New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-09-25

dred and seYenty-uhree, out of any none
III the treasury not otherwise appropriated
namely:
For Steamship service between San Fra1
CISCO Japan and China, five hundred thol
sand dollars. And the Postmaster Genera
is hereby authorized to contract with tn
| lowest bidder, within three months afte
the passage of this act, after sixty days
public notice, for a term Of ten years tror
and after the first day of October, eighteen
hundred and seventy-thIee, for the convey
ance of an additional monthly mail on tn
| said route, at compensation not to exceed
| the rate per voyage now paid under the ex
| listing contracts, and upon the same cOndi
| tiOns and limitations as prescribed by ex
| listing acts of Congress in reference thereto
! and the respective contracts made in pur
| suance thereof; and the contractors under
| the provisions Of this section shall be re
| quired to carry the United States mails
| during the existence of their contracts
without additional charge, on all the steam
| ers they may run upon said line, or any
| part of it, or any branch or extension there
| of; provided, that all steamships hereafter
| accepted for said service shall be of not less
than four thousand tons register each, and
shall be built of iron; and with their en-
gines and machinery shall be wholly of
American construction, and shall be so CON
structed as to be readily adapted to the
armed naval service of the United States
in case of war, and before acceptance the
officers by whom they are inspected shall
report to the Secretary of the Navy and the
Postmaster General whether this condition
has been complied with; provided, that in all
cases the officers of the ships employed
in the service herein provided for shall be
citizens of the United States, and that per-
sons of foreign birth, who have according
to law declared their intention to become
citizens Of the United States, may be en-
plOyed as though they were citizens within
the meaning of this section, or Of any act or
acts specified in the act of June twenty
eighth, eighteen hundred and sixty-four
And the government of the United States
shall have the right in case of war to take
for the use of the United States any of the
steamers of said line, and in such case pay
a reasonable compensation therefor; pro
vided, the price paid shall in no case ex-
ceed the original cost Of the vessel so taken,
and this provision shall extend to and be
applicable to the steamers of the Brazilian
line hereinafter provided for
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. 4. That if the revenues of the Post
Office Department shall be insufficient to
meet the appropriations made by this act,
then the sum of five million seven hundred
thousand nine hundred and seventy dollars,
or SO much thereof as may be necessary, be,
and the same is hereby appropriated, to be
paid out of any money in the treasury
not otherwise appropriated, to sup
ply deficiencies in the revenue of the
Postoffice Department for the year
ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred
RI ftornn AVID of
the act approved March third, eighteen
hundred and forty-seven, entitled IAN act
to establish certain post routes, and for
other purposes" and section eight of the
act approved March third, eighteen hun
bred and tifty-one, entitled can act to res
duce and modify the rates of postage in the
United States, and for other purposes" SO
far as said sections provide for specific per
manent appropriations for carrying free
matter in the mails for the several Depart
ments and for members of Congress, be,
and the same are hereby, repealed. And
hereafter payment for carrying such free
matter shall be made out of the annual APP
propriatiOnso
Sec 5. That it shall not be lawful for
any person who shall hereafter be ap-
pointed an officer, clerk, or employee in
any of the Executive Departments to act
as counsel, attorney, or agent for prose
cutting any claim against the United States
which was pending in said Departments
while he was said officer, clerk, or employe,
nor in any manner, nor by any means, to
aid in the prosecution of any such claim,
within two years next after he shall have
ceased to be such officer, clerk, or employee.
SEC. 6. That if the contract for the in
crease of the mail service between San
Francisco and China and Japan to a semi
monthly service shall be made with the
Pacific Mail Steamship Company, or shall
be performed in the said company.'s ships,
or the ships Of its successors in interest,
tie moneys payable under such contract
shall be paid while the said company or It's
successors in interest shall maintain and
run the line Of steamships for the trans
portation of freight and passengers at pres
ent run between New York and San Fran
cisco, via the Isthmus of Panama, by the
said Pacific Mail Steamship Company, and
no longer provided that said requirement
shall in all respects apply to any party con
tracing for the mail service between San
Francisco and China and Japan, as we'll as
to the Pacific Mail Steamship Company
approved June l, 1872.