Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1872-06-21
DROP0SALs FOR MAIL STEAMSHIP SER
l. VICE bEIMEkN SAN FRANCISCO, IA
Posr OFFICE DEPARTMENT, Il

WASHINGTON, J une s, lisa
and q The act Of Consis s.. %ppFoSed Jane j. isi
entitled An act making appropriations for the
ending June thirty. eighteen hundred aud twenty
THREE, which sections are in the words and figures
ste.S And the Postmaster General is
hereby suthorizedt 20 tract with the lowest bid
act, after sixty days public notice, Tor term Of
ten years from and after the hrsi day Of October,
yeyance Of additional monthly mali on the said
route, az compensation not 70 exceed the rate per
on the conditions and Limitations prescribed
% existing acts OF Congress in reference thereto,
and the respective Contracts made in pureuancs
thereof and the contractors under the provisions Of
this section shall be required TO carry the United
contracts, without additional charge, on all the
steamers they may run upon said line, or any part
Prerides, That all sioanlsh p hereafter accepted
for SAID service shall net BE Of less than four thou
and tons register each snd hA be buil Of iron and
with their engines and machinery shall be wholly of
American ensrgction, and shah be 50 constructed
asto lie readily adapted to tie armed naval sery ice
Of the nIted States in case Of aud before accept
aHSS The G fs By whom thy are 1spsesd shall
master General whether this condition has been
complied with: P,oridsd That 10 al cases the on
yid.d for shall DO citizens Of the United sta5e and
ihsi persons q foreign birth who have according 70
the United States. may be employed ne though thew
were citizens within the meaning Of this seet5n,
OF any act or acts specified IN the act Of June twen
u eight. eigh,een HUNDRED and sixty four and The
Isht OF WA to take for the Of the aited
ates any of the steamers OF said ine and in such
case gay reasonable oonpeu sAtl. n therefor; RE
original OF the vessel taken and this prOyi-
sion shs s,iend to and be sIplicsele 70 the steam
the T9s i II. sss % the q
and Jspan 70 a semi month"; service sbsii be msss
with the Pacific Mail Steamship Company, or shall
ships Of lis saocessors 10 tnters he maevs 81 .s He
able under such contract sha be paid while the said
company lts SUCCESSORS in interest shall maintain
and run the line Of steamships the trsnspOrta-
ton OF freight and ps-sengets Al present run be-
mus Of Panama, by the said Rscifc Hall Steamship
Company, and no longer: PrOrid,d, That SAID re-
r the n a mali .efTs ases 70
s,seS and Chine and Japan as well - 90 the Pacific
Ma. Steamship Company"
PROPOSALS
viii be received at the Poet Onlce Department, in
,h o s,y e Washington, until . O'Clock p m: on
veyng the malls Of the United states by rseans q
an additional moSihly line Of hrst clsss Anerieas
tons register each and Of Sufficient number 10 per-
Of SAW s.d psT e p the
tChins,l touching at Yokohama, tJapan.) with .
main line between Yokohama and Shanghai, 15hi-
ma Tor contract term OF ten years from and after
the hIst day OF october, eighteen hundred aud
Each bid should name the time proposed 10 be oc-
Guiding stcppases AZ inssrnedase p s saa also
the length OF the stoppages az each of the nierms
proposed days and hours Of departure from each
port, as well as the proposed days and hours Of
partrres must be SO ARRANGED as 70 alternate at
equal and regular intervals with those Of the pres
regular semi monthly service In connection there
with. such schedules however, 20 be subject the
ment alteration by his order, from time time,
as the interests OF the postal service may require
American built steamships Of the FIRST class, ia All
respects conforming to the requirements OF the laws
authorizing the service and before acceptance they
rienced naval constructor TO be detailed Tor that
pur poeeb by the secretary q the Navy.
previsions and Of the acts Of Cohgress
sp5rSsyed Leerssry isss, snd fserssry d lsR,
factory that the baasr or Ss ss9 s. ana
their suarantors, are men Of properly and abund-
The bidder or bidders must be an American citi-
The bidder : name and residence, and the name of
should be distinctly stated II made b. cor poTssios
" PC o. s
and list Of officers and directors.
All s g az
upon zone soiyent national bank. Of not lee. than
pc.es IN such ID OF BIDS: such eSses or drs
subject al the conditions and pFovisions Of exist.
Ans sssisnmsst Or transfer o. N ocean mail con-
tract q espressly forbiddeH 81 law, such assign
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