New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1865-07-12
Posr-OYPIcE DEPARTMENT,
WARRINGTON, June %. 1865.
II PO u AIS tnr MAII-STEA MSHII

PROPOSALS for MAIL-STEAMSHlP
i SERVICE BETWEEN the UNITED sFALEs ana 40
Congress approved May ~ 1904 which IN the words 0'
low ing, to Wit -, .
ship vice between the United States end BrszL'
"Be IL enaced by the Senate and Hoa" o. hIye.enaa1n
The United States II America IN Congress dssemoed ihai
the Postmaster General be- aud he Is hereby suhoea =.
unite with the General Pos;-ir Department % .ne -
h. authorized for that Government In essoishihs
direct al communication between the two countries by
means of monthly line Of Grs,clas American going
steamships 20 bs OF no, less than two thousand tus pr
each aGd OF sufficient number perform Twelve round RPS
north the Potomac River and io de Jsen'' IN
touching at Saint Thomas in the West Indier az Dahi
nan5co and such other brazilian and intermediate port or
ports sha be considered necessary and e1pedsn iror
de That the expense service shall be divided between
the two and that the United states portion
thereof shall exceed the OF one hundred ana my
thousand dollars for the performance OF twelve roqa UP Yer
annum to be paid on, Of money appropriated Tor tho ser
vice OF the Post ohiee Department NJ, A. po.,u,.,s,
General be and be hereby suhored to invite proposals ior
mail steamship service by public advertisement oI 'Ge
he elite. Of Washington Baltimore Pbiadephs, New
respectively Snd to contract with the lowest r.
commence the day the first steamship of the proposed
line shall depart from the United STATE, S,a Tue . to
say fer twelve round annum, out and ock-sa
received and accepted by him within the ini, as
from party parties OF undou1ei re-pon-Dlty %
ample ability Furnish t,e stesmshps required i2r hs si
wee and oner,s . COCO aa Ind rord,i nctc
proposal. shall be accepcd by the Governmcn OF
AM
meu containing similar provisions shall be executed ny pch
accept bidder biJdeIs each Oov.rnnet TO De reps
bio only for il. proportion OF the subsidy to be paid Tor the
service. ..-. i.A
Sgc And be IL further enacted That any contract which
the may execute under the authority OF
this act 20 effect before the hst day OF sep
tember thousand eight hundred aud -rtyve and shs
in addition TO usual -puaODs Of ocran mail steamship
contracts provide that the steamship. offered for tho service
shall constructed # the best materials aud alter the mos
approx model with all the modern Improvement. a1apeu
fo going steamships OF the first class aud shall before
their approve and acceptance BY th- De
subject 10 inspection survey by experienced naval con
strcor be detailed for that purpose BY The Secretary OF
the Navy repor, shall be made "a the Postmaster cn
rral; that the Governments shall DO entitled 10 have
t>nspor ed OF expense, esch and every steamer
maj agent TO take charge OF and the mall mattel "a
whoi. suitable accommodations for tina. purpose sha be "
signed that failure from any cause to perform any
srr monthly voyages iPulsted for ia the contract
pho rata dea.o, -hal be- made from tho compensation on
account OF such omitted voyages that suitable hnr
the regular performance OF DE according 10 contract
aud that The POsnast 0rDc. .a have tie power 20 De-
ermne the contract e In u i Soi"s und"ret
| or s.sisnci 10 any other party 4.
"Src. Andbs fHrhe, enacted Ths,hs mail steamship
employed in the service authorized by this act shall be
from al cArSes aud custom dues the port dc
pariure and arrival ia sbs United staes Pyovidsf. That
similar immunity from port and cus.onhOuss dues
granted by tbs Government u BIaki.
1 Approved May ~. l5,I'