The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1874-12-03

mail shall be in the name OF the United States
and shall be awarded to the lowest bidder rem
derlng sufficient guarantees for faithful per
formance. without other reference to the mod
Of transportation than may be necessary to pro
vide for the due celebrity, certainty. aud secuii
ty thereof; but the Postmaster General sinai
not be bound to consider the bid Of any person
who has wiilfully or negligenlly failed to per
form former contract.
Combinations to precent bidding pfohsbTed
SEC. $50. That no contract for carrying tl'
mail shall be made v 18th any person VINO III.
entered, or proposed to enter, into any comoi
nation to prevent the making Of any bid f9l
carving the mail. or who has made any agree
ment or given or performed, or PROMISED u
give or perform any consideration Whatever u
induce any other person not to DID Ior any siicl
contract: and if any person so Offending Is .
contractor for CARRYING the mail, his contract
NAV be annuled: and for the first offense tht
person so offending shall be disqualified 10 coil-
tract for CARRYING the mail for five years. and
for the second otfense shall be forever disqual
fed. t.
Failing bidders and contractors. Contracts
may be eatended, and temporary contracts
made.
SEC. 251. That after any regular bidder
whose bid has been accepted shall fail to entel
into contract for the transportation Of the
mails according to his proposal, or, having en-
tered into contract, shall fail TO commence the
performance OF the service stipulated i'll his OF
their contract as therein provided, the Post
master General shall proceed to contract with
the next lowest bidder for the same service,
who will enter into contract for the perform
ance thereof, unless the Postmaster General
shall consider such bid too high, in which case
he shall re-advertise such service. Ana If any
bidder whose bid has been accepted. and VINO
has entered into contract to perform the ser
vice according to his proposal, and in purs-
ance of his contract has entered upon the per-
forinance of the service to the satisIactio" ol
the Postmaster General. Shall subsequently
fail or refuse to perform the service according
to his contract, the Postmaster General shall
proceed to contract with the next lowest bid
des,for such service, under the advertisement
thereof. unless the Postmaster General shall
consider such bid too hgh,) who will enter into
contract and give bond with suretics, to BIZ
anproved by the Postmaster General, for the
faithful performance thereof, in the SAME pen
alty and with the same terms and conditions
thereto annexed us We're stated anu contained
in the bond which accompanied his old; but lii
ease g ;ch and every of the next lowest bidders
for snch service whose respective bids are moi
considered too high by the Postmaster Genera
shall refuse to enter into contract anu give
bond As herein required for the faithful per
fornance of his contract. the Postmaster Gen-
eral shall Immediately advertise for proposals
TO perfOrm the service on sad route. Nilell-
over an accepted bidder shall fail to enter into
contract or a contractor on amy mtil-routt
shall fail or refuse to perform the service on
said route according to his contract. OF when IA
new route shall be established, OF new service
renuired or when from amy other cause there
shall not be contractor legally bound OF re
o,,ired to perform sucn service, the POSTMASTER
Genersl may make a temporary contract tol
carrying the mail on sucl rouIe, without all
vertiselnent, for such period as may BE neces
sary. not in any Case exceeding six months
until the service shall have commenced un te
a contract made according to law: Procide0
ho,rpner That the Postmaster General s!lal
not employ temporary service Oh any ron ~
hiyher price than that paid TO the contractor
VINO shall have performed tle service uufi.i:
the last preceding regular Contract term. AM
in all ses of regular contracts hereafter male
tho contract may. i'll the discretion OF tin
Postmaster General, be continued in force be
vond it's express terms for period no. exceed
mo six months, until a new contract WITH thi
same. or other contractors, SHALL be made by
the Postmaster General.
p;ado,e a,ot released anti q contract is entered
aato and se1vice oegu,a.
SEC. 252. That no bidder for carrying tn
mails shall be released from his obligation TN
der his bid or proposal, Notwithstanding al
award made to a lower bidder, until a colltrdc
for the designated service shall have been dtliN
executed by such lower bidder and his sure
ties, and accepted, and the service ehtfre'
upon by the contractor to the sa1islaetloh VI
the Postma ster General.
CERTIFIED CHECKS OR DRAFTR TO AccoMPA-
NY ALL BIDS EXCEEDING $4,000.
SEC. 253. That hereafter all bidders npor
every mail route for the transportation OF the
mails upon the same. where the annual com
pensation for the service on such route at Tile
time exceeds the sum of five Thousand dollars
shall accompany their bids with certified
check or draft payable to the order OF tiit
Postmaster General. upon some solvent nation
al bapk. which check or draft shall not be less
than five per centum on the amount OF the an
nrlal pay on said route at the time such bl'i Il
made: and in case of new or modified service
NOT less than five per centum of the amount o.
the bond of the bidder required to accompany
his bid, il the amount Of the said bond exceeds
five thousand dollars. In case any blfitler, OF
being awarded any such contract shall litil &c
execute the same. with good and sufficient
sureties, according to the terms on which sllc
bid was made and accepted ana enter upon
the performance of the service to the satlsfac-
tion of the Postmaster General, such lIdd"i
shall. in addition to his liability on his bono
accompanying his bid forfeit the amount so de
posted to the United States, and the same
shall forthwith be paid into the Treasury
for the use of the Post Office Department; but
if such contract shall be duly executed and the
service entered upon as aforesaid, such draft OF
check SO deposited, and the checks or drafts
deposited by all other bidders Oh the same
route, shall be returned to the respective b!''
ders making such deposits. No proposals 10
the Transportation Of the mails where tn
amount of the bond required to accompany M
same shall exceed five thousand dollars shall D.
considered unless accompanied with the chec
or draft herein required, together with the bon,
reauil. d by preceding section: Iroradeo
That nothing in this act shall be CONSTRUED 0
intended to affect any penalties or forfeiture
which have h retofore accrued under the Pre-
visions of the sections hereby amended.
Failing contractors guilty Of nnisdemeanor.
SEC 254. That any person or persons biz
ding for the transportation OF the mails upo
any route which may be advertised to be lie
and receiving an award OF the contract tf
such service who shall wrongfuly refuse
fail to enter into contract with the Postmastt
General in due form, and perform the servl'
described in his or their bill or proposal sla
be deemed guilty of IL miSdemeanor' alla'
Boz. oonv;otion therpnf be punished by a line ut