The Portland daily press., 1875-02-03

unless thereby the employment of additional stock
and carriers is made necessary and in such case the
additional COMPENSATION shall bear greater pro-
portion to the additional stock and carriers necessa
rily employed than the compensation i'll the original
contract bears to the stock and carriers necessarily
employed in its execution
Deductions mag be made and fines imposed, for de-
lnQueReieS
SEC. $780, That the Postmaster General may make
deductions from the pay of contractors Tor iMures
perform service according to contract, and impose
fines upon them for other delinquences. He may
deduct the price of the trip in all cases where the
trip is not performed; and not exceeding u, thfee rec
times the price if the failure be oceasloned by the
fault of the contractor or carrier
Coutracts cannot be assigned nor transferred.
SEC 27I That no contractor for transporting the
mail within OF between the United States and any
foreign country shall assign or transfer his contract
and all such assignments OF transfers snail De- nun
and void.
Schedules to be furnished and posted up in post"
Offices Registers to beretarned and reports made.
SEC TO- That the Postmaster General shall fur
nish to the postmasers at the termination of each
route schedule of the time of arrival and depart
IRE OF the mail at their offices, respecl lively, to be
posted in a conspicuous place in the office; ana the
Postmaster-General shall also give the postmaster
notice of any change in the arrival ana aePartart
and returned to the Department, at short and regl
lar intervals. registers showing the exact times OF
the arrivals and departures OF the mail.
Der of Congress can be contractor or be concereu
directly or indirectly, in any contract win IN
and by the o same f af ha + States to
enter, in its BEHALF into contract WIN Vi
Congress. r. oon,o+ n
may be concluded with the other partners.-OP"ttoD
OF 1ttorney General, 4, At. A contract with one
Who is elected member of Congress during its con-
tmuance Is not a1ecteu py SUCH electioh' NV" ~
697.l
oooa,oJ boe M 7lolrpy Un6p3 the
lor to release bidders and contractors and their
sureties from their liabilities, on the degdtto9 OF
proposals. He particularly requests that, before
6iddinr, the FULLEST inquiry and Investigation 6e
made in regard to the route, dstdmce service etgna
and Hkely to occur during the contract term ana
Nth due Consideration Of the consequences imposed
by ld,o on detinqae'ats.
CONTRACTS TO BE EXECUTED AND FILED IN THE
DEPARTMENT BY THE FIRST DAY OF JUNE.
Under the provisions of section 245 OF the act ap-
proved June %, 1874. the Postmaster General mas
prescribed the 1st day of June, 1879 on or before
which day the contracts of accepted bidders must pc
received at the Department in Washington exeeuted
| in due form. go ,.,
Accented 6;dderssn,ot complying Nth this regutg-
ton shall be considered as ho0iag failed to comply
NTH their proposals, and the Postmaster Generdt
mnu proceed to contract for the service Utth other
| parties according to tdW.
| CONTRACTS RECEIVED AT THE DEPARTMENT
AFTER JUNE 1sT WILL NOT BE CONSIDERED BY
| THE POSTMASTER GENERAL.
uop,r OF pROpOSAI ROND & CERTIFICATE.
| fohNh We IVA
| ProposaI
| ., ,,boso nost -offce
The undersigned .''''' w Stoto pF
address is county OF H. ii; nta' S+ ~ f
proposes to carry the mans Oh .e NJ b
July 1875, to June 3o lSi on Iou'e NO. 49, o
| tween and state OF nnuer n .ne
advertisement OF the postmaster zen ;t ), e.
l. 1874, with CELEBRITY, cer5ainty anu setny, M
| the annual sum OF doilars' anu II 'nls propos
al is accepted he will enter INTO contraCt, Will SUI
ties to be approved by the postmaster 0enefal, Will
| in the time prescribed in said advertisement
! This proposal IS made a1th tut6 E'lootedge o. tHe
distance Of the route the ace,ghs o. e me 20 ~ Se
route and service; and also after careful eC0nlnd-