Daily national Republican. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1862-1866, 1864-09-26
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NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. STEAMSHIP
sERvIcp BETwRRNrHE uNITBDs STATES
AND BRAZIL. . .".#..r. .. .-r..f.


WAsHIHoror, Iuus u, 1884.
In accordance with me proVisiNhs " the 10, o.
iopKte... .pproyed Ma "a. issI, which /. In IN
'otus mno"ina, 70 1th n -.
An ACT W suthnrtze the estahltshment ot no.ah
s,sie. and Rrail,n ggug.
ne acted Oyihe Ssnde and Ho,tse Of ReD'ssenia-
tus, 81 ne United Siaies Of Anevfoa IN Cof.gres, az
,rrrby, su'hor,fed 70 uni'r with the General Post
Dtfre pepsti meut Of the Empire Of BrAl'l, or such
rnieer ofthe ecvsrnmept Of BIsrii ~ shah be nu'
,hortzed to act for th-t Goyernmeut,in estsblieh.
Ing ,irect mail oom nun cation botween the two
countr,cs by means ~ mon, hly noe of ur,t clsAs
N N two thoos sna tons burden each, and OF suk
rcient number To pertotm twelve round Nps OF
voysses per annum hetveep port Of the United
neirc IN Brsuii, touehins At saint fhomss, IN the
West indies, 81 Bahia Pernamb uoo, sna such other
brazilian and intsrmediate port or l.arts shall
b,.oonsidered necessary and tNpedieutt Provided,
Th,t the expense OF the servics ssAll be div,dei
between the two Governments, and thst the UNI
sum of hundred and MY tho,fs .nd dollars for
the perfnrm o. Of twelve round trtps prr a. num-
10 be paid out Of any money nppropri sted Tor the
sec = And e d 6ssssr sSse,,S, Ina. the Post.
master General be, and he In hereby, authorized
10 invite proposals for said natl Steamship service
d.ys IN ous OF more n.wspspcrs published In the
cities Of Washington, BAltimorr, Phil .dsl bik,
ssV York, and Fos,on, respectively, snd 70 con
tract with the lowest Responsible bidder for the
same COR q term Of ten years, 10 commence fro q
the day the f,rst Steamship Of the pnoposed line
~, asPs' s o% ne u.sa VIZ me on %s.
trips-thst 10 TO saw for twelve round voyages psI
snDum, out aud hsck--are reoevsi and accepted
OF parties of undnubted responsibility, possess nr
s. 20 .na oras sess .nS
sureties fnr ths faithful perform ~ such
trsct: ,nd esosideS fsr.ksr, That . eh propo. al,
\ shall be accepted b. the Government % D aEiI
and that i.,t ct and :.p....e ecntr.cI. WITH s.el
he executed ny such aoosptsd hidder or bidders
each Government to be responsible only for II,
proportion o. ne 70 De paid for the serve e
tract witch The Po,tmsst., Gene,,l tsv eIy.c"tr
under the authority Of this act shall 60 iato ans,
on OF before the bret day OF septemher, ons thou
si,ion ~ nv n.n.i ~. .,,nni, on' na man. "
| steamship oontrsot,. proyide that The ste.m,hin.
offered for the service sh.h be constructed OF the
oe. . ms1 ana aref me most approved mniei
s.asoi"g .%.h,n. a, ~ A., No.. -
| before their approval and aeeentanoe bv the Tost
| master General, b. subject To Inspection and sur,
vey ~ an experienced naval oouHtruotor, To be de
NV $685. 49,, sh'u W. ~. 33 y. wv
i ter General, that The two Government. a. IN \,
eutitled to have transported tree of expense, %
sscn ana every r,eameri a mail agent 70 tske enA[g
Tor that purpo.e al N ~ ..s,snet
that in ease Of f.ilure from any cause IN perform
any OF the regular monthly voy gee stipulated 10
in the oontrsct, pro rata deduction shall be mad,
from the compensation account NJ such omit
| ted voy az or voyages; the suitable nnes and pen
Alties may be imposed for delays and irreE
in the regulsr performances 81 the service accord
ing to contr.e ! and that the Postm sst.r Genera
shall have the power To de,ermi"e the contract a
any time, IN case Of its being undetlet or assigned
20 any ofher party.
sec; And o. ttt'ThSr ensnsd, Thst the mat
| steamships employed In he serv &c authorized bJ
this act ssl he essmp, from all port Oh afres ,nS
Snstom- h"use du At the por. Of departure snS
| srriV al IN UA.te ststesi PrOutded, that sim
liar tu1munity from port ch srgus aud Gus ou-houi,
'ue, 1890 gan eu ~ ss 20. efnmentof braIi
| APP'''''' ''Sb = ioos ..r.....
| PROPOSALs ,.-
vii he received II the Post once pep.r,nsnt. A.
m. 81 ~ w..b,,..o. 80, . 49, =
~ SOU un.h oeoos p "'o
"a uhp u the hrstday OF October 1854 Tor oen
| vevl M the mails of the United state, by 4
monthly line of rr,t.o "a, American .....o,os
-. d.. =, -, i--S,. .
" Give round voyage. per annum batveer . nor,
| Il the United state. po,th nj IN. p,,,r... ~.