Star Route Carriers: Hearing Before the Committee on the Post-Office and Post Roads, House of Representatives, Seventy-sixth Congress, Third Session, on S. 1214, a Bill to Provide for a More Permanent Tenure for Persons Carrying Themail on Star Routes. March 14, 1940 |
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... service shall be made to run to the end of the contract term under the general advertisement , shall be made with ... janitor service by the United States Government . It was thought to be clear to the Post Office Department and the ...
... service shall be made to run to the end of the contract term under the general advertisement , shall be made with ... janitor service by the United States Government . It was thought to be clear to the Post Office Department and the ...
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... janitor service , to wit , caring for the heating plant and the cleaning of windows when required . Through inadvertence , the lease was drawn by this Department so as to require the lessors to undertake janitor services without ...
... janitor service , to wit , caring for the heating plant and the cleaning of windows when required . Through inadvertence , the lease was drawn by this Department so as to require the lessors to undertake janitor services without ...
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... janitor service and that the proposed reformation would release them from such obligation except as to the services necessary in caring for the heating plant and the cleaning of windows . It would appear to be a most unusual procedure ...
... janitor service and that the proposed reformation would release them from such obligation except as to the services necessary in caring for the heating plant and the cleaning of windows . It would appear to be a most unusual procedure ...
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... janitor service , to the extent of caring for the heating plant and the cleaning of windows when required , but all other work requiring the services of a janitor to be assumed and provided by the Lessee . The Lessor shall keep the said ...
... janitor service , to the extent of caring for the heating plant and the cleaning of windows when required , but all other work requiring the services of a janitor to be assumed and provided by the Lessee . The Lessor shall keep the said ...
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... service ; the mail would be delivered late and there were other unsatisfactory features attaching to the service ... janitor service ; but we all know that we cannot pass a law that will not inconvenience somebody . If we include this ...
... service ; the mail would be delivered late and there were other unsatisfactory features attaching to the service ... janitor service ; but we all know that we cannot pass a law that will not inconvenience somebody . If we include this ...
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50 cents Accounting Office Acting Comptroller AUSTIN authorized BEESLEY bidder whose proposal Budget BURCH Bureau carrying the mail CHAIRMAN change in schedule cleaning of windows committee Comp compensation Congress consolidated route contract for carrying contract term CRATER discretion electric meters final and conclusive fixtures Hygienic Fibre import or effect impose undue hardship janitor service legal resident Lessor shall furnish Lessor shall keep lowest responsible bidder mail on star MARCH 14 MASON matter ment mutual mistake Navy commissioners November 29 O'CONNELL OCTOBER 13 OFFICE AND POST Oreg Portland Post Office Department POST ROADS Postal Savings System Postal Service President proposed amendment Railway Mail Service reform the lease regular contract renewal repair and condition Revised Statutes U. S. C. RUSSELL SECCOMBE Second Assistant Postmaster Sellwood station Star Route Service star-route car star-route carriers sublet or transferred submitted suggested amendment tenure for persons title 39 troller United
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Page 8 - The Corporation shall be entitled to the free use of the United States mails for its official business in the same manner as the executive departments of the Government...
Page 17 - The written contract merged all previous negotiations, and is presumed, in law, to express the final understanding of the parties. If the contract did not express the true agreement, it was the claimant's folly to have signed it.
Page 11 - ... and the manner in which they shall be incurred, allowed, and paid, without regard to the provisions of any other laws governing the expenditure of public funds...
Page 3 - Transportation requirement and procurement officers may authorize pro rata additional payments to contractors for necessary increased travel caused by obstruction of roads, destruction of bridges, discontinuance of ferries, or any other cause, provided the increase amounts to as much as $1 during any 4-week accounting period and a report is made within 90 days after service is performed. (ii) The contractor or carrier is responsible for reporting to the...
Page 1 - Any regular contract may be continued in force beyond its express terms for a period not exceeding six months, until a new contract with the same or another contractor shall be made by the Postmaster General.
Page 4 - General, for the performance of the proposed service. The contract for such service shall be made to run to the end of the contract term under the general advertisement, shall be made with the lowest responsible bidder whose proposal Is in due form, and who, under the law, is eligible as a bidder for such postal service.
Page 4 - ... (d) where it is found after full investigation that the compensation of such contractors is wholly inadequate and that the continuation of the contract would impose undue hardship upon the contractor: Provided, That provision (d) shall be effective only upon the giving by the contractor of ninety days...
Page 4 - All contracts for carrying the mail shall be in the name of the United States and shall be awarded to the lowest bidder tendering sufficient guaranties for faithful performance in accordance with the terms...
Page 1 - HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, COMMITTEE ON THE POST OFFICE AND POST ROADS, Washington, DC The committee this day met at 10 am, Hon.
Page 3 - No proposal for a contract for star route service shall be considered unless the bidder is a legal resident of one of the counties crossed by the roads over which the mail is to be carried or a legal resident of a county adjoining one through which the mail is to be carried, with this exception: Proposals for carrying mail will be accepted from firms, companies, or corporations actually engaged in some business...