Council Bluffs bugle. [volume] (Council Bluffs, Iowa) 1860-1868, 1861-06-19


earriers, shroaghotat circuit ef afne
miles 70 the City Hal. IN the City 81 New
Fork, ander shs supervision Of the Post
sznassar cd Msw Ysrk. swheaever. in his
ljpdgmaaElA the reye rsas FROM zach service
shaII defray The expense thereof.
SIC. l2. Ind Be IL further enacted,
That aaaps, eagraFings, Autographs, or
photographs pEanka. On rollers or liz paper
covers books, hound or ussbouna, phesU
graphic paper, and letter envelopes, shall
be deemed saallabls matter, and charged
withpostags by Ilae weight If the pask-
age, not In aas oasesc exceed fear poands,
1T the rate Of one cent an ounce. OF frac-
ton of an ounce, 10 any place in the uni
ted States ander aftean hundred miles,
and at the rate of two cents All ounce or
fraction of an ounce, over fifteen humid
red miles, to be prepaid BY postage stamps.
Sac. IL. ARd he ii further eHacssd.
That earss, blank or printed, blanks Ia
packages weighing "a least eight ouaees,
and seeds OF cuttings, IN packages not
exceeding eight ounces In weighs, shall
asso be deemed naiiable matter. and
charged with postage at the rate of one
cent an ounce, or fraction Of ~ ounce, to
AM place in the United St4tes under If
teen hundred miles, and at the rate Of two
cents an ounce or fraction of an OUNCE
over fifteen hundred miles, 70 be prepaid
by postage stamps. 8
SIC. Ia. 4ad Be IL further enacted,
That the act Of third of March, eighteen
hundred and ifty-fiye, entitled, San act
ful sh6r 80 amend the act entitled An act
to reduce aud modify the rates of postage
in the United States, and for otaer pur-
po7as,'n passed March third, eighteen
huadred ami 6fty .une, be aud the same is
hereby so m0,iiti ID Us TO require the ten
cent rate Of postage 10 be prepaid on let
ters conveyed in the mail from any point
in the United States east of the Rocky
Mountains, to anyiSrata or Territory on
the Paei6e to anT point In the United
States east of the. Rocky sIoantains.-
Aai all drop letters shal, be prepaid by
postage stamps.
SEC. Is. Ind b. ii further enacted,
II Ii tha Pastmas rr Il ,neE4l IL hereby
authorized and directed to advertise for
proposals for the daily transportation of
the entire mail, overland, between Saint
JOS rh, Missouri or some other point on
tue Nh ssouri Fivers connected By railroad
with the East. which may BE- selected by
the contractor, an. Piacerviilc. Calif0r-
MIA. over the central route, the bids t. be
received till the first Monday of April,
eighteen hundred and sixty one, and tho
service to commence July first, eighteen
hundred and sixty-oas, or u s0oa there
afeA as possible, and 10 terminate july
irst, eighteen hundred aud sixty five
And the Postmaster General 10 hereby di-
rceted to award the contract to tbs low
est responsible bidder furnishing ample
guarantees Of bis ability and disposition
TO perform his contract: Prorided, That
the amount OF his bid shall mot exceed
eight hundred thousand dollars per year
PToeidsd, That the contractor shall sup
ply Denver City and Great Salt Lake
City Al least scmI-weekiy without extra
charge: ARd, pTosided further, That the
letter and newspaper mail shall be CART
ed through in twenty days, and the
pamphlet, magazine, periodical, and pub
lfr document mali in thirty five days
Bat the Postmaster Gieue4aI may author
lac the carrying Of said pamphlet, maya
1iDe, periodical, and public document
portion uf the mail By s:eamsE ip route at,
least s2mi-monthly TO San Francisco, If
desired by the contractor, and if said ser
vice 10 performed at the contractors ex-
pG,se: Ind prOrddsd further, That the
contractor shali not be required, in addi-
ton TO the lester mail, TO carry more of
the newspaper mail By she twenty days
schedule than will make the average
weight of the whole mail Que thousand
pounds per dag and the remainder, if
aay of the newspaper mail shall be carri-
Ell IN the thirty-iifth day schedule above
provided for,
SRc. 10. And be IL further enacted,
That the Postmaster General is hereby d.
reclsd TO extend the existing mail con-
tract on ronte eight thousand and seven
ty-sIx, 10 the State Of Texas. so that ii
Eat txpIrv - "a ceuaugtsng route twelve
thousand FIVE hundred and seventy eight,
known a. the Butseraeld route, provided
1t can be doae at an additional expense
net exceeding eighty thcuE ad dollars 2 r
aEnum, ana provide for a sClui- weekly
{
bu: the Postmaster GENERAL shall have
thu same authority over this route as over
all theirs and alter said daily overland
mail mas goae intu operation, the postage
between auy Sgite or Ter:itoTy east II
the Rock Mountains, and any State Or
Territory on the Pacific, oa each news
pa Cr. periodical, unsealed ciEeular, Ug
other article Of printed matter, moi ex-
ccedinG three ounces in weight, shall be
ono oerii, aad for every additional ounce,
or fractioa of aR ounce, one cent adji-
tionsl.
SIC, II. Had be Il further enacted,
That the cost of the service on the routes
named in this act shall be paid, after aa-
nuat appropEiatioa, b. the Secretary oil
thS Treasury, upaa the certificate of the
Postmaster General. Ind that the rate
Of Letter postage between any State or
Territory cast Of sae Rocky Mountains,
ans aRy State or Territory On the PacI3c
coast, shall be ten cents per half oauee,
:.1c. Is. Ind tie il further enacted,
THAI the Postmaster General ~ authoriz
cd 10 nFogide tafnp9roarY steamship ser
vice by the reaTest and most expeditions
rause between New York and San Fran
ci5co, AZ cost net exceeding three hund
red snI ffty ihuasand dullazs a year,
Easarving to the Government the pTiviI.
ege of aauulifng rho contract, after tho
embarrassment of the overland service,
upon sixty days notice.
SEC. 10. Had be il further enacted,
That the cost OF the service authorized
in the three preceding sections of this act
and that noE performing on the inland
routes numbered eight thousand nine
hundred and elsyeR, twelve thousand
eight hundred and one, Twelve thousand
Ave hundred aud seventy eight, and eight
thousand and seventy six, shall be paid,
after annual appropriation, By the sscre-
saa d the 1'rsasary, upon the certificate
Of services from the Postmaster General,
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