The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1853-05-04
Approved March 8, 1853.
fPu5Lrc Acr--No. 40.1

PUBLIC ACT--NO. 4U.
AN ACT making appropriations for the
transportation of the United States
mail by ocean steamers and otherwise
during the fiscal year ending the thir.
tieth of June, one thousand eight hun
dred aud fifty four.
BE it enacted by the Senate and
House of Representatives of the United
States of America in Congress assem-
blod, That the following sums be- and
the same are hereby, appropriated, to be
paid out Of any money in the Treasury
not otherwise appropriated, for the year
ending the thirtieth of Juno, one thou
sand eight hundred and fifty-four
For transportation of the mails from
New York to Liverpool and back, eight
hundred and iftyeight thousand dol
lars
For transportation of the mails from
NcN York to New Orleans, Charleston.
Savannah, Havana. and Cbagres, and
back, two hundred and ninety thousand
dollars;
For transportation of the mails from
Pauama-to California and Oregon and
back, three hundred and fifty-cigbt thou
sand two hundred and fifty dollars
For carrying out the contract entered
iuto by the Post Office Department un
der the law passed at the last session of
Congress, establishing trimonthly mail
by steam vessels between New Orleans
| and Vera Cruz via Tampico, seventy
thousand dollars
Sec . And be it further enacted,
Tint the following sums be, and the
same are hereby, appropriated for the
service of the Post Office Department
for the year ending the thirtieth of June,
one thousand eight hundred and fifty
four, out of any moneys in the treasury
arising from the revenues Of said De-
partment, in conformity to the act of
the second of July, one thousand eight
hundred and thirty six
For transportation of the mails, in
two steamships, from New York, by
Southampton to Bremen and back, at
one hundred thousand dollars for each
ship; and in two steamships from New
/ York, by Cowes, to Havre and back, at
seventy five thousand dollars for each
ship, under the contract with the Ocean
Steam Navigation Company of New
York, three hundred and fifty thousand
dollars
For transportation of the mails be-
tween Charleston and Havana, urder
the contract with NJ. C. Mordecai, fifty
thousand dollars
For transportation of the mails across
the Isthmus of Panama. one hundred
and twenty thousand dollars.
Sec g. And be it further enacted,
That the Postmaster General shall cause
the facts to be Investigated in relation
to the contract of A. G. Sloo for the
transportation of the mail in ocean
steamers from New York to New Or
leans, Charleston, Savannah, Havana
aud Chagres aud back, per act of March
third, eighteen hundred and forty seven
for the purpose Of ascertaining how far
the contract corresponds with the origi-
nails bids, and shall report to Congress
at the next session the facts and circum
stances connected with the said contract
and also for what amount the said mail
service could be performed if a new con
tract should be made and whether the
ships furnished under said contract are
built according to its terms. The Post
mas ter Generals further directed by thi
act to ascertain and report to Congress
at its next session for what amounts tn,
service now performed under the severa
contracts with the Navy and Post OF
fee Department for carrying the mai
in ocean steamers can be hereafter per
: formed upon the superstition that tn
United States shall take the steamer
/, according to contract, and sell or trans
: fer them.
Sec 4, And be it further enacted
+; That upon the application of either c
i the companies contracting to carry tn
mail in ocean steamers from New Yorl
to Havre, or from New York TO Bremen
f the Postmaster General is hereby NJ
Q thorized to discharge such company frol
1 said contract: Provided, That no flu
Their compensation shall be paid to eitl
|. err of said companies after such discharg
! from its contract.
T. Approved March 3, 1853.