Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1874-11-14

BY section 10 of the act of June 8, 1872, every
person employ ed in the postal service is subject
10 eli the pains, penalties, and forfeitures for
violation If the laws relating to such service
whether he has taken the above oath or sffir-
natiCn OF lot.
SECTIONS OF THE ACT OF CONGRESS "ro Re-
vIsk, CCFsoLlpATE, AED AMEND TIE STAT
UTks BkLATikG To The POST oYPfoE DE-
PAR9NsNT." AFPRovkD JUra 3. 1872
The Postmaster General requests that bid
oefs, qua entors, suretes, and all persons con-
cerneo, or Intending TO be concerned In mail
contracts, VIII carefully read and critically ex-
anime the abstract OF laws here preeehted aud
also the forms and instructions at the end of
this advertisement, in Oroer that bids NAV be
made snd liabilities assumed unGerst sndingly,
and that sll misappre hensiOns or cause of com
plant hereafter may be avoided.
Pcetnas;e1s are required To make themselves
familiar with these laws ard Instructions that
they may be able TO inform and direct Others.
PosTHAsTRBs, CLERKS, &c, CANNOT BE CON
TRACTORS.
SBC. IS. That no postnas after, assistant post
master, or clerk employed in any post OH &c,
shall be q contractor or concerned In a contract
tor Carrying the mail.
PERSONS IN TIE EMPLOY OF THE POST OFFICE
DEPAR1MknT UEoLUDIhG PosTMAsrKRsl
CANNOT BECOME IhTRsEsTED In A MAIL CON-
TRACT, soh ACT AS AGENT OF CONTRACTORS
Oh BIDDERS.
SIC ~. That no person employed 10 the Post
Office Department shall become interested in
any contract Tor carry ing the mall or act as
sgtnt, With or without compensation, for any
contractor or person Offering 10 become a cou-
tractor in any business before the Depart
meDt; and any person so offending shall be i'm
neoiateiy dismissed from office, and shall be
liable to pay 80 much money rs would have been
realized from said contract, to be recovered in
al action Of debt, Tor the use of the Post Office
Department.
By regulation of the Department, no carrier
should be employed who Is under sixteen years
of age; and 10 bidder will be accepted who is
under twenty Oue years of age, or Wno is a mar
ried woman.
CONVEYANCE OF LETTKRs OUT OF THE MAIL.
PRIVATE EXPRESSES, RTC.
SIC. IT. That Ally person concerned in carry
ing the mail who shall collect, receive, OF carry
any letter or packet, or cause or procure the
same 10 be done, contrary to law, shall, on con-
Viction thereof, for every such Otfense, forfeit
anO pay not exceeding fifty dollars.
SIC. Us. That no person shall establish any
private express for the conveyance OF letters or
packets, or il any manner cause or provide tor
tie conveyance OF the same by regular trips or
at stated periods, over any post-rOute, which Is
or may be established by law, OF from any city,
town, or place TO any other city, town, or place
between which the mail is regularly carried;
al every person 20 Offending, or AIDING OF as
sistiDg therein, shall, for each of1ense, forfeit
and pAy one hundred ana fifty dollars.
SIC. 229. That the owner OF every stage coach
railway car, steamboat, or other vehicle or YES
sci, which shall, with the knowledge of any
ONUeTt III NDOlc or IN part, or Win the k0Owl-
edge or coBnivaDce of the driver, conductor,
master, or other person having charge of the
same, convey any person acrisg or employed as
private express for the conveyance of letters
or packets, and actually in possession of the
same for the purpose OF conveying them con-
tIary to the spirit, true Intent, and meaning Of
this law, shall, for every such oftense, forfeit
and pay one hundred and City dollars.
SEC. go That no person shall transmit by
private express or other unlawful means, or de-
liver 10 any 3gent OF such unlawful ex press or
"a Itat
pointed place, for the purpose OF being trans-
mitted, any letter or packet, and for every such
Ofiepse the party so offending shall forfeit and
pay fifty dellaTs.
SEC. 23I That no stage coach. railway car,
steamboat, or other vehicle or vessel which
regularly performs trips at stated periods on
any Iost-Toute, or from any city, town, or place
to any other city town, or place between which
the mail If regularly carried, shall carry, other
wise than in the mail, any letters packets,
except such a. relate to some part OF the cargo
OF such steamboat or other vessel, or to some
article carried at the same time by the same
stage coach, railw ay car, or other vehicle,
capt IS provided in section two hundred and
thirty bine; and for every such Offense the
owner OF the stage-coach, railwsy-car, steam
boat, or other vehicle or vessel shall forfeit and
pay one hCndTed collars; and the driver, con-
ductGF, master, or other person having charge
q EFT Of and not At the time owner OF the whole
or Any part thereof, shall in like manner forfeit
and Iay for every such offense fifty dollars.
IS, c1iOn $50 permits conveyance of letters in
STAMP ed envelopes Otherwise than by mail)
THE MANNER IN WHICH PROPOSALS SHALL BE
MADE, AND THE LIABILITY OF PosTMAsTBRs.
SEQ. Z45. That every proposal for carving
the mail shall be accompanied by the bond of
the titder; with sureties approved by post
master, AMI in cases where the amount of the
bond exceeds i've thousand dollars, by a post.
master of the first, second, or third class, in a
sum TO be designated by the Postmaster General
In The adveI ut OF esch TO which bond
a condition shall be annexed, that il the said
bidder shaii, within such tine alter his bid is
accepted 81 the Postmaster General shall pre-
scribe, enter into contract with the United
States OF America, with good and sufficient
sureties, TO be approved by the Postmaster
General, TO perform the service proposed in his
said bid and, further, that he shall perform the
ssid service according to his contract, then the
eaid Obligation 10 be void, otherwise to be in
full force and obligation In law; and in case of
failure OF any bidder TO enter into such contract
to perform the service, or, having executed
contract, in case of failure TO perform the ser
vice according TO his contract, he and his
sureties shall be liable for the amount of said
bond az iiqufsted damages, to be recovered in
sD action of debt on the said bond. No pr0po-
sal shall be considered unless it shali be accom-
panied by such bond, ard there shall have been
affixed to said proposal the oath of the bidder
taken before an officer qualified to administer
ostbs, that be has the ability, pecuDisriiy, TO
fulfill 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 accepted.
SEC 2i6. That before the bond OF a bidder
IfUNIutuf mine hiOfeHalu EccllOu II approved,
there shall be Endorsed thereon the oaths OF the
sureties therein, taken before an Off Ger qualified
10 administer oaths, that they are owners OF real
estate worth, In the aggregate, a sum double the
| amount OF the said bond, over and above all
detts due and owing by them and all iudg-
meDts, mortgages, and executions against them,
after allowing all exemptions of every character
whatever.
SEC 2I7. That any postmaster who shall afix
| his signature 10 the approval of any bond Of q
bidder, or to the certificate of sufhciency of
sureties in any contract before the said bond or
| contract Is signed by the bidder or contractor
and his sureties, or shall knowingly, or without
| the exercise of due diligence, approve any bond
| OF q bidder with insufficient suretes, or shall
| knowingly make any false or fraudulent certii-
| cate, shall be forthwith dismissed from Office,
| ard be thereafter disqualified from holding the
| office of postmaster. and shall also be deemed
| guilty of a DIsdemeanor, and, on conviction
| thereof, be punished by a tine not exceeding
| five thousand dollars, or by imprisonment not
| exceeding one year, or both.
| SERVICE TO BE AWARDED TO THE LOWEST BID
| DER. BIDS OF FAILING CONTRACTORS MAY
| NOT BE CONSIDERED.
| SIC. 249. That all contracts for carrying the
| mail shall be in the name of the United States,
| and shall he awarded to the lowest bidder ten
| dering sufficient guarantees for faithful per-