Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1857-03-24

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t. usand dOlars.
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and sLis ave thousand 3oilors.
For P9sssge stamPsand stamped envelopes ninsiy Eve
For nisceIaDeous itsa ons hundred ard ssvsnty toa.
gard dollars
Sec ard il further enacted, That tbssuu Of six
hundred and sixiyax thousand eight hun s and eighT
three dollars BE- and The hereby appropriated 70
be paid Of any IN the treasury not Otherwise
appropriated - Be paid cut Of any monsF the treasury
not cteEise appropr ated 70 supply dtaoncies m the
revenue If he Post OH5s Departnsut for me vesr inc
the ihrhe.h Of June ghtsen hundred and fftTssTsn
Sic s. Aad be II further eaaots', That il The revanuss
o. the Post unice Department shall Be- Insufficient 70 meet
the appropriations Of this act the of two million I've
huadrl6 thousand dollars, much thereof a. nav Be
nscesseTy BE- and the same s hereby apprcpraad 10 Be
paid out Of any monty 10 the treasury Otherwise sD-
psopfaed % supply delcieneas in he revenue Of bs
Post Oco Department tor me year ending the hirsh Of
Jaue, eqbissn hundred and ffiy eight
Sec AID be it further eDae ed That the Postuastsr
General be- and be is hereby, hOFzsd 70 establish and
pat in CpsTatiGn semi monthly msi bF sea frum San
Francisco IN ihe State Of Cminia 70 Olympia, in The
Territory OF WashinRton- cushlng 81 Humboldt bay,
Trinidad and Crescent city, in the State OF Gaforns.
Fort Oxford Gardner city, or I'm qua and Astoria in
the Territory Of Oregon; cav Fort ToWosepd
in the Territory OF Washington snd such other ns
shall Do desgused by the P0simssisr General Prov.
ded That the cOntr Ct for the i'd service be advs ssd
bT TIE Postmaster General 10 pursuance Of exist x laws
and lei to the lowest bidder And provided further has
the ole cost Of said service shall not exceed The sum e
one HUNDRED and twenty I've thousand dollars DIR annum
which is hereby pprOpated for that purpose 20 Be
paid aRy money ID stTsssury otherwise appro.
priated Prov ded further That lhs Postmaster General
may if be shall deem It FOR the public interest contract
for said service With lhe lowest bidder Aforesaid IN
der the advers proposals Heretofore made for mail ser
vice between the p0ln-s Aforesaid
Sec And te II further enacted That the Postmaster
Gene s be utn0rZ aud directed to continue the mail
the months ct August and SoJsmbec each year for the
Tesidue Of tbs present contract term Of the southern sec
ton By Competent steamer ss is now being psrfrmed
during ten nhs Of the year and that to enable him TO
do so sum not exceeding thousand dolllrR Der suu
is hereby appropriated out Of any money the treasury
no; other wise appropriated
Sec g. Aad Be further enacted That the fourth SEQ
ton Of tie act Of Congress approved III Of August sgn
teen hundred and Ct y.1ur entitled An act mgkiB a.
propriaOns The service Of the Post fl % Department
during the fiscal year ending the thirteen Of aha one
thtu3aud eight hundred and y five be- aud TIE same il
hsreb, continued for one year iron August eth eighteen
Sec and be itfurthsr enacted, That the Postmaster
G neral be and is hereby authorised 10 reexamins and
just all questions arising out of ines imposed upon the
Contractors for carrying the mails upon sho sSisspp
river.
Sec g. And be 1t further suaesd That the Postmaster
General be- and is hereby hOrz8d and directed 70 ex
anime the applications Of Vasssl Pinkhsm contractor
for ing The United States mail On rOle sixty seven
between bangor aud Calls in the StIe Of Maine ard Of
Lewis " Ludlow, e0ntrast0r fJr carrying tths United
S mails route thousand two hundred and ortV
two from Auburn Ia Sou b Lansing the State OF New
York to be released from their respective eonnaes and
ia bis d5creen 10 release ehsr or both q them here
Sec And be it further enacted, Tba, the eighth SEQ.
ton Of the act 81 the eighteenth Of August sghen hun
d. ei and fifty SIX entitled IAN act makiug aoprap stiEs
for the s-rVice Of tho Post Cf e Department bs en-.
struej msndaor and the Postmaster General be- ard
be hereby is required to pay 70 the said Gddags h sum
,f thirty three thousand i've bundled dollars per annum
in euOi the contrast pay, on NAL roue number twelve
Thousand nine hundred drectsd by said section de-
duating paynlsn heret fore made.
Sec 10 And be Il further enacted, That the Postas-
ter General BE- and he is hereby auhozd 10 & nraet
for The convey aRes ofhe entire stts mail om such point
the Mississippi river as the contractors may ssleet to
San sncisco in tbs State Of California Tor years st
cost . exceeding three hundred thousand dollars Der
aunum fr semi monthly, four hundred ond fv thousand
do'lsrs flr weekly hundred thousand dolars
semi weekly service TO be pc formed semi monthly week
lyoT en- weekly at the option Of the Postmaster Gen.
s-al
Sec H. And Re it further enacted, That the eontras.
shall require the service 70 be performed with good four
horse aches spring wagonA suitable fof the c0uv-y
Of passengers as well as the safety and security Of the
lis.
SIC "a And be 1t flrhar enacted That ire contractors
shall have the right 4 smpnn 10 three hundred and
twenty acres Of any lard NOT then dspased of or reserved
each point for station not 70 be nearer than
ten miles from etch Ohsr and provided that no mineral
land shall be thus pre- emp.ed,
Sec IS And be it further enacted That the said SER
shall be performed within twenty i've DAYS for each
try hist before entering into Oh contract TIE Post.
master GeReFalshe be satisfied Uf the Rbuy and dspo.
stion Of the parties bona fds and in good faith TO pe-7m
the said contract and shall require coed ard sc ent
secuT the psTTmancs Of the Faus; the service 10
commence within twelve months amer the signing OF The
contract.
Sec "a And be further enacted That The Postmaster
General Of The United St ties De- and hereby s authorized
and directed To accept the lowest BID Osrd and
record crowded the shall not eccsed twenty three
thoussnd dollars year. for weekly ssrvicss convey
the Uuit7d states mails 90 add sufficient steamer or
steamers under the advertisement Of the Postmaster Cen
eFal Of January oineteeu eighteen hundred aud fly We
for iprp0ssg Tor Conveying the United States nails on
Pugsts Sound, Washington Territory" and to contract
with the bidders thereof put into Immediate operation
the said service Pugets Sound Washington Territory
comm ncng 81 Olympia and Steacom, seattle Port Mad
ison Port Gamble Port Ludlow POrt Townsend Penn.
Cove Rerlnqham Bay, (Whsicorn, New Dlngpnsss and
such other places said route the Postmaster General
NAV drec raid service to be paid 70 ont Of any money
IN q treasury not otherwise appropriated Provided That
the said service shall be performed 10 first class Steamboats,
underline eighth sec ion Of the act approved Narh third
eighteen hundred ard forty Eve.
Sec l5 And be il further enacted That the Secretary
Of the Treasury be directed 70 Psy Is George whitman tx
SUN Of ten thousand hundred doiara, being ths
an,uut If draft issued in his favor by the Postmaster
General the clever ID Of August eighteen hundred nd
thirty eight upon the psimatsr at New OrlCaus 10 paw
merit Il services rende ed BY said Whitman mail con.
tract les two ihoussnd dollars paid thereon Ehch dra
was not satisfied hy the drawer.
Approved March s. ls5T.