, 1858-12-03
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BY AUTHORITY.
LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES.
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AN ACT making appropriations for the transporta
tion Of the United States mail by ocean steamer,
and otherwise during the fiscal year ending the
thirtieth Of June, eighteen hundred aud'fltynine.
Be n enacted BY the Senate and House Of Represen
tatiUss Of The United States Of Ameica in Congress
assembled, That the following sums be, and the sam,
are hereby, appropriated, TO he paid out Of any
money In the treasury not otherwise appropriated fol
the year ending the thirteth Of June eighteen hun
dred and hitynine.
For transportation OF the mails from New York to
Liverpool and back, three hundred and fortysix
thousand five hundred dollars; and it is hereby pro
Fided that there be paid 10 the Post Office Depnst
ment out Of said appropriation such sums as mny be
required to procure the transportation of the mails
from New York to Liverpool, and back on such days
rs the Collins line may fail TO take them from New
York.
For transportation Of tl,6 mails from New York to
New Orleans, Charleston, Sayannah, Havana, and
Chagres and back, two hundred and sixty-one thou
sand dollars.
For transportation Of the mails from Panama to
California and Oregon and back, three hundred and
twenty-eight thousand three hundred and fifty dollars
For transportation Of the mails between San Fran
cisco, California, and Olympia, Washington Terri
tory, one hundred and twenty-five thousand five hun
dred dollars.
For transportation Of the mails on Puget's Sound,
twenty-five thousand four hundred dollars.
SEc 2. And be Il further enacted, That there be
paid to the Post Office Department, ont Of the appro-
priation Of three hundred and forysx thousGnd five
hundred dollars granted by the first section Of the act
Of third March, eighteen hundred and aftyseven 'or
transportation Of the mails from New York to Liver
pool, and back, the sum Of sixteen thousand seven
hundred and ityseven dollars and seventy cents for
ave outward trips from New York to Liverpool to
wit: fourteenth February aud eleventh April,
eighteen hundred and ftyseven, and thirteenth Feb
ruary, thirteenth -iarch, and tenth April, eighteen
hundred and hity weight, when the Collins line failed
10 perform serYice and that the further sum Of tr
ty-lve thousand dollars much thereof may be
necessary be paid to the Post Office department ont
Of tho appropriation aforesaid, to enable the Post
f1nat IN ofi off fls
mails from New York to Liverpool. and back on the
twenty-fourth April, the eighth and twenty second
May, and the fifth and nineteenth June, eighteen
hundred and hfty-eight If the Collins line should fail
10 perform service on those days.
See. 3. And be il further enacfed That the fol-
lowing be, and the hereby appropriated
year ending the thrtieth Of June eighteen hundred
and tynne out Of any money In the treasury arising
from the revenues of said department, in conformity
70 the act Of the second Of July eighteen hundred and
For transportation Of the mails from New York, by
Southampton Cowes to Havre, two hundred and
thirty thousand dollars
For Transportation ofthe mails between Charestown
and Havana, fifty thousand dollars.
For transportation OF the mails across the Isthmus
Of Panama, one hundred thousand dollars.
SEC. 4. And be il farhsr enacted, That It shall
not be lawful for the Postmaster General to make any
steamship or other new contract for carrying the
mails on the for longer period than two years
nor for any other compensation than the and in
land poStages on the mails so transported
SEC. s. And be IL further enacted That the Post
master General be, and he is hereby authorized to
the mails to be transported between the United
States and any foreign port or ports, by steamship
allowing and paying therefor ou of any money in the
treasury not otherwise appropriated II by an Ameri
can vessel the sea and United States inland postage
and II by any foreign vessel the sea postage only
the mails so conveyed Provided that the preference
shall always be given To an American foreign
steamship when departing from the port for the
same destination, within three days OF each other.
approved June IA, 1858.