New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-10-12

dred and seventy-three, out of any none
III the treasury not otherwise appropriated
namely:
For steamship service between San Fran
cisco, Japan and China, five hundred thou
o Il dollars. And the Postmaster Genera
is hereby authorized to contract with tn
lowest bidder, within three months ate
the passage of this act, after sixty days
public notice, for a term of ten wears from
and after the first day of October, eighteen
hundred and sev~enty-thIee, for the convey
ance of an additional monthly mail on thu
SAID route, at a compensation not to exceed
the rate per v0yage now paid under the ex
listing contracts, and upon the same cOndi
tions and limitations as prescribed by ex
listing acts OF Congress i'll reference thereto
n the respective contracts made in pur
suapce thereof; and the contractors under
the provisions of this section shall be re
CURED to carry the United States mails
during the existence Of their contracts,
without additional charge, on all the steam
eTs they may run upon said line, or any
part OF it, or any branch or extension there.
Of; provided, that ali 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 Ell
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 tbs United States
in case of war, and before acceptance the
officers by whom they are inspectedoshall
report to the Secretary of the Navy and the
Postmaster General whether this condition
has been complied with; provided, that i'll 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
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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 GiXty-fUur.
And the government of the United States
shall have the right in case of wal to take
for the use Of the United States anyTof the
steamers Of said line, and in such case pay
a reasonable compensation therefor; pro
yided, the price paid shall in no case ex-
coed 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 venue 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
ana seyenty-three. Aud section twelve of
the act approved March third, eighteen
hundred and fOIty-seven, entitled IAN act
to establish certain post routes, and for
other purposes" and section eight Of the
act approved March third, eighteen hun
dred and tiftv-one, entitled IAN act to re-
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 tor 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
preparations.
SEC. 5. That it shall not be lawful for
any person who shall hereafter be ap-
pointed an officer, clerk, or employe in
any of the Executive Departments to act
as counsel, attorney, or agent for prose-
cutting any claim against the United States
winch 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 it's successors in interest,
the 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 tor the trans
portation of freight and passengers at pres
ent run between New York and San Fran
cisco, via the Isthlnus Of Panama, 10y 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 well as
to the Pacific Mail Steamship Company.
Approved June !, 1872.