New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1871-09-26

. me1it, IN conformity to the act Of July tv
% tsiohteea k0ndsea and thif6D sss~ = I
It For inland mail transportation, twel
Il million three hundred and twenty-nine d.
lars. ,f,.s,l, Ia,
d For pay of mail messengers, i've hundr'
q and six thousand two hundred and fourte'
r dollars. ~ 5e.tI
e For ray of route agents, seven hundrt
q and eighty.six thousand five hundred al
+ sixty-nine dollars.
For pay.o of mail route messengers, fit
: nine thousand four hundred and tour do
lars.
!, For pay of local agents, forty nine tho,
i sand and forty dollars.
! For pay Of railway p0stofice clerks, fv
: hundred and eighty-fve thousand thre
3 hundred and thirty-eight dollars.
, For pay OF baggage masters in charge {
! through mails, five thousand dollars.
r For foreign mail transportation, four hui
. dred thousand dollars.
For ship. steamboat, and way letters, te
thousand dollars.
1 For pay Of postmasters, five million ON
} hundred thousand dollars.
For pay of clerks in postoffces, 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-five thousand dollars.
For letter balances. two thousand tiv,
hundred dollars.
For pay of blank agents, ten Thousand
dollars.
For Office furniture, two thousand tivt
hundred dollars.
For advertising, fifty thousand dollars
Provided, That no part of this sum shall bt
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
ithOgraphing 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 pOstOtices, twelve thousand five hum
dred dollars.
For balances due foreign countries, two
hundred thousand dollars.
For preparing and publishing post-route
maps, twenty thousand dollars.
For rent OF pOstotices, two hundred thou
For fuel for postotices, one hundred thou
sand dollars.
For lights for postodices, one hundred and
ten thousand dollars.
For stationery and miscellaneous items
for postotfices, 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 five
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:
Sf !, ha% Co.
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 and the Sandwich Islands, seventy
five thousand dollars.
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-
oriated. to supply deficiencies in the rev.
,nue of the Postoffice Department for the
7ear ending June thirty, eighteen hundred
md seventy-two.
SEC. 4. That all bidders, upon every mail
quite. for the transportation OF mails upon
he same, shall hereafter accompany their
bids where they exceed five thousand dol
ars) with certified check or draft pava-
'le to the order OF the Postmaster General.
II some reliable banking house or banking
Institution. which check or draft shall not
.e less than tive per centum on the amount
hat they would receive in any one year
lnder such bid. In case any bidder, on be-
ag awarded any such contract, shall fail to
inter- into good and sufficient bonds to faith.
ully carry out such contract. such bidder or
idders shall forfeit the amount so deposited
0 the United States, for the use of the Post
thee Department: otherwise, such draft or
heck, 80 deposited. shall be returned to the
idder to whom it belongs.
SEC. 5. That it shall be unlawful for the New
OFT and Cincinnati Bridge Company. or any
ther company. or person, to proceed in the
yer the Ohio river from the city of Cincin-
att. Ohio. to the city of Newport, Ken
lcky. and the approaches thereto. unless
ne said bridge shall be go constructed that
ne channel span of four hundred feet. as
ow located. shall have under said span a I
ear Roadway, at low water. of one hun.
red feet below any point of said channel :
pan, and In such case no draw shall be re. =
1lred IN said bridge; all the other spans of
LID bridge, which cover the Ohio river. to
" water mark. shall have q clear head. y
ay of not less than seventy feet above
w water mark, and the other spans of the :
I'D bridge. extending to each shore. NAV y
MADE OF lesss elevation than seventy feet
Dove low water mark, to accommodate a =
guar grade tor the approaches to said
a0ge. ana when the foregoing require y
ents shall have been complied with bv the Q
va NewPort and Cincinnati Bridge Com