Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1845-1851, 1847-04-03

IPUBLIc-No 81
AN ACT making G The sci vice Of The Post Office
department ir he ,ea ending the hnehf eighteen hun
bred aud forty eight
Be enacted by the Senate and House If ReDresetotrss
IF The Uned States Of an Congress assembled
That the following of money be- al the same are
hereby app oprated fol service of ne Post oic De-
paItmen, FOR The year ending thIeh June eighteen hun
died and fUIy-eigt out OF any moneys the rea>u
arising from he Of the said department in con
ormity the of the of July eighteen hund.d
ami thrty-siN namely
For transportation mails within the United States
two million -four HUNDRED thousand three hun
dred and ninety -one dollars.
For ;Ian>poIali by steamships between New York
Bremen, according To the contract With Edward Mills
thorzed by provide or the transportation OF the
mail between the United States AMI foreign cnunt,es
approved March third eighteen hund ed aud forty
bundled aud fifty thousand six hundred and Line dol
lars.
For compen> alton To pomase's one million aud fry-
two thousand dollars. P,ouded That not be la u
for the Posn General make any allowance COM
pensaio TO Deputy Postmaster addition his com
missions. except the special allowance de by the
po>tmaseIs at New Orleans and The CITY # Washrstun
excepting the allowance to which a.
entitled 10y law, fom The inc from boxes Ind prOrd-
ed further. That each Deputy Postmaster whO.e cumper-
saon for The asi peoedi did exceed bundled
dollars, may send through the mail all letters written by
himself and receive through the mail all written communi.
cations add esed To himself hi pvae wht
shall not exceed in weight half Of postage
For ship, steamboat aud way letters seventeen thousand
dollars
+ wrappng paper sixteen thousand dollars.
For Office furniture, TOR the Offices OF po,tms>tes three
For advertising thirty thousand dollars.
Fo mail bag, twenty thousand dollars
For Hanks, seventeen thousand dullus.
FOf mail locks. keys, and stamps four Thousand dollars
For mail depedatirS and special ag ns thirteen thou
sand dollars: PROP ded, That the Postmaster General
aud he i hereby authoiiz employ when the service
may require II, the assistant onaseIs general special
agents, and 10 make them cOmpcusa ION and allowance
therefor not 10 exceed the amount expended 10y said
as nece>>a travelling expenses while empl yed.
For clerks for Offices n The Offices # postmaster two
hundred and twenty hive thousand dollars.
F,r miscellaneous, fifty thousand dollars.
Src. 3 ind be furtaer eadccf bat in the
Of the department efc red the first lection Of this
act shall prove INSULT lent 10 The 10 ing appOp
tons then any fciency that may thus shall be paid
out OF III The treasury not other appopa-
ted.
SEC B. Aad Be l. further enacted That the assistant
seugers Of the Post OH Department shall be entitled 10
annual SalsIy Of four bundled and nifty dollars.
SEC t. And De fnther enacted That the Secretary Of
the Treasury he, aud he hereby authorized and directed
10 pay TO Rowland aud A>pIuws Of the city Of New lok
the of five thousand dollars ntcIet from th hrsi
day of November, eighteen hundred aud ih FIVE out of
any money IN the treasury Gt ohe wise Appropriated be-
the amount of daft drawn by James RcesIde the
Post Office Department dated the eighteenth day OF Ap
eighteen hundred and Thirty five able the hr>t day #
November eighteen hundred and five the order OF
the SAID Reside and accepted by the Treasurer of the Post
Office Dcpaiim Mt and ~ the sand Rcesie endorsed TO the
order of II H. Williams, Il Baltimore, and by the said
Williams endorsed ia blank, and which draft the property
of the SAID Rowland ani A>p.nwali
Approved March = 1917.