New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1871-09-05

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arising from the revenues of said depart
ment. IN conformity to the act of July two
eighteen hundred and thirty-six.
For inland mail transportation, tweiv.
i million three hundreds and twenty 7nine dol
lars.
! For paw of. mail messengers, Eve hundred
and SIX thousand two hundred and fourteeI
dollars.
For pay of route agents, seven hundred
and eighty-six thousand five hundred ano
sixty-nine dollars.
For paw of mail route messengers, nifty
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 postotfice 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
bred thousand dollars.
For ship, steamboat, and way letters, ten
thousand dollars.
For pay of pOstmasters, five million one
/ hundred thousand dollars.
| Fer pay of clerks in postotfices. 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-five thousand dollars.
For letter balances, two thousand tive
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-
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
lithographing or engraving, and no printing
except 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 pOstOthces, twelve thousand five hun
bred dollars.
For balances due foreign countries, two
hundred thousand dollars.
For preparing and publishing post-route
maps, twenty thousand dollars.
For rent Of postothces, two hundred thou
sand dollars.
For fuel for postotices, one hundred thou
sand dollars.
For lights for postofhces, one hundred and
ten thousand dollars.
For stationery and miscellaneous items
for postofices, 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 1Or 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. g. That ii 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 Postotfiee 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
lars) 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
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 in 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 a
clear Roadway, at low water; of one hun
dred feet below any point of said channel
span, and in 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, NAV
be made OF Less elevation than seventy feet
above low water mark, to accommodate a
regular grade for the approaches to said
bridge. And when the foregoing REQUIRE
ments shall have been complied with bv the
said Newport and Cincinnati Rridpe 1,o,n