New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1871-09-24
VIEW ORLEANS REPUBLICAN, SUNDAY September u 1871

ment, m conformity to the act of july tw
eighteen hundred and thirty-six.
| For inland mail transportation, twel,
million three hundred and twenty-nine d.
lars.
For paw of mail messengers, five hundrt
dollars.
For pay of route agents, seven hundre
and eighty-six thousand five hundred an
sixty-nine dollars.
For pay of mail route messengers, fift,
nine thousand four hundred and tour do
lars.
For pay Of local agents, forty nine tho,
sand and forty four dollars.
For pay Of railway postotfice clerks, fiv
hundred and eighty-five thousand thre
hundred and thirty-eight dollars.
For pay of baggage masters IN charge G
through mails, five thousand dollars.
For foreign mail transportation, four hur
dred thousand dollars.
For ship, steamboat, and way letters, tel
thousand dollars.
For pay Of postmasters, five million on
hundred thousand dollars.
For pay of clerks in postOffices, 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 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 tity-nine thousand
dollars.
For manufacture of postage-stamped en-
velOpes and newspaper wrappers, tour 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 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 tweutyf five thousand dol
lars.
For mail-bags and mailbag catchers, one
and eighty thousand dollars.
For mail locks and keys, forty thousand
dollars
For post-marking and canceling stamps
for postotfices, twelve thousand tive hun
bred 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 postoffices. one hundred and
ten thousand dollars.
For stationery and miscellaneous items
for postoffces. 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
% writers, four thousand dollars.
For fees to United States attorneys. clerks
If courts. and United States marshals, ten
thousand dollars.
For engraving, printing, and binding
Traits and warrants, three thousand tive
hundred dollars.
For miscellaneous items. one thousand
dollars.
That no money appropriated by this act
hall be applied to the payment Of the al
eyed claim against the United States in
ayor of George Chorpenning, now pending
'efore the Sixth Auditor OF the Treasury,
r any part thereof.
Sec. ,. That the following sums, or so
much thereof as may be necessary, be, and
he same are hereby, appropriated for the
ear ending June thirty, eighteen hundred
nd seventy-two, out of any money in the
not otherwise appropriated,
amely:
For steamship service between San Fran |
isco japan, and China, five hundred thou |
and dollars. |
For steamship service between the United |
tates and Brazil, one hundred and fifty |
dollars.
For steamship service between San Fran
scO and the Sandwich Islands, seventy |
We thousand dollars.
SEC. 3. That if the revenues Of the Post
flee Department shall be insufficient to
eet the appropriations made by this act,
len the sum of three million nine hundred |
nd sixty-nine thousand three hundred and
ghty-three dollars. or so much thereof as
ay be necessary, be, and the same is here
Y, appropriated, to be paid out of any
oney in the treasury not otherwise appro-
rated, to supply deficiencies in the rev.
Tue of the Postottice Department for the
sar ending June thirty, eighteen hundred
I'd seventy-twO.
SEC. 4. That all bidders. upon every mail
ute, for the transportation Of mails upon
e same, shall hereafter accompany their
DIS where they exceed five thousand dol
rs) with certified check or draft, paya-
e to the order of the Postmaster General,
some reliable banking house or banking
stitution, which check or draft shall not
! less than five per centum on the amount
at they would receive in anv one year
lder such bid. In case any bidder. on be-
g awarded any such contract. shall fail to
ter into good and sufficient bonds to faith
lily carry out such contract such bidder OF
1ders shall forfeit the amount so deposited
the United States. for the use of the Post
ice Department: otherwise, such draft or
eek. so deposited. shall be returned to the
oder to whom it belongs
&c. }. That it shall be unlawful for the New
TT and Cincinnati Bridge Company. or any
her company, or person, to proceed IN the
hctlon ct the bridge now being constructed
er the OHIO river from the city of Cincin-
II. Ohio, to the city OF Newport. Ken
ckv. and the approaches thereto, unless
g said bridge shall be SO constructed that
e channel span of four hundred feet, as
W located. shall have under said span a
ar Roadway, at low water. of one hun
ed feet below any point of said channel
an. and in such case no draw shall be re-
ired in said bridge; all the other spans of
d bridge, which cover the Ohio river. to
water mark, shall have clear head
y OF not less than seventy feet above
' water mark, and the other spans of the ;;
d bridge, extending to each shore, may ,,
made OF lesss elevation than seventy feet
ove low water mark, to accommodate q !,
,ular grade for the approaches to said
dye. And when the foregoing require :
nts shall have been complied with by the :
d Newport and Cincinnati Bridge Com