The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1844-05-22
House OF Representatives.
WASHINGTON, Monday, May 2


House OF Representatives.
WASHINGTON, Monday, May 20, 1874.
The House have gone into Committee OF the
Whole, to-day, and passed the Post Otlce appro-
priation bill, with Que anne ndineni. They struck
out the 81, 900 tor special agents OF the Post
Office, and abolished the office; and then appro-
prated $1,000 as contingent fund Tor catching
thieves.
enclose the bill;-
BILL Making appropriations for the service of the
Post Office Department for the fiscal year ending thr
tieth June, eighteen hundred and forty five.
Be enacted by the Senate and House OF Representa-
ves OF the United States OF America in Congress
sembed That the following sums OF money be- and the
are hereby m or ne ds hs Sr
teth June eighteen hundred and forty hve out oil any
moneys in the treasury arising from the " niue S tn;
July, eighteen hundred and thirty six, viz
For transportation vi the mail three million one hun
bred aud fifty thousand dollars
For compensation to postmasters, nine hundred ana
fifty thousand dollars
For ship steamboat and way letters twenty-five thou.
Ind dollars
For wrapping paper, eighteen thousand dollars
For office furniture (or the offices of DostmastersJ
e thousand dollars
For advertising, thirty 1.-TWO thousand dollars
For mailbags eighteen thousand dollars;
For blanks, twenty five thousand dolars;
For malocks keys and stamps, ten thousand dollars
For mail depredations and special agents twenty eight
thousand dollars
For clerks Tor offices (fOr the Offices OF postm asers3
two hundred and fifteen thousand dollars;
For miscellaneous fifty five thousand dollars.
The Committee then took up the Navy Appro-
priation Bill. 1t was read through as follows;
BILL making appropriations for the Naval Service for
the fiscal year ending the thrtieh day OF June eighteen
hundred and forty five
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-.
tves of the United States of America in Congress
bed That the following sums he appropriated out oil sny
money the Treasury in addition to the
pended balances of former appropriations for the
val service for the fiscal year commencing the hrst
day OF July eighteen hundred and forty four and ending
the the hirtieh day of June eighteen hundred and
forty five
For pay of commission. warrant and petty officers snd
including the engineer cops OF the psvy, two
million Ave hundred and nine thousand one hundred and
eighty nine dollars
For pay of snperin'endans naval contractor, end a
the civil estsbhmt ni the several tishy thous
and three hundred and twenty dollars
For provisions for the navy including transportation
eooras. ana "ner a aeI.s ""eeh
For surgeon 'necessatrs and OPP ances Tor the alex
and hurt OF the naval service INC hiding TIE manecorPs
twelve thousand two hundred ard III dollars
For the increase, repair armament and Equipment oil
the navy and and tear OF vessels commission,
For ordnance and ordnance stores, including eli nc
dental expenses an liabilities on outstandi csntrsc's,
hundred seventy thousand sight hundred and
For hooks maps charts and instruments, binding and
repairing the same and all expenses OF The Hy
cal office forty three thousand hundred dollars
For improvements and necessary repairs OF navy ards
Al Portsmouth, New Hampshire, TIVE nty -four Thousand
eight hundred dollars.
At harirstown Massachusetts twenty four thousand
At Brooklyn New York. thirty eight thousand six hun.
dred end eighteen dollars
Phladephio Pennsy lvania, nine thousand two hun.
dred and twenty two dollars and sixty-six cents.
At Washington, District OF Columbia, sixteen thousand
two bnndre ed and sxty.seven dosrs
At Gosport Virginia twenty nine thousand eight hun
bred and eighty dollars
At Pensacola Florida sixteen thousand three hundred
and thirty seven dollars.
For Magazines, VIZ:
At Charleston, two hundred dollars
At Brooklyn, two hundrtd dollars.
AT w ashing ton, two hundred dollars
At Norfolk seven hundred and fifty dollars
For contingent expenses TINT may accrue for tho fol-
wing purposes viz For the freight and trsnsPortafin
materials and stores of every description; for printing
stationary; for books, maps, charts mathematical end
autical Instruments chronometers models and draw.
ings for the purchase and repair oil beengnes and Tor
ngines yards; for the purchase and maintenance Of
horses and oxen for cars timber wheels end work mems
every description for postage OF letters pub
lie service for coas and other fuel for candles and ell
for OF vessels Of commission. and OF navy
wards end shore stations; for incidental labor at navy
yards and board vessels chagesble TO any other
appropriation; for labor attending the delivery OF public
stores aud supplies foreign station for Wharfage dock
age storage and rent, travelling expenses officers aud
trans portaon of ssamen house rent to pusers when
duly authorized; funeral expenses commissions clerk
hire, store rent, Different stationary and fuel TO navy
agents and naval sUrekeepes premiums and incidental
expenses OF recruiting experimenting deserer per diem
allowance TO persons attending courts mortal and courts
Of inquiry or other services authorized by awi compen.
sHton Judge advocates printing end stationary oil every
& sna lot he ,,ssaboe ns.rea To-
vessels in Distress and for other object or purpose
whatever four hundred thouFand dollars.
For contingent expenses for objects not hereinbeiors
enumerated. five thousand dollars.
For coal fuel for steam forty thousand
eight hundred and eighty dollars
ulRirE
For psy of officers, noncommi.sioned officers. must
clans prvaos md servants serving shore and sub
si,ence of officers hundred thousand eight hundred
and fifteen dollars aud sixty cents.
For clothing, forty three thousand six hundred and
hi rty five dollars
For provisions iorty-hve thousand and eleven dollars
and nincty.hve cents.
For fne sixteen thousand two hundred and seventy.
four dollars and twelve cents
For military stores, repair of arms pay Of srmorers,
accouremens, ordnance stores, flags, drums flies and
musical instruments two thousand eight hundred dollars
For transportation of officers and troops, and for
pen ses OF recruiting eight thousand dollars
repair OF barracks and rent OF temporary barracks
six thousand dollars.
For contingencies, wiz
Freight ferriage, toll wharfage. and carage; compen
ntion 10 Judge Advocates; per diem for attending
Martial and Courts OF Inquiry; per diem TO enlisted
constant labor; house rent where public qugrteb
assigned the burial of deceased Marines printing,
forage postage, the pursuit Of deseers can
Hes and oil straw barack furniture bed sucks spades
axes, shovels, picks, carpenters tools and keeping
horse for the messenger seventeen thousand nine hun
ircd and eighty dollars.
A discussion has lust sprang up on the hrst item
of so, 500, 1S9. And the mail IL closing, must
send the rest tonight
WASHINGTON, Monday night
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