Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1871-06-10
GENERAL NATuKx-No. Ssh


OF the Post Office Department for the year
ending June thirty, eighteen hundred aud
seventy two, and for other purposes.
Be IL enacted By tie Senate and House 81 Repre-
sentafices Of the CHife6 Mater Of 1merica R Cow
sTess assembled, That the following sums, DC,
and the same are hereby, Appropriated for the
service OF the Post ofice Department Tor the
year ending june thirty, eig hteen hundred and
sev<nty-tw0, out OF any moneys In the treas
ury arising from the revenues OF said Depart
mept, in conformity 70 the act OF July tao,
eighteen hundred and thlrty-siN:
For inland mail transportation. twelve mil
lion three hundred and twenty nine dollars.
For pay Of mail messengers, i've hundred aud
six thousand two hundred and fourteen dollars.
For pay Of route agents, seven hundred and
eiehty-sn thousand i've hundred and sixty-hine
dollars.
thousand four hundred and four dollars.
For pay OF local agents, forty thousand
and forty -four dollars
For pay OF railway post Office clerks, Eve
hundred and eighty I've thousand three hun
bred and thirty-eight dollars
For pay OF baggage masters in charge OF
through mails, hive thousand dollars.
For foreign mail transportation, four hundred
thousand dollars.
For ship, steamboat. and way letters. ten
For pay Of Postmasters, Eve million one han-
dred thousand dollars.
For pay Of clerks in post Offices, two million
six hundred thousand dollars
For pay OF letter carriers. one million four
hundred thousand dollars
For wrapping paper, thirty Ave thousand dol
lars.
FOR Irvine, thirty five thousand dollars.
For letter-balances, two thousand I'VE hun
For pay Of blank agents, ten thou sand dol
For Office furniture, two thousand i've hun
For advertising fifty thousand Collars: Pro-
eided, That no part of this cum shall be paid 20
any paper published in the District OF C1lumo ora
for advertising mail routes other than those IN
frafa md A.rN MI
For manufacture Of adhesive postage stamps,
ore hundred ard fifty nine thousand dollars.
For manufacture of postsge-stamPei envel-
opes and newspaper wrappers, four hundred
and fourteen thousand two hundred dollars
Provided, That no envelope as furnished by tue
government shall contain any ltthographing or
engraving, and no printing except printed re-
quest TO return the letter TO the writer.
For salary OF distributing agents AID assist
snts, and incidental expenses OF agency, six
thousand eight hundred dollars
For mail depredztions ndspecisl agents, one
hundred and twenty i've thousand dollars.
For msil.bags and mail bag catchers, one
hundred and eighty thousand dollars.
For mail locks and keys, forty thousand dol
lais
For post-msrking and canceling stamps tor
post Offices, twelve thousand nye hundred dbl
FOR balance due foreign countries, two hun
For preparing and publishing pOst-route
maps, twenty thousand dollars.
For rent Of post Offices. two hundred thousand
dollars.
FOR fuel for post Offices, one hundred thousand
dollars.
For lights for post Offices, one hundred and
ten thousand dollars
For stationery and miscellaneous items for
post Offices, forty thousand dollars.
For registered package envelopes, fifteen
thousand dollars.
For official envelopes for use OF pOstmssters,
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 thous-
and dollare.
For engraving, printing, and binding drafts
and warrants, three thousand i've hundred dol
lars.
For miscellaneous items, one thousand dol
lars.
be applied to the payment OF the alleged claim
against the United States in favor Of George
Chorpenning, now pending before the Sixth
Auditor OF the Treasury, or any part thereof.
SEC. 2 That the following sums, or 50 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 other
wise appropriated, namely:
For steamship service between San Francisco,
japan, and China, i've hundred thousand dol
lars
For steamship service between the United
States and Brazil, one hundred and tfty thou
For steamship service between San Francisco
and the Sandsich Islands, seventy i've thou
sand dollars.
sIc. ). That If the revenues OF the Post once
Department shall be insufficient 70 meet the
appropriations made by this act, then the sum
OF three million nine hundred and sixty-nlne
thousand three hundred and eigbty-three
dollars, or 60 much thereof as may be neces-
sary, be, and the same is hereby, appropriated,
to be paid out OF any money In the treasury not
otherwise appropriated, to supply deficiencies
the year ending June thirty, eighteen hundred
SIC. 4. That ell bidders, upon every mail
same, shall hereafter accompany their bids
where they exceed i've thousand dsllsrs) with
certified check or draft. payable TO the order
banking house OF banking institution. which
check or draft shall not be less than i've per
cent on the amount that they would receive in
der, on being awarded any sach contract, shall
fail to enter into good and sufficient bonds 70
faithfully carry ont snch contract, such bidder
or bidders shau forfeit the amount g deposited
to the United States, for the use OF the Post
Once Department otherwise, such draft or
checks, 90 Deposited, shall be returned % the
bidder, 20 whom h belongs. af
port and Cincinnati Bridge Company, or any
other COMPANY, Or person, 70 proceed In the cree
ton Of the bridge now being constructed over
one os,o to the city q Nesper RensScSy and
the approaches thereto, unless the said bridge
shall Be 30 constructed thar the channel span OF
tour nuLureQ Iects - now Ioc4tcus snail nave
under eaid span o clear headwsy, st low water,
II one hundred feet below any point Of said
channel span, ssd IN such caee no draw shall be
required In said bridge; oil the other spans OF
said bridge, which cover the Ohio river, % low
water mark, shall have . clear hesdwsy OF not
less than seventy feet above low,wster mark,
and the other spans Of the said bridge, extend
ing to each shore, may be made or less eleva-
ton than seventy feet above low-wster mark,
TO accommodate q regular grade for the APP
pfoachee 70 said bridge. And when the fore
going requirements shall have been complied
with by the said Newport and Cincinnati Bridge
Company, TIE location Of said bridge, is
structures, and approached, shall there
upon be deemed 20 be legalized, and
declared 10 be lawful structures, and shall
be recognized and known ~ post route.
necessary By this act, shall be submitted by said
company to the Secretary OF War for his APP
proval. And. In the event OF the Bridge Com
pany making the changes provided for in this
act, II shall be lawful for the said company,
after they thall have made the changes IN said
bridge, and the approaches thereto, Is herein