The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1846-06-22
(PUBLIc-No. GAL

fUbiIC--INO. "a.
AN ACT making appropriations for the service o.
the Post Office Department for the year ending
thirtieth June, eigteen hundred and forty
Be u enacled by The Seadie and House of Remesen
tapts Of the United States Of america in Congress as
sembled, That the following sums of money be, ant
the same are hereby, appropriated for the service
the Post Office Department for the year ending tn,
thirtieth of June, eighteen hundred and fortyseven
out Of any moneys in the treasury arising from tn,
Of the said department. in conformity to tn,
ae' Of the second Of July, eighteen hundred and hir
ty-sx, namely:
For transportation of the mails, two millions sew
en- hundred thousand dollars and the Postmaster
General Is hereby authorized to apply twenty-five
thousand dollars of the money appropriated for mai
transportation for line Of mail steamers from In,
United States to Bremen but no further sum shall
be diverted to any other object than the Transports
ton Of the mail within the United States.
For compensation of postmasters, one million dol.
lars;
For ship, steamboat, and way letters, twelve thou
sand dollars; '''' ~ "''' - ~ -
For wrapping paper, sixteen thousand dollars;
For office furniture, Qor post offces,J four thou
sand dollars; '~t'.'"E 3" - .''~ w =
For advertising, thirty thousand dollars;
For mail-bsgs, twenty thousand dollars;
For blanks, seventeen thousand dollars;
For mail locks, Keys, and stamps, four thousand
dollars; a..,t -, .t A'''"
For mail depredaiions and special.agsns, thirteen
mOusanu UOllhTH, Z
For clerks for Offices, (for Offices Of posmssters
two hundred thousand dollars; .. !. 80 ,,,.'
For miscellaneous, fifty thousand dollars
For defraying the expenses of the magnetic tele
graph from the city Of ashington to Baltimore fou,
thousand dollars; this appropriation to he available
If need be, before the commencement OF the next fs
cal year, Propided, That the Postmaster Genera
be and he is hereby authorized to let for limited
time the aforesaid telegraph to any person who will
keep II IN operation for its earnings, or he may un
der the direction Of the President Of the United
States, sell the same. t... ....
For paying an ascertained balance due to Messr,
Hale and Coleman, under their contract of MAY
thrty-hrst eighteen hundred and thirty seven forty
dollars and seventy-fye cents -
For publishing new edition Of eighteen thousand
copies OF the table Of post Offices in the United
States, and the same number Of the Laws and req.
ulations for the government of the Post Office DE.
partment," eight thousand Ave hundred dollars
Prorided, The work be let to contract to the Lowest
bidder, upon the terms indicated by the seventeenth
section Of the act approved twenty-sixth August
eighteen hundred and fortytwo, alegalizine and
making appropriations for such necessary objects 4,
have been usually included in the general approora.
ton bills without authority oriaw, &C.
SEC. 2. fad Be Il further enacted, That in cas-.
the revenues Of the department referred to in the
first section Of this act, shall prove insufficient 70
meet the foregoing appropriations, then any dehcien
cy that may thus arise shall be paid out OF any mo-
neys in the treasury not otherwise appropriated.
ArTRoVED, June 18th, 1886.