Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1860-07-14
MISCELLANEOUS.
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ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH BETWEEN THE
/ ATLANTIC AND PACIFIC STATES.
TnrAsuRr DsRARrnKNr, July 10, iss

ATLANTIC AND PACIFIC STATES.
TREASURY DsRARTNKNr, July 10, 1857.
PRoPesALs will be received at this Department
until ne tenth day q September next pursuant to
AN ACT to facilitate communication between the
Atlantic aud Pacific States by electric telegraph.
ssnsssiS.s o. sas U~;,.S States Of 1msr;eS ,n Co..
srsss asssrssled, That the Secretary of the Treas
n. sas
fosso days sfser the passage Of this sot land the
fnlhlment OF which shall &c guaranteed by respon-
sible psIties as In the case Of bids for mail con
tracts, for the use By the Government of line or
IN Ssg july
en- hundred and sixty, fEom some paint or points
route or routes which the said contractors may
select At such point or points By teie
New York, Charleston, Phiisdsl phis. Boston. and
other cities in the Atlantic. Southern. and Yves
State Of California, for period Of ten Year,, and
shall award the contract 20 the lowest responsible
than thousand do fs Snd eT
contract may be awsrde /. or a majority of them,
and their assigns, to use until the end of the said
States as may be necessary for the night Of way
and for the purpose of establishing stations for
Que quarter section Of land, such ststion. not to
exceed one In fifteen miles on an average ofthe
by the Government ofthe United states for rail
road or other purposes and provided th't no light
Unitsi State. shall innre to said company, their
agents or sIysnts' or to any ether person or per
tract shall be made until the raid line shall be in
actual operation and payments Hereunder shall
.he contract; that the Government .ha, at ali times
be enilted TO priSLl IN the use Of the line or lines
sne sns nave .ne pfiSyiisss, when apthoIised %
WITH any mllltay posts of the United State, and
70 ase me same Tor Cover smsnt purposes: And PRO
said linz or lines With the military posts Of the
zsns OIL the United safes curing the term of said
Sran,%.. Gm Po d.nstCba. spar onarEes Tor
Tor sing o dsPateh Or ten words, with the usual
easSr tsIgtn, PROVIDED tnat no hing herein CON
an9a snat eonier upon the SAID parties any ex-
no, or decar the government of the United States
nl4,n t,aahtlns, nom Iime 70 .ime, similar iran
sec: Z And o:tt la~thsr sHaeted, That the said
20 vi d 'neir snai nave tae light
OF tss United states branch line 80 as to
that tOsy shaII hsva he na1ms wn ana
ini .sla ,ne or lines, under OF over any unaPpro-
pa. puu,o t enu mate's IN inc salo IerTl-
tractor. may select with the free use during the
s sSio reIm OF seon tahGs as may be necessarJ for
along said line or lines, not exceeding. at any sta
tlon one uarter section Of land, sucn stations not
OALo 4 nIiSs vi al average Oh the
wnoie ustance; out should any OF said quarter
secuons De deemed essential BY the Government
or any company acting under its authority, for
railroad purposes, the said contractors shall
lnqulsn the occupancy OF so much as may be nee
essary for the railroad, receiving an equal amount
Of land for like use In It's steao.
SEQ > And De IL further enacted, That If, in any
the business done for the government as herein
before mentioned by such oontI actors, or their
assigns, shall, at the ordinary rate Of charges or
PrlVAe messages, exceed the price contracted to
De psid az AFORESAID, the secretary OF the Treasu
~ snail, upon SAID accounts being duly authenti-
Gated, certify the amount of SUCH excess to Can
gress: Prortdsd, That the use of the iue be given
a. any ume, eo OF cost, 10 the Coast Survey, the
smithsonian Institution, and the National Obser
,af sSisatiho purpose; Asa proydsd .,7
company, or corporation, or from any telegraph
mini sha ba n ne at e,tnei OF ifs ter