Kansas weekly herald., 1855-06-08

the commencement of the present fiscal year in
the United States naval astronomical expedi-
ton to be paid as the first or lowest class Of
clerks, deducting the present rate Of compensa-
tion, fourteen hundred dollars.
For their compensation for the next fiscal
year, twenty-four hundred dollars, or at that
rate so long as they may be necessarily en-
Pioyed. And that the salary of the surveyor
OF customs at the port of Cairo, Illinois, shall
be eight hundred dollars per annum instead Of
the sum now allowed by law.
For the erection Of marine hospital at Ga
lena, Illinois, fifteen thousand dollars.
s Sec. 3. find be 1t further enacted, That the
right of way, one hundred feet in width through
cola be, and the same is hereby granted to Jas
per Strong, George Terrill, and their associates
for the construction of railroad from the Per-
dido river, on the most direct and practicable
route to the waters of the Pensacola bay, and
the use of any timber, or other materials along
the route Of said road and within half mile
on each side thereof, which may be necessary
in the construction thereof; and at the terminus
OF said road on Pensacola bay, the said Strong,
Terriu and their associates shall have the pri-
vilege of erecting a wharf and Of establishing
depot for lumber and other articles not more
than one acre in extent provided said road shall
be constructed on such line, and the terminus
be at such point on Pensacola bay, as shall be
approved by the Navy Department.; and provi-
ded, further, that this act shall not be so con-
strued as to authorize said Strong, Terrill, and
their associates to use or destroy any timber
which the Navy Department may direct to be
preserved for navy purposes. And provided
further that in the opinion of the Secretary of
Navy the privileges conferred by this act will
not be prejudicial to the public interest or pub
lie property.
Sec. a. find be it further enacted, That like
privilege in every respect to the grant herein
made to Jasper Strong, George Terrfll, and their
associates, be and the same is hereby granted to
James Heron of Escanbia county, and his as
sociates, for the construction of railroad from
his steam saw and grist mills, on the Perdido
river. through the government lands west Of the
navy-yard to the bay of Pensacola.
Sec. 5. find be it further enacted, That the
fifth section of the ssAct making appropriations
for the naval service for the year ending the
thirtieth Of June, eighteen hundred and fifty
fve," approved August fifth, eighteen hundred
and ffty-four, shall not be SO construed as in
any case to reduce the pay of the boatswain,
carpenters, sailmakers, and gunners, Of the ma
Wy, from the passage of said act.
SEC. 6. find be it further enacted, That the
sum Of six thousand dollars, be and the same is
hereby appropriated, out Of any money in the
treasury NOT otherwise appropriated, for the
purpose of continuing experiments in testing
Lieutenant Rodnan's plan of casting cannon
hollow, so as to effect the cooling of the mass
from the interior instead of the exterior.
SEC. Z. find be 1t further enDcted, That the sal
ary of the assistant astronomer at the National
Observatory shall hereafter be two thousand
five hundred dollars.
Sec. 8. find be it further enGcted, That the
following sums be, and the same are hereby, ap-
propriated to be paid out Of any money in the
treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the
year ending the thirtieth of June, one thousand
eight hundred and ffty-six.
For transportation of the mails from New
York to Liverpool, and back, eight hundred and
nineteen thousand five hundred dollars.
For TRANSFORMATION of the mails from New
York to New Orleans, Charleston, Savannah.
Havannah, and Chagres, and back, two hundred
and sixty-one thousand dollars.
For transportation of the mails from Panama
20 California and Oregon, and back, three hum
dred and twerty-eight thousand three hundred
and fifty dollars.
For carrying out the contract entered into by
the Post Office Department, under the provisions
of the act approved thirtieth August, one thou
sand eight hundred and ffty-two, establishing
a tri-monthly mail by steam vessels between
New Orleans and Vera Cruz, via Tampico, six
ty-nine thousand seven hundred and fifty dollars.
SEC. 9. find be it further enacted, That the fol-
lowing sums be, and the same are hereby, ap-
propriated for the service of the Post Office De-
partment for the year ending the thirtieth of
June, one thousand eight hundred and ffty-six,
out of any moneys in the treasury arising from
the revenues of said department, in conformity
to the act of the second July, one thousand eight
hundred and thirty-six:
For transportation of the mails, in two steam
ships. from N. Y. 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 Com
pany of New York, three hundred and fifty thou
sand dollars.
For transportation of the mails between
Charleston and Havana, a sum not exceeding f-
ty thousand dollars.
For transportation of the mails across the
isthmus of Panama, ole hundred and fifty thou
sand dollars.
SEC. 10. find be it further enacted, That the
following sums be, and the same are hereby, ap-
propriated, to supply deficiencies in the ap
preparations for the service of the fiscal year
ending the thirtieth Of June, one thousand eight
hundred and ffty-fve, out of any money in the
treasury not otherwise appropriated, namely:
For transportation of the mails from New
York to Liverpool, and back, five hundred and
ifty-nine thousand two hundred and thirty-eight
dollars and sixty cents.
For transportation of the mails from New
York to Now Orleans, Charleston, Savanna, Ha-
vana, and Chagres and back, two hundred and
two thousand three hundred and seventy-eight
dollars and twenty-one cents.
For transportation Of the mails from Panama
to California and Oregon and back two hundred
and forty-nine thousand two hundred and forty
two dollars and two cents.
SEc. IL. .dn0 oe u |isTEaeT eH0cseG, i1at tne
following sums be, and the same are hereby, ap-
propriated for the service of the Post Office De-
partment for the year ending the thirtrieth of
June, one thousand eight hundred and ffty-fve,
out Of any moneys in the treasury arsising from
the revenues Of said department in conformity
to the act of the second Of July, one thousand
eight hundred and forty thirty six:
For transportation Of the mails, in two steam
ships, from New York, by Southampton, t.
Bremen, and back, at one hundred thousand dol
lars for each ship and in two steamships from
New York. by Cowes, to Havre and back, at sew
Ii, the, contract with the Ocean Steam NaFigation
| Company of New York, three hundred and fifty
thousand dollars.
/ For TRANSPORTATION of the mails between