Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1874-08-21


SIC. AS That cry proposal for carrying
the mail shall be acco. mpanied by the bond o.
the bidder, with sureth~ approved hya pest
bond exceeds Eve thousand dollars, BY post.
master OF the trst, second, or third class, IN a
sum 10 be Designated By the fs,stnsster- Gen
bond q condition shall be ANNEXED, thar N the
said bidder shall, within such time sfter his h,d
IA accepted a. the Postmaster General shall
States Of America, with good aud sufhcieut
sureties, 90 be approved by the Postmaster
General, 10 perform the service proposed In his
ssid bad, and, further, that he shall perform the
said service according 20 he contract then the
said obligation 60 be void, otherwise 20 be IN
fnli force and obligation In law; and In case OF
20 perform the service, or, having execpted :
contract, IN case of failure % perform the ser
vice, according % bis contract, he aud his sure.
ues shall be liable Tor the amount OF ssid bond
as hQudsted damages. % be recovered in an
action Of debt on the said bond. No propossl
shall be considered unless it shall be accompa-
uied by such bond, aud there shall have been
sftxed TO eAd proposal the oath Of the BIDDER.
taken before an ofhcer qualified 20 sdmlnis,er
osihs, that he has the ability, pecunisrtly, 20
in good faith, and with the intention 70 enter
his bid n accepted"
"SkC. 2&6. That before the bond OF bidfer
provided Tor In the aforesaid section Is approved.
there shall be indprsed thereon the oAths OF IN.
sureties therein, bken before an officer quail
~
real estate, worth, in the aggregate, q sam
double the amount OF the said bond over ana
above AL debts due and o-iug by them. and an
judgments, mortgages, and executions against
them, aittr sloSing AL exemptions OF every
character wbsteveT.h
''SsC. 2E. That sny postmaster Who shall AZ
a BIDDER. or 20 the 'ncate OF sun e,eprv az
snrettes IN any contract before the SAD bond or
contract r. signed by the bidder or cOntractor
and bis surefies, or shall knOnsnglv or Nfthouf
the exercise OF due diligence, approve asy bend
81 bidder With insutficient sureties or shall
knowingly male any ia;se or fraudulent certfa-
cate, shall lie forthwith dismissed from osfioa
and be thereafter disqualified from holding tbe
ofhce OF postmaster, aud shall also be deemed
guilty OF misde amor, and, on conviction
thereof, he punished by . rne not exceeding
five thousand dollars, or by isnprisonmep, nat
exceeding one year, OF both"
"SEo 25l. That after any regular bidder
whose bid has teen accepted shall fail 20 enter
into contract for the transportation OF the M sils
according 70 his proposal, or. having entered
into contract, shall fail 20 commence the per-
formaUce OF the service stipulated In his or
their contract H. therein provided, tue Post
master-GeDeral shall proceed 90 contract with
the next lowest bidder for the same service
who viii enter into contract fer the perf-rm-
ance thereof, unless the POstmaste General
shall consider such bid too high. in which csse
be shall re-advertise such service. And N aoy
bidder whose hid has been accented and WA
hss entered into q contract 90 Perform TIE -.
vice according 90 his proposal, and in pursu
snce OF his contract hss entered upon the per
the Postmaster General, shall sub-eq uently fail
or refuse 20 perform the service according 90
his contract, the Postmaster General shall pro-
coed TO contract with the next lowest bidder for
such service, under the advertise HlAnt thereof
unless the Postmaster General shall consider
such BID too high,) who will enter into contract
and give bond, with sureties, 10 DC approved by
the PostmSster-G General, for the faithful ner-
fOimSEce thereof, in the same penalty and with
the same terms aud conditions thereto an
nexed a. were stated and contained in
the bond which accompanied he hid
but in case each and every OF the next lowest
bidders for such service whose respective bids
are Lot considered too high by the Postmaster
General shall refuse 10 enter into contract and
give bond as herein required for the faithful
performance OF bis contract, the Postmaster
General shall Immediately advertise for proDO-
sais 20 perform the service on said route
Whenever an accepted bidder shall fail 20 en-
ter INTO contract, or contractor on sny mail
route shall fsil or refuse 20 perform the service
on said route accord ing 20 his contract or vhen
q rev route shall Re established, OF new ser
vice required, or when from any other cause
there shall not Re q contractor legally bound or
required 20 perform such service, the POstmAs-
ter-General may make a temporary contract for
carrying the mall on such route, without sd-
yertisement, for such period A. nav be neces-
ssry, not In any case exceeding six months, until
the service shall have commenced under 4 con-
tract made according 20 law: ororifsd, kotve csr,
That the Postmaster General shall not employ
temporary service on any route az A HIGHER
price than that paid 20 tue contractor who
kball have performed the service during the
U.
AL cases of regular contracts hereafter made
the contract NAV. In the discretion OF the Post
mss,er-Genersl, be continued IN force beyOnd
It's express terms for a period not exceeding SIX
Months, until a new contract with the same. or
other contractors, shah be made by the Post
master General"
"SEc. 25S. That hereafter all bidders up,n
every maIl-route for the transportation OF the
mails upon the same, where tie annual com
pensatiOn for the service on such route At tue
time exceeds the sum OF i've thousand dollars,
shall accompany their bid with certified check
or Draft, payable 90 the order of the POstm sster
General, upon some solvent national bank,
which check or orhft shall not be less than I've
per centum on the amount of the annual nav
on said route st the time such bid IL made, and
IN Gaze Of new or modified service, not less than
hve per centum OF the amount Of the bond OF
the bidder required 90 accompany his bid, III
the amount OF the rad bond exceeds I'VE thou
sand dollars. In case any bidder. ON being
awarded any such contract, shall fail 20 execute
the same. with good and sufficient sureties, ac-
cording 20 the terms on which such hid Was
MADE ana accepted, and enter upon the per-
the Postmaster General, saca bidder shall. in
addition 10 his liability on his bond accompany
Ing bis bid, forfeit the amount so deposited 20
the United States, and the same shall forth with
be paid into the Treasury for the use OF the
Post Once Department; hut ~ such contract
shall be duly executed aud the service entered
upon as aforesaid, such draft or check 20 depOs-
tied, and the checks or drafts deposited by All
other bidders, on the same route, shall be re-
turned 20 the respective bidders making such
the mails where the amount Of the bond re-
qUired TO accompany the same shall exceed five
thousand dollars shall be considered, unless ac-
cOmpanied with the check or draft herein re-
CURED, together with the bond required by q
preceding section Prorided, That nothing In
this act shall be construed or intended 60 affect
any peLslties or forfeitures which have hereto
fore accrued under the provisions Of the section
hereby amended"
SIC. Is. That hereafter the postage on public
documents mailed by any me ~ Der OF Congress,
the President, or head of any Executive De-
partment shall be ten cents for each bound vol
ume, and on unbound documents the came rate
as that on newspapers mailed from a known
ofice Of publication 10 regular subscri bers: aud
the words /" Public Document - written or
printed thereon, or on the wrapper thereof, aud
certified by the signature OF any member OF
Congress. or by that Of the President. or headOf
any Executive Department shall be deemed a
sufficient certificate that the same l. a public
document; and the term ''pubIic document" il
hereby defined TO be all publications printed by
order OF Congress, or either House thereof:
IT0vided, That the postage on each copy Of the
daily Congressional Record mailed from the
city Of Washington as transient matter shall be
one cent. Improved, June q, 1874
D1 ED.
BEHEETT, On TIE nth Instant. a. & n m