Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1849-1856, 1853-03-17
BY AuTHORt; a,
LAWS OF THE UNITED
STATES
fGssed dming he Second s. ssion ofMe
Ihirly.secom Congress.
fPCRLtc AcT-No. 80.

AN ACT making aprrorriaions for
the service OF The Posi- Office DEPART
mcni curing the fiscal year ending
the lhirtleih Of June, one thousand
eight hundred aud iiity-iour.
he ii enacted 5y tie Senate and House
of Representatives. ofMe United States
Of AmeIica in Congress assembled, That
the following sums be, and the same
are hereby, appropria ed Tor the ser
vice Of Tie Post Office Department, for
the year ending the thirtieth Of June,
one thousand eight hundred and fifty
tour, out OF any moneys in the Treasu-
ry arising from the revenues oi The said
Department, in conformity TO the act
Of the second Of July, one thousand
eigh. hundred and thirty six, and or
other purposes, viz:
For transportation Of the male, five
million and twenty nine thousand dol
lars;
For comp Iensaiion TO Pos,masters,
two million and twenty Blk thousand
dollars;
For ship, steamboat, and way letters,
thirty thousand dollars;
For wrapping paper, fifty two ,hous-
and dollars;
For office furniture, in the Offices Of
postmas,ers, eight thousand dollars
For advertising, seventy six thousand
five hundred dollars
For mail bags, Gi,y-one thousand dol
lars
For blanks, fify-Gve thousand dol
lars;
For mai!locks, keys, and stamps,
twenty thousand dollars;
For mail depredalions, and special
agents, fifty thousand dollars;
For clerks in the Offices Of pos.mas-
ters, five hundred and tifysix thousand
dollars
For miscellaneous items, one hun
dred and twenty thousand dollars
For postage stamps and stamped en-
velopes, fifty five thousand dollars.
SEc.2. And be ii further enacted, That
there be, and is hereby. appropriated
out Of any money in the Treasury not
otherwise appropriated, sum not ex-
ceeding one million eigh, hundred ,top-
sand dollars, TO supply any deficiency
that may arise in the revenues of the
Post Office Department, to meet the
aioregoing appropriations, for the year
ending the thirtielh OF June, one thous-
and eight hundred and flty.four.
SEC. 3. Andbe H)uriher enacted, That
in al cases where tho Postmaster GEN
cral shall be satisfied ,ha, either money
or property stolen from the United
States mail, shall have heen exchanged
for other money or property, and has
been. upon the conviction OF the thiei,
received at his Department, he shall
have authority, upon satisfactory evi
dence that the same justly belonged TO
any individual, firm, or corporation, TO
pay over and deliver such money or
property 10 the owner thereof.
SIC. 4. and he ii further enacted, That
section three Of the act entitled San
ac, making appropriations Tor The SER
vice OF the Post Office Department dur
ing The fiscal year ending the lhirleth
OF June, one thousand eight hundred
aid fIiy-thrce, and for other purposes"
and approved the thirty fret Of August
enc thousand eight hundred and Two,
be, and the same is hereby. repealed.
Sec. 5. And be IL further enacted,
That the Postmaster General is hereby
authorized TO make such arrangement
as he may deem advisable by causing
letters sent to California and Oregon TO
be advertised free Of expense to the
United States, and by the issuing of
circulars to postmas,ers and causing
the same TO be published to insure, as
lar as possible, the delivery OF letters
sent by mail from the A llantic States to
California, to the individuals to whom
they arc directed.
Approved March 3, 1853.