Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1841-1853, 1847-04-08
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IPuBLIc-No l31
Department for The ending the hteth Of Jone eighteen hun
bred and forty eight.
Be enacted y the Senate and House Of Representatives
Of the United States Of America Congress assembled
That the following Of money be, aud the same are
hereby appropriated for the service OF The Post Oee De-
paTmeni for the year ending hiTieh June eighteen hun
dred and foy-eght out of any moneys In the treasury
arising from the Of The said department in
Ormy the of the second Of july eighteen hundred
For transportation Of the mails within the United States,
two million four hundred and foone thousand three hun
dred and ninety-one dollars.
For iIansporati by steamships between New York and
Bremen according TO the contract with Edward Mills, au-
thorzed by the provide for the transportation OF the
mail between the United States and foreign countries
approved March third eighteen hundred and two
hundred and yeght thousand six hundred and nne dol
lars
For compensation to postmas,ers million and forty
thousand dollars Provided That it snail be lawfu
for the Postmaster General make any allowance
pensaiiOn to Deputy Postmaster in addition to his
missions except the special allowance made by law the
potmasters at New Orleans and the city of Washington
and excepting also the allowance TO which postmaseTs
entitled by law fIom the income from boxes And prord-
further, That each Deputy Postmaster, whose comPen-
saon for The las preceding did not exceed two hundred
dollars, may send through the mail all letters written by
himself and receive through the mail all written commune
cations addressed to himself his private business which
shall not exceed in weight half ounce free Of postage
For ship steamboat and way letters seventeen thousand
dollars.
For wrapping paper, sixteen thousand dollars.
For Office furniture, flor The offices Of posmssers, three
For advertising, thirty thousand dollars.
( For mail bags, twenty thousand dollars.
! For blanks, seventeen thousand dollars.
For mail locks keys and stamps four thousand dollars
For mail depIedaons and special agents, thirteen thou
sand dollars: Prortded, That the Postmaster General be-
and he is hereby authorized employ, when the service
may require it, the assistant potmaster general special
agents, and make them compensation and allowance
therefor 10 exceed the amount expended by said agents
as necessary travelling expenses while employed
For clerks for offices, lin the Offices of postmaster two
hundred and twenty-five thousand dollars.
For miscellaneous, fifty thousand dollars.
SEC. 2. And be further enacted, That in the
Of the department referred the first section Of this
shall prove insufficient 10 the legong appropIia
tions, then deficiency that thus shall be paid
out of moneys in the Treasury Otherwise appropia
ted.
Sec. g. And be further enacted That the assistant
of the Post Office Department shall be entitled
annual salary Of four hundred and fifty dollars.
Sec L. And be ii further enacted That The Secretary Of
the Treasury aud he is heeby authorized and directed
TO nay to Rowland and Aspnws Of the city Of New York
the Of FIVE thousand dollars, with interest from the frs
day Of November eighteen hundred and thirty ve out
any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated be-
ing the amount of daft drawn by James Reside, the
Post Office Department dated the eighteenth day Of April
eighteen hundred and thrty6ve, payable the first day 81
November eighteen hundred and thrtyfvc the order
the said Reside and accepted By the Treasurer of the Pos
Office Department. and by the said Reside endorsed to the
oIder of H. H. Williams, Of Baltimore, and by the SAID
Williams endois ed in blank and which draft the property
of the said Rowland and Aspinwal
! Approved March 2, lS47.