New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1871-08-17

and six thousand two hundred and fourteen
| dollars.
For pay of route agents, seven hundred
and eighty-six thousand five hundred ana
| sixty-nine dollars.
| For pay of mail. route messengers, fifty
| nine thousand four hundred and four dol
| lars.
For pay of local agents, forty-ninc thou
sand and forty-four dollars.
| For pay of railway postofice clerks, five
| hundred and eighty-five thousand three
| hundred and rhirty-eight dollars.
For pay of baggage masters in charge OF
| through mails, five thousand dollars.
For foreign mail transportation, four hun
dred thousand dollars.
| For ship, steamboat, and way letters, ten
thousand dollars
| For pay of postmasters, five million one
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 hve thousand
dollars.
For Irvine, tllirty-iive thousand dollars.
For letter balances, two thousand tive
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 ffty-nlne thousand
| dollars.
For manufacture of postage-stamped en-
| veiopes and newspaper wrappers, tour nun,
| dred and fourteen thousand two hundred
dollars; Provided, That no envelope as fur-
! nished 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
| sstants, 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 i've nun
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 postofices. one hundred thou
| sand dollars.
For lights for postoffices, 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 marshals, ten
| thousand dollars.
For engraving, printing, and binding
| drafts and warrants, three thousand i've
| 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. 3 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 III 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 he 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-
| priated. to supply deficiencies in the rev
| enue OF the Postotfice DEPARTMENT for the
| year ending June thirty, eighteen hundred
! and seventy-two.
SEC. 4. That all bidders, upon every mail
route, for the transportation of mails upon
| the same, shall hereafter accompany their
! bids twhere they exceed five thousand dol
| lars) 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 they 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 5. That il shall be unlawful Tor 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 Cincln-
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 a
clear Roadway, at low water, OF one hun
| dred feet below any point OF said channel
| sDan and in such case no draw shall be re-
| ouired in said bridge; all the other spans OF
| said bridge. which cover the Ohio river, to
4 low water mark shall have 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 Its struc-
| lures and approaches, shall thereupon be
deemed 10 be legalized, and declared to
I be lawful structures. and shall be recog-
nized and known as a post route. The
| plans for changes in such bridge, made ne
| cessary by this act, shall be submitted by
| said company to the Secretary OF War tor
his approval. And, in the event OF the