New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1871-09-14

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e ment, id Conformity to tie act Of July tw
% eighteen hundred and thirty-six.
u saEorsin3a0de maid 4nan9po ion, -,tWe1a
II million three hundred and twenty-nine do
lars. -,
9 and six thousand two hundred and tOurtee
r dollars
e For pay of route agents, seven hundre
d ! and eighty six thousand five hundred an
t sixty-nine dollars. .
l Gor pay OF mail route .messeugers, fifty
: nine thousand four hundred and tour do
lars.
For pay of local agents, forty -ninc thou
sand and torty-four dollars.
For pay OF railway pOstO!fice clerks. fly
hundred and eighty-fve thousand tire,
hundred and lhirty-eight dollars.
, For pay ct baggage masters in charge O.
l through mails, five thousand dollars.
For foreign mail transportation, four hun
; dred thousand dollars.
For Ship steamboat and way letters, ter
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 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-
| 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 canceIing stamps
for postotfices, 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 postofices, two hundred thou
! sand dollars.
For fuel for postof6ces, one hundred thou
sand dollars
For lights for postofices, one hundred and
ten thousand dollars.
For stationery and miscellaneous items
for pcstOffices, 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 writer's, 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 i've
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 Chorpennins. now pending
before the Sixth Auditor OF the Treasury,
VI any part tutftOA.
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 seventv-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.
T.: a.
States and Brazil, one hundred and fifty |
thousand dollars.
For steamship service between San Fran |
cisco and the Sandwich Islands. seventy |
tive 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-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 POstoffice Department for the
year ending June thirty, eighteen hundred
and seventv-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 a certified check or draft, paya-
bic to the order of the Postmaster General,
OF some reliable banking house or banking
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 ieet below any point Of said channel
span, and IN such case no draw shall be re-
Iulred IN said bridge; all the other spans of
said bridge. which cover the Ohio river. to
ow water mark, shall have clear head
way OF not less than seventy feet above
ow water mark, and the other spans of the
said bridge, extending to each shore. NAV
De made of lesss elevation than seventy feet
lbove low water mark, to accommodate a
ocular grade for the approaches to said
,rldSe. Aud when the foregoing require 1
hents shall have been complied with BY the ;
AID Newport and Cincinnati Bridge Com .
'any, the location of said bridge, its struc
nres anu approaches, shall thereupon be
no