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nv AUTHORITY.

BY AUTHORITY.
Acls and Resolutions, passed at the Second
Session ofihs 7hirtieth Congress cf the
United States.
[PUBLIc-No. 35.
AN ACT making appropriations for the
service Of the Post Office Department
for The year ending the lbirtielh June,
one thousand eight hundred. and fifty.
BE i, enacted by the Senate and House
OF Representative of the Uuited States Of
America in Congress assembled. That the
following sums of money be, aud they are
hereby appropriated for the service of the
Pos, Office Department for the year ending
The thir,ieth June, one thousand eight huu-
dred and fifty, ou, Of any moneys in the
treasury arising from The revenues oil said
department. in conformity to the act Of the
second Of July, one thousand eight hun
dred and tIrirty.six, namely:
For transportation the Of mails within
The United States. two millions Eve hum
dred thousand dullars.
For transportation Of the mails 10 four
steamships, al one hundred thousand dol.
lars each per year. from New York 10
Bremen, by way OF Southampton, under
the contract nrade with The Ocean Steam
Navigation Company Of New York, in
addition to the sum of three hundred and
cighty-,hree thousand six hundred and nine
dollars of former appropriations for the
same object, which il is estimated will re-
main unexpemled on the thirIielh of June.
eighteen hundred and (orly.nine, sixteen
thousand three hundred aud ninety Que
dollars;
For transportation nf The mails between
Charleston, South Caroline, and Havana.
by the way of Key WesI, calling at Sa-
vann ah, under the contract made with NJ.
G Mordecai. Fifty thousand dollars; and
for transportation of The mail by said line
or other steamers, to such other places on
the coasr Of Florida as The Postmaster
General may deem practicable and eSpe-
dent. five thousand dollars;
For compensation of postmasters, one
million two hundred and twenty thousand
dollars;
For ship. steamboat, and way letters,
thirty thousand dollars;
For wrapping paper, twenty-five thous-
and dollars;
For office furniture, lin the Offices OF
posrmaslers,) three thousand dollars;
For advertising, E(ty thousand dollars;
For mail bsSs, twenty-five thousand
dollars;
For blanks, twenty one thousand dol
lars;
! For mail locks. keys, and stamps, six
thousand dollars;
For the detection and prevention OF mai
depreda,iuns and special agents. including
the Two agents for Oregon and California
twenty thousand dollars;
For clerks for Offices, (he Offices o.
pos!mas,ers.) two hundred and sixty lhous
and dollars;
For miscellaneous, sixty thousand dol
lars;
That the better TO enable The po'ia
treaty with Great Britain 10. 60 into ful
effect with equal advantage to both coun
tries, letiers Shall he mailed as composing
one rate only where The letter does not ca
ceed the weight of half an ounce avoirdu
o0is; where il exceeds half ounce bu
does not exceed ain ounce, rs Composing
Two rates; where it exceeds an ounce hu
does not exceed Two ounces, as composing
four rates; where it exceeds two ounce:
but does co, exceed three ounces, as com
posing six raIes; where it exceeds three
ounces hut does no, exceed four ounces. Il:
composing eish, rates; and in like pro-
gression Cor each additional ounce, OF
fraction of an ounce, and that each rate
shall be subjec, to the full postage charge
that letters refused or which canno: be
delivered may be Immediately returned
to the dead letter Office. and the newspa
pers moi semi from the Office of publication
shall be charged with The same postage a:
other papers, to be prepaid.
R. e. WINTHROP,
Speaker OF The House Of Representatives
G. nj. DALLAS,
Vice Presiden, OF The United States, and
President of The Senae
Approved March 3. 1919.
JAMES X. POLK.