188 THIRTY-FOURTH CONGRESS. Sess. III. Ch. 95, 96. 1857. Atfoléfmgefor the discretion, and under the direction of the President of the lrlnlted m,u;E,fm$°m€d_ States, xnay contract svnth any competent. person, persons, or assoolauon, ' for the axd of the United States. by furn1shu1g not cxceeding two slups in laying down 2. submarine cable, to connect existing telegraphs between the coast of Newfoundland and the coast of Ireland, and for the use of such submarine communication vlrhen established by the government of the United States, on such terms and conditions as shall seem to the President just and reasonable, not exceeding seventy thousand dollars por annum until the nett profits of such person, or persons, or association, shall be equal to a dividend of six por cont. por annum, and then not exceeding fifty thousand dollars per annum for twenty-five years: Pra- P¤‘<3Vid¤¢l GMM vided, That the government of Great Britain shall, before or at the same
°’ time, enter into a like contract for those purposes with the same person,
persons, or association, and upon terms of exact equality with thosestipu- Taritf for mes- lated by the United States: And provided, That the tariff of prices for
- ¤§°s· the use of such submarine communication by the public shall be fixed b y
the Secretary of the Treasury of the United States and the government nzquality of of Great Britain, 01* its authorized agent: Pr0videdfurt}zcr, That the zggi °° b° s°` United States and the citizens thereof shall enjoy the use of the said ° submarine telegraph communication for all time on the same terms and conditions which shall be stipulated in favor of the government of Great Britain, and the subjects thereof, recognising equality of rights among the citizens of the United States in the use of said submarine communication and the lines of telegraph which may at any time connect with the same at its terminus on the coast of New Foundland and in the United States, in any contract so to be entered into by such person, persons, or associa- Proviso as to tion, with that government: Provided further, That the contract to be
- ¢¤¤$ of British made by the British government shall not be different from that already
°°"t”°t' proposed by that government to the New York, Newfoundland, and London Telegraph Company except such provisions as may be necessary to secure to each government the transmission of its own messages by its bcc?;;;?;;;;;! own agents : And pravidedjlmther, That it shall bein the power of Conme,. mn yem by gross, after ten years, to terminate said contract upon giving one year’s one yc=nr’su¤ticc- notice to the parties to such contract. Avrnovxso March 3, 1857. A. .—- nAct in A r'0 'c - ··-
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Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the following sums be, and the same are hereby, appropriate:] for the Post-Oflice Department for the year ending the thirtieth of June, eighteen hundred and fifty-eight, out of any moneys in the treasury arising from the revenues of the said department, in conformity to the act of the second of July, eighteen hundred and thirty-six : Im,,,,,, mm, For transportation of the mails, (inland,) seven million six hundred portation. and twenty-two thousand two hundred and forty-seven dollars. postmmm-s_ For compensation of postmasters, two million one hundred and forty thousand dollars. lotwg Md WHY For ship, steamboat, and way letters, twenty thousand dollars. wmmging pnpm For wrapping paper, forty-five thousand dollars. hurnicum. For office furmture in the post·o{Hoes, six thousand dollars. Advertising. For advertizing, eighty thousand dollars. Mail bags. For maibbags, fifty-five thousand dollars. Blanks, Sm. For blanks, and paper for the same, ninety-five thousand dollars. Mui!-locks, &c. For mail-locks, keys, and stamps, fifteen thousand dollars. Special agents. For mail depredations and special agents, sixty-five thousand dollars. Clerks For clerks in the officcs of postmastors, seven hundred and sixty-five thousand dollars.
