U. S. Advertisement of October 1, 1873

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Excerpt from U. S. Advertisement of October 1, 1873: Inviting Proposals for Carrying the Mails of the United States in the States of Oregon, Nevada, and California, and Territories of Montana, Wyoming, Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona, Utah, Idaho, and Washington, From July 1, 1874 to June 30, 1878, Proposals In case any bidder, on being awarded any such contract, shall fail to execute the same, with good and sufficient sureties, according to the terms on which such bid was made and accepted, and enter upon the performance of the service to the satisfaction of the Postmaster General, such bidder shall forfeit the amount so deposited 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 or check so deposited shall be returned to the bidder. Postmasters, clerks, &c., , cannot be contractors. Sec. 78. That no postmaster, assistant postmaster, or clerk employed in any post office, shall be a contractor or concerned in a contract for carrying the mail. Persons in the employ of the Post Office Department (including postmasters) cannot become interested in a mail contract, nor act as agent of contractors or bidders. Sec. 12. That no person employed in the Post Office Department shall become interested in any contract for 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 Office 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, &c., 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 offense, forfeit and pay not exceeding fifty dollars. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.