New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1871-10-08

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ment, IN conformity to the oct Of July twt
| eighteen hundred and thirty six.
| For inland mail transportation. twely
million three hundred and twenty.nin do
lars.
| For pay of mail messengers, five hundre,
and six thousand two hundred and fourteen
| dollars.
For pay Of route agents, seven hundre,
and eighty-six thousand five hundred an,
sixty-nine dollars.
For paw Of mail route messengers. fifty
nine thousand four hundred and tour dol
lars.
For pay of local agents, forty-ninc thou
sand and forty four dollars.
For pay Of railway postOfice clerks. iv@
hundred and eighty-fve thousand tire.
hundred and thirty eight dollars.
For pay of baggage masters in charge O,
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 p0stmasters, five million one
hundred thousand dollars.
For pay of clerks in postofices, two mil.
lion six hundred thousand dollars.
For paw Of letter carriers, one million
four hundred thousand dollars.
For wrapping paper, thirty five thousand
dollars.
For Irvine, thirty-fve 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 fifty-nine thousand
dollars.
For manufacture Of postage-stamped en-
dred 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.
For salary Of distributing agents and as
eistants, 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 pOstoffices, 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 postotices, two hundred thou
sand dollars.
For fuel for postof6ces, one hundred thou
sand dollars.
For lights for pestofices one hundred and
ten thousand dollars.
For stationery and miscellaneous items
for postotfices, forty thousand dollars.
For registered package envelopes, fifteen
thousand dollars.
For official envelopes tor 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 aud warrants, three thousand i've
hundred dollars.
For miscellaneous items, one thousand
dollars.
That no money appropriated by this act
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
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. 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
eighty-th 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-
pTl0tCus " supply uCuClcuClco III VIC ACN-
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 where they exceed five thousand dol
ars) with certified check or draft, paya-
bic to the order of the Postmaster General,
If some reliable banking house or banking
which check or draft shall not
be less than five per centum on the amount
hat they would receive in any one year
lnder such bid. In case any bidder, on be-
ng awarded any such contract, shall fail to
enter into good and sufficient bonds to faith
ully carry out such contract. such bidder or
bidders shall forfeit the amount SO deposited
o the United States, for the use Of the Post
'ffice Department: otherwise, such draft or
heck, so deposited, shall be returned to the
bidder to whom it belongs.
Sec. 5. That it shall be unlawful for the New
'ort and Cincinnati Bridge Company, or any !
'ther company, or person, to proceed IN the
ERECTION of the bridge now being constructed |
'ver the Ohio river from the city Of Cincin-
lat1, Ohio to the city Of Newport, hen.
he said bridge shall be SO constructed that
he channel span of four hundred feet, as !
low located, shall have under said span
lear Roadway, at low water, OF one hum
lred feet below any point of said channel
pan, and in such case no draw shall be re.
luired in said bridge; all the other spans Of
aid bridge, which cover the Ohio river, to
ow water mark, shall have a clear head
way Of not less than seventy feet above
ow water mark, and the other spans OF the
aid bridge, extending to each shore, may
,e made Of lesss elevation than seventy feet
bove low water mark, to accommodate q
ocular grade for the approaches to said
ridge. And when the foregoing require
aents shall have been complied with by the