New Orleans Republican., 1871-09-19


10 eighteen hundred and thirty ak.
ut For inland mail transportation. twel
II million three hundred and twenty mine d.
ID lars.
ID For pay of mail messengers, five hundr'
10 and six thousand two hundred and tourte'
,rv dollars.
9 For pay of route agents, seven hundrt
u sixty nine dollars.
d For pay Of mail route messengers, nit
Y nine thousand four hundred and tour dc
d lars.
|, For pay of local agents, forty-ninc tho'
/ sand and forty y-four dollars.
/ For pay Of railway postotfice clerks, tiv
+ hundred and eighty-fve thousand thre
8 hundred and thirty eight dollars
j. For pay OF baggage masters in charge
4 through mails, five thousand dollars.
For foreign mail transportation, four hur
; dred thousand dollars.
For ship. steamboat, and way letters. te!
thousand dollars.
| For pay of postmasters, five million on
hundred thousand dollars.
For pay of clerks in postoffces, two Mii
: lion six hundred thousand dollars.
For pay of letter carriers. one million
four hundred thousand dollars.
For wrapping paper, thirty five Thousand
dollars.
For twine, thirty five 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
stalSps, one hundred and tfty-nine thousand
dollars
For manufacture of postage-stampei en-
velopes and newspaper wrappers. four hun
| dred and fourteen thousand two hundred
dollars: Provided, That no envelope as fur
| nsheu 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 postOttices, twelve thousand tive hun
dred dollars.
For balances due foreign countries. two
hundred thousand dollars.
For preparing and publishing postroute
maps, twenty thousand dollars.
For rent of postotices, two hundred thou
sand dollars.
For fuel for postoffces, one hundred thou
sand dollars.
For lights for postotfices. one hundred and
ten thousand dollars
For stationery and miscellaneous items
for postotfices, forty thousand dollars
For registered package envelopes, fifteen
hOusand 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 ard binding |
drafts and warrants. three thousand five |
hundred dollars
For miscellaneous items one thousand |
dollars
That no money appropriated by this act
shall he 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 tue Treasurv
or any part thereof
Sec. 2. 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
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
dollars.
For steamship service between San Fran
cisco aud the Sandwich Islands, seventy
i've thousand dollars.
SEC. ). That if the revenues of the Post
,tiice Department shall be insufficient to
meet the appropriations made by this act.
hen the sum OF three million nine hundred
md sixty nine thousand three hundred and
.ighty-three dollars. or so much thereof as
nay be necessary. be. and the same is here
". appropriated, to be paid out of any
money IN the treasury not otherwise appro-
'riated. to supply deficiencies in the rev ,
hue of the Postotfice Department for the
ear ending June thirty. eighteen hundred
nu seventy-two. :
SEC. 4. Tha, all bidders. upon every mail !
oute. for the transportation Of mails upon :
he same. shall hereafter accompany their Z
ids where they exceed five thousand dol y
1ls} " ltu CtAlIcu CutCk UT uidIC. pdVa- ! 4
lie to the order OF the Postmaster General.
some reliable banking house or banking :
lsttution. which check or draft shall not =
e less than five per centum on the amount :
nat they would receive in any one year =
nder such bid. IL case any bidder. on be- .
lg awarded any such contract, shall fail to | .
nter into good and sufficient bonds to faith .
llly carry out such contract. such bidder or =
;dders shall forfeit the amount so deposited a a
fne | fNr hQ nf no |
hce Department.: otherwise. such draft or -
leck. so deposited shall be returned to the a.
oder to whom it belongs. =
SEC. ,. That it shall be unlawful for the New
Drt and Cincinnati Bridge Company. or auy >,
her company, or person to proceed in the -,
ection OF the bridge now being constructed ~
-er the Ohio river from the city of Cincin- .,
ati. Ohio. to the city of Newport, Ken a.
cky. and the approaches thereto. unless a
e channel span of four hundred feet. as "
Nv located. shall have under said span a al ;n
ear headway, at low water. of one hun It It
ed ieet below any point Of said channel .. %.
an. and in such case no draw shall be re- a, a.
llred IN SAID bridge; all the other spans of 'n
id bridge. which cover the Ohio river. to
" water mark, shall have q clear head
~ OF not less than seventy feet above
" water mark. and the other spans of the A
III bridge, extending to each shore NAV
made OF lesss elevation than seventy feet
owe low water mark, to accommodate a
,ular grade for the approaches to said of
idge. And when the foregoing require Al
'nts shall have been complied with by the ac
d Newport and Cincinnati Bridge Com AT
ny, the location of said bridge, its struc- hu
'es anu approaches. shall thereupon be he
emed to be legalized. and declared to II
la"lu1 structures, and shall be recog- he