New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1871-09-20

shall complete the whole Of said road within
five years from the passage Of this act.
SEC. %. That for the purpose OF connect.
ing the Texas Pacific railroad with the city
of San Francisco, the Southern Pacific Rail
road. Company of California is hereby au-
\ thOrizell Subject to the laws Of California
to construct a lire of railroad from point
at or near Tehachapa Pass, by way Of Los
| Angeles, to the Texas Pacific railroad at OF
near the Colorado river, with tine same
rights, grants and privileges, and subject
| to the same limitations, restrictions, and
conditions as were granted to said Southern
| Pacific Railroad Company of California, by
| the act Of July twenty-seven, eighteen
| hundred and sixty-six: Provided. however,
That this section shall in no way affect or
impair the rights. present or prospective OF
| the Atlantic and Pacific Railroad Company
or any other railroad company.
Approved March 3. 1871.
GENERAL NATURE-No. GIL
AN ACT confirming the title to certain
lands.
Be it enacted By the Senate and House of
Representatives of the United States of
America in Congress assembled, That the
title to the land certified TO the State of
Iowa BY the Commissioner of the General
Land Office Of the United States, under an
| act Of Congress entitled Gan act confirming
land claim in the State of Iowa, and for
other purposes, approved July twelve,
eighteen hundred and sixty-two, in &C
cordance with the adjustment made by the
authorized agent of the State Of Iowa and
the Commissioner Of the General Land Of
fee, on the twenty-frst day of Nav. ammo
Domini eighteen hundred and sixry-s1x,
and approved by tie Secretary of the In
terror on the twenty-second day Of May,
ammo Domini eighteen hundred and sixty
six. and which adjustment was ratified and
confirmed by act Of the general assembly
of the State OF Iowa. approved March
thirty-one, eighteen hundred and sixty
eight, be. and the same is hereby ratified
and confirmed to the State Of Iowa and Its
grantees, in accordance with said adjust
ment, and said act Of the general. assembly
of the State Of Iowa; provided, that nothing
in this act shall be SO construed as to affect
adversely any existing legal rights or the
right to acquire title to any part Of said
lands under the provisions Of the so-called
homestead or pre-enpte laws Of the United
States, OF claiming any part thereof as
swamp lands.
Approved March 3. 1871.
GENERAL NArURE-No. 5;;.1
An act making appropriations for the ser
vice Of the Postofice Department for
the year ending June thirty. eighteen
hundred and seventy-two, and for other
purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House
of Representatives Of the United States
of America in Congress assembled, That
the following sums be, and the same are
hereby. appropriated for the service Of the
Postottce Department for the year ending
June thirty. eighteen hundred and seventy
two. out of any moneys in the treasury
arising from the revenues Of said depart
ment, in conformity to the act of July two,
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 pay of route agents. seven hundred
and eighty-six thousand i've hundred and
sixty nine dollars.
For pay of mail route messengers, fifty
nine thousand four hundred and tour dol
lars.
For pay OF local agents, forty nnc thou
sand and forty.tour dollars.
For pay OF railway postothce clerks, tive
hundred and eightv-tive thousand .tree
hundred and 1hirtyeight dollars.
For pay OF baggage masters in charge of
through mails. i've thousand dollars.
For foreign mail iran sportaticn, four hun
Gred thousand dollars.
. For ship. steamboat, ard way letters, Ten
thousand dollars.
For pay of postm asters. i've million one
hundred thousand dollars
For pay of clerks in postOfices, 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, thirry-ive thousand dollars
For letter balances, two thousand i've
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 10 any paper published IN the District
of Coluu uia tor 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-sranpad en-
velopes and newspaper wrappers, four hun
bred and fourteen thousand two hundred
dollars: Provided. That no envelope as fur
nished by the government shall contain any
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 Iocks and keys, forty thousand
dollars.
For post-marking and canceling stamps
'or postotiices, twelve thousand five hun
lre1 dollars.
For balances due foreign countries, two
hundred thousand dollars.
For preparing and publishing pcst-route
maps. twenty thousand dollars.
For rent of postoffces, two hundred thou
and dollars.
For fuel for postofices, one hundred thou
and dollars.
For lights for postofiices, one hundred and
Ell thousand dollars.
For stationery and miscellaneous items
or postofices. forty thousand dollars
For registered package envelopes, fifteen
housand dollars.
For official envelopes for use of post
lasters thirty thousand dollars.
For envelopes for return Of dead letters
. writers, four thousand dollars.
+ or tees to United States ATTORNEYS. c1erks
courts. and United States malsLa.s. ten
thousand dollars.
RATS and warrants, three. thousand tye
,rldred dollars.
For miscellaneous items, one thousand
ollars.
That IN no money appropriated by this act