Santa Fe weekly gazette. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 185?-1859, 1856-03-29


being pcrformed the sum Of thirty six hon.
sand dollars per 0nnum, commencing with tho
eighteenth day of August, eighteen hundred and
ffty four, and continuing one year, and in lieu
of the compensation therein stipulated: Proyd.
ed That the Postmaster General. with the rs.
sent of the contractors. be, and he is hereby,
authorize to anuul said contract. Also for
compensation to Jacob HALL, for carrying the
mail on route number eight thousand nine hun.
drcd and twelve, from Independence, Missouri,
to Santa Fe, Territory of New Mexico, month.
", each way, according to the contract under
which said service is now being performed, tho
sum of twenty two thousand dollars per anuum,
for one year, from tho eighteenth day Of Au.
gust eighteen hundred and fifty four: Provid.
ed, That the Postmaster General, with the as.
sent of the contractors, be, and he is hereby,
authorized to annul said contract.
For compensation to George II. Giddngs,
for carrying the mail on rsute number twelve
thousand nine hundred, from Santa Fe, New
Mexico, to San Antonio, Texas, monthly, each
way, according to the contract under which said
service is now being performed, the sum Of
thirty three thousand five hundred dollars per
annum. commencing with the eighteenth day
Of August, eighteen hundred and fifty four,
and continuing one year, and in lieu OF the
compensation therein stipulated: Provided,
that the Postmaster General with the assent Of
the contractors, he, and he is hereby, authorl.
zcd to annu said contrct. And that each con-
tractor engaged or to he engaged in carrying
mails through any of the Territories west of
the Mississippi, shall have the privilege Of oc.
cnpying stations Mt the rate of not more than
one for every swenty miles Of the route on
which he carries mail. an shall have pre-.
omrtvc right therein, when the same shall DO
brought into market, to the extent Of six hun.
lred and forty acres to be taken contiguousy,
and to include his improvement; but no such
prepmrtive right shall extend to any pass in
monntaid or othc de6le.
See. Q. Aud be it further enacted, That
the fourth sectiou of the act of Congress, ap.
proved fifth August, eighteen hundred and fifty
four, entitled, "An net making appropriations
for the service of the Post Office dedartment;
nuring the fiscal year ending the thirtieth of
June. one thousand eight hundred and fftv FIVE"
be, aud the same is hereby continued for ono
venr from August fifth, eighteen hundred and
Gfv FIVE, and thot the allowance gantOd by
said section to the deputy postmaster at Wash.
ington city, District Of Columbia, Of one mill
per pound upon the aggregate weight of public
documents printed by erdcr OF Congress, a'd
deposited in tn, Office of The said postmaster to
be mailed. shall he so construed as to commence
on the fifth Of August, eighteen hundred md
Iftv three.
Sec. g. And lo it further enacted. That the
Postmaster General be, and he is hereby, au.
thorizel to establish and rut in operation n
scmi.monthlv mail, by sea, from San Francis.
co. in the State Of California, to Olympia, in
the Territory of Washington, touching Hum
holdt Bay, Trinidad, and crescent city, in tho
State of California, Port Oxford, Gardiner CT.
tv or UmpQua, and Astoria, in the Territory
Of Oregon Shoa Water Bay, Port Townsend
in the Territory Of Washington; and at such 0.
ther points rs shall be designated by the Post
master General: plovlded, That the contract
Cor the said service be advertised by the Post.
master General. in pursuance of existing laws,
and let to the lowest bidder: And provided fur.
ther, That the whole cost Of said service shall
not exceed the s.m of one hundred and twenty
thousand dollars per annum: Provided, further
That the Postmaster General may, If he shall
deem it for the public interest, contract for
said service with the lowest bidder MS aforesaid,
under the advertised proposals heretofore made
for mail service between the points aforesaid.
Sec. 4. And he it further enacted, That the
right to frank letters and documents, now al
lowed by law to the Vice President, be contnu-
ed to those who have heretofore, or fhall tho.
rcafter, hold tha. office, during life
Sec. 5. And he It further enacted, That all
books, maps, charts, or other publications, en-.
tered for codyright, md which, under The act Of
August tenth, eighteen hundred and forty siy,
are required to be deposited in the library Of
Congress, and in the Smithsonian Institution,
may be sent through the ma Is free Of postage;
under such regulations MS the Postmaster Gene
raj may prescribe.
Ser. G. And ho It further enacted, That the
Postmaster General be, and he is hereby. an'
thor2el. in the settlement Of The accounts Of the
nte postmaster at Watervlle, Maine, to allow
such sum. in addition to the commissions which
accrued Mt his Office durieg his term of service
as will mnkeh his compensation equal to one hun.
drcd and seventy FIVE dollars per quarter, and
cover all such necessary items of incidental ex-
rcnscs as have been usually incurred and al
lowed in post Office of this closs: Provided
however, Tint the whole compensation and ex
prnscs shn. not exceed four hundred and TWEEN
ty FIVE dollars per quarter.
Sec. 6. And be it further enacted, That th'
fist Comptroller of the Treasury be instructed
to examine the claim of William R. Glover, ant
Thomas W. NIather, and their associates, nnt
: ascertain and allow such damages as they ar
entitled to, in Justice and equity, in conseQueu
CO of the refusal Of the Postmaster General Il
carry into effect the contract entered into he
\ tween William R. Glover, and ShOmas W, Ma
her. and the Postmaster General, in eighteeI
: hundred and Gfy three, for the transportation
Of the mails on the Mississippi and Ohio Riv
crs. and thot such damages be naid to the sa
William R. Glover, md Thomas W. Mather, an
" their associates. out Of any mcney in the trca
surv not otherwise apmorrnted Provided th
snm allowsd shall mot exceed the sum Of tw
hundred thonpond dollars.
Soc. 8. And he It further enacted, Thr III
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