572 FOBTY—F1BST CONGRESS. Sess. III. Ch. 121. 1871. t_ Mail gspreds. For mail depredations and special agents, one hundred and twenty- l°““ °“ 'P°‘ five thousand dollars. m§£E;:_;a&c_, d Eor mail·bags and mail-bag catchers, one hundred and eighty thousand S l0¤ an g gpg, k°For mail locks and keys, forty thousand dollars. poi:-bxilrgig Igor post-rniarlgndg andcanceling stamps for p0st·0Hices, twelve thou- i ml °"·!‘°°“‘ · san five hun re ollars. ‘ ,,,,53:lgn bi For balances due foreign countries, two hundred thousand dollars. m:Et·r¤¤w For preparing and publishing post-route maps, twenty thousand dollars. ngn¤.t’ {mmm For rent of post-oliices, two hundred thousand dollars. For fuel for post-oliices, one hundred thousand dollars. For lights for post-offices, one hundred and ten thousand dollars. Stationery. For stationery and miscellaneous items for post-offices, forty thousand dollars. mmhpu. For registered package envelopes, fifteen thousand dollars. For odicial envelopes for use of postmasters, thirty thousand dollars. For envelopes for return of dead letters to writers, four thousand dollars. Fees toUnited For fees to United States attorne s, clerks of courts, and United States States attomeys bays, t th d d H y · mars en thousand dollars.
and mu- For engraving, printing, and binding drafts and warrants,•three thou-
E¤mVi¤z.&¤· sand five hundred dollars. For miscellaneous items, one thousand dollars. N0 p¤r¤f¤ my That no money appropriated by this act shall be applied to the pay- q°°"g° ch°”p°"' ment of the alle ed claim a ainst the United States in favor of Geor e nmg. g S S Chorpenning, now pending before the sixth auditor of the treasury, or any part thereof Denctsncy ap. Sec. 2. That the following sums, or so much thereof as may be neces- P¤‘<>P*i¤S9¤ Y0? sary, be, and the same are hereby, appropriated for the year ending }s:;°§0,l?§·,2_ Elgin? thirty, eighsplen hundred andtsgventytwo, out of any money in e reasury no o erwise appropria e ,name y:-— vi$*•;¤¤¤¤hiP¤°¤‘· For steamship service between San Francisco, Japan, and China, Eve Ss: F::::§,z°_ hundred thousand dollars. .éapun,and For steamship service between the ·United States and Brazil, one mi hundred and fifty thousand dollars. g;;li:,U,;§:;°dp,,, I 1Fo5 steamshipi seryice bgtgvspn San Francisco and the Sandwich l` · _ san s seventy- vethousand dollars. m§:',Q:§;':f°° Sue., 3. That if the revenues of the Post-Oflice Department shall be wicnlslsnus. insufficient to meet the appropriations made by this act, then the sum mg§gg‘2;’£3l°n_ of three million nine hundred and sixty-nine thousand three hundred cy ,,,,,,,,p,i,,_ and eighty-three dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, be, and tion for year the same is hereby, appropriated, to be paid out of any money in the g2g2K ““° 8°• treasury not otherwise appropriated, to supply deficiencies in the revenue pf the PostaOffice Department for the year ending June thirty, eighteen un red an seventy-two. t Bidders fpr f Sec. 4. That all bidders, upon every mail route, for the transportation ,,’:;“fnP;Q{;*}E>‘;‘;,;°d of mails upon the same, shall hereafter accompany their bids (where canned check they exceed five thousand dollars) with a certified check or draft, pay- With bmi able to the order of the Postmaster-General, of some reliable banking amountof house or banking institution, which check or draft shall not be less than °h°°ki five per cent. on the amount that they would receive in any one year Etgzbs f¤¤‘f¤i¤¤<l under such bid. In case any bidder, on being awarded any such con- ’ °' tract, shall fail to enter into good and sufficient bonds to faithfully carry out such contract, such bidder or bidders shall forfeit the amount so deposited to the United States, for the use of the Post-Otlice Department; otherwise, such draft or check, so deposited, shall be returned to the bidder, to whonn it belongs. Sec. 5. That it shall be unlawful for the Newport and Cincinnati
