For postage stamps and stamped envelopes, ninety-five thousand dollars. Stamps and Envelopes. For miscellaneous items, one hundred and seventy thousand dollars. Miscellaneous. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the sum of six hundred and sixty-six thousand eight hundred and eighty-three dollars be and the same is hereby appropriated, to be paid out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, to supply deficiencies in the revenue of the Post-Office Department for the year ending the thirtieth of June, eighteen year ending June hundred and fifty-seven. Deficiencies for 30, 1857. SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That if the revenues of the PostOffice Department shall be insufficient to meet the appropriations of this act, the sum of two million five hundred thousand 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 supply Deficiencies for deficiencies in the revenue of the Post-Office Department for the year year ending June ending the thirtieth of June, eighteen hundred and fifty-eight. 30, 1858. SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That the Postmaster-General be and he is hereby authorized to establish and put in operation a semi- Mails authorized monthly mail, by sea, from San Francisco, in the State of California, to and Washington between Oregon Olympia, in the Territory of Washington, touching at Humboldt Bay, territories and Trinidad, and Crescent city, in the State of California; Port Orford, California. Gardiner city, or Umpqua, and Astoria, in the Territory of Oregon; Shoal-water Bay, Fort Townsend, in the Territory of Washington; and at such other points as shall be designated by the Postmaster-General : Provided, That the contract for the said service be advertised by the Postmaster-General in pursuance of existing laws, and let to the lowest bidder: And provided further, That the whole cost of said service shall not exceed the sum of one hundred and twenty-five thousand dollars per annum, which sum is hereby appropriated for that purpose, to be paid out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated: Provided further, That the Postmaster-General may, if he shall deem it for the public interest, contract for said service with the lowest bidder, as aforesaid, under the advertised proposals heretofore made for mail service between the points aforesaid. SEC. 5. And be it further enacted, That the Postmaster-General be Mail service beauthorized and directed to continue the mail service between Charleston, tween Charleston, Key West, and Key West, and Havana, during the months of August and September in Havana. each year for the residue of the present contract term of the southern section by a competent steamer as it is now being performed during ten months of the year; and that to enable him to do so, a sum not exceeding Annual approten thousand dollars per annum is hereby appropriated out of any money priation. in the treasury not otherwise appropriated. Pay of Postemployees at SEC. 6. And be it further enacted, That the fourth section of the act of Congress, approved fifth of August, eighteen hundred and fifty-four, master and his entitled "An act making appropriations for the service of the Post-Office Washington, Department, during the fiscal year ending the thirtieth of June, one 1854, ch. 270, § 4. thousand eight hundred and fifty-five," be and the same is hereby continued Vol. x. p. 588. for one year from August fifth, eighteen hundred and fifty-seven. SEC. 7. And be it further enacted, That the Postmaster-General be and he is hereby authorized to reëxamine and adjust all questions arising vice on the Misout of fines imposed upon the contractors for carrying the mails upon the sissippi. Mississippi River. Adjustment of fines for mail ser ham and Lewis allowed. SEC. 8. And be it further enacted, That the Postmaster-General be Application of and is hereby authorized and directed to examine the applications of Vassal D. PinkVassal D. Pinkham, contractor for carrying the United States mail on route W. Ludlow may sixty-seven, between Bangor and Calais, in the State of Maine, and of be examined and Lewis W. Ludlow, contractor for carrying the United States mails on route one thousand two hundred and forty-two, from Auburn to South Lansing, in the State of New York, to be released from their respective contracts, and in his discretion to release either or both of them therefrom. Act of 1856, ch. SEC. 9. And be it further enacted, That the eighth section of the act 130, 8, respect of the eighteenth of August, eighteen hundred and fifty-six, entitled "An ing George H. Giddings de- act making appropriations for the service of the Post-Office Department," clared mandatory &c., be construed as mandatory; and that the Postmaster-General be Payment to him. and he hereby is required to pay to the said Giddings the sum of thirtyAnte, p. 95. three thousand and five hundred dollars per annum in lieu of the contract pay, on mail route number twelve thousand nine hundred, as directed by said section, deducting payments heretofore made. Contract au- SEC. 10. And be it further enacted, That the Postmaster-General be, thorized for car- and he is hereby, authorized to contract for the conveyance of the entire rying the mail from the Missis- letter mail from such point on the Mississippi River, as the contractors sippi to San Fran- may select, to San Francisco, in the State of California, for six years, at a cost not exceeding three hundred thousand dollars per annum for semimonthly, four hundred and fifty thousand dollars for weekly, or six hundred thousand dollars for semi-weekly service; to be performed semimonthly, weekly, or semi-weekly, at the option of the Postmaster-Gen cisco by land. Same subject. Preëmption right of such con tractors. Trip to be performed within 25 days, and security to be given. Mail service on Lowest bid on eral. SEC. 11. And be it further enacted, That the contract shall require the service to be performed with good four-horse coaches, or spring wagons, suitable for the conveyance of passengers, as well as the safety and security of the mails. SEC. 12. And be it further enacted, That the contractors shall have the right of preemption to three hundred and twenty acres of any land not then disposed of or reserved, at each point necessary for a station, not to be nearer than ten miles from each other; and provided, that no mineral land shall be thus preëmpted. SEC. 13. And be it further enacted, That the said service shall be performed within twenty-five days for each trip; and that before entering into such contract, the Postmaster-General shall be satisfied of the ability and disposition of the parties bona fide and in good faith to perform the said contract, and shall require good and sufficient security for the performance of the same; the service to commence within twelve months after the signing of the contract. SEC. 14. And be it further enacted, That the Postmaster-General of the Puget's Sound. United States be and he hereby is authorized and directed to accept the record to be ac- lowest bid offered and now on record, (provided the same shall not exceed cepted. twenty-three thousand dollars a year, for weekly services,) to convey the United States mails in good and sufficient steamer or steamers under the advertisement of the Postmaster-General of January nineteen, eighteen hundred and fifty-five, for "proposals for conveying the United States mails on Puget's Sound, Washington Territory," and to contract with the bidders thereof to put into immediate operation the said service on Puget's Sound, Washington Territory, commencing at Olympia, and supplying Steilacoom, Seattle, Port Madison, Port Gamble, Port Ludlow, Port Townsend, Penn's Cove, Bellingham Bay, (Whatcorn,) New Dungeness, and such other places on said route as the Postmaster-General may direct; said service to be paid for out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated: Provided, That the said service shall be perVol. v. p. 750. formed in first class steamboats, under the eighth section of the act approved March third, eighteen hundred and forty-five. 1845, ch. 69, § 8. Payment to SEC. 15. And be it further enacted, That the Secretary of the Treasury George Whitman be directed to pay to George Whitman the sum of ten thousand one hundred dollars, being the amount of a draft issued in his favor by the Postmaster-General on the eleventh of August, eighteen hundred and thirtyeight upon the postmaster at New Orleans in payment of services rendered by said Whitman as mail contractor, less two thousand dollars paid thereon, which draft was not satisfied by the drawer. APPROVED, March 3, 1857. CHAP. XCVII-An Act making Appropriations for Fortifications and other Works of March 3, 1857. 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 they are hereby appropriated, out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the construction, preservation, and repairs of certain fortifications, barracks, and quarters, for the year ending the thirtieth of June, eighteen hundred and fifty-eight. For Fort Montgomery, outlet of Lake Champlain, fifty thousand dollars. For Fort Knox, at the Narrows of the Penobscot River, Maine, fifty thousand dollars. For fortifications at the entrance of Kennebec River, Maine, one hundred thousand dollars. For the commencement of a fortification on Hog Island Ledge in Portland harbor, Maine, fifty thousand dollars. For Fort Warren, Boston harbor, and preservation of its site, ten thousand dollars. For Fort Winthrop, Governor's Island, Boston harbor, thirty thousand dollars. For fortifications at the entrance of New Bedford harbor, one hundred and fifty thousand dollars. For Fort Adams, protection of site, Newport harbor, Rhode Island, fifteen thousand dollars. For Fort Schuyler, East River, New York harbor, twenty thousand dollars. For Fort Richmond, Staten Island, New York harbor, one hundred and fifty thousand dollars. For fortifications at Sandy Hook, New Jersey, outlet of New York harbor, two hundred and fifty thousand dollars. For the commencement of a fort opposite Fort Schuyler, New York, one hundred and fifty thousand dollars. For the erection of a fort on the site of Fort Tompkins in the State of New York, one hundred and fifty thousand dollars. For Fort Delaware, on Delaware River, two hundred thousand dollars. For Fort Carroll, Sollers' Point flats, Baltimore harbor, Maryland, one hundred and fifty thousand dollars. For Fort Calhoun, Hampton Roads, Virginia, one hundred thousand dollars. For Fort Sumpter, Charleston harbor, South Carolina, one hundred thousand dollars. For Fort Pulaski, Savannah River, Georgia, twenty-six thousand dollars. For Fort Clinch, entrance to Cumberland Sound, Florida, seventy-five thousand dollars. For Fort Barrancas, Pensacola harbor, Florida, thirty-three thousand dollars. For Fort Gaines, Dauphin Island, entrance to Mobile Bay, Alabama, one hundred thousand dollars. For defences at Proctor's Landing, Lake Borgne, Louisiana, twentyfive thousand dollars, For Fort Livingston, Grandterre Island, Barrataria Bay, Louisiana, and preservation of its site, twenty thousand dollars. For Fort Taylor, Key West, Florida, two hundred thousand dollars. For Fort Jefferson, Garden Key, Florida, three hundred thousand dollars. For fortifications at Alcatraz Island, San Francisco Bay, California, two hundred thousand dollars. Contingencies. Repairs, &c. of barracks, &c. Platforms for cannon. March 3, 1857. on the different schedules. For fort at Fort Point, San Francisco Bay, California, three hundred and fifty thousand dollars. For repairs at Fort Hamilton, at the Narrows, New York harbor, ten thousand dollars. For repairs at Fort Lafayette, New York harbor, ten thousand dollars. For repairs of Fort Wood, Bedlow's Island, New York harbor, five thousand dollars. For barracks, quarters, and hospital at Fort Columbus, Governor's Island, New York harbor, fourteen thousand dollars. For purchase of additional land for site of Fort Tompkins, forty-two thousand three hundred dollars. For modification of Fort Madison, Annapolis harbor, Maryland, twenty thousand dollars. For artesian well at Fort Monroe, ten thousand dollars. For repairs of Fort Jackson, Savannah River, Georgia, eighteen thousand dollars. For the fortification of Ship Island, coast of Mississippi, one hundred thousand dollars. For fortifications for the defence of the inner passes into Mobile Bay, (known as Grant's Pass and Pass au Heron,) one hundred thousand dollars. For repairs of Fort Pickens, Pensacola harbor, Florida, fifteen thousand dollars. For repairs and extension of Fort St. Phillip, Mississippi River, Louisiana, twenty-five thousand dollars. For repairs of Fort Macomb, and preservation of site, Chef Menteur Pass, Louisiana, seven thousand dollars. For repairs of Tower Dupre, Bayou Depre, Louisiana, and perfecting title of site, twelve thousand dollars. For fortifications for the defence of the entrance to Galveston harbor and bay, Texas, eighty thousand dollars. To purchase a site and construct additional defences for San Francisco, California, three hundred thousand dollars. For contingent expenses of fortifications for preservation of sites, protection of titles, and repairs of sudden damages, thirty thousand dollars. For repairs and alterations of barracks, quarters, hospitals, store rooms, and fences at permanent forts not occupied by troops, nineteen thousand dollars. For the construction of permanent platforms for modern cannon of large calibre in the existing fortifications of important harbors, one hundred thousand dollars. APPROVED, March 3, 1857. CHAP. XCVIII.-An Act reducing the Duty on Imports, and for other Purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That on and after the first day of July, eighteen hundred and fifty-seven, ad valorem duties shall be imposed, in lieu of those now imposed upon goods wares and merchandize imported from abroad into the United States, as follows, viz: Upon the articles enumerated in schedules A, and B, of the tariff act Rates of duty of eighteen hundred and forty-six, a duty of thirty per centum, and upon those enumerated in schedules C, D, E, F, G, and H, of said act, the duties of twenty-four per centum, nineteen per centum, fifteen per centum, twelve per centum, eight per centum, and four per centum, respectively, with such exceptions as are hereinafter made; and all articles so imported as aforesaid and not enumerated in the said schedules, nor in schedule, I, shall pay a duty of fifteen per centum. 1846, ch. 74. Vol. ix. p. 42. Transfer of cer tain articles from SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That all manufactures composed wholly of cotton, which are bleached, printed, painted, or dyed, and de laines, shall be transferred to schedule C. Japanned leather or skins of all kinds, shall be transferred to schedule D. Ginger, green, ripe, dried, one schedule to preserved or pickled; ochers, and ochrey earths; medicinal roots, leaves, another. gums, and resins in a crude state not otherwise provided for; wares, chemical, earthen or pottery of a capacity exceeding ten gallons, shall be transferred to schedule E. Borate of lime and codilla, or tow of hemp or flax, shall be transferred to schedule F. Antimony, crude or regulus of; Barks of all kinds not otherwise provided for; camphor, crude; cantharides; carbonate of soda; Emery, in lump or pulverized; Fruits, green, ripe, or dried; gums, Arabic, Barbary, copal, East India, Jeddo, Senegal, substitute, tragacanth, and all other gums and resins, in a crude state; machinery exclusively designed and expressly imported for the manufacture of flax and linen goods; sponges; tin in plates of sheets, galvanized or ungalvanized; woods, namely, cedar, lignumvitæ, ebony, box, granadilla, mahogany, rose wood, satin wood, and all cabinet woods, shall be transferred to schedule G. Acids, acetic, benzoic, boracic, citric, muriatic, white and yellow, oxalic, pyroligenous and tartaric, and all other acids of every description used for chemical or manufacturing purposes not otherwise provided for; aloes; amber; ambergris; anniseed; annatto, roucon or Orleans; arsenic; articles not in a crude state used in dyeing or tanning not otherwise provided for; assafoetida; asphaltum ; barilla; bleaching powder, or chloride of lime; borax crude; boucho leaves; brimstone crude in bulk; cameos, mosaics, diamonds, gems, pearls, rubies, and other precious stones (not set ;) chalk; clay; cochineal; cocoa, cocoanuts, and cocoa shells; cork tree bark; cream of tartar; extract of indigo, extracts and decoctions of logwood and other dyewoods not otherwise provided for; extract of madder; flint, ground; grindstones; gutta percha unmanufactured; india rubber in bottles, slabs or sheets, unmanufactured; India rubber, milk of; indigo; lac spirits; lac sulphur; lastings cut in strips or patterns of the size and shape for shoes, slippers, boots, bootees, gaiters or buttons exclusively, not combined with india rubber; manufactures of mohair cloth, silk twist, or other manufactures of cloth, suitable for the manufacture of shoes, cut in slips or patterns of the size and shape for shoes, slippers, boots, bootees, gaiters or buttons exclusively, not combined with india rubber; music printed with lines, bound or unbound; oils, palm, teal and cocoanut; prussian blue; soda ash; spices of all kinds; watch materials and unfinished parts of watches; and woad, or pastel, shall be transferred to schedule H. SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That on and after the first day of Schedule of free July, eighteen hundred and fifty-seven, the goods, wares, and merchan- goods. dize mentioned in schedule I, made part hereof, shall be exempt from duty; and entitled to free entry :— : SCHEDULE I. All books, maps, charts, mathematical nauticle instruments, philosophical apparatus and all other articles whatever imported for the use of the United States; all philosophical apparatus, instruments, books, maps and charts, statues, statuary, busts and casts of marble, bronze, alabaster or plaster of paris, paintings and drawings, etchings, specimens of sculpture, cabinets of coins, medals, gems and all collections of antiquities; Provided, the same be specially imported in good faith for the use of any society incorporated or established for philosophical or literary purposes, or for the encouragement of the fine arts, or for the use or by the order of any college, academy, school, or seminary of learning in the United States; animal carbon (bone black); animals living of all kinds; argol, or crude tartar; articles in a crude state used in dyeing or tanning not otherwise provided for; bark, Peruvian; bells, old, and bell metal; berries, nuts, flowers, plants and vegetables used exclusively in dyeing or in composing PUB.-25 VOL. 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