New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1871-09-02

Il meIt. in conformity 70 bne act VI Jury WV
eighteen hundred and thirty-slx:
For inland mail transportation, twelve
million three hundred and twenty-nlne dol
lars.
For pav of mail messengers, five hundred
| and six thousand two hundred and fourteen
dollars.
For paw of route agents, seven hundred
I and eighfy-six thousand five hundred and
sixty-nine dollars. or
| For paw of mail route messengers, fifty
nine thousand four hundred and tour dol
lars.
For pay of local agents, forty nine thou
| sand and forty-four dollars.
| For pay of railway postotice clerks, five
| hundred and eighty-fve thousand three
hundred and thirty eight dollars.
| For pay of baggage masters IN charge OF
| through mails, five thousand dollars.
| For foreign mail transportation, TOUR nun
| dred thousand dollars.
! For ship, steamboat, and way letters, ten
| thousand dollars.
| For paw of postmasters, five million one
| hundred thousand dollars.
| For paw of clerks in postofhces, Two I'LL
lion six hundred thousand dollars.
| For pay of letter carriers, one nliIloh
| four hundred thousand dollars.
For wrapping paper, thirty. five thousand
| dollars.
| For Irvine, thirty-five thousand dollars.
| For letter balances, two thousand I'VE
hundred dollars. --.,---.5
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 pe
Maid 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 ffty-nlne thousand
| dollars.
For manufacture of postage-stamped en-
velopes and newspaper wrappers, TOUR nun
| dred and fourteen thousand two hundIed
| dollars; Provided, That no envelope as 1ur-
nished by the government shall contain any
| lithographing or engraving, and no pruning
| 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 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 pestoffices, twelve thousand tive hun
| bred dollars.
For balances due foreign countries, two
| hundred thousand dollars.
For preparing and publishing post-rouIe
maps, twenty thousand dollars.
| For rent Of postotices, two hundred thou
| sand dollars.
For fuel for postotfces, one hundred thou
| sand dollars.
For lights for postotfces, one hundred and
| ten thousand dollars.
For stationery and miscellaneous items
| for postoffices 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 marsnals, zen
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 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 so
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 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
! may be necessary, be, and the same Is here
by, appropriated, TO be pald out OF any
money in the treasury not otherwise appro-
priated, to supply Deficiencies iii the rev.
enue of the Postotfice Department for the
| wear ending June thirty, eighteen hundred
| and seyenty-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
larsl with a certified check or draft paya-
| 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 centum on the amount
| that thew 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. B. That il 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 q
clear headwav, at low water, of one hun
dred feet below any point of said channel
span, and in such case no draw shall be re-
quired in said bridge; all the other spans OF
said bridge, which cover the Ohio river, to
low water mark, shall have a 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 a
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 Com
pany, the location of said bridge, itSstruc-
lures and approaches, shall thereupon be
deemed to be legalized, and declared to
be lawful structures, and shall be recog-
niZed and known as post route. The