The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1874-11-27

contract, or n 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 Il contractor legally bound
or required to perform stch services,
the Postmaster-Genera may make Il
Temporary contract for carrying the
mail on such route, without advert Sc
lnent. for such period as may be nee
essarv. not in any case exceeding six
months. until the service shall have
commenced under Il contract made ac-
cor[Iinr to law: I'TOc5Qe3, holrerer.
That the PoStmasterA1cneral shall not
employ temporary service on any route
at a higher price than that paid to the
contractor who shall have performed
the service during the last proceeding
regular contract tcruI. And in all
eases of regular contracts hereafter
made, the contract may. iii the diScre-
tion of the PostmaSter-Genclal lie con-
tinued i'll force beyond its express
terms for period not exceeding six
months, until Il new contract with the
same or other contractors, shall be
made by the PostmaSter-Ge -
'.Sec. 253. That hereafter all bidders
portation 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 dol
lars, shall accompany their bids with
certified check or draft, payable to
the order of the PoStmaster4Ienera
upon some solvent national bank.
which check or draft shall not be less
than five per centum on the amount
OF the Jnntlal pay on said route at the
time such bid is made, and, i'll case of
new or modified service, not less than
five per centttm of the amount of the
bond Of the bidder required to accom-
pany his bid, if the amount of the said
bond exceeds five thousand dollars.
In case any bidder, on being awarded
amy sifch contract, shall f1il to ex-
ccIlte the same, with good and suffi-
cient sureties. according to the terms
on which Slcll bid was made and ac-
ccpted. end enter upon the perform
ance Of the service to- the satisfaction
OF the PoStnla Stcr-G General. such bidder
shall, in addition to his liability on his
bond accompanying his bid, forfeit the
amount SO deposited to the United
States. and the same shall forthwith
lie paid into the Treasury for the Use
OF the Post-Otfice Department; but if
such contract shall be duly eXecltted
and the service entered upon as afUfe-
said. such draft or check so deposited,
and the checks or drafts deposited by
all other bidders. OH the same route,
shall be returned to the respective bid
dcrs making such deposits. No pro-
poSals for the transportation of the
mails where the amount OF the bond
required to accompany the same shall
nS-pnnfI fiyn fbptISDl1 dollars ShDll hp
considered. ullcss accompanied with
the check or draft herein required. to-
gcther with the bond required by a
preceding section Pf0ri3e3, That
nothing in this act shall be construed
or intended to affect any penalties or
forteiturcs which have heretofore ac-
crued under the provisions OF the sec
tions hereby amended
See I3 That hereafter the postage
on public documents mailed by any
member of Congress, the President, or
! head OF any Executive Department
shall be ten cents for each bound vol
tlme, and OF unbound documents the
same rate as that on newspapers mailed
from Il known office of publication to
+ regular subscribers; and the words
| '.Public Document written or printed
thereon. or on the wrapper thereof,
| and certified by the signature OF any
member of Congress, or by that of the
President. or head of any Executive
Department shall he deemed Il suffi-
cicllt certificate that the same isa pub
! lie document AMI the term 'spublic
document i hereby defined to be all
publications printed hy order of Con-
! greSs, or either House thereof: Pro-
/ fi9sd. That the postage on each copy
I OF the daily Congressional Recon Il
| mailed from the city of Washington as
/ transient matter shall be one cent.
Approved. June %, 1874.
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