Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1860-09-19

CHAP CCxII-An making further Appropriations FOR he
Service the Post 0ce Department during the hsal Year
ending the thrtieth Of JuDe eighteen hundred and sixty
Re IL enacted IN the Senate and HoHss Of Representatives
of he United Safes Of America i Congress assembled That
the service I the PostUce Department the year ending the
rtieth Of June eighteen hundred and sixty out OF any moneys
treasury arising from the revenues Of the said department
conformity the act Of the second Of July eighteen huaae
and thirty six: a ,,., -. ,,,,o -
hundred and thousand and ten dollas And the
hereby authorized and required 70 advertise
bider for the transportation Of United States mail 10 steam
hips from Charleston South Carolina via savannah Georgia
10 Key West Florida twice month"; Oftener, from
The first day Of July eighteen hundred and sixty to the areh
Of eighteen hundred and az s1en son
AZ h ms think reasonable not exceed fifty thousand dollars
M to pOstmasters million hundred and
T sS in The ofces Of pestnaaers four hundred and
.bat and way letters twenty thoussnd dollars
For Office in the post Offices four thousand dollars
| For Sdverti,ng seventy thousand dollars.
For mail bags twenty thousand ave hundred dollars
and the the Postmaster General snail pay 70 he o
tractors furnishing leather mail pouches Tppng ana PRINT
ing paper mail locks and keys and stamps interest," AZ the ~
OF * Der cent on heretofore cue said contractors and
remained unpaid for want Of funds from the 1s @ @
due the day when the principal sums were I'D ~
For blanIs fifty four thousand dollars.
For wrapping paper, twenty six thousand collars
For mail locks, keys and stamps seven housano n'e n
FOR mail depreaOns specsl agents, thirty
~Pa n avmepts TIVE hundred thOuand dollars
For postage stamps and stamped envelopes any thousand ae
For payment Of balances to foreign countries three hun
| dred thousand dollars. ,-, - ,.A.--.,
| thousand and thirty seven dollars. -. i, ...,
sc Nnd h. 4 further enacted, That the sum Of three mi
% enc hundred and twentysx thousand three hundred and
twenty four dollars be- and the is hereDy appropriated
~ s ont of any money in the treasury not
ted Il supply deficiencies in the revenue OF he fo Oes De
naTept Tor year ending the hreh Of June egheen nun
0 dred and sky. -, -, 1rI-..A. u, A,
~ Il hereby directed pay E. K. Collins and his associae
be sun OF eighty thoua two hundred and eghtWo dollar
and eventyxo that being The remaining balance foun'
5s them npon contract for transporting the United state
A rail between New York and Liverpool.
sro And Be f further enacted, That whenever any cor
tractor in service Of the PostOee Department shall at
me between third day Of March, eighteen hundred and fits
nine and dsy Of April eighteen hundred and sixty haV
ei perform the service agreeable to the terms Of his
tract rules aud regulations Of the Depar men and
Pos.maserGnegal a be sathsed from the testimony hefo
him failure occasoned by the inability Of the
parent make payment such FOR the service
formed under his contract growing out Of the defeat Of the
preparation bill for the support Of The Department for the
year said Postmaster General shall have BY crd
relieve absolve such from all the dsab
pecuniary responsibilities which under the existing laws
4 | regulations would attach to such failure
= APPkcvED, June 25, 1860.