New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1871-09-03

| eighteen hundred and thirty-six.
For inland mail transportation, twelve
million three hundred and twenty-nine dol
lars.
For pay of mail messengers, five hundred
and six thousand two hundred and fourteen
dollars.
For paw of route agents, seven hundred
and eighfv-six thousand five hundred and
| sixty-nine dollars.
Far nav of mai route messengers, fifty
| 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 postofflce clerks, five
hundred and eighty-five thousand three
hundred and vhirty-eight dollars.
For paw of baggage masters IN charge of
| through mails, five thousand dollars.
For foreign mail transportation, four nun
| bred thousand dollars.
For shin. steamboat, and way letters, ten
thousand dollars.
For pay of postmasters, hve million one
| hundred thousand dollars.
For pay of clerks in postotfices, two mil
lion six hundred thousand dollars.
For paw of letter carriers, one million
| four hundred thousand dollars.
For wrapping paper, thirty live thousand
| dollars.
For Irvine, thirty-ive thousand dollars.
For letter balances, " 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 nttY-nine thousand
dollars.
For manufacture of postage-stamped en-
yelopes 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 a 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 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 postoffices, twelve thousand i've hun
| dred dollars.
For balances due foreign countries, two
hundred thousand dollars.
For preparing and publishing post-route
maps, twenty thousand dollars.
For rent Of postotfices, two hundred thou
sand dollars.
For fuel for postoffices, one hundred thou
sand dollars.
For lights for pestoffices, 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 m~arshals, ten
thousand dollars.
For engraving, printing, and binding
drafts and warrants, three thousand hve
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 Ii
favor of George Chorpenning, now pending
before the Sixth Auditor OF the Treasury,
or any part thereof.
SEC. 2. That the following sums, or Sc
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.
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, 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
NAV 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 seventy-twO. .
SEC. A. That all bidders, upon every mai
route, for the transportation OF mails upor
the same, shall hereafter accompany theu
DluS where IUtN cACtbu ANc luOuShhu NO
larsl with a certified check or draft, paya
BILE to the order of the Postmaster General
of som reliable banking house or banking
institution, which check or draft shall no
be less than five per centum on the amour
that they would receive in any one yea
under such bid. In case any bidder, on be
ing awarded any such contract, shall fail t.
enter into good and sufficient bonds to taitn
fully carry out such contract, such bidder0
| ~ - -I,I1 4onEo.+ IL ,N,,, 90 hnnnSIfnf
to the United States, for the use OF the Post
office Department: otherwise, such draft o
check. SO deposited, shall be returned to tn
bidder to whom it belongs.
SEC 5. That it shall be unlawfulto for the New
port and Cincinnati Bridge Company, or an,
other company, or person, to proceed IN Ia
erection of the bridge now being constructe'
over the Ohio river from the city OF Cncln
natl, Ohio, to the city of Newport, ken
lucky. and the approaches thereto, unles
the said bridge shall be so constructed tina
the channel span of four hundred feet, a
now located, shall nave under said span
clear Roadway, at low water, OF one nun
dred feet below any point of said channe
span, and in such case no draw shall De IT
quired in said bridge; all the other spans Q
e said bridge, which cover the Ohio river, .
+ low water mark, shall have a clear heac
way of not less than seventy feet aooV
: low water mark, and the other spans OF IN
said bridge, extending to each shore, ma
be made of lesss elevation than seventy Tee
above low water mark, to accommodate
regular grade for the approaches TO SAL
bridge. And when the foregoing require
; ments shall have been complied with by tn
said Newport and Cincinnati Bridge Con
7 pany, the location of said bridge, its stru'
lures and approaches, shall thereupon '
deemed to be legalized, and declared I
I be lawful structures, and shall be rec0s
: | niznl and known as a most route. W