New Orleans Republican., 1872-10-05

dred and seventy three, out OF any money
in the treasury not otherwise appropriated,
namely:
For steamship service between San Fran
cisco, Japan and China, five hundred thou
sand dollars And the Postmaster General
is hereby authorized to contract with the
lowest bidder, within three months alter
the passage of this act, after sixty days
public notice. for a term of ten years from
and after the first day of October, eighteen
hundred and seventy three, for the convey
ance of an additional monthly mail on the
said route, at a compensation not to exceed
the rate per voyage now paid under the eX-
isting contracts, and upon the same condi-
tiUns and limitations as prescribed by eX-
isting 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-
uured 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 implied 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 em-
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, III such case pay
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
Postotice Department. for the year
ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred
| and seventy-three. And section twelve OF
the act approved March third, eighteen
hundred and forty seven, entitled IAN act
to establish certain post routes, and fol
other purposes" and section eight of the
act approved March third, eighteen hun
dred and fifty one, entitled IAN act to re-
duce and modify the rates OF postage in the
United States, and for other purposes" sc
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 ap
| preparations.
SEC. 5. That it shall not be lawful fol
] any person who shall hereafter be ap
pointed an officer, clerk, Or employe il
| any of the Executive Departments to ac1
as counsel, attorney, or agent for prose
| CuJlng any cIallu against tne OulUeu OGbCef
which was pending in said Departments
while he was said officer, clerk, or employe
nor in any manner, nor by any means, tt
aid in the prosecution of any such claim
within two years next after he shall have
ceased to DE such officer, clerk, or employe
! SEC. 6. That if the contract for the in
crease of the mail service between SarL
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 eompany's ships
or the ships of its successors in interest
the moneys payable under such CONTRACT
shall be paid while the said company or Its
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
I said Pacific Mail Steamship Company, anC
no longer; provided, that said Requirement
shall in all respects apply to any party con
! tracing for the mail service between Sar
Francisco and China and Japan, as well a!
TO the Pacific Mail Steamship Company.
! approved June ?, 1879,