624 THIR.TY—FIRST CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 34. 1851. secure the advantage of increased despatch and economy; and in case the reduction of compensation for the change of service be not agreed on between the parties, the same shall be referred to Congress; and the Postmaster-General is also authorized to make corresponding arrangements with the present contractors for the transportation of the mail from New York to Chagres for the change of the terminus of their Mails between route; and until such better route be established, the Postmaster·Gencral gh;8’°* and shall be, and hereby is, authorized to cuter into contracts, or to make a Mm` suitable arrangements for transporting the mails*between Chagres and Proviso. Panama with regularity and despatch: Provided, The rate of compensation shall not exceed twenty-two cents per pound, and shall cease on the establishment of any new route between the two oceans oH`ering greater despatch and economy. Americanlvau- For preparing for publication the American Nautical Almanac,
- l°¤lAlm¤¤¤° nineteen thousand four hundred dollars.
Navy yards. For construction, extension, and completion of the following objects, and for contingent expenses at the several navy yards, viz. :—— Portsmouth. At Portsmouth, New Hampshire.—Towards the construction of quay wharf across the head of timber dock, filling in around walls of iioating dock basin, pavements around timber shed, magazine wharf, and filling in low grounds, engine house, wharf and filling in east of number four, repairs of all kinds, thirty-one thousand six hundred and seventy-three dollars. Boston. At Boston, Massachusetts.—For completing sail loft and cordage store, grading and paving, for completing storehouse number thirty-six, paving, grading, and filling in between numbers twenty-seven and twenty-eight, twenty-nine, and thirty, grading yard, paving gutters, drains, &.c., rain water cistern, coal house near rope walk, dredging slips, for completing steam tug and water tanks, repairs of all kinds, fifty thousand dollars. New York. At New York.—For a smithery, saw mill, number twenty-four, quay wall continued, cob wharf, dredging channels, one timber shed, paving, guttering, and flagging, cisterns, gutters, and leaders to ship houses and timber sheds, filling timber pond and low places, engine house, dock gates, &.c., repairs of all kinds, one hundred and fifty thousand dollars. Philadelphia. At P}ziladeQ2hia.——F'or slip of ship house G, addition to wall of basin, and filling in old timber dock, repairs of all kinds, twenty-four thousand four hundred dollars. _ Washington. At Waslrington, D. C'.—For filling up timber dock, saw mill, and machinery, ordnance building number eleven, completing wharf and slide lathes, completing copper rolling establishment, to convey water to the yard, reservoir, pipes, &.c., railway in ship house T, paint shop and wharf crane, brass foundry and tank shop, (raising one story,) repairs of all kinds, one hundred thousand dollars. Norfolk. At Norfolk.-—For a sea-wall at St. Helena, brick saw shed, cylinder and exhaust pump and apparatus, water tank, and capstans, repairs of all kinds, fifty thousand eight hundred dollars. Pensacola, At Pensaeola.—For permanent wharf, paint shop, and cooperage, completing guard house, wharf near storehouse number twenty-six, tar, pitch, and oil house, storehouse for shells, house for boiling tar, pitch, &.c., steam tug, water tank, rail tracks in yard, fences, and outbuildings, for outside houses, repairs of all kinds, one hundred thousand dollars. Memphis. At Memphis.-.For preservation of the public property at Memphis, Tennessee, and for the rope walk at said place, fifty thousand dollars. Saoketvs Har- At Sacketfs Harbor. — For repairs of buildings, grading, Hlling in b°’· and repairs of all kinds, two thousand three hundred dollars.
