Section 2
SEC. 2. The person shall be selected after the Collector of Customs shall have advertised for bids of the prices at which the work of landing will be done, the bids to cover the cost of landing passengers per person and luggage per piece, large and small. The person offering to do the work at the lowest prices, who shall be, in the opinion of the Collector, of good character and responsible, shall be selected. The person so selected shall, before entering upon the discharge of his duties, enter into a bond to the Philippine Government for the benefit of whom it may concern, that he will acquire a sufficient equipment of launches and other means of conveniently landing passengers and baggage, that he will land all the passengers and all the baggage required during the entire year following the execution of the bond, and that lie will promptly pay all losses of baggage or other property accruing to the passengers through negligence in performing the contract, the amount and liability therefor to be finally determined by the Collector of Customs: Provided, That nothing herein shall exclude the right of passengers to recover for personal injury in the ordinary tribunals. The amount of the bond shall be fixed by the Collector, and the sufficiency thereof shall lie approved by him.