National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1874-12-28

Leave Berlin Saturday at a. m;
-Nrrtve at Synepuxent by $50 a. m;
1t ave SynepuXent Saturday at 10 q. N;
arr I've at Berlin by lls3O q. N.
Bond required with bid, 800.
ss7u Frsg, ,Newtown to New Church, CVa)
rnieE md back, three times a week.
Leave N, 'wtOwn Tuesday, Thursday an
Safn-day at a. NJ;
ATriEe St X, W Church by I1:8O a. N.
Leave New hurch Tuesday, Thursday an
Saturday at 'Z:dO p M
Arrive at Newt WI by ?: m.
Bond reauirN d with bid, $500.
EXTRACTS FP, III LAWS, ETC.
OATH OF MAIL CONTh ACTORS AND OAR
RIERS, REQUIRED ny ACT OF CON
GRESS, JUNE 5, 1872
l. do soIemDly swear Tor afirm) that
will faithfully perform all the d.utles required
me, and abstain from everything flT6idden BY the
laws in relation to the estabiish.nent Of post
Offices ard post roads within the u tied States
and that 1 win honestly and truly account fol
and pay over any money belonging to the said
UniteC States which may come into ny posses.
sion or control So help me God.
By section sixteen Of the act of June 8. 1872
every person employed in the postal service is
subject to ali tie pans, penalties and forfeitures
for violation Of the laws relating to such service
whether re has taken the above oath or aifirma-
ton or not.
SECTIONS OF THE AOT OF CONGRESS
ITO REVISE, CONSOLIDATE AND
AMEND THE STATUTES RELATING
To IL L POSI OFFICE DEPARTME
APPROVED JUNE 5, 1S72
The POSTMASTER GENERAL requests that bid
ders PuGrantUrs suTeties and all persons con-
cerned. OF intending to be concerned in mail con-
tracts, will carefully read and critically examine
the abstract Of laws here presented and also the
forms and instructions at the end of this adver-
tisemeDt in order that bids may be made and
liabilities assumed understandingly, and that all
misapprehensions or cause Of complaint hereafter
may be avoided.
PosTNAsTERs are required to make themselves
familiar with these laws and instructions that
they may be able to inform and direct others.
PosTMAsTERs, CLERKS, ETC. CANNOT BE CON
TRACTORS.
Sec IS. That 10 postmaster, assistant post
master, or clerk employed in any post office, shall
be contractor or concerned in contract for car
Tying the mail.
Persons in the employ of the Post Once De-
partmeEt Including pOstmasters) cannot become
Interested in a mail contra e. nor act as agent of
contractors or bidders.
Sec. Il. That no person employed in the Post
Once Department shall become Interested in any
contract Tor carrying the mail, or act as agent,
with or without compensation, for any contractor
or person Offering to become a contractor in any
business before the Department; and any person
so offending shall be Immediately dismissed from
office, and shall be liable to pay SO much money
as would have been realized from said CONTRACT
TO be recovered in an action Of debt for the use Of
the Post Othce Department.
By regulation OF the Department, no carrier
should be employed who is under sixteen years of
age; and no bidder will be accepted who is under
twenty-One years Of age, or who is a married
woman.
CONVEYANCE OF LETTERS OUT OF THE MAIL
PRIVATE EXPRESSES, ETC.
Sec. 227. That any person concerned In carrying
the mail who shall collect, receive, or carry any
letter or packet, or cause or procure the same to
be done contrary TO law, shall on conviction
thereof for every such offence forfeit and pay not
exceeding fifty dollars.
Sec. 22S. That no person shall establish any
private express for the conveyance Of letters or
packets or in any manner cause or provide for
the conveyance OF the same by regular trips or at
NAV he by 6 5oI5 tom T9 aS2 ct2 or
town or place to any other city town or place be-
tween Which the nail is regularly carried; and
every person SO Offending, or aiding or assisting
therein, shall for each offence, forfeit and pay one
hundred and fifty dollars.
Sec. :29. That the owner or every stage-cOach,
railway car, steamboat or other vehicle or vessel
which shall, with the knowledge OF any owner, in
whole or in part, or with the knowledge or con-
niyance Of the driver, conductor, master or other
person having charge Of the same, convey any
person acting or employed as private express
for the conveyance OF letters or packets and actu
ally in possession Of the same Ior the purpose of
conveying them contrary TO the spirit, true in
tent and meaning Of tsis law, shall, for every
such offence, forfeit and pay one hundred and fifty
dollars.
Sec. go. That no person shall transmit by pri-
vate express or other UnlaS full means, or deliver
10 any agent OF such unlaW full express, deposit,
or cause 10 be deposited, at any appointed place,
for the purpose Of being transmitted, any letter
or packet, and for every such offence the party
so offending shall forfeit and pay nifty dollars.
Sec. 81. That no stage-rOach, railWay-car,
larry eT:Crms trips At stated periods any post
route. or from any city, town or place to any
other city, town or place between which the mail
is regularly carried, shall carry otherwise than
in the mail, any letters or packets, except such
as relate to some part Of the cargo Of such steam
boat or other vessel or to some article carried at
the same time by the same stage-cOach, railway
car or other vehicle except as provided in seCten
two hundred and thirty-nine; and for every such
offence the owner Of the stage-cOach, raIlWay-car,
SteambC other vehicle or vessel shall forfeit
and pay one hundred collars ; and the driver
conductor q To- ~ = a
thereof, and not at the time owner Of the whole
or any part thereof shall in like manner forfeit
and pa" for every such offence fifty dollars.
(SecJiOn 239 permits conveyance Of letters in
Stamped envelopes otherwise than by mail.)
THE MANNER IN WHICH PROPOSALS SHALL De
MADE, AND THE LIABILITY OF POsTMASTEEs.
Sec. 2i5. That every proposal for carrying the
mail shall be accompanied by the bond OF the bid
der, with sureties approved by a postmaster, and
in cases where the amount Of the bond exceeds
i've thousand dollars, by a postmaster Of the
nailed by the Postmaster General in the adVer-
tisement Of each route; to which bond con-
dittOn shall be annexed, that il the said bidder
shall, within such time after his bid is accepted
as the Postmaster General shall prescribe. enter
into contract with the United States
Gent suretics, to be approved by the
Postmaster General, to perform the service pr
posed 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 case
Of failure Of any bidder 10 enter into such contract
to perform the service, or, having executed con-
tract in case Of failure to perform the service ac
cOrding TO his contract he and his sureties shall
be liable for the amount Of said bond as liqui-
dated damages 10 be recovered in an action Of
debt on tine said bond. 10 proposal shall be COD
sidered unless it shall be accompanied by such
bond, and there shall have been atixed to said
proposal the oath Of the bidder, taken before an
Othcer qualified to administer Oaths, that he has
the ability, pecuniarly to fUlfll his obligations,
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 accented.
Sec. 245. That beiC re the bond OF a bidder pro-
vided for in the aforesaid section is approved
there shall be indJrsed thereon the Oaths OF the
suretics therein, taken before an officer qualified
to administer oaths, that they are owners Of
real estate worth, In the az Eregate, sum double
the amount Of the said bond, over and above all
debts due and owing by them, and all Judgments,
mortgages and executions against them, after
allowing all exemptions Of every character what
ever.
Sec 2f7. That any postmaster who shall atix
his signature to the approval OF any bond Of a
bidder, the certificate Of suficiency of sure
ties in any contract before the said bond or con-
tract is signed by the bidder or contractor and
his suretfes or shall knowingly, or without the
exercise Of due diligence, approve any bond Of a
bidder, with insufficient sureties, or shall know
ingly make any false or fraudulent certificate,
shall be forthwith dismissed from office, and be
thereafter disqualified from holding the office Of
postmaster, and shall also be deemed guilty Of q
InisCemeauOr, and, on conviction thereof, be pun
ished by a fine rot exceeding i've thousand dol
lars, or by Imprisonment not exceeding one year,
or both.
SERVICE TO BE AWARDED TO THE LOWEST BIDDER
bids OF FAILING CONTRACTORS MAY NOT BE
CONSIDERED
Sec. 2;p That aIl contracts for carrying the
mails shall be in the name OF the United States,
and shall be awarded to the lowest bidder tender
ing sufficient guarantees for faithful perform
apee without other refernce to the mode Of trans
portation than may be necessary to provide for
the due celebrity, certainty and security thereof;
but tie Postmaster General shall not be bound
to consider the bid Of any person who has Willfuly
or negligcntly failed 70 perform former con-
tract.
COMBINATIONS TO PREVENT BIDDING PRoHIB-
TIED.
Sec. go That DO contract for carrying the mail
shall he made with any person who has entered,
or proposed TO enter into any com binaton 70 pre-
vent the making Of any bid for carrying the NALL
OF who has made any agreement, or given or per-
formed, or promised to give or perform, any con-
siderBtiCn whatever TO induce any other person
not TO bid Tor any such contract; and II any per-
son so offending is a contractor for carrying the
mail, his contract may he annulled; and Tor the
first offence the person 50 offending shall be dis
qualified to contract fJT carrying the mail for five
years, and for the second offence shall be forever
disqualified.
FAILING RIppERs AND CONTRACTORS = CON-