Stewart of Vt., Stockbridge, Struble, Sweney, | bert, Holman, Hooker, Kerr of Pa., Kilgore, Mr. SPRINGER, who had changed his vote from aye to nay, moved to reconsider this vote. Mr. ROWELL moved to table that motion; which was agreed to—yeas 156, nays 149, (not voting 23): Adoo, McCarthy, McClammy, McClellan, McCreary, McMillin, McRae, Mills, Montgomery, Moore of Tex., Morgan, Mutchler, Norton, Oates, O' Ferrall, O'Neall of Ind., Outhwaite, Owens of Ohio, Parrett, Paynter, Peel, Penington, Perry, Pierce, Price, Quinn, Reilly, Richardson, Robertson, Rogers, Rowland, Rusk, Sayers, Shively, Skinner, Springer, Stahlnecker, Stewart of Tex., Stockdale, Stone of Ky., Stone of Mo., Stump, Tarsney of Mo., Tillman, Tracey, Tucker, Turner of Ga., Turner of N. Ý., Vaux, Venable, Walker of Mo., Washington, Wheeler of Ala., Whiting of Mich., Whitthorne, Wike, Wilkinson, Willcox, Williams of Ill., Wilson of Mo., Wilson of W. Va., Yoder-149. These proceedings then took place : YEAS-Messrs. Adams, Allen of Mich., Anderson of Kans., Arnold, Atkinson of Pa., Atkinson of W. Va., Banks, Bartine, Bayne, Beckwith, Belden, Belknap, Bergen, Bingham, Bliss of Mich., Boothman, Boutelle, Bowden, Brewer, Brosius, Brower, Buchanan of N. J., Burrows, Burton, Butterworth, Caldwell, Candler of Mass., Cannon, Carter, Caswell, Cheadle, Cheatham, Comstock, Conger, Connell, Cooper of Ohio, Craig, Culbertson of Pa., Cutcheon, Dalzell, Darlington, De Lano, Dingley, Dolliver, Dorsey, Dunnell, Evans, Farquhar, FEATHERSTON, Finley, Flick, Flood, Frank, Funston, Gear, Gest, Gifford, Greenhalge, Grosvenor, Grout, Hall of Minn., Hansbrough, Harmer, Haugen, The question recurred on the passage of the Henderson of Ill., Henderson of Iowa, Her-bill. Mr. OUTHWAITE. I move that the House do now adjourn. Mr. MCKINLEY. I make the point of order that that is a dilatory motion. The SPEAKER. The Chair sustains the point of order. side.] The Clerk will read the en[Applause on the Republican Mr. SPRINGER. I see that the bill is engrossed. I want the engrossed copy read. The SPEAKER. The gentleman need give himself no uneasiness. The rules of the House will be complied with. mann, Hill, Hitt, Hopkins of Ill., Houk, Kel. Mr. SPRINGER. I demand the reading of the ley of Kans., Kennedy, Kerr of Iowa, Ketcham, | bill. Kinsey, Knapp, Lacey, La Follette, Laidlaw, The SPEAKER. Lansing, Laws, Lind, Lodge, Mason, McComas, grossed bill. McCord, McCormick, McDuffie, McKenna, McKinley, Miles, Milliken, Moffitt, Moore of N. H., Morey, Morrill, Morrow, E. A. Morse, Mudd, Niedringhaus, Nute, O'Donnell, O'Neill of Pa., Osborne, Payne, Payson, Perkins, Peters, Post, Pugsley, Quackenbush, Raines, Randall of Mass., Ray, Reed of Iowa, Reyburn, Rife, Rockwell, Rowell, Russell of Conn., Sanford, Sawyer, Scranton, Scull, Smith of Ill., Smith of W. Va., Snider of Minn., Spooner, Stephenson of Mich., Stewart of Vt., Stockbridge, Struble, Sweney, Taylor of Ill., Taylor of Tenn., J. D. Taylor, Thomas of Wis., Thompson of Ohio, Townsend of Colo., Townsend of Pa., Turner of Kans., Vandever, Van Schaick, Waddill, Wade, Walker of Mass., Wallace of Mass., Wallace of N. Y., Watson, Wickham, Williams of Ohio, Wilson of Ky., Wilson of Wash., Wright, Yardley-156. NAYS-Messrs. Abbott, Alderson, Allen of Miss., Anderson of Miss., Andrew, Bankhead, Barnes, Barwig, Blanchard, Bland, Blount, Boatner, Breckinridge of Ark., Breckinridge of Ky., Brickner, Brookshire, J. B. Brown, Brunner, Buchanan of Va., Buckalew, Bullock, Bunn, Bynum, F. Campbell, Candler of Ga., Carlton, Caruth, Catchings, Chipman, Clancy, Clarke of Ala., Clements, Clunie, Cobb, Coleman, Cooper of Ind., Cothran, Covert, Cowles, Crain, Crisp, Culberson of Tex., Cummings, Dargan, Davidson of Fla., Dibble, Dickerson, Dockery, Dunphy, Edmunds, Elliott, Ellis, Enloe, Fithian, Flower, Forman, Forney, Fowler, Geissenhainer, Gibson, Good night, Grimes, Hare, Hatch, Hayes, Haynes, Heard, Hemphill, Henderson of N. C., Her Mr. ROGERS. We are glad of the assurance. The engrossed bill was then read, and the bill was then passed-yeas 155, nays 149, (not voting 24): YEAS-Messrs. Adams, Allen of Mich., Anderson of Kans., Arnold, Atkinson of Pa., Atkinson of W. Va., Banks, Bartine, Bayne, Beckwith, Belden, Belknap, Bergen, Bingham, Bliss of Mich., Boothman, Boutelle, Bowden, Brewer, Brosius, Brower, Buchanan of N. J., Burrows, Burton, Butterworth, Caldwell, Candler of Mass., Cannon, Carter, Caswell, Cheadle, Cheatham, Comstock, Conger, Connell, Cooper of Ohio, Craig, Culbertson of Pa., Cutcheon, Dalzell, Darlington, De Lano, Dingley, Dolliver, Dorsey, Dunnell, Evans, Farquhar, FEATHERSTON, Finley, Flick, Flood, Funston, Gear, Gest, Gifford, Greenhalge, Grosvenor, Grout, Hall of Minn., Hansbrough, Harmer, Haugen, Hender-` son of Ill., Henderson of Iowa, Hermann, Hill, Hitt, Hopkins of Ill., Houk, Kelley of Kans., Kennedy, Kerr of Iowa, Ketcham, Kinsey, Knapp, Lacey, La Follette, Laidlaw, Lansing, Laws, Lind, Lodge, Mason, McComas, McCord, McCormick, McDuffie, McKenna, McKinley, Miles, Milliken, Moffitt, Moore of N. H., Morey, Morrill, Morrow, E. A. Morse, Mudd, Niedringhaus, Nute, O'Donnell, O'Neill of Pa., Osborne, Payne, Payson, Perkins, Peters, Post, Pugsley, Quackenbush, Raines, Randall of Mass., Ray, Reed of Iowa, Reyburn, Rife, Rockwell, | Lanham, Lawler, Lee, Lehlbach, Lester of Ga., Rowell, Russell of Conn., Sanford, Sawyer, Lester of Va., Lewis, Magner, Maish, Mansur, Scranton, Scull, Smith of Ill., Smith of W. Va., Martin of Ind., Martin of Tex., McAdoo, Snider of Minn., Spooner, Stephenson of Mich., McCarthy, McClammy, McClellan, McCreary, Stewart of Vt., Stockbridge, Struble, Sweney, McMillin, McRae, Mills, Montgomery, Moore Taylor of Ill., Taylor of Tenn., J. D. Taylor, of Tex., Morgan, Mutchler, Norton, Oates, Thomas of Wis., Thompson of Ohio, Town- O'Ferrall, O'Neall of Ind., Outhwaite, Owens send of Colo., Townsend of Pa., Turner of Kans., of Ohio, Parrett, Paynter, Peel, Penington, Vandever, Van Schaick, Waddill, Wade, Walker Perry, Pierce, Price, Quinn, Reilly, Richardof Mass., Wallace of Mass., Wallace of N. Y., son, Robertson, Rogers, Rowland, Rusk, Sayers, Watson, Wickham. Williams of Ohio, Wilson Shively, Skinner, Springer, Stahlnecker, Stewart of Ky., Wilson of Wash., Wright, Yardley-155. of Tex., Stockdale, Stone of Ky., Stone of Mo., NAYS-Messrs. Abbott, Alderson, Allen of Stump, Tarsney of Mo., Tillman, Tracey, Miss., Anderson of Miss., Andrew, Bankhead, Tucker, Turner of Ga., Turner of N. Y., Barnes, Barwig, Blanchard, Bland, Blount, Vaux, Venable, Walker of Mo., Washington, Boatner, Breckinridge of Ark., Breckinridge Wheeler of Ala., Whiting of Mich., Whitof Ky., Brickner, Brookshire, J. B. Brown, thorne, Wike, Wilkinson, Willcox, Williams Brunner, Buchanan of Va., Buckalew, Bul- of Ill., Wilson of Mo., Wilson of W. Va., lock, Bunn, Bynum, F. Campbell, Candler of Yoder-149. Ga., Carlton, Caruth, Catchings, Chipman, Clancy, Clarke of Ala., Clements, Clunie, Cobb, Coleman, Cooper of Ind., Cothran, Covert, Cowles, Crain, Crisp, Culberson of Tex., Cummings, Dargan, Davidson of Fla., Dibble, Dickerson, Dockery, Dunphy, Edmunds, Elliott, Ellis, Enloe, Fithian, Flower, Forman, Forney, Fowler, Geissenhainer, Gibson, Goodnight, Grimes, Hare, Hatch, Hayes, Haynes, Heard, Hemphill, Henderson of N. C., Herbert, Holman, Hooker, Kerr of Pa., Kilgore, Lane, | Of the not voting (24) Messrs. Baker, Clark of Wis., Cogswell, De Haven, Sherman, Simonds, Smyser, Stivers, and E. B. Taylor in favor of the bill were paired with Messrs. Spinola, Fitch, O'Neil of Mass., Biggs, Wiley, Ewart, Seney, Stewart of Ga., and Phelan against the bill. Messrs. T. M. Browne of Ind., T. H. B. Browne of Va., Frank, Owen of Ind., Pickler of South Dak., and Wheeler of Mich., were unpaired. XXXVII. THE ESCHEATED MORMON CHURCH FUNDS. IN SENATE FIFTY-FIRST CONGRESS, FIRST AN ACT supplemental to the act of Congress passed in March, eighteen hundred and eighty-seven, entitled "An act to amend an act entitled 'An act to amend section 5352 of the Revised Statutes of the United States, in reference to bigamy, and for other purposes,' approved March 22, 1882." Be it enacted, &c., That any and all funds or other property lately belonging to or in the possession of or claimed by the corporation mentioned in section seventeen of the act entitled "An act to amend an act entitled 'An act to amend section fifty-three hundred and fifty-two of the Revised Statutes of the United States, in reference to bigamy, and for other purposes,' approved March 22, 1882," at, before, or since the taking effect of said act, except so far as it shall appear in respect there to that there is a lawful private right to the contrary, shall be devoted to the use and benefit of public common schools in the Territory of Utah; and the Secretary of the Interior shall take and receive the same and dispose thereof to the uses aforesaid in such manner as shall seem to him, with the approval of the President, to be most expedient. And the supreme court of said Territory is hereby invested with power and authorty to make all necessary and proper orders and decrees for the purpose herein before mentioned. Mr. BUTLER moved to strike out, after the word "contrary," to the end of the sentence, and insert these words: "Shall be devoted to the use and benefit of the schools of the unincorporated sect known as the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, to the endowment of institutions of learning in said Territory of Utah, and for that purpose the same shall be turned over to the general board of education of said church by the Secretary of the Interior in such manner and under such rules, regulations and restrictions, framed with the approval of the President, as shall prevent the said property and proceeds arising therefrom from being in any manner used or applied in the disseminating, teaching, or in any other form or manner upholding and propa. gating the doctrine or practices of polygamy or plural marriages." On this the vote was: yeas 9, nays 24: NAYS-Messrs. Allen, Allison, Casey, Chand- No quorum being present, Mr. BUTLER with- NAYS-Messrs. Allen, Allison, Casey, Chanddrew the amendment. ler, Cullom, Davis, Dawes, Dixon, Dolph, EdMr. VOORHEES moved to postpone the further | munds, Evarts, Frye, Hale, Hoar, Ingalls, consideration of the bill till the second Tuesday | Moody, Morrill, Paddock, Pierce, Platt, Power, in December next; which was disagreed to Sanders, Sawyer, Stewart, Washburn-25. The bill was then passed, without a division. yeas 20, nays 25: IN HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. YEAS-Messrs. Bate, Berry, Butler, Call, Carlisle, Coke, Daniel, Harris, Hawley, Morgan, Pasco, Plumb, Ransom, Reagan, Teller, Turpie, Vance, Vest, Voorhees, Walthall, Wilson on the Judiciary. of Md.-20. June 24-It was referred to the Committee IN SENATE XXXVIII. AMERICAN MERCHANT MARINE BILL. SESSION. FIFTY-FIRST CONGRESS, FIRST pate in the coast-wise, lake and inland trade of the United States, and such limitation and restriction shall be indorsed on all registers so issued to foreign-built vessels.' 1890, July 12-Pending S. 3738, "to place the American merchant marine, engaged in the foreign trade, upon an equality with other nations," reported by Mr. FRYE from the Committee on Commerce Mr. HARRIS moved to insert in sec. I this additional proviso: "And provided further, That the total sum paid to any vessel sailing between any American port and foreign ports shall in no case exceed the sum paid to vessels of the same class and tonnage sailing between such foreign ports and the nearest American port thereto." Which was rejected-yeas 21, nays 27: Walthall-21. NAYS Messrs. Aldrich, Allen, Cullom, Davis, Dawes, Dixon, Edmunds, Farwell, Frye, Hawley, Hiscock, Ingalls, McMillan, Mitchell, Morrill, Pettigrew, Pierce, Platt, Plumb, Sawyer, Sherman, Spooner, Squire, Stewart, Stockbridge, Teller, Washburn-27. Mr. VEST moved to strike out all after the enacting clause and insert these words: "That section 4132 of the Revised Statutes of the United States be, and the same is hereby, amended so as to read as follows, namely: 666 SEC. 4132. All vessels owned wholly by citizens of the United States, or by a company incorporated by the laws of the United States or of any State or Territory thereof, may be registered as directed in this title; and it shall hereafter be lawful for all citizens of the United States to buy vessels built in whole or in part in any foreign country, import them free of duty or other charges, and have them registered as vessels of the United States, to be used in the foreign carrying trade only; and when so registered such vessels so bought shall be entitled to all the rights and subjected only to the same regulations as are now provided by law for the government and management of vessels built wholly within the United States and owned and controlled by citizens thereof: Provided, That no foreign-built vessel so registered shall partici SEC. 2. That section 2513 of the Revised Statutes of the United States be amended so as to read as follows, namely: "SEC. 2513. All or any part of the materials, whether wood, steel, or iron, copper, yellow metal, bolts, spikes, sheathing, treenails, canvas for sails, whether flax or cotton, rigging and cordage, whether hemp, manila hemp, or iron wire, anchors and cables, iron plates, castings and forgings, angle-irons, beams, masts, yards, rivets, bolts, nuts, screws, boiler plates and tubes, and all other materials which may be necessary for the construction and equipment in whole or in part of vessels to be built and furnished in the United States after the first day of January, 1891, may be imported in bond, under such regulations as the Secretary of the Treasury may prescribe; and upon proof that such materials have been used for such purpose no duties shall be collected or paid thereon.' "SEC. 3. That all laws or parts of laws inconsistent with the provisions of this act are hereby repealed." Which was rejected-yeas 18, nays 29: YEAS-Messrs. Barbour, Bate, Berry, Call, Carlisle, Coke, Colquitt, Daniel, Hampton, Harris, Jones of Ark., Pasco, Payne, Pugh, Reagan, Turpie, Vance, Walthall-18. NAYS-Messrs. Aldrich, Allen, Cullom, Davis, Dixon, Edmunds, Farwell, Frye, Hawley, Hiscock, Hoar, Ingalls, McMillan, Mitchell, Moody, Morrill, Pettigrew, Pierce, Platt, Power, Quay, Sawyer, Sherman, Spooner, Squire, Stewart, Stockbridge, Teller, Washburn-29. The bill then passed-yeas 29, nays 18: YEAS-Messrs. Aldrich, Allen, Cullom, Davis, Dawes, Dixon, Farwell, Frye, Hawley, Hiscock, Hoar, McMillan, Mitchell, Moody, Morrill, Payne, Pettigrew, Pierce, Platt, Power, Quay, Sawyer, Sherman, Spooner, Squire, Stewart, Stockbridge, Teller, Washburn-29. NAYS--Messrs. Barbour, Bate, Berry, Carlisle, Coke, Colquitt, Daniel, Edmunds, Harris, Jones of Ark., Pasco, Plumb, Pugh, Reagan, Turpie, Vance, Vest, Walthall-18. The bill is as follows: AN ACT to place the American merchant marine, | following proportion of the crew shall be citiengaged in the foreign trade, upon an equality zens of the United States, to wit: During the with that of other nations. first two years this act shall be in force, onesixth thereof, during the next three succeeding years, one-third thereof, and during the remaining term of this act, at least one-half thereof; nor unless there be carried on vessels of less than one thousand tons gross register one nativeborn apprentice, and on vessels of one thousand tons and upward one such apprentice for each thousand tons or three-fourths fraction thereof. Be it enacted, etc., That on and after the passage of this act there shall be paid, out of any moneys in the Treasury of the United States not otherwise appropriated, to any vessel of more than five hundred tons gross register, whether sail or steam, constructed in and wholly owned by citizens of the United States, or so owned and registered pursuant to the laws thereof, and which shall be engaged in the foreign trade, ply. ing between the ports of the United States and foreign ports, the sum of fifteen cents per gross registered ton for the first five hundred miles or fraction thereof sailed outward, and the same sum for the first five hundred miles or fraction thereof sailed inward, on any voyage or voyages; fifteen cents per gross registered ton for the second five hundred miles or fraction thereof sailed outward, and the same sum for the second five hundred miles or fraction thereof sailed inward; and thirty cents per gross registered ton for each thousand miles thereafter, and pro rata for any distance sailed less than one thousand miles after the first thousand miles sailed: Provided, That the foreign port to which the voyage is made shall be distant more than seventy miles seaward from the ocean or gulf boundary of the United States; and such payments to any vessel as aforesaid shall be paid to the owner or owners thereof, upon proof of the distance actually sailed, to be ascertained and the payment to be made under such regulations as the Secretary of the Treasury shall prescribe and promulgate, distances between ports to be determined by measurements which shall be furnished by the United States Hydrographic Office to the Bureau of Navigation. The payments at the rate of thirty cents per ton for each one thousand miles sailed, as herein provided, shall continue for the term of ten years at that rate, and thereafter for another term of nine years at a reduction of three cents per ton each year upon each one thousand miles sailed, and pro rata for any less distance. SEC. 2. That no vessel shall be entitled to the benefits of this act unless its entire cargo shall be loaded at a port or ports of the United States and discharged at one or more foreign ports, or shall be loaded at one or more foreign ports and discharged at a port or ports in the United States; nor shall a vessel be entitled to receive payment under this act unless it shall have freight on board at the time of sailing to the amount, in tons weight or measurement, of at least twenty-five per centum of the net register tonnage, twenty-two hundred and forty pounds or for forty cubic feet, to make a ton of cargo; nor shall a vessel be entitled to payment under this act that makes any discrimination between or gives unequal facilities to competitive transportation lines in the receiving or forwarding of freights or passengers at any port or ports in the United States or at any foreign port. SEC. 3. That no vessels shall be entitled to the benefits of this act unless all the officers thereof shall be citizens of the United States, in conformity with the existing laws; nor unless upon each departure from the United States the SEC. 4. That, to owners of vessels already built, payments under this act shall be made for such time only as each shall stand inspection and hold character, if wood-built, not lower than the second grade (A 11⁄2), in a scale of six grades, in the Record of American and Foreign Shipping, or the corresponding classification in any other incorporated American register of shipping that has or shall have the unqualified indorsement of the boards of marine underwriters of New Orleans, Louisiana, New York, New York, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Boston, Massachusetts, and San Francisco, California. If iron or steel built, payments shall be made for such time only as each vessel shall stand inspection, and hold character not lower than the second class (A I, thirteen years), in the Record of American and Foreign Shipping or the corresponding classification in any other incorporated American register of shipping that has or shall have the unqualified indorsements of the boards of marine underwriters of New Orleans, Louisiana, New York, New York, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Boston, Massachusetts, and San Francisco, California. SEC. 5. That vessels keel-laid and built after the passage of this act, in order to be entitled to payments after losing or lapsing from class in the first grade if wood-built, or from the first class or division if iron or steel built, must have been so well constructed as to have been classed originally in the highest grade of the first class, or first division, to wit: If wood-built, AI, twelve years; and if iron or steel built, AI, sixteen years in the Record of American and Foreign Shipping or the corresponding classification in any other incorporated American register of shipping that has or shall have the unqualified indorsements of the boards of marine underwriters of New Orleans, Louisiana, New York, New York, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Boston, Massachusetts, and San Francisco, California; the foregoing classification to be subject to the approval of the Bureau of Navigation, in the discretion of the Secretary of the Treasury. Vessels so built and classed for the highest character shall receive payments as in section four provided for vessels already built. Vessels unclassed in the register named in this act, or in an American register whose rules for building and inspection are fully equal in requirements, and all vessels whose class has expired or been suspended or withdrawn shall be disentitled to payments while this disqualification exists. SEC. 6. That the Government of the United States shall have the right, during the time this act shall be in force, to purchase or charter any vessels receiving the benefits of this act at a | made, and shall adopt whatever regulations may price to be fixed by agreement with their owners be necessary to carry out the provisions of this or agents, or by the judgment of appraisers, act. mutually selected in case of disagreement. SEC. 7. That the Secretary of the Treasury shall fix the times and manner of payments, prescribe the vouchers, with forms of account, and verifications, upon which payments shall be IN HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. July 19-The bill was reported by Mr. FARQUHAR, Chairman of the Committee on Merchant Marine. XXXIX. OCEAN MAIL SERVICE. IN SENATE FIFTY-FIRST CONGRESS, FIRST | the time when such contract will be made, the SESSION. duration of the same, the size of the steamers to be used, the number of trips a year, the times of sailing, and the time when the service shall commence, which shall not be more than three years after the contract shall be let. The details of the mode of advertising and letting such contracts shall be conducted in the manner pre 1890, July 12-Senate bill No. 3739, "to provide for ocean mail service between the United States and foreign ports and to promote commerce," reported by Mr. FRYE from the Committee on Commerce, May 3, and debated for some time, came to final vote, and was passed-scribed in chapter eight of title forty-six of the yeas 28, nays 16: YEAS-Messrs. Aldrich, Allen, Cullom, Davis, Dawes, Dixon, Frye, Hawley, Hiscock, Hoar, McMillan, Mitchell, Moody, Morrill, Payne, Pettigrew, Pierce, Platt, Power, Quay, Sawyer, Sherman, Spooner, Squire, Stewart, Stockbridge, Teller, Washburn-28. Revised Statutes for the letting of inland mail contracts, so far as the same shall be applicable to the ocean mail service. SEC. 3. That the vessels employed in the mail service under the provisions of this act shall be American built steam-ships, owned and officered by American citizens, in conformity with the exNAYS-Messrs. Barbour, Bate, Berry, Car-isting laws, or so owned and officered and regislisle, Cockrell, Coke, Colquitt, Daniel, Edmunds, Harris, Pugh, Reagan, Turpie, Vance, Vest, Walthall-16. The bill is as follows: AN ACT to provide for ocean mail service between the United States and foreign ports, and to promote commerce. Be it enacted, That the Postmaster-General is hereby authorized and empowered to enter into contracts for a term not less than five nor more than ten years in duration, with American citizens, for the carrying of mails on American steam-ships, between ports of the United States and such ports in foreign countries, the Dominion of Canada excepted, as in his judgment will best subserve and promote the postal and commercial interests of the United States, the mail service on such lines to be equitably distributed among the Atlantic, Mexican Gulf and Pacific ports. Said contracts shall be made with the lowest responsible bidder for the performance of said service on each route, and the Postmaster-General shall have the right to reject all bids not in his opinion reasonable for the attaining of the purposes named. SEC. 2. That before making any contract for carrying ocean mails in accordance with this act, the Postmaster-General shall give public notice by advertising once a week, for three months, in such daily papers as he shall select in each of the cities of Boston, New York, Philadelphia, Baltimore, New Orleans, Saint Louis, Charleston, Norfolk, Savannah, Galveston, and Mobile, and when the proposed service is to be on the Pacific Ocean, then in San Francisco, Tacoma, and Portland. Such notice shall describe the route, tered according to law, and upon each departure from the United States the following proportion of the crew shall be citizens of the United States, to wit: during the first two years of such contract for carrying the mails, one-fourth thereof; during the next three succeeding years, one-third thereof; and during the remaining time of the continuance of such contract at least one-half thereof; and shall be constructed after the latest and most approved types, with all the modern improvements and appliances for ocean steamers. They shall be divided into four classes. The first class shall be iron or steel screw steam-ships, capable of maintaining a speed of twenty knots an hour at sea in ordinary weather, and of a gross registered tonnage of not less than eight thousand tons. No vessel except of said first class shall be accepted for said mail service under the provisions of this act between the United States and Great Britain. The second class shall be iron or steel steam-ships, capable of maintaining a speed of sixteen knots an hour at sea in ordinary weather, and of a gross registered tonnage of not less than five thousand tons. third class shall be iron or steel steam-ships, capable of maintaining a speed of fourteen knots an hour at sea in ordinary weather, and of a gross registered tonnage of not less than two thousand five hundred tons. The fourth class shall be iron or steel or wooden steam-ships, capable of maintaining a speed of twelve knots an hour at sea in ordinary weather, and of a gross registered tonnage of not less than fifteen hundred tons. It shall be stipulated in the contract or contracts to be entered into for the said mail service that said vessels may carry passengers with their bag The |