New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1871-08-20

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| arising from the revenues Of said depar
, | ment. in conformity to the act of july tw,
, | eighteen hundred and thirty-six:
, | For inland mail transportation, lively
million three hundred and twenty mine do
lars. "a
For pay Of mail messengers, FIVE hundre,
and six thousand two hundred and fourtee,
dollars. r.. a. .,.,.. ,&
For paw of route agents, seven hundre,
and eighty-six thousand five hundred an.
sixty-nine dollars. sf
For paw of mail route messengers. fifty
nine thousand four hundred and tour dol
lars.
For pay of local agents, forty nine thou
sand and torty-four dollars.
For pay of railway postotfice clerks. five
hundred and eighty-five thousand three
hundred and Jhirtyeight dollars.
For pay OF baggage masters in charge OF
through mails, five thousand dollars
For foreign mail transportation, four hun
| dred thousand dollars.
For ship, steamboat, and way letters. ten
thousand dollars.
For pay of postmasters, five million one
| hundred thousand dollars.
For pay of clerks in pOstofioes, two mil.
| lion six hundred thousand dollars.
| For pay of letter, carriers, one million
four hundred thousand dollars.
For wrapping paper, thirty five thousand
dollars.
| For Irvine, thirty-fiye thousand dollars.
| For letter balances. two thousand five
hundred dollars. .
| For pay of blank agents, ten thousand
| dollars.
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 postage
stamps, one hundred and ffty-nine thousand
dollars.
For manufacture of pOstage-stamped en-
velopes and newspaper wrappers, four hum
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 a printed request to return the letter
to the writer
For salary of distributing agents and as
sistants, and incidental expenses of agency
six thousand eight hundred dollars.
For mail depredatiOns and special agents,
one hundred and twenty five thousand do
lars.
For mail-bags and mailbag catchers, one
hundred and eighty thousand dollars.
For mail locks and keys, forty thousand
dollars.
For post-marking and canceling stamps
for postotfices, twelve thousand five hun
dred dollars.
For balances due foreign countries, two
hundred thousand dollars.
For preparing and publishing pOst-route
maps, twenty thousand dollars.
For rent of postotfices, two hundred thou
sand dollars.
For fuel for postofices, one hundred thou
sand dollars.
For lights for postohices, one hundred 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 writer's, 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 live
hundred dollars.
For miscellaneous items, one thousand
dollars.
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.
SEC. 2. 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,
namely:
hot Co, Eron
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.
SEC. g. 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
eighty-three 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.
route, for the transportation of mails upon
the same, shall hereafter accompany their
bids where they exceed five thousand dol
lars) with a certified check or draft, paya-
BILE 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 |
to the United States. for the use of the Post !
office 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 Ill the |
erection of the bridge now being constructed |
over the Ohio river from the city of Cincin- |
natl, Ohio, to the city of Newport, Ken
lucky. and the approaches thereto, unless |
the said bridge shall be so constructed that
the channel span Of four hundred feet, as
now located, shall have under said span
clear Roadway, at low water, of one hun
dred feet below any point of said channel
span, and III such case no draw shall be re-
quired in said bridge all the other spans of
said bridge, which cover the Ohio river, to
low water mark, shall have a clear head
way of not less than seventy feet above /
low water mark, and the other spans of the
said bridge, extending to each shore, may |