New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1871-09-23


, ment, in conformity to the act Of July two
} eighteen hundred and thirty-si
For inland mail transportation, twelv,
million three hundred and twenty-nine dol
lars.
For pay of mail messengers, five hundred
and six thousand two hundred and fourteen
dollars.
For pay Of route agents, seven hundred
and eighty six thousand five hundred and
sixty nine dollars
For pay of mail route messengers, fifty
nine thousand four hundred and tour dol
lars.
For pay of local agents, forty-ninc thou
sand and tOrty-four dollars.
For pay Of railway postofice clerks, five
hundred and thirty-eight 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 postofices, 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-6ve 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
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other than those in Virginia and Maryland.
For manufacture of adhesive postage
stamps, one hundred and tifty-nine thousand
dollars.
For manufacture Of postage-stamped en-
velOpes and newspaper wrappers, four hun
dred and fourteen thousand two hundred
dollars; Provided, That no envelope as fur
nished by the government shall contain any
ithOgraphing 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 dol
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 postotices, twelve thousand tive 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 postodices, two hundred thou
sand dollars.
For fuel for postofces. one hundred thou
sand dollars.
For lights for postofices, one hundred and
ten thousand dollars
For stationery and miscellaneous items
for pOstotices, 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
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. ,. 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:
For steamship service between San Fran
a |
,and dollars.
For steamship service between the United
States and Brazil. one hundred and fifty
thousand dollars.
For steamship service between San Fran
'iscO and the Sandwich Islands, seventy
i've thousand dollars
SEC. 3. That if the revenues OF the Post
'ffice Department shall be insufficient to
meet the appropriations made by this act.
hen the sum OF three million nine hundred
md sixty nine thousand three hundred and
i ghty-three dollars. or so much thereof as
nay be necessary. be- and the same is here
y, appropriated to be paid out of any
money in the treasury not otherwise appro-
riated, to supply deficiencies in the rev
nue. of the Postotfice Department for the
ear ending June thirty, eighteen hundred
nd seventv-two.
SEC. L. That all bidders, upon every mail I
quite. for the transportation OF mails upon a
be same, shall hereafter accompany their I
ids where they exceed five thousand dol T
ars) with certified check or draft. paya-
lie to the order of the Postmaster General,
some reliable banking house or banking
lstitution. which check or draft shall not
e less than five per centum on the amount
1at they would receive in any one year
nder such bid. In case any bidder. on be-
x awarded any such contract. shall fail to |
nter into good and sufficient bonds to faith 4
lily carry out such contract such bidder or q q
idders shall forfeit the amount so deposited :
} the United States. for the use of the Post +
lice Department: otherwise. such draft or !,
neck, go deposited. shall be returned to the :.
dder to whom it belongs. :,
SEC. 5. That it shall be unlawful for the New -
ort and Cincinnati Bridge Company or any :
her company. or person. to proceed In the =.
'ection Of the bridge now being constructed :,
yer the Ohio river from the city of Cincin- =
ati, Ohio, to the city Of Newport, Ken -
cky. and the approaches thereto, unless = !.
re said bridge shall be so constructed that - y
e channel span Of four hundred feet, as s
wv located, shall have under said span a - :.
ed feet below any point of said channel y.
an, and in such case no draw shall be re- " -,
Tired in said bridge; all the other spans of =.
i'd bridge, which cover the Ohio river, to %
" water mark, shall have a clear head " y.
~ of not less than seventy feet above =.
" water mark, and the other spans Of the .; p.
id bridge, extending to each shore, may ~
made OF lesss elevation than seventy feet f.
owe low water mark, to accommodate q ns
yular grade for the approaches to said Rs
idge. And when the foregoing require - -
.nts shall have been complied with by the ~. VI
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