Chapter 20. to extend the time of special postal service until service can be obtained by advertisement
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CHAP. 20.— An Act to extend the time of special postal service until service can be obtained by advertisement.June 12, 1879. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Postal service. That in cases where special service has already been placed on new routes, the Postmaster-General may, in his discretion, extend such service until the time when service can be obtained by advertisement, not exceeding in any case one year.
AndDuration of special service. 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 a temporary contract for carrying the mail on such route, without advertisement, for such period as may be necessary, not in any case exceeding one year, until the service shall have commenced under a contract made according to law.
And anyRepeals. provision of statute in conflict with this provision is hereby repealed. Approved, June 12, 1879.