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 240 THIRTY—SECON D CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 140. 1853. revenues of said Department, in conformity to the act of the second of July, ouc thousand eight hundred thirty-six. Bremen. For transportation of the mails in two stsamships from New York, by Southampton, to Bremen aud back, at one hundred thousand dollars for Havre. eaghshig; and in tw; stcagnshipsg fg0F N;e w Yorg, gy Cowéas, tx Havre an ac at seventy· vethousand dollars or eac s 1p un er the, contract wit}; the Ocean Steam Navigation Company of New York, three hundred and Hf2y thousand dollars. Charleston and For transportation of the mails between Charleston and Havana, uu- H“"“““" der the contract with M. C. Mordecai, fifty thousand dollars. TS¤¤¤¤¤ ¢>fP¤•- For transportation of the mails across the Isthmus of Panama, one nm"' hundred and twenty thousand dollars. Investigation Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That the Postmaster-General shall m;°g;•;*il” *·° cause the facts to be investigated in relation to the contract of A. G. S100, ummm_ for the transportation of the mail in ocean stcamers from New York to New Orleans, Charleston, Savannah, Havana, and Chagres, and back, per act of March third, eighteen hundred and forty-seven, for the purpose of ascertaining how far the contract corresponds with the orivinal bids, and shall report to Congress at the next session the facts aud': circumstances connected with the said contract; and also for what amount the said mail service could be performed if a ncyv contract should im madenaud whether the ships furnished under sgul contract are built according to 1ts terms. The  is further directed by this act to ascertain and repggb to Congress, at its next session, for what amounts the service now pe ormcd under the several contracts with the Navy and Post-Office Department for carrying the mail in ocean steamcrs can be hereafter performed, upon the supposition that the United States shall take the steaniers according tc contract and sell Oli transfer them. E!?;.g§£§d Sec. 4. Anil be at  enacted, That upqn Fha application of c1the1· M Emu up Y of the companies contracting to carry the mm1 m ocean steamers from New York to Havre, or from New York to Bremen, the Postmaster- General is hereby authorized to discharge such company from said' con- P¤'°V¤¤°· tract: Provided, That no further compensation shall be paid to either of SMHOMPMICS after such discharge from its contract. mmvmn, March 3, 1853. M h8 mg, Gun. CXL.-A Acc mak' A ‘ r' Lf hz-h ,L‘ h-b, B , ., .iL;... and mwdw, fa: W a.£?"E"Z(.'3»‘}i§2Z'T‘3;»Z.€'.y» {L S,3L’iT‘M'%» .325 PZESJL?  Ba it enacted   tlge Senaic and House of Representatives of the United Appmpmtioun.   of America on Congress assembled, That the following appropriauous be and the same are hereby madg and directed to be paid, out of gr;L2r;;;¤;3:£r%;h § T;casurg; not oti1:rwise appmp1%141§;ed, tn; gr;a,b1%  thc     c sury carry a provisions o is ac m 0 a ec : m£;‘LV;*B°m*;13g {;¢’:;;d;¢ ? ;¤ ¢;·;4J<i;: :og 1:` fl god title to  1;1d, whicait ma? by necieiixry f d_ am on reason e rms, or c exc usivc ri to un such limd cannot be acquired by ccssion, when the interest of the Iixitcd States demands it, befbre the appropriation would by law fall into the sur lus fund, in any and all such cases the appropriations shall be :1. li- {’, _ pp p _ _ _ pp cab s githo gbggcts for which they arc made, at any time withm two years cr t c rst meeting of the Legislature in an State whcrc'n  such hind may be situated, subsequent to the passage ofihis act, to wit: z M¤¤¤¤·  %hcm.— For buoys, beacons, aixd spindles, ty be placed at the channels cg u§c0ugu§ Bay, and at other nmpgrtant points m the waters of S3ld » · · tate, in addition to the sum approprmtcd by the act of August thirty- first, cxghteen hundred and fifty-two, three thousand dollars. M°·”°°h¤¤°W·  1lgssc€h@?i§tsh—For buoys to mark the channel of Taunton River, ve un rc dollars; gr a beacon on “Deep-Hole Rock," in Vineyard Sound, six hundred 0 rs;