Washington sentinel. [volume] (City of Washington [D.C.]) 1853-1856, 1855-05-31

For transportation of the mails. .......... S,
For transportation Of the United States
mail over the Michigan Central railroad
Give hsndred and eighteen miles,) from
the ninth June, eighteen hundred and
forty-nine, to the twenty-eighth Novem-
Der, of the same year
For compensation to postmas ters.......... 2,
40 For ship, steamboat, and way letters.......
~ For wrapping paper.
For office furniture in the post ofiices.-......
For advertising. ................................
For mail bags ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.
FOR -................................
For mail locks, keys and stamps. ...........
90 For mail depredatons and special agents
For clerks in the Offices OF postmasters
For postage stamps and stamped envel-
.................................
For miscellaneous items.......................
For compensation to William NJ f. Ma
graw, for carrying the mail on route
90 number eight thousand nine hundred and
90 eleven, from Independence, Missouri, to
Great Salt Lake city, Utah Territory,
monthly each way, according TO the con-
tract under which said service is now
90 being performed, commencing with the
eighteenth day Of August eighteen hun
dred and hfty-four and continuing one
.....................,........
For compensation TO Jacob Hall, for carry
% ing the mail on route number eight thou
sand nine hundred and twelve from In
dependence, Missouri, to Santa Fe, Ter
ritory Of New Mexico, monthly, each
way, according to the contract under
whchSaid service is now being perform
ed, for one year from the eighteenth day
81 of August eighteen hundred and fifty
W .............................
For compensation to George H. Giddings
90 for carrying the mail route number
twelve thousand nine hundred, from San
Ia III, New Mexico to San Antonio Tex
as, monthly, each way, according to the
contract under which said service il now
90 being performed, commencing with the
eighteenth day of August eighteen hun
dred and ffty-four, and continuing one
year, and in lieu Of the compensation
90 therein stipulated. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.
To continue the fourth section Of the act of
Congress approved fifth August eighteen
hundred and ffty-four, entitled "An act
making appropriations for the service Of
the Post Office Department during the
fiscal year ending the thirtieth of June
90 one thousand eight hundred and fifty
FIVE" for one year from August fifth
eighteen hundred and fifty-fve and that
the allowance granted by said section to
the deputy postmaster ut Washington
city, District of Columbia, OF one mill per
pound upon the aggregate weight Of pub
lie documents printed by order of Con-
90 gress, and deposited in the office of the
said postmaster TO be mailed, shall be so
construed to commence on the fifth
of August, eighteen hundred and fifty
three. Indefinite
IN To establish and put in operation a semi
w monthly mail, by sea- from San Francisco,
in the State of California to Olympia, in
the Territory Of Washington, touching at
HUMBOLDT bay, Trinidad and Crescent
city, in the State OF California; Port Or
90 ford, Gardiner city or Umpqua and As
toria, in the Territory Of Oregon Shoal
Water bay, Port Townsend, in the Terri
tory Of Washington, and at such other
90 points as shall be designated by the Post
master General. ACKNOWLEDGEMENT.
To enable the First Comptroller Of the
Treasury to examine the claim Of William
r. Glover and Thomas w. Mather, and
10 their associates, and ascertain and allow