, 1855-11-09

drcd and iurtyuine 10 the twentyelgt November, oi
the year, five thousand one hundGcd and seventy
! seven dollars and sixty cents.
! For compcn.l ton Of postmastcrs, two million one
hundred and fifty thousand dollars;
For ship, steamboat, and way letters twenty thou
For wrapping paper, forty-eight thousand dollars;
For office furniture IN the post Offices, six thousand
! five hundred dollars
! For advertising one hundred thousand dollars;
4 For nail-bags, hlty-four thousand dollars;
! For blanks, eighty thousand dollar
| For mail-ocks, keys, and stamps, fifteen thousand
dollars
For mail depredations and special agents, hfycig
thnu and dollars;
For clerks in the Office Of po,tmasters, six hundred
and scvcnty-ive thousand dollars:
For postage stamps and stamped envelopes, seventy
4 thousand dpars
For miscellaneous items, one hundred and sixty
thousand dollars;
il For compcn'ltion n William 81 F. Magraw, for car
ryug the NAL on rp.te number eight thousand nine
hmd.,d ard eleven, from Independence, Missouri, u
Great Salt Lake City, Utah Territory monthly, each
way according 10 tne contract under which said SER
yi,e is now being performed, the sum OF thrty-siX
lthru,aud dollars per gnnum, commencing with u e
eighteenth day Gf August eighteen hundred and fifty
four and continuing one year and in lieu OF the com
i pcu.Gtion therein stNultt,d: PToriied, That the
Postmaster Gcncpl with the assent OF the contractors,
hr and he is hereby authorized to annul said contract
N,o for compensation to Jacob Hail. for carrying the
mail on route number eight thousand nine hundred and
twelve from independence, Missouri to Santa Fe, ter
ri. 'rY OF New Me NicO monthly, each way according
t. the cogIact under which said service is now being
crorn,d, the sum of twenty-five thousand dollar per
ununm for one year, fir the eighteenth day of Au-
| g;.t, eighteen hundred aud hny-four JTOrided,
That the Postmaster General, with the assent Of the
cctrlror1 le, and he is hereby, authorized to annul
aid contract.
Il For compensation u George H. Giddings, for carry
ing Tie mail route namhcr twelve thousand nine
hundred nom Santa Fe. New Mexico, n San Antonio,
TcN,s monthly, each way, according % the contract
under which sad service now being performed. the
4 b. 10 Of uirtythIec thql.and live hndred dollars per
annlm commencing with the cightlcenth day Of Au-
~ t. cch.ccn hupdrCd and fifty four, and continuing
ore year and in leu of the compensation therein stp-
nlltSd PrCtided, Tint the Postmaster with the a.
>CrtHf the coltactprs be, and he j. hereby authorized
n aauul raid contract Aud that each contractor en-
gJgC, ~ 90 lc Cungcd in curying mali through any
q Tie T rntnrcs &C Of the Mississippi, shall have
the Iliylgc bf occupying stations at the rate of not
moc tjll org for every twenty miles of the rruc On
which be carries mail, and shall have preenItNe
:: right utr.Ti, VIXEN tie same shall he brought into
market to the extent of N hundred and forty acres to
bp tIkea centiuousy and to ncluc his improvement;
brt no n peempiiyc right shall extend to any pass
In mountain otter Cetlc.
SIC 2. Ind be IL fR.tttr e-lcted. That the fourth
cctinn of the oct Of Congress- approved Eth August
g. htccl hundred and nityfour entitled, An act max
Ing appropriations for the service Of the Post ONE
ucIastme;t during tie fiscal year ending the thrtieth
4 u June ore Thousand eight hundred and hftyfve "
&C. Jad Tie sane l. lcrchy continued for one year from
Auglat nh eighteen hundred and hityilve, and that
lie all vance granted by sd section 70 the deputy
postmaster at Wa lng'nn city, District Of Columbia,
Of enc min per pound rpon The aggregate weight oi
public documents lratcd y aiderol Congress, ard
depn.itd In the cficc II tic said poytmastr to he
mllcl shall be construed ~ tO commence en- the
irih os August. eighteen bundled and iftythrcc
Sc 3. AHd be IL JaIther enacted, That the Post
mls,cr Gtnelal he, and he v hereby authorized 10
tabl.h ard prt In opcrltSn a semi-inoEthly mall by
sea- from san Francisco IN the State of California %
olympia in tie Territory e Washington, touching at
llum5oldt Bay, Trinidad and Crescent City; IN the
state of Caliioma; Port orfotd, Gardiner City q
Umpqua, and Astoria in tie territory ofOregon; shoIl
Water Bay, Port T1wnserd, In the territory OF Was
ingt0n and at uch other points "a shall bc designated
by the Postmaster General: PrOrided, That the con.
tract for the said service be advertised by the Post
master General, In pursuance Of existing laws, and let
10 the lowest bidder: Ind prorided tieT, That the
whole cost Of said service shgl not EXCEED the sum ct
one hundred and twenty thouand dollars per annum
PrOrided further, That the Postmaster General may,
he shall deem II for the public interest contract for
said service with the lowest bidder aforesaid, under
the advertised proposals heretofore made for mail
vice between the point. Aforesaid.
SEQ 4. dnd Be Il further enacted, That the right
~ frank letters and documents now allowed by law 10
the Vice President be continued 10 tlpse VINO have
heretofore shall hereafter. hold that Office, during
> life.
SIC. 5. And Be 4 further snaetrd, That all book,
maps, charts other publications, entered by copy
right and which, under tire oct Of Gugrt tenth eight.
cen hundred and foryx are required 10 be deposited
in the Library Of Congress and in the smithsonian In
sttti1n, may be sent through tho mails ce Of post
age. under such egulAtons the Postmaster General
Sec. Q. And 6s IL JartItr saact-d, That the Post
master General be- and he Is hereby authorized, In the
settlement Of the accounts OF the late postmaster at
Waterve Maine to allow such sum IN addition ~ The
commissions which accrued at his office during his
term Of service as will make his Compensation equal
Ito hundred and seventy-fve dollars per quarter
and all such necessary items Of incidental expen
as have been usually incurred and allowed In post
Office Of this class Prorided, a0tsereT, That the
whole compensation ard expenses shall not exceed
fur handrcd aud twenty-five dollars per quarter.
|, SEU. Z. And BE- 10 further enacted That the drst
Comptroller u the Treasury be instructed 10 examine
the claim Of William II. Glover, and Thomas w. Math
err aud their associates, and ascertain and allow such
damages as they entitled 10, in justice and equity
In Consequence of the refusal Of the Postmaster Cen
en ~ carry into eject the contract entered into be-
tween VIM. II, Clover and Thos. W. Mather, and the
Postmaster General, In eighteen hundred and any
three for the transportation Of the mails on the Mis-
sssippi and Ohio rivers. and that such damages lie
paid 10 the sad william II Glover, and Thomas W,
Aahcr, and their Associates out OF any money In the
Treasury not otherwise appropriated: PrOvidsd, The
sum allowed shall not exceed tie sum oi two hundred
thousand dollars. lf
sic \. Aad be il further Enacted, That the Post
master General be- and he Ia hereby, authorized to pay
~ Uriah r. Monroe, his repro eatatves assigns,
pay in full for extra NAL service on tie mail route
fOm Sacramento 20 shasta, in the State Of California,
commencing October the first, A. p eighteen hundred
and fty-oGe. and ending July eighteen
hundr,d and hfiy two, the sum Of five thousand five
hundred and fcrtyOne dullars and sixty-slx cents.
SEC o. And BE- t further enac.ed, That tho proper
comptroller of the treasury under instructions Of the
Attorney General. inquire whether the contract made
by the Postmaster Genenl with VIM. l.. Blauclnrd,
for carrying the United States mail rvute number;
cd five thousand and sxtystx, in tho year eighteen
hundred aud fifty three was violated by the Postmas-
ter General without legal and adequate cause given by
said blanchard and II Il was so violated, tea n rs
certain and allow such damages a. he u entitled 10 In
equity and justice by Of such violation, and
that such damages be paid % said blanchard out Of
any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated.
Approved, March ., 1875.
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