Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1853-04-05
BY AUTHORITY
LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES.
Passed during the Second Session of the THIRTY.
s-a second Congress- .ai.
I PuBLic ACT-No. g. \


~ CPuBLic- AcT-No. g.
an act making approximations for The service Of the
once department during the hse1l car ending tue
thlrueh OF June, thousand eight hundred and fifty
four -5....'--
he by the Senate and House OF Representa-
lives OF the United States OF America in Congress
bled That the following be- aud the hereby
ent, for lac yeaT ending Re thrtieh Of june onc
thousand eight hundred aud y four. Oul Of in
mcnI in TO the act OF the second OF July,
thousand eight hundred and thirty six, and for put
For transportation of the mails, five million TWEEN
For compensation 70 posmasters, two million and
twenty six thousand dollars; 80
dolaisi
For Wrapping paper, hity two thousand dollars
For office furniture IN the Offices OF stmasers, eight
thousand dolarsi
dollars; = = -
For mail bags, ffty one thousaad dollars; :
For blanks, fifty five thousand dollars;
For mail locks, keys and stamps, twenty thousand
Foi mail dcpredatons, and special agents. fifty thOus
and dollars: ''s'' @ 'H- iA -
For clerk, in the Offices Of posmasteIs, five hundred
For miscellaneous items, hundred twenty thou
For postage stamps, and stamped envelopes, hnynve
Sec. 2 And6s il uriher enacted, That there be, and
is hereby appropriated out of any money in Treasury
oe wise appropriated, sum not exceeding mil
cheney that aise f the revenues OF the Post Office
yssT e es s or s for
hundred and fifty four. fS =
Where the General shall be satisfied That cii
er money property stolen from the United mall
and has been, upon the conviction othc thief
his pepsTtment he shall hayc satisfactory
hrn or corporation 10 pay over and deliver such moey
or gsopfrty s9 Inc 9's1eg rs,
of the emitted An making appropriations for the
year ending the June one thousand eight hun
dred and fifty three and for other purposes and appro
and fiy two, be, and the same is hereby repealed:
General is hereby authorized make arrangements
as he may deem advisable by causing letters TO Cali
States by issuing OF circulars to postmas
ters and causing the same 10 e published insure as far
Atlantic States to canfornia, whom
Approved March 3, 1858.
- [PuBIIc Acr-No. ,4O.1
AN ACT makiig preparations for the transportation OF
the United States mail BY ocean steameIs and other
ss aSS s ssS yca ending the Of
!E 1T ENACTED by the Senate and House of Representa-
The ag
by appropriated to be paid out Of money in rea
sIry not appropriated, the year ending the
thireth of June. one thousand eight hundred and ffty
For transportation of tho mails nom New York to Idv
erpool and back, eight hundred and fifty eight tlous
For transportation mails from New TO New
Orleans Charleston, Savannah, Havana, and lChegrcs
For trasportatian Of the mails iIom PANAMA. 10 Cal.
forna and Oregon and back hundred and Ity eight
Eo carrsing the contract entered into by the POST
Once under The law passed at the session
OF Congress, establishing trimonthly mail
sells between New Orleans and Vera Cruz via Tampieo
Sec. @ And 6e II further enacted, That the following
sums be- and the same are hereby appropriated for the
the thirteth OF June, thousand eight nifty
ioa out oiany Ioney In the treasury arising from the
revenues OF said Department. in conformity the act
the second Of july on thousand eight hundred thr
For transportation orthe nails in two stea mshps from
New YORK, by SOUTHAMPTON TO emen and back, ono
ships from New York by cowes 10 HavTe and back at
seventy i've thousand dollars for each ship under the
New York three hundred aud fifty thousand, dollars;
and nc OF the mails between Charleston
For transportation mails across the Isthnus OF
Panama, one hundred and tweIty thousand dollars ~
Sec. Ad Be IL further enacted That Tho Postmaster
relation to The contract Of sIoo for the
ton ofthe mail in ocean steamers from New New
bach Of hundred and orty
corresponds with tie original bds and shah Yepoa to
ut the next session the acs and circumstances
mount the service could be perfoTmed III new
contract should be nade and whether the ships furnish
Tho Postmaster General is further directed By ibis act
assettnn and report to Congress at Its next session
al the Navy Post Once
upon the ast the can ss
the steamers according to contract, sell or trans
SEQ. AndSe II prte enacted, That upon The appli.
cation the companies carry the
mail IN ocean steamers from New Havre or from
NewYork to Breen, the Postmaster General is hereby
author zsd to discharge such company from said
fEoyded That uIther shall be maid 10
either OF said companies amer such discharge from Its
approved March 81 1859 u g Z. e ss ,
ISL PUBLic Acr-No As. 1..de s - e.
ANAC1 authorizing changes in location ofIand ofces
BE ENACTED by the Senate and House Represcnts
pes United States OF Ameriea in Congress assem-
bled, That the Ptesdent hereby AUTHORIZED
to shange Tie the land the severai land
established by law and 70 establish the sane
Tom time 70 time at point IN the district a. lie may