New Orleans Republican., 1871-10-01
NEW ORLEANS REPUBLICAN,, SUNDAY OCTOBER S 1871

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million three hundred and twenty-nine do
lars.
For pay of mail messengers, five hundre
and six thousand two hundred and fOurtee
dollars.
For pay of route agents, seven hundre
and eighty six thousand five hundred an
sixty-nine dollars:
For pay of mail route messengers, fifty
nine thousand four hundred and tour do
lars.
For pay of local agents, forty y-ninc thor
sand and forty-four dollars.
For pay Of railway postotfice clerks, fiv
hundred and eighty-five thousand thre
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 tel
thousand dollars.
For pay of pOstmasters. five million on,
hundred thousand dollars.
For pay of clerks in postotices, two mil
lion six hundred thousand dollars.
| For pay of letter carriers, one millior
| four hundred thousand dollars.
For wrapping paper. thirty five thousand
| dollars.
For twine. thirty-five thousand dollars.
| For letter balances, two thousand tive
hundred dollars
! For pay of blank agents, ten thousand
I 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 titty-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 agen Is.
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 pOstOttices, twelve thousand five hum
dred dollars.
For balances due foreign countries, two
hundred thousand dollars.
For preparing and publishing postroute
maps twenty thousand dollars.
For rent Of postodices. two hundred thou
sand dollars.
For fuel for postoihces, one hundred thou
sand dollars.
For lights for postotlices. one hundred and
ten thousand dollars.
For stationery and miscellaneous items
for posto1iices. forty thousand dollars.
For registered package envelopes, fifteen
housand dollars.
For official envelopes for use Of post
masters. thirty thousand dollars.
For envelopes tor return of dead letters
to writers. four thousand dollars.
For fees to United States attorneys clerks
OF courts. and United States mar,Eals. ten
thousand dollars.
For engraving. printing, and binding
drafts aud warrants three thousand five
hundred dollars.
For miscellaneous items one thousand
dollars.
Tha. no monev appropriated by this act
shall be applied TO the payment of the al
legged claim against the United States in
favor of George Chorprnnin-, now pending
before the Sixth Auditor OF the Treasury.
OF any part thereof.
much thereof as may be necessary, be. and
the same are hereby. appropriated for the
year ending June thirty. eighteen hundred
and >eventy-two. out OF any money n 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
thousand dollars.
For steamship service between san Fran
cisco and the Sandwich Islands seventy
i've thousand dollars
SEC. 3. That II tie 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
eiyhtythree dollars or so much thereof as
may be necessary be. and the same is here
by. Appropriated. IL bc paid ont Of any
money in the treasury not otherwise appro-
priatel, TO supply deficiencies in the rev
enue of the Postotfce Department for the
year ending June thirty. eighteen hundred
ami ,eyentytwo.
Sc. /. That all bidders upon every mail
route. for the transportation Of mails upon
the same. shall hereafter accompany their
bids where they exceed i've thousand dol
ldFsJ WIN Il certified cntth OF UIdit, HiN
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 ceutum on the amount
that they would receive i'll 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 ont such contract. such bidder or
bidders shall forfeit the amount so deposited
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Office Department; otherwise, such draft or
check, SO deposited. shall be returned to the
bidder to whom it belongs.
SEC. That it shall be unlawful for the New
port and Cincinnati Brilge 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 Clncin-
natl. Ohio. to the city OF Newport, Hen
tucky. 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 headway, at low water, OF one nun,
dred ieet below any point OF SAID channel
span, and IN such case no draw shall De re-
quired in said bridge: all the other spans OF
said bridge, which cover the Ohio river, to
low water mark, shall have 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
be made OF lesss elevation than seventy feet
above low water mark, to accommodate
regular grade for the approaches to said
bridge. And when the foregoing require
ments shall have been complied with by the
said Newport and Cincinnati Bridge Gem
pany. the location of said bridge, its struc-
lures and approaches. shall thereupon be
deemed to be legalized, and declared to
be lawful structures, aud shall be recos-
nized and known as a post route. The
plans for changes in such bridge, made ne
cessary by this act. shall be submitted by