The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1874-11-16

six months, until the service shall havl
commenced under a contract made &C
cordlng 10 law: Provided, holoepeT, Tha
the Postmaster General shall not employ
temporary service on any route at q high
er price than that paid TO the contractor
who shall have performed the serVicl
during the last preceding regular contrac
term. And IN all cases OF regular con.
tracts hereafter made, tho contract may
In the discretion Of the Postmaster Gen.
eral, be continued in!lorce beyond its ex
press terms for period not exceeding
six months, until a new contract with The
same, or other contractors, shall be made
by the Postmaster General.
Bidders not relEaSed until contract is en-
tered into and service begun.
SEC. 252. That no bidder for carrying
the mails shall BIO released from his obi.
CATION under his bid or proposal, not.
Wilhstanding an award may DO made IL
lower bidder, until a contract for the
designated service shall have been duly
executed by such lower bidder and bis
sureties, and accepted, and the service
entered upon by tine contractor to the sat.
islaclion e. the Postmaster General.
CERTIFIED CHICKS OR DRAFTS TO ACCOM-.
PANY ALL BIDS EXCEEDING 5000.
SEC 2j3 That hereafter all bidders
upon every mail route for the transporta-
ton Of the mails upon the same, where
the annual compensation for the service
on such route al the time exceeds the sum
Of five thousand dollars, shall accompany
their bids with certified check, or draft,
payable to the order Of the Postmaster
General upon some solvent national bank
which check or draft shall not be less
than five per centum on the amount Of
the annual pay on said route at the time
such bid Is made; and In case Of q new or
modified service, not less than five per
centum Of the amount Of the bond of The
bidder required 10 accompany his bid, II
tue amount Of the said bond exceeds five
thousand dollars. In case any bidder, on
being awarded any such contract, shall
fail 10 execute the same, with good and
sufficient sureties, according to The terms
on which such bid was made and &C
copied, and enter upon the performance
OF the service 10 the satisfaction Of the
Postmaster General, such bidder shall, 10
addition TO his liability on his bond &C
companyiDg his bid, forfeit the amount so
deposited 10 tho United States, and the
same shall forthwith be paid into the
Treasury Tor the use OF the Post Office
Department; but il such contract shall be
duly executed and the service entered
upon as Aforesaid, such draft or check 60
deposited, and the checks or drafts de-
posted by all other bidders on tho same
route shall be returned 10 the respective
bidders making such deposits No pro-
posals for the transportation OF the mails
where the amount Of the bond required 10
accompany the same shall exceed five
thousand dollars shall be considered, IN.
less accompanied with the check or draft
herein required, together with the bond
required by preceding section: Pro-
Umed, That nothing in this act shall be
construed or intended 10 affect any pen
altiCs or forItitures which have heretofore
accrued under the provisions Of the sec.
uouo HClCuy duCnuGu.
Failing contractors gully of a miSdemeanor.
SIC 254 That any person or persons
bidding Tor the transportation Of the mails
upon any route which may be advertised
TO DO let, and receiving an award OF the
contract for such service, who shall
wrongIully refuse or fail 10 enter into con.
tract with the Postmaster General in due
form, and perform the service described
in his or their bid or proposal, shall be
deemed guilty of mlsdemeanor, and, on
conviction thereof, be punished by fine
not exceeding five thousand dollars, and
by imprisonment for a term not exceeding
twelve months.
No pay 10 be made until contracts are
executed.
SEC $50. That no person whose bid
Tor carrying the mail Is accepted shGll 70.
ceive any pay until he has executed his
contract according 10 law and the regula-
tions Of the Department.
Compensation for additional Ser0ic. re.
stricted and regulated.
SIC 200. That compensation for add.
tional service in carrying the mail shall
not be in excess Of the exact proportion
which the original compensation bears 10
the original service; and when any such
additional service is ordered, the sum 10
be allowed therefor shall be expressed in
the order, and entered upon tue books OF
the Department; and no compensation
shall be paid for any additional regular
service rendered before the issuing Of
such order.
SEC pol. That no extra allowance shall
be made for any increase Of expedition
in carrying the mail unless thereby the
the employment oil additional stock and
carriers 10 made necessary, and in such
case the additional compensation shall
bear no greater proportion 10 the addi-
tional stock and carriers necessarily en-
ployed than the compensation in the orig.
inal contract bears 10 the stock and car
riers necessarily employed in its cxecu-
ton.
Deductions may be made, and fines impOs
ed, for d59inQUencteS.
SEC. 900. That the Postmaster General
may make deductions from the pay Of
contractors for failures to perform service
according 10 contract, and impose fines
upon them for. other delinquencies. he
may deduct the price Of the trip in all
cases where the trip Is no, performed; and
not exceeding three times the price ii the
failure be occssiOncd By the fault Of the
contractor or carrier.
Contracts cannot be assigned nor transferred.
SIC Ell. That no contractor for trans
porting the mail within or between the
United States and any foreign country
shall assign or transfer his contract, and
all such assignments or transfers shall bC
null and void.
Schedules tobG furnished and posted up in
postcDices. Registers 10 Dc returned and
IA H.