New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1870-08-11

therefor when grant shall be made by
Congress of sections sixteen and thirty-six,
in the Territory Of Utah. for school purposes.
Approved. July |, 1870. s6t Ia
EPUBLIC-NO. 142l
AN ACT to declare the construction Of Sec
ton tfty-fye of an act entitled IAN act
to provide a national currency secured by
a pledge of United States bonds, and to
provide for the circulation and redemption
thereof" approved June three, eighteen
hundred and sixty-fOur. and the acts
amenlatory thereof, and to amend the
same
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of
Representatives of the United States OF
America in Congress assembled. That sec
ton tifty-fiye of the act entitled IAN act to
provide national currency secured by
pledge of United States bonds. and to pro-
vide for the circulation and redemption
thereof" approved June three, eighteen
hundred and sixty-four. and all acts amend
atory of said section. shall be construed to
apply to every president, director, cashier
teller, clerk. or agent Of any banking asso-
citation, whether organized under the afOre-
said act or under the act entitled IAN act to
provide national currency secured by
pledge Of United States bonds, and to pro-
vide for the circulation and redemption
thereof" approved February twenty-five.
eighteen hundred and sixty-three.
Approved. July g. 1870.
lPUBLIC-NO. 153.
AN ACT making appropriations for the
service of the POstOtfice Department
during the fiscal year ending June thir
tieth. eighteen hundred and seventy-one.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of
Representatives of the United States of
America in Congress assembled. That the
following sums be- and the same are here
by. appropriated for the service of the
POstotfice Department for the year ending
June thirtieth. eighteen hundred and sew
enty-One. out Of any moneys in the treasury
arising from the revenues OF the said de-
partment in conformity to the act OF the
second OF July, eighteen hundred and thlr-
ty-six:
For transportation of the mail inland, in
Guiding pay of mail messengers. route
agents. mail route agents. local agents, pos
tai railway clerks. and baggage masters,
thirteen million five hundred and six thou
sand eight hundred and ninety-three dollars.
For transportation of the foreign mail,
four hundred and eighty thousand dollars.
For pay of postmasters, five million dol
lars.
For pay Of clerks in post Offices. two mil
lion five hundred thousand dollars.
For pay of letter-carriers. one million two
hundred and fifty thousand dollars.
For pay of blank agents and assistants,
eight thousand dollars.
For mail depredations and special agents.
one hundred and twenty-five thousand dol
lars.
For postage stamps and envelopes, five
hundred and twenty thousand dollars: Pro-
yided That no part of this appropriation
shall be expended for stamped envelopes
beyond temporary supply sufficient for use
till the first day Of October next, except to
carry ont contracts hereafter to be made
with the lowest bidder according to law
upon samples to be furnished by the POST
master General.
For ship. steamboat. and way letters.
eight thousand two hundred dollars.
For mail-bags and mailbag catchers. one
hundred and forty thousand dollars.
For mail locks. keys, and stamps, forty
thousand dollars.
For wrapping paper, thirty-fve thousand
dollars.
For Irvine thirty-five thousand dollars.
For letter-balances. three thousand four
hundred dollars.
For Office furniture, two thousand five
hundred dollars.
For advertising, forty thousand dollars:
Provided. That no part of the sum shall be
paid to any paper published in the District
of Columbia for advertising mail routes. ex-
cept in Virginia and Maryland.
For miscellaneous payments. including
balances due foreign countries. and to post
masters for rent, light, fuel. and incidental
expenses. registered. package. and official
envelopes. for postmasters, fees to United
States attorneys. marshals and clerks of
court. eight hundred and fifty thousand
dollars.
For post route maps. twenty thousand
dollars.
For money transferred by postmasters
and deposited in the treasury ON postage re-
ceipts one million dollars.
SEC . And be it further enacted That
the following sums, or SO much thereof AS
may be necessary. be. and the same are
hereby appropriated for the year ending
June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and sew
enty-one ont of any money in the treasury
not otherwise appropriated. viz:
For steamship service between San Fran
cisco. Japan and China, five hundred thou
sand dollars.
For steamship service between the United
States and Brazil, one hundred and fifty
thousand dollars.
For steamship service between San Fran
cisco and the. Sandwich Islands, seventy
five thousand dollars.
Approved, July IL. 1870.
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