New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1871-08-31

| million three hundred and twenty-nine do
- For sss pay II mail esssHgsEs, I've bundFe
and six thousand two hundred and fourteel
dollarsT 81 III o., i Al2
For pay Of route agents, seven hundred
and eighty-six thousand five hundred ant
sixty mine dollars.
nine thousand four hundred and four dol
For pay OF local agents, forty nine thou
sand and .forty-four dollars. II
For pay of railway pestotfce clerks, tive
hundred and eighty-fve thousand three
hundred and rhirty-eight dollars.
For pay of baggage masters in charge Of
through mails, five thousand dollars.
| For foreign mail transportation, four hun
dred thousand dollars. ,4-....T mp, 49,.
For ship, steamboat, and way letters, ten
thousand dollars. ,-r--, g.. a.,. =.
For pay of postmasters, five million one
hundred thousand dollars.
For pay of clerks in postoffces, two mil.
lion six hundred thousand dollars.
For pay of letter carriers, one million
four hundred thousand dollars. 80. b..
For wrapping paper, thirty. five thousand
dollars. g. -.. ~
( For Irvine, thirty-fve thousand dollars
For letter balances, two thousand tive
hundred dollars. --s-,...... ...-
For pay of blank agents, ten thousand
dollars. -. ,,r .I ~, - n.
For Office furniture, two thousand five
hundred dollars.
For advertising, fifty thousand dollars;
Provided, That no part of this sum shall be
paid to any paper published in the District
of Columbia for advertising mail, routes
other than those in Virginia and Maryland.
? For manufacture of adhesive pOstag &c
stamps, one hundred and ffty-nine thousand
dollars. 80 -.
( For manufacture of postage stamped en-
velOpes and newspaper wrappers, four hun
bred and fourteen thousand two hundred
dollars; Provided, That no envelope as fur
nished by the government shall contain any
lithographing or engraving, and no printing
except printed request to return the letter
to the writer. - .a..'. s.--1
+ For salary Of distributing agents and as
sistants, and incidental expenses Of agency,
six thousand eight hundred dollars. r..
For mail depredations and special agents.
one hundred and twenty-five thousand dol
lars. o.-.-rs -s,-.t .sE ...e ,,, -, a
For mail-bag and mailbag catchers, one
hundred and eighty thousand dollars, =,
For mail locks and keys, forty thousand
dollars. - a.'-.-. b., .-,' 49,, =
For post-marking and canceling stamps
for postotfces, twelve Thousand five hun
dred dollars. , s ". T.. -..-, 81. -...
For balances due foreign countries, two
hundred thousand dollars. .....
For preparing and publishing post-route
maps, twenty thousand dollars
For rent Of postot1iees, two hundred thou
For fuel for postoffces, one hundred thou
sand dollars. q, .'..,.
For lights for postoffces, one A,lndred and
ten thousand dollars. .,
For stationery and miscellaneous items
for postoffices, forty thousand dollars.
For registered, package envelopes, fifteen
thousand dollars.
For official envelopes for use of post
masters, thirty thousand dollars.
For envelopes for return of dead letters
to writers, four thousand dollars.
For fees to United States attorneys, clerks
of courts, and United States marshals, ten
thousand dollars.
For engraving, printing, and binding
drafts and warrants, three thousand five
hundred dollars. .. .t..--
For miscellaneous items, one thousand
dollars. ,-. g.. ....3 .-
That no money appropriated by this act
shall be-applied to the payment of the al
legged claim against the United States in
favor of George Chorpenning, now pending
before the Sixth Auditor of the Treasury,
or any part thereof. 81 80 .
Sec. 3. That the following sums, or so
much thereof as may be necessary, be, and
the same are hereby, appropriated for the
year ending June thirty, eighteen hundred
and seventy-two, out of any money in the
treasury not otherwise appropriated,
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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
dollars. .-
For steamship service between San Fran
cisco and the Sandwich Islands, seventy
five thousand dollars.
SEC. 3. That if the revenues OF the Post
Office Department shall be Insufficient to
meet the appropriations made by this act,
then the sum of three million nine hundred
and sixty-nine thousand three hundred and
dollars, or so much thereof as
may be necessary, be, and the same is here
by, appropriated, to be paid out of any
money in the treasury not otherwise appro-
priated. to supply deficiencies in the rev
enue of the Postotfice Department for the
year ending June thirty, eighteen hundred
and seventy-tWo.
SEC. 4. That all bidders, upon every mail
route, for the transportation of mails upon
the same, shall hereafter accompany their
bids twhere they exceed five thousand dol
Iarsl with certified check or draft, paya-
bic to the order of the Postmaster General,
of some reliable banking house or banking
Institution, which check or draft shall not
be less than five per centum on the amount
that they would receive in any one year
under such bid. In case any bidder, on be-
ing awarded any such contract, shall fail to
enter into good and sufficient bonds to faith
fully carry out such contract. such bidder or
bidders shall forfeit the amount so deposited
10 the United States for the use of the Post
Dtiice Department: otherwise, such draft or
check, so deposited, shall be returned to the
bidder to whom it belongs. .,.-
Sec. 5. That it shall be unlawful for the New
port and Cincinnati Bridge Company, or any
other company, or person, to proceed IN the
erection of the bridge now being constructed
over the Ohio river from the city of Cincin
lati, Ohio, to the city of Newport, Ken
lucky. and the approaches thereto, unless
the said bridge shall be so constructed that
5he channel span of four hundred feet, as
now located, shall have under said span a
clear Roadway, at low water, of; one hun
ired feet below any point of said channel
span, and in such case no draw shall be re-
luired in said bridge; ell the other spans of
said bridge, which cover the Ohio river, to
ow water mark, shall have clear head,
way of not less than seventy feet above
ow water mark, and the other spans of the
said bridge, extending to each shore, may
De made of Less elevation than seventy feet
above low water mark, to accommodate
'egu1ar grade for the approaches to said
bridge And when the foregoing require
nents shall have been complied with by the
,aid Newport and Cincinnati Bridge Com
,any, the location of said bridge, its struc- /
ures and approaches, shall thereupon be
leemed to be legalized and declared to.
,e lawful structures, and shall be recog-
lized and known, as a post route. The
slams for changes in such bridge, made ne