The Portland daily press., 1874-12-30
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SEC. 227. That any person concerned in carrying
the mail who shall collect receive or carly any let
ter or packet the same to he done
contrary to law, sha on conviction thereof, for ey-
cry such ofense, forfeit and pay not exceeding fifty
SEC 22s. Thai no person shall establish any pri-
vate express for the conveyance of letters or packets
or in any cause provide for the conveyance
of the same by regular trips at stated periods,
over any post-route which is or may be established
BY law, or from any city town. or place to any other
gufarly carried and every person so oftening, or
aiding assisting therein, shall for each ofense
forfeit and pay one hundred and fifty dollars.
SEC. 229. That the owner of every stage-coach,
railway car, steamboat or other vehicle or vessel.
which shall, with the knowledge OF any owner, In
whole or in part, with the knowledge or cOnni-
vance of the driver, conductor MASTER or other per-
son having charged of the same, convey any person
acting or employed private express for the con-
yeyance of letters or packets and actually in possess
sion of the for the purpose OF conveying them
contrary to the spirit, true INTENT and meaning OF
this law shall, for every such onense forfeit and
SEC. $50. That no person shall transmit by private
express or other unlawful means, or deliver to any
to deposited, at any appointed place, for the pur
pose OF being transmitted, any letter packet and
for every such offense the party offending shall
SEC. 23i. That no stage-coach railway.car, steam
boat or other vehicle vessel which regularly per-
forms trips at stated periods any post-route, or
from any city, town, place to any other city, town.
or place between which the mail is regularly carried
shall carry, 0therWlSe IMAM III lne lna any eIters VI
packets except such as relate to some part of the
cargo of such steamboat other vessel or to some
article carried at the same time by the same stage
COACH raway-car, other vehicle, except as pro-
vided in section two hundred and thirty nine; and
for every such oense the of the sage-cOach,
raway-car, steamboat, other vehicle or vessel
shall forfeit and pay one hundred dollars; and the
driver, conductor, master, other person having
charge thereof, and not at the time owner of the
whole or any part thereof shall in like manner for
felt and pay f6r every such offense fifty dollars
(SectiOn $50 permits conveyance OF letters in
stamped envelopes otherwise than by mail.)
The manner IN Which proposals shall be made and
the LIABILITY OF P0STMASTERS.
SEC 245. That every proposal for carrying the
mail shall be accompanied by the bond OF the bidder,
with sureties approved by postmaster, and in
cases where the amount of the bond exceeds five
thousand dollars by postmaster OF the first second
or third class in sum to be designated by the Post
master General in the advertisement of each route;
to which bond condition shall be annexed, that II
the said bidder sba within such time alter his bid
is accepted the Postmaster General shall prescribe
enter into contract with the United States Of Amer
ica with good aud sufficient sreties, 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 of fail
ure of any bidder enter into such contract to per-
form the service, having executed contract in
case of failure to perform the service according to bis
contract, he and his sureties shall be liable for the
covered in an action of debt on the said bond. No
proposal shall be considered unless it shall be
companied by such bond, and there shall have been
affixed to said proposal the oath OF the bidder taken
he has the ability, pecunary, to fulfill his obga-
tions, 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.