Caths, tIat be has the ability, peCuaiariy, to
fulfill bis Obligations. and tn At tho BID If inada
in good faith and with the intention to enter
into contract and perform the service in case
his bid s accepted.
SIC. 2iC. That before the bond Of a bidder
provided for in the aforesaid section is approved
there shall be iEGoIsed thereon the oaths Of the
sUreties therein, taken before officer qualified
10 administer Oeths, that they owners or real
estate worth, in the aggregate, a sum double the
amount OF the said bond, over and above all
debts due AND owing by them, and all iudg
merits, mortgages, and executions sgainst them,
after allowing all exemptions OF every character
whatever.
SIC. 24T. Thst any postmaster who shall affix
bis signature TO the approval of any bond Of
bidder, or TO the certificate of sufiiciency of
sEreties III any contract before the said bond
contract is signed by the bidder contractor
and his suTeties. or shall knowingly, or without
tie exercise OF due diligence, approve any bond
OF bidder with insufficient suEeties, or shall
Knowingly make Any false or fraudulent certid-
| cate, shall be forthwith ssmissed from Office,
al he thereafter disqualified from holding the
Office OF postmaster and shall also be deemed
guilty OF a mIsdemeanor, and, on consiction
thereof. be punished by fine not exceeding
i've thousand dollars, or by Imprisonment not
exceeding one year, or both.
SERVICE TO BIB AWARDED To THE LOWEST BID
DER. BIDS OF FAILING CONTRACTORS MAY
NOT BB CONSIDERED.
SKO. 249. That all contracts for carrying the
and Sd all be awarded to the lowest bidder ten
d6ring sufficient guarantees for faithful per-
Torrance, without other reference to the mode
oi transportation than may be Necessary to pro-
vide for the due celebrity, certainty, and securi
~ thereof but the Postmaster Ge neral shall not
be bound t. consider the bid Of any person W O
has willfully or nesligently failed to perform
former contract.
5IXATIoJ TO Paw EyT BIDDING PRO
HIBITSD.
That Inn ha
m all Sd ail he made with any person who has
entered. or proposed to enter, into any comb ma
ton u prevent the making Of any bid for car
ryiDg the mail, OF who has made any aaree-
ment, or given or performed, or promised TO
give or perform, any consideration whatsver TO
induce any other person not to bid for any such
contract; and II any person SO offending lie a
contractor for carrying the mail, his Contract
may be annuiled; and for the first offanse the
person so offending shall be dis9ualinei to con.
tract for carrying the mail for ave years, aud
fer the second 0fense shall be forever dsl uali-
fed.
FAILING BIDDERS AND CONTRACTORS. con-
TRACTS MAY BE EXTENDED, AND TBMPO-
RARY CONTRACTS MADE.
SEC. PSI. That after any regular bidder whose
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