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 236 FOBTY-THIRD CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 456. 1874, contract for the performance thereof, unless the Postmaster-General Re-ndvertis i n g shall consider such bid too high, in which case he Shall re-advertise such ¤¢¤‘l·=¤- service. And if any bidder whose bid has been accepted, and who has entered into a contract to perform the service according to his proposal, and in pursuance of his contract has entered upon the performance of the service, to the satisfaction of the Postmaster-General, shall subsewhcn ,,,,,,t,,,cm quently fail or refuse to perform the service according to his contract, fails to perform the Postmaster·General shall proceed to contract with the next lowest ¤°¤Vl°°»P*`°°°°<h¤S’S· bidder for such service, under the advertisement thereof, (unless the Postmaster-General shall consider such bid too high,) who will enter into contract  give bond, with sureties, to be approved by the Postmaster-General, for the faithful performance thereof, in the same penalty and with the same terms and conditions thereto annexed as were stated and contained in the bond which accompanied his bid; but in case each and every of the next lowest bidders for such service whose respective bids are not considered too high by the Readvertiscment Postmaster-General shall refuse to enter into contract and give bond for rr¤1>¤¤¤1¤· as herein required for the faithful performance of his contract, the Postmaster-General shall immediately advertise for proposals to perform the service on said route. Whenever an accepted bidder shall fail to enter into contract, or a contractor on any mail—route shall fail or refuse to perform the service on said route according to his contract, or when a new route shall be established, or new service required, or when from any other cause there shall not .be a contractor legally bound or required to perform such service, the Postmaster- General may make Temporary c 0 n- Hr temporary CO11bI‘2.Gi1 {01* carrying the mail 011 such 1'0l1t6, without ad- ’¤l`=*°*¤· vertisement, for such period as may be necessary, not in any case exceeding six months, until the service shall have commenced under a contract made according to law: Provided, however, That the Post- L r m 1 t ,, t i 0 H of master-General shall not employ temporary service on any route at a price for temporary higher price than that paid to the contractor who shall have performed ¤¢¤"'¤°*=- the service during the last preceding regular contract-term. And in all _Di¤crotiorrarycon- cases of regular contracts hereafter made, the contract may, in the dis- 2*; "‘° S °Y°“ * press terms for a period not exceeding six months, until a new contract gith thfavsame, or other contractors, shall be made by the Postmasterenera. When arrrrrriri “Sec. 25d. That hereafter all bidders upon every mail—route for the gggllgaggztkellzusarié transportation of the mails upon the same, where the annual compensadoum ms ,0 be tion for the service on such route at the time exceeds the sum of Eve ucifosulipugfd gv ,,,,,-‘t]ho1tit;sand dolilars, shall acqiompatnylfheig bids with Er certified check or ti `cc c rec c, c. Fit, ptlrya B 0 G OI` 81* 0 13 6 08h1I3S1EOI'- 8H6TH.] D OD S01i16 solvent national bank, which check or draft shall not be Iiess than five per eentum on the amount of the annual pay on said route at the time such bid is made, and, in case of new‘or modified service, not less than five per eentum of the amount of the bond of the bidder required to accompany his bid, if the amount of the said bond exceeds five thousand dollars. In case any bidder, on being awarded F,,,{c,,,,m, of d,,_ any such contract, shall fail to execute the same, with good and suffipoort rrporr failure to cient sureties, according to the terms on which such bid was made and
 * ¤¤¤}=*¤¤;= <>fl§¤z¤lz¤‘ cretion of the Post.master—General, be continued in force beyond its ex-
 * _¤:g;J¤¤¢<> _¢¤¤¤={c1¤ accepted, and enter upon the performance of the service to the satis-

M_ '“"‘°“°°“°"‘ faction of the Postmaster-General, such bidder shall, in addition to his Deposits to be M_ liability on his bond accompanying his bid, forfeit the amount so deposr,,,,,0d “.h,.,,_ gngéiago th? United Strings, aind blah? Hsaing shall forthwith bie paid into the ury or e use o e os ce epartment; uti such contract shall be duly executed and the service entered upon as aforesaid, such draft or check so deposited, and the checks or drafts deposited by all other bidders, on the same route, shall be returned to the respective lilo pr¤p<€6¤(l ox- bidders making such deposits. No proposals for the transportation of gggéggrggvu D fg gg the mails where the amount of tho bond required to accompany the samo accomp M,, Od b y shall exceed five thousand dollars shall be considered, unless accommoireqk or uma, med with the check or draft herein required, together with the boud