CONGRESS. (IMMEDIATE DELIVEBT.) 



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said foreign mails, after legal advertisement, with the 

 lowest responsible bidder, at a rate not exceeding fifty 

 cents a nautical mile on the trip, each way, actually 

 traveled between the terminal points : Provided, That 

 the mails so contracted shall be carried on American 

 steamships, and that the aggregate of such contracts 

 shall not exceed one half of the sum hereby appro- 

 priated. 



The vote for the amendment was as follows: 



YEAS Blair, Bowen, Brown, Call, Cameron of "Wis- 

 consin, Chace, Conger, Cullom, Dolph, Frye, Hale, 

 Harrison, Hawley, Hoar, Ingalls, Jones of Nevada, 

 Lapham. McMillin, Mahone, Miller of California, 

 Miller of New York, Mitchell, Morgan, Morrill, Platt, 

 Plumb, Pugh, Sawyer, Sewell, Wilson 30. 



NAYS Bayard, Beck, Coke, Colquitt, Garland, 

 George, Groome, Hampton, Harris, Hill, Jonas, Max- 

 ey, Pendleton, Saulsbury, Slater, Vest, Voorhees, 

 Williams-18. 



NOT VOTING Aldrich, Allison, Butler, Camden, 

 Cameron of Pennsylvania, Cockrell, Dawes, Ed- 

 munds, Fair, Farley, Gibson, Gorman, Jackson, Jones 

 of Florida, Kenna t Lamar, Logan, McPherson, Man- 

 derson, Palmer, Pike, Ransom, Riddleberger, Sabin, 

 Sherman, Vance, Van Wyck, Walker 28. 



The House non-concurred in this amendment, 

 the whole discussion turning upon the question 

 whether it did not virtually grant a subsidy to 

 the Pacific Mail Company. March 3, after the 

 failure of a conference to agree on the subject, 

 Mr. Horr, of Michigan, moved that the House 

 recede from its non-concurrence, but the mo- 

 tion was lost by the following vote : 



YEAS G. E. Adams, J. J. Adams, Aiken, Arnot, 

 Atkinson, Bagley, Barbour, Barr, Bingham, Bisbee, 

 Blanchard, Boutelle, Brainerd, Breitung, F. B. Brew- 

 er, J. H. Brewer, Broadhead, W. W. Brown, Brumm, 

 Buckner, Budd, Burleigh, J. M. Campbell, Cassidy, 

 Clardy, Converse, S. S. Cox, W. W. Culbertson, Cul- 

 len, Curtin, Cutcheon, Dargan, G. R. Davis, R. T. 

 Davis, Dingley, Dixon, Dorsheimer, Dunham, Elli- 

 ott, Ellis, Ellwood, Evans, Everhart, Findlay, Fun- 

 ston, Garrison, George, Glascock, Greenleaf, Hanback, 

 Hancock, Harmer, Hart, H. H. Hatch, Haynes, D. B. 

 Henderson, A. S. Hewitt, Hill, Hiscock, Hitt, Hoblit- 

 zell. Holton, Horr, Houk, Howey, Hunt, James, Jef- 

 fords, Johnson, Kean, Kellogg, Ketcham, King, La- 

 cey, Lawrence, Lewis, Libbey, Lore, Lovering, 

 Lyman, McCormick, Millard, S. H. Miller, Money, 

 Morgan, Morrill, Moulton, Muller, Mutchler, Nutting, 

 Gates, O'Hara, Charles O'Neill, Payne, Payson, Per- 

 kins, Phelps, Poland, Potter, Pusey, Ranney.G. W. 

 Ray, Ossian Ray, T. B. Reed, Rockwell, W. F. Rog- 

 ers, Rosecrans, Russell, C. R. Skinner, Slocum, 

 Smalls, A. Herr Smith, Spooner, Stephenson, Ste- 

 vens, J. W. Stewart, Strait, Struble, J. D. Taylor, 

 Thomas, Tillman, Valentine, Wads-worth, Wait, 

 Wakefield, J. D. White, Milo White, Whiting 128. 



NAYS Alexander, Anderson, Ballentine, Barks- 

 dale, Bayne, Beach, Belmont, Bennett, Bland, Boyle, 

 Bratton, Breckinridge, T. M. Browne, Buchanan, 

 Cabell, Caldwell, J. E. Campbell, Candler, Cannon, 

 Carleton, Clay, Cobb, Connolly, Cosgrove, W. R. 

 Cox, Crisp, D. B. Culberson, Davidson, L. H. Davis, 

 Deuster, Dibble, Dibrell, Dockery, Dowd, Dunn, 

 Eaton, Eldredge, English, Fiedler, Follett, Foran, 

 Geddes, Gibson. Graves, Guenther, Halsell, Ham- 

 mond, Hardy, W. H. Hatch, Hemphill, T. J. Hender- 

 son, Hepburn, G. W. Hewitt, Holman, Hopkins, 

 Houseman, B. W. Jones, J. H. Jones, J. K. Jones, 

 Jordan, Lamb, Lanham, Le Fevre, Lowry, McAdoa, 

 McComas, Mckillin, Matson, Maybury, J. F. Miller, 

 Mills, Mitchell, Muldrow, Murphy, Neece, Nelson, 

 Ochiltree, O'Ferrall, J. J. O'Neill, Paige, Patton, 

 Peel, Peters, Pierce, Post, Price, Pryor, Reagan, J. 

 W. Reid, Risrgs, Robertson, J. H. Rogers, Seney, Sey- 

 mour, Shively, Singleton, T. G. Skinner, H. Y. 



Smith, Snyder, Spriggs, Springer, Charles Stewart, 

 Stockslager, Storm, Swope, Talbott, J. M. Taylor, 

 Thompson, Townshend, Tucker, II. G. Turner. O.scar 

 Turner, Van Alstync, Vance, Van Eaton, Wallace, 

 Ward, Richard Warner. Weaver, Wellborn, Weller, 

 Wemplc, Wilkins, Willis. W. L. Wilson, E. B. Wi- 

 nans, G. D. Wise, Wolford, Wood, Woodward, 

 Worthingtori, Yaple 132. 



NOT VOTING Belford, Blackburn, Blount, Bowen, 

 Burnes. Felix Campbell, Chalmers, Clement*, Collins, 

 Cook, Covington, Ermentrout, Ferrell, Finerty, For- 

 ney, Fyan, Goff, Green, Hardeman, Henley, Herbert, 

 Holmes, Hooper, Hurd, Ilutchins, J. T. Jones, Keifer, 

 Kelley, Kleiner, Laird, Long, McCoid, Milliken,, 

 Morrison, Morse, Murray, Nicholls, Parker, Petti- ' 

 bone, Randall, Rankin, Reese, Rice, J. S. Robinson, 

 W. E. Robinson, Rowell, Ryan, Shaw, Steele, Stone, 

 C. A. Sumner, D. H. Sumner, E. B. Taylor. Throck- 

 morton, Tully, A. J. Warner, Washburn, Williams, 

 James Wilson, John Winans, J. S. Wise, York, 

 Young 63. 



On the same day, after a second conference, 

 the House receded from its non-concurrence by 

 a vote of 98 to 89. 



Immediate Delivery. In the Post-Office appro- 

 priation bill, as it passed the House, the follow- 

 ing provision for a special delivery of letters 

 was inserted : 



SECTION 3. That a special stamp of the face valuation 

 often cents may be provided and issued, whenever 

 deemed advisable or expedient, in such form and bear- 

 ing such device as may meet the approval of the Post- 

 master-General, which, when attached to a letter, in 

 addition to the lawful postage thereon, the delivery 

 of which is to be at a free-delivery office, or at any 

 city, town, or village containing a population of 4,000 

 or over, according to the last Federal census, shall be 

 regarded as entitling such letter to immediate delivery 

 within the carrier limit of any free-delivery office, 

 which may be designated by the Postmaster-General 

 as a special-delivery office, or within one mile of the 

 post-office at any other office coming within the pro- 

 visions of this section which may in like manner be 

 designated as a special-delivery office. 



SEC. 4. That such specially stamped letters shall 

 be delivered from seven o'clock ante meridian up to 

 twelve o'clock midnight at offices designated by the 

 Postmaster- General under section 3 of this act. 



SEC. 5. That to provide for the immediate deliv- 

 ery of letters bearing the special stamp, the postmas- 

 ter at any office which may come within the provis- 

 ions of this act may, with the approval of the Post- 

 master-General, employ such person or persons as 

 may actually be required for such service, who, upon 

 the delivery of such letter, will procure a receipt from 

 the party addressed, or some one authorized to receive 

 it, in a book to be furnished for the purpose, which 

 shall, when not in use, be kept in the post-office, and 

 at all times subject to examination by an inspector of 

 the department. 



SEC. 6. That to provide for the payment of such 

 persons as may be employed for this service, the post- 

 master at any office designated by section 3 of this act 

 shall keep a record of the number of letters received 

 at such office bearing such special stamp, which num- 

 ber shall correspond with the number entered in the 

 receipt-books heretofore specified ; and at the end of 

 each month he may pay to such person or persona 

 employed a sum not exceeding 80 per cent, of the face 

 value of all such stamps received and recorded during 

 that month : Provided, That in no case shall the com- 

 pensation so paid to any one person exceed thirty dol- 

 lars per month : And provided further ^ That nothing 

 in this act shall in any way interfere with the prompt 

 delivery of letters as now provided by law or regula- 

 tion of the Post- Office Department. 



The special-stamp provision was stricken out 



