Weekly Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1853-1861, 1855-03-29

Public Co.
AN ACT making appropriations for the service Of the
Post Office Department during the fiscal year ending
the thireth of June, thousand eight hundred and
Be- enacted 6y fhe Senate and House of Representa-
tires Of the United States Of derca an Congress as
sembld, That the following sums be, aud the same are
hereby, Appropriated for the service of the Post Office
Department FOR the year ending the hireth of June,
thousand eight hundred and hity six, out OF any
moneys a the treasury arising from the revenues Of the
said department conformity 10 the act of the second
OF July, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-siN
For transportation OF the mails i've million nine nan
dred and eighty thousand nine hundred and thirty
eight dollars.
the Michigan Genital railroad, ave hundred and eigh-
teen miles from the ninth Of june eighteen hundred
same year, five thousand hundred aud seyentyseyen
dollars and sixty cents.
For compensation to po,tmasters two million one
hundred aud fifty thousand dollars
For ship, steamboat, and way letters, twenty thousand
dollars.
For Office furniture in the post Offices, six thousand
five hundred dollars;
For advertising, one hundred thousand dollars;
For mail-bags, dily -four thousand dollars;
For bl snks, eighty thousand dollars;
For maillocks, keys, and stamps, fifteen thousand dol
lars;
For mail depredations and special agents, hy-eight
thousand dollars;
For clerks in the Offices Of postmascrs, six hundred
and seyenty-fiye thousand dollars;
For postage stamps and stamped envelopes, seventy
thousand dollars;
For miscellaneous ITEMS hundred and sixty thou
sand dollars;
For conversation 10 William N. r. Magraw, for carry
ing the mail number eight thousand nine hun
dred and eleven, from Independence Missouri, to Great
Salt Lake City. Utah Territory, monthly, each way, ac
corng To the contract under which said service u nov
being performed. the of thirtysiX thousand dollars
per commencing with the eighteenth day of Au
gust, eighteen hundred and ffy-iour, and continuing
year, and in lieu ot The compensation therein su-
lated Proridef. That the Postmaster General with the
lied annul said contract Also for compensation To
Jacob Hale for carrying the mail on route number eight
thousand nine hundred and twelve from Independence
Missouri, 10 Santa Fe- Territory of New Mexico. month
IN, each way. according 10 the contract under which
said service is being performed, the sum OF twenty
two thousand dollars per annum one year from the
eighteenth day OF August, eighteen hundred ify-
four Pr0rided. That the Postmaster General with the
of the contractors, BE- and he Is hereby author
Il lied 10 annu said contract
For compensation TO George H. Giddings for carrying
the mail rout. number twelve thousand nine hun
dred from Santa Fe, New Mexico, to san Antonio Tex
as, monthly each Way according 10 the contract under
which said service is being performed, the of
thirty three thousand five hundred dollars per annuI,
commencing with the eighteenth day OF August elgh-
teen hundred and ftyfour continuing year and in
lieu OF the compensation therein stipulated; PrOrded,
That the Postmaster General with the assent Of the
tractors. BE- and he il hereby authorized TO nu said
contract And that each contractor engaged 10 be
ged in carrying mails through any Of the Territories,
of the Mississippi shall have the privilege OF
pying stations at the rate of not than for every
twenty miles Of the ronte which he carries mall and
shall have preemptive right therein. when the same
shall be brought into Market to the extent of sN hundred
and forty be taken CONTINUOUSLY and to include
| extend to any pass in mountain or other defile
Il SEC >. And be IL further enacted, That the fourth
section of the act of Congress approved fifth August
eighteen hundred and fifty -four, entitled IAN act making
appropriations for the service of the Post Office Depart
men during the fiscal year ending the thriet Of June
one thousand eight hundred aud tyiye. he. and the
is hereby, continued for year August fifth
eighteen hundred and fifty five. and that the allowance
granted by said section TO the deputy postmaster at
Washington city, District of Columbia, of mill per
pound upon the aggregate weight of public documents
printed by order of Congress- aud deposited in the Office
of the said postmaster to he Mailed shall be construed
as to commenced on the fifth of August, eighteen hundred
and fifty-three.
Src. ;. fad bel further enacted, That the Postmas
ter General be, and he il hereby authorized 10 establish
and put in operation semmonhly mail by from
San Francisco in the State of California, 10 Olympia in
the Territory of Washington, touching at Humbo Bay
Trinidad aud Crescent City, in the State of California
Port 0rfOrd Gardiner City or Umpqua, and Astoria in
the Territory OF Oregon; Shoal Water Bay. Fort Town
send, in the Territory at Washington and al such othe
points shall be designated by the Postmaster General
Provided That the contract for the said service he al
versed by the Postmaster General in pursuance OF
isting laws and let To- the lowest bidder find PrOrideG
fHrfher that the whole cost of said service shall not
eeed the of one hundred and twenty Thousand dol
lars per Provided further, that the POSTMASTER
General may if he shall deem for the public interest
contract Tor said service with the lowest bidder aore
said under the advertised proposals heretofore made fo
mail service between the points aforesaid.
SEC. 4. And be IL further enacted, That the right 4
frank letters and umens now allowed by law 10 IN,
Vice President be continued those who have hereto
FORE shall hereafter, hold that Office, during life.
SEC. ). y4Rd be a. further enacted, That all books
right and which, under the act of August TENTH eightee
hundred and fortysix, required TO be deposited il
the Library Of Congress and in the Smithsonian lstt
ton may be through the mail free of postage unde
+ such regulations as the Postmaster General may pre-
# scribe.
SEC. 6. End be ii further enacted That the Postmas
General be, and he is hereby authorized, in the set
temeEt the Of the late postmaster Water
ville Mane 10 allow sneh sum- addition com
missions which accrued at his office during his term
: service, will make his compensation equal to on
hundred and scyeny-fye dollars per quarter and cove
all such necessary items Of incidental expenses hav
class PrOridd, hOrersr, That the whole compensation
and expenses shall not exceed four hundred and twenty
SEC. :. lind Be further enacted, That the Firs
Comptroller of the Treasury be instructed 10 examin
the claim of William X. Glover and Thomas VI. Mathe
and their associates and ascertain and allow such dam
sequence Of the refusal of lie POSTMASTER General 4
carry into effect the contract entered into between VIII
= liam X. Glover and Thomas w. Maher and the Post
master General in eighteen hundred and fifty three, 70
Il the transportation of the mails the Mississippi
At Ohio rivers, and that such damages be paid 10 the sal
William r. Glover and Ihomes W. Alather and their a.
soeiates out Of any money ~ the treasury not Other
/ exceed the Of two hundred thousand dollars.
SIC. g. And belt further enacted That the Postmas
ter General be- and he is hereby, authorized pay
Uriah p Monroe, his representatives assigns, pa
in full for extra mail service the mail route frOI
Sacramento TO Shasta, in the State of California,
ir mencing October the first A. d. eighteen hundred an
Il and ending July the fifteenth, eighteen hundre
and hfiytwO, the of five thousand five hundred
Dr. OnN-Onc dollars ana SiNlN-slN cents.
nf SEc o. .9Rd be a. further eRaeed That the prope
Of comptroller of the treasury under instructions
NJ Attorney General, inquire whether the made
\, the Postmaster General with William l.. Blanchard {,
carrying the United States mail route numbered y
thousand and sixty six in the eighteen hundred
a hythree, violated by the Postmaster General will
n out legal and adequate given by said blanchard
and lit violated, then To ascertain and allow
damages as he is entitled TO equity aud Justice
of such violation and that such damages be- pal
To said blanchard out OF any money in the treasury
A. otherwise appropriated.
A Approved March ,, 1855.