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 GOO FOBTY-SEVENTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. C11. 141, 142. 1883. Secretary of uc]; appraisal, advertise for sealed proposals for the purchase of the N'"? '°° “d"°'“°° same, fora. period not less than three months, in such newspapers as othm; 5: f::;°;cI1Q£°$- naval advertisements are published, setting forth the name and location condemned mv,] and the appraised value of such vessel, and that the same will be sol.], vessels. for cash, to the person or persons or corporation or corporations offering the highest price therefor above the appraised value thereof; and such proposals shall be opened on al day and hour and ut a place named _ in said advertisement, and record thereof shall be made. The Secretary 91**%*0 £°tl:)°°*f of the Navy shall require to accompany each bid or proposal a deposit in gmpau; meh bz; cash of not less than ten per ceutum of the amount of the offer or proposal, conditions or and also a. bond, with two or more suretics to be approved by him, condibond. tioned for the payment of the rem aiuing ninety per ceutum of the amount of such offer or proposal within the time fixed in the advertisement. And I¤ ¢=¢¤•¤ of d6- in case default is made in the payment of the remaining ninety per ceutum, f"'“‘· “°‘ or any part; thereof, the Secretary, within the prescribed time thereof, shall advertise and resell said ve sel under theprovisions of this act:. And DQP<>¤i*» ¤*<=·» in that event said cash deposit of ten per ceutum shall be considered as mfg0:°0P· 8* forfeited to the government, and shall be applied, first, to the payment ' of all costs and expenditures attending the advertisement and resale of said vessel; second, to the payment of the diherence, if any, between the iirst and last sale of said vessel; and the balance, if any, shall be 1'r••i••. covered into the Treasury: Provided, however, That nothing herein contained shall be construed be prevent a suit upon said bond for breach of any of its conditions. Any vessel sold under the foregoing provisions shall be delivered to the purchaser upon the full payment to the Secretary of the Navy of the amount of such proposal or offer; and the not proceeds0f such sale shall be covered into the Treasury. But no vessel N•v»1 venols of the Navy shall hereafter be sold in any other manner than herein *° provided, or for less than such appraised value, unless the President of ,,,,,,0,,,;*0, tux the United States shall otherwise direct in writing. In case any wsscl exception. now in process of construction in any navy yard has been or shall be. vessels in pro- found to be unworthy of being completed, and has been and shall be
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nm ’ sold, and it becomes necessary to remove the same, the cost of such romoval shall be paid out of the net proceeds derived from the sale of other vessels hereby authorized to be sold. Approved, March 3, 1883. Han 3, 1x3_ CHAP. 142.-An not to adjust the salaries of postmusters. Bc it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Adjustment or States of America in Congress assembled, That the respective compensammu of post- tion of postmasters of the first, second, andthird classes shall be manual m“°°¤· salaries, assigned in even hundreds of dollars, and payable in quarterly payments, to be ascertained and fixed by the Postmaster General from their respective quarterly returns to the Auditor of the Treasury for the Post Otlioe Department, or copies or duplicates thereof, to be forwarded to the First Assistant Postmaster-General, for fom- quarters immediately preceding the adjustment, at the following rates, namely: First class. FIRST CLASS. Annual comp,,,,- Gross receipts, forty thousand dollars, and not exceeding forty4ivc umn. thousand dollars, salary, three thousand dollars Gross receipts, forty-five thousand dollars, and not exceeding sixty thousand dollars, salary, three thousand one hundred dollars. Gross receipts, sixty thousand dollars, and not exceeding eighty thousand dollars, salary, three thousand two hundred dollars. Gross receipts, eighty thousand dollars, and not exceeding one hungreudnaud ten thousand dollars, salary, three thousand three hundred 0 s.