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 94 THIRTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS. Ssss. I. Ch. 98, 99. 1864. with lvwest ré- service by public advertisement for the period of sixty days in onecl- 'P°““b1° b"m°" more newspapers published in the cities of Washington, Baltimore, Phila. d l hi New York, and Boston res ectivel, and to contract with the ldzwlestaiesponsible bidder for the,saing for ayterm of ten years, to commence from the day the first steamship of the proposed line shall depart pmvam, from the United States with the mails for Brazil: Provided, That proposals for monthly trips-—that is  gay, (for twelvs pouxjld voyagles p}er annum out and bac — are rece1ve an accep e y 1m wit in the limit ai aforesaid, from a party or parties of undoubted responsibility, possessing ample ability to furnish the steamships required for the service, and offering good and sufficient sureties for the faithful performance of Proposals to such contract: And provided, further, That such proposals shall be %‘;;‘;f°§;:d by accepted by the government of Brazil, and that distinct and separate con- ’tracts with each government, containing similar provisions, shall be executed by such accepted bidder or bidders; each government to be responsible only for its proportion of the subsidy to be paid for the service. _ Contraottogo Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That any contract which the Post- P'eifect on or before the first day of September, one thousand eight hundred Stipulations of and sixty-five; and shall, in addition to the usual stipulations of ocean °°“t'“°°‘ mail steamship contracts, provide that the steamships offered for the service shall be constructed of the best materials and after the most approved model, with all the modern improvements adapted for sea—going steamships of the first class; and shall, before their approval and acceptance by the Postmaster-General, be subject to inspection and survey by an experienced naval constructor, to be detailed for that purpose by the Secretary of the Navy, whose report shall be made to the Postmaster-General; that the two governments shall be entitled to have transported, frfee of ex ense, on each and every steamer, a mail·a¤ent to take char e o and arigmge the mail matter, to whom suitable accbmmodations for dhat purpose shall be assigned; that in case of failure from any cause to perform any of She regular monthly vcgyages stipulated for in the contract,fa pro rata de uction shall be made rom the com ensation, on account o such omitted voyage or voyages; that suitablepfines and penalties may be imposed for delays and irregularities in the regular performance of the service according to contract; and that the Postmaster-General shall have the power to determine the contract at an time, in case of its bein underlet or assigned to any other party. y g These steam- Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That the mail steamships employed MPS *° be °x‘ in the service authorized by this act shall be exempt from all port-charges ernpt from cer— d _ _ __, , mm porecharges, an custom house dues at the port of departure and ari wal in the United &<>·, i5 &¤· States: Provided That a similar immunity from port-charges and customhouse dues is granted by the government of Brazil. Approved, May 28, 1864. May gg, 18g4h CHAP. XCIX.—An Act for the Relieg of thz Citizens of Denver, in the Territory qf —··—— o ora o. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives ty the United gm,;,, 1,,,,;, States of America in Congress assembled, That the provisions of an act R of congress entitled “An act for the relief of the citizens of towns upon the use of the the lands of the United States, under certain circumstances,” appt0V6d town, at the May twenty-third, eighteen hundred and forty-four, be so extended 35 to m"“m“m P"l°°· authorize the probate judge of Arapahoe county, in the territory of U0l0- §:{$,:lr1gg7 1‘ad0,t0 enter, at the minimum price, in trust for the several use and 'P'beneiit of the rightful occupants of said land and the bona fide owners of the improvements thereon, according to their respective interests, the following legal subdivisions of land, or such portions thereof as are settled and actually occupied for town purposes by the town of Denver aforesaid,
 * "°,°q°‘f82§f"'° master-General may execute under the authority of this act shall go into