Smyrna times., 1868-09-16
OFFICIAL.
LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES,
Second Session of the FOTti. Congress.
IPUBLIC-NO.ll2l
AN ACT to provide for American line of mail and emrant

IPUBLIc-No.M2l
AN ACT to provide for an american @ linz Y Of mail and eman
by the Senate and House of Representative Of
the United States of America in Congress assembled That
contract with the Commercial Navigation Company of
State Of New York existing under the laws ohe
aturs Of s state under t9s date OF April twenty three egh
Of all European and foreign mails OF the United States
England Liverpool touching Queenstown. in hrstcass
steamships to be constructed in the United States
and owned by said company for term not exceeding fifteen
years IN the manner and on the conditions hereinafter stated
shall with e. P%TpCsf Of performing the abe above service
Which shall not be than three bonsaSd toms Each gov
thousand EACH all which vessels shall be constructed
Amercsn oys or ordered BY he Posmaser General UNI
s sr a for this St by Rs Seerea Of The Navy
each vessel shall be OF the first class ia every
and with all known modern Improvements " model machine
safety which steamships when constructed shall be
for the Of mails and hereinaf
and agreed upon between the said companv and the
Postmaster General with to modify such agreements,
from time to time may best promote the object in view Pro
vide That no letters or mail matter shall be detained for the
tim ,v shall III MT he less @ than that "f ha % @ f
other mc the similar routes and tor the
Of three m hs st the trips & Of the Of ad
9thcr Ss aforesaid then any contract made under
ue d the government OF the United States.
SEC And be it further enacted That the compensation tor
shall br agreed shall be in conformity with the
Congress approved June fourteenth, eighteen hundred
shall in contingency exceed the
ali other transported BY carried by said
nsid fo sii w s3id % t % ~ IL
benefit hereinafter provided Provided That when
der contract to BE- made in Of tins act shall
then the right Of said company to receive the inland postage
the sea postges Provided That such poages shalt not ex
six hundred thousand dollars after the dscon
| tnuance Of said inland postage
SEci ND be further enacted That to insure the con
in the hereinbeOre provided and the maintenance
issue that the entire annual interes
shall not exceed he sum Of and nifty thous
the fifteen years. and the interest thereof to
bonds to he made payable in coin OF the United States Tina
rey d the PSs Ocs Snd
by the chlS & CLERK OF the ~ without Liability Sr tn
OF the Post Office Department only in manner as herenae
earned by the steamships Of said company
aRnaai Interest upon the bonds and shai
The se "artery in the securities Of the United States
form sinking 9nd to be held solely for the benefit Of tn
of such bonds And whenever and as such sinking fun
from that time shall be pai
Of out Of the same fund their maturity And all postas
earned after the time when said sinking fund shall be made
the said by the Postmaster General Of the Unite
$ And be further enacted That the aforesaid
OF the United States shall armament required
guns each and shall 6sss at Least aD one to be il
hundred tons Of registered tonnage for each steamship
the the United shall have the pOw
take aforesaid mail steamships transports
the opinion the President
exigencts the United States them who is
thOriZp such event, take said mail
said COMPANY and equitable for their use
be deemed most for the interest
United States said whether purchase
be made the Postmaster General who shall said
CATION whatever balance be due them deductiT
payment all the beO registered bond
which in this shall be paid hOlde
thereof a. maturity of the
further enacted That the mail
the United States shall have
the ships the said Commercial Navigation
the Postmaster General to such foreign mail agentsssu
passes certifying to the said company that SUCH is their Oci
: character.
SRc further enacted That the said navigate
shall and period Of
the sail United States least the said numbe
8 of first-class steamships.
be it further enacted That the rights and priv
herewith granted shall be and to this
shall this transfer assign the righ
privileges herein granted shall it he lawful for
the hereafter to recognize assgnme
the intent and meaning Of this
line of steam vessels for the transpOratI
j. mSs the Of emigran
tween o York and the European ports abO
namcl and Congress time hereafter during
u period fifteen terminate abandon contract
Df the United made with such company and having
regard rights of the said company, alter
this and it shall take effect aud be in force fr,
e and after its passage.
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