Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1855-09-15

For blanks eighty thousand dollars;
For maLlocks, keys, and stamps fifteen thousand oo
For mail depredatons and special agents. ffty-eight
For clerks in the offices of hundred and
seventy-fve thousand dollars;
For postage stamps and stamped envelop seventy thou
For miscellaneous items one hundred and sixty thousand
dollars;
For compensation to William NJ. F Magrew for carry
ing the mail route number thousond nine
and eleven from independence, Missouri to Great Salt
Lake City, Utah Territory, monthly each according to
the contract under which said service is now being per-
formed the of thry-sx thousand dollars per annum
commencing with the eighteenth day ef.August eighteen
hund ed and and continuing one year and lieu
the with the of the contractors
BE- and is m or H to fnnu spd I e
route number eight thousand nine hundred and twelve
from Independence Missouri to Santa Fe Territory of New
Mexico monthly each way, according to the contract un
der which said service is being performed the sum of
the eighteenth day of August eighteen hundred and fifty
four: ProUided That the PsmasterG with the
sent of the contractors be- and he hereby to
For compensation George H. Giddngs, for CARRYING
the mail number twelve thousand nine hundred
from Santa Fe, New Mexico, to San Antonio, Texas month
ly each way according the contract under which said
thousand five hUedsd dollars per annum eomnencing
your ard continuing one yea and in lieu Of the
pensation therein puI, PR Udea That the Postmas-
terGeneral tn the of the contractors, be- and he
is hereby u'horize apnu sad con ract An that
each contractor engaged 10 be engaged in carrying
spp shall have the privilege of occupying stations at the
rate of not than for twenty miles of the
route which he carries mall and shall have preemp
tive ght therein, when the shall be brought in
ID bis
no such preemptve right shall extend to any pass in
SEC. 2. And be it further enacted That the fourth
ton of the act of Congress- approved fifth August eighteen
priaons for the of the Post Office Department,
during the fiscal year ending the ihrtieth of June one
hereby continued for year from August fifth, eighteen
hundred and hfyfve and that the allowance granted by
District of Columbia of one mill per pound upon the ag-
eao weight of public m , tents printed BY order of
ter to be mailed shall be construed
the fifth of August eighteen hundred 1 and fit
General be- and he is hereby authorized
Francisco, in the State Of California to Olympia in the
Territory OF Wash ng4n touching at Humboldt Bay,
Port Oxford Gardiner City Umpqu and Astoria in the
Territory of Oregon; Shoal Water Boy, Port Townsend
s s be- By the s 1
That the M the said service be advertised by the
to the lowest bidder 4n rosi rr That the Whole 1
cost Of sud shall not exceed the sum of one hun
LurTh@r, Thai the psf,srei-t, enera may, if he shall
with the lowest bidder atoresa d. under the advertised
proposals etoore made for mail service between the
SEC. 4. Andbe frther enacted That the right
letters and documents now allowed BY law to the Vice
shall hereafter, hold that office, during life.
SEC 3. ind be Jut4er enucted That all books maps,
which, under The Of August TENTH eighteen hundred
and required be deposited Library
Congress and in the Smithsonian Institution, be
through the mails free Of Postage under such regulations
the POstmaSterG General may prescribe.
SEC s. mi he 1t TurtAer eTcIed That the Postmaster
General be- and he is hereby hUzed the settlement
of the accounts OF the late postmaster at Waterve Maine
to allow suqh add ton the commissions which
accrued hrs Office during his of service, will
make his compensation equal to hundred and seventy
live collars quarter ana cover all such items
of incidental have been usually incurred and
allowed in p"stfice Of this class PvcLeL, hOareger,
That whole shall
four hundred and twenty-five dollars per quarter.
SEC Z. And be 1t tG,ther enacted, That the first Comp
trUer of the Treasury be instructed the claim
of William r. Glover, and Th!mas W. Mather and their
associates and ascertain and allow such damages they
entitled and equity in consequence
refusal of the PostnaserGenera carry in effect the
contract entered into between William R. Glover and
hundred and yihree the ranspur alton of the
mails the Mississippi and OHIO Rivers, and that such
w. Mather, and their associates of any mney in the
treasury otherwise appropriated: PIUOGieG The
allowed shall exceed the of hundred
dollars
SEC. g. Ind be 1T farter i'd That the Postmaster
General be- and he is hereby au horned pay Urah
p Monroe, his pay full for
extra mail service the NAL from Sacramento
Shasta, the State OF California, commencing October
first A. D. eighteen hundred and :yone and ending Ju
the fifteenth Oh hundred and If ywo the of
five thousand five hundred and toryone dollars
SEC. 4na be fur6r enacted, That the proper Comp
roer Uf the Treasury under The ATTORNEY
General INQUIRE the nract made Inv the Post
master General with William L. Blanchard, Carrying
the United States mai route numbered five til rusand
was Gate by the Pstnaste tiet,r,l without legal AMI
adequ by sad Blanch and if it Is So
viola ed then To a>cerain and allow such damages he
entitled 10 III eqs ~ and justice, by of such v.ola
ton and That such damages be pad said Blanchard out
OF the treasury otherwise appropriated
Approved March & 1850.