44th Congress > Senate > Vote 407
Sponsor: INGALLS, John James (R-KS)
Description: TO CONCUR IN AN AMENDMENT TO H.R. 418, (19 STAT. 383), A BILL MAKING APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE SERVICE OF THE POST OFFICE DEPARTMENT FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING JUNE 30, 1878, BY APPROPRIATING $500,000 FOR THE PURPOSE OF CARRYING MAIL BETWEEN THE U.S. AND CHINIA AND JAPAN UPON THE BEST OBTAINABLE TERMS FOR MONTHLY SERVICE, AND DIRECTING THE POSTMASTER-GENERAL TO CONTRACT FOR THE SAME, AND HAVING THE MAILS CARRIED IN AMERICAN BUILT AND OWNED VESSELS OF 2,000 TONS; AND AN ADDITIONAL APPROPRIATION OF $500,000 FOR MONTHLY MAIL SERVICE FROM NEW ORLEANS TO REO JANIERO, THE VESSELS TO BE SUBJECT TO THE APPROVAL OF A NAVAL OFFICER SELECTED BY THE SECRETARY OF THE NAVY AND THE USE OF THE U.S. GOVERNMENT WHEN DEMANDED, AT REASONABLE RATES OF CHARTER-PARTY THEREFOR. (P. 295)
Original source documents: Congressional Record vol. 5-3, p. 1744; Senate Journal vol. 44-2, p. 295;
