New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1871-08-24

ARISING from the revenues OF SalQ uepaF
menf, in conformity to the act of July twt
eighteen hundred and thirty six:
For inland mail transportation, twelv
million three hundred and twenty nine do
lars.
For pay of mail messengers, five hundre
and six thousand two hundred and follrteel
| dollars.
For pay of route agents, seven 'hundre,
and eighty-six thousand five hundred ant
| sizty-nine dollars.
For pay of mail route messengers, kfty
nine thousand four hundred and four dol
| lars.
For pay of local agents, forty-ninc thou
| sand and forty-four dollars.
For pay OF railway postotfice clerks. five
hundred and eighty-fiEe thousand three
hundred and Ihirty-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 postoffices, 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-fve thousand dollars.
For letter balances, two thousand live
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
dred and fourteen thousand two hundred
dollars; Provided, That no envelope as fur
nlshed by the government shall contain any
hthographing or engraving, and no printing
except a printed request to return the letter
to he 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 postOfices, twelve thousand five hum
bred dollars.
For balances due foreign countries, two
hundred thousand dollars.
For preparing and publishing post-route
maps, twenty thousand dollars.
For rent of pestotfices, two hundred thou
sand dollars.
For fuel for postoffices, one hundred thou.
sand dollars.
For lights for postoffices, one hundred and
ten thousand dollars.
For stationery and miscellaneous items
for postOffces, 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,
DR. 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. 1
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 |
ighty-three dollars, or SO much thereof as |
nay be necessary, be, and the same is here
", appropriated, to be paid out of any |
money in the treasury not otherwise appro-
'riated, to supply deficiencies in the rev.
nue. of the Postoffice Department for the /
ear ending June thirty, eighteen hundred |
nd seventy-twos
SEC. 4. That all bidders, upon every mail
QUITE, for the transportation of mails upon
he same, shall hereafter accompany their
ids where they exceed five thousand dol
ars) with a certified check or draft, paya-
lie to the order of the Postmaster General,
f some reliable banking house or banking
Institution, which check or draft shall not
e less than five per centum on the amount
hat they would receive in any one year |
nder such bid. In case any bidder, on be-
lg awarded any such contract, shall fail TO
inter- into good and sufficient bonds to faith
ally carry out such contract. such bidder or
idders shall forfeit the amount so deposited
} the United States, for the use of the Post
flee Department: otherwise, such draft or
heck, so deposited, shall be returned to the
idder to whom it belongs.
SEC. s. That it shall be unlawful for the New
Ort and Cincinnati Bridge Company, or any
Their company, or person, TO proceed In the
feetion of the bridge now being constructed
yer the Ohio river from the city of Cincin-
att Ohio, to the city of Newport, Ken
lcky. and the approaches thereto, unless
lie channel span of four hundred feet ais
ow located, shall have under said span a
ear Roadway, at low water, of one hun
red feet below any point of said channel
pan, and in such case no draw shall be re-
uired in said bridge; all the other spans of
lid bridge, which cover the Ohio river, to
w water mark, shall have Q clear head
ay OF not less than seventy feet above
w water mark, and the otAer spans of the
i'd bridge, extending to each shore, may
. made of lesss elevation than seventy feet
Dove low water mark, to accommodate
gular grade for the approaches to said
'idge. And when the foregoing require
ents shall have been complied with by the |
id Newport and Cincinnati Bridge Com
my, the location of said bridge, its struc-
res and approaches, shall thereupon be
,emed to be legalized, and declared to
laW1ul structllres- and shall he racon. | ,