Mississippi palladium. [volume] (Holly Springs, Miss.) 1851-1852, 1851-06-13

post offices. and place the mail service on
any new mail routes established, or thsg
may hereafter be established, in the same
manner as though this act had not passed,
-4Tsa proeided further, That the compen-
Sation of no postmaster shall be diminished
in consequence of the passage OF this act.
SEC. s. 44Rd be it further enacted, That
there shall be paid to the Post Office De
partment, in further payment and compen-
sation for the mail service performed for the
two Houses of Congress and the other de
partments and offices of the government IN
the transportation of free matter, the sum o.
FIVE hundred thousand dollars per year.
which shall be paid quarterly, out OF am
money in the treasury not otherwise appro
priated; and the moneys appropriated to
the Post Office Department BY the twelfth
section OF the act ..to establish certain POS
routes and for other purposes, approved
March third, eighteen hundred and forty
seven, and remaining undrawn in The trea-
sury, shall continue subject to the fequisi-
ton of the Postmaster General, for the ser
vice of the Post Office Department, not
withstanding the same may have remained
so undrawn for more than two years after It
became subject to such requiSition
SEC. g. Ind be it fiarther eaQcted, That
there is hereby appropriated, out of any
money in the treasury not otherwise appro-
priated, the sum of FIVE hundred thousand
dollars, to supply any deficiency that ma
arise in the Post Office Department
SEC. TO- 4A,sd be it fttfthsr enacted, That
it shall be in the power of the Postmaster
General at all post Offices where the post
masters are appointed by the President OF
the United States, to establish post routes
within the cities or towns, to provide for con
veying letters to the post office, by establish
ing suitable and convenient places of de
posit, and by employing carriers to receive
and deposit them in the post office; and AT
all such offices it shall be in his power 10
cause letters to be delivered by suitable car
riers, to be appointed by him for that pur
pose, for which not exceeding one or two
cents shall be charged, to be paid by the
person receiving or sending the same; and
all sums so received shall be paid into the
Post Office Department; PTogided, The a
mount of compensation allowed by the Post
master General to carries shall in no case
exceed the amount paid into the treasury.
by each town or city, under the provisions
of this section
Sec. II. Aaad be Il further enacted. Thai
from and after the passage of this actit shall
be lawful to coin, at the mint OF the United
States and its branches, a piece of the de
nomination and legal value Of three cents,
or three-hundredths OF a dollar, to be com
posed of threefourths silver and enefourth
copper, and to weigh twelve grains and
three-eights of a grain; and the said coin
shall bear such devices as shall be conspic
uously different from those of the other si
yer coins, and of the gold dollar, but having
the inscrirtion United States of America,
and its denomination and date; and that il
shall be legal tender in payment of debts
for all sums of thirty cents and under; and
chat no ingots shall be used for the coinage
of the three cent pieces herein authorised,
of which the quality differs more than FIVE
thousandths from the legal standard; and
that, in adjusting the weight ofthe said coin
the following deyiations from the standard
weight shall not be exceeded, namely ly-one
half of a grain in the single piece. and one
pennyweight in thousand pieces
Approved, March 8, 1851