Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1860-07-21
Public AL


AN ACT making appropriations for the service of the
Post Office Department during the fiscal ending the
thirteth of June, eighteen hundred and sixty-one.
Be enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives
of the United States of America in Congress assembled
That the following sums be- and the hereby ap
propriated for the service of the Post Office
for The year ending the thirtie Of June eighteen hundred
and sxtyone out of in the treasury arising
from the of the said department. in conformity
to the act Of the second of July eighteen hundred and
thirty-sx ..s.s.E
For transportation of the mails within the jurisdiction
of the United States and such along the
of the United States do not touch at foreign port mine
million six hundred and fortyfour thousand five hundiel
and nlnetyelght dollars Provided however That the
net exceed eight hundred dollars per year
For compensation to postmasters two million six hum
dred and ffyour thousand dollars, Provided however,
That where packages of newspapers periodicals
ceIved any post Office directed address, and the
of the club of subscribers to which they belong
the posage for quarter in advance shall handed to the
postmaster he shall deliver the same to their respective
owners
For clerks in the offices of pOstmasters eight hundred
thousand dollars.
For ship steamboat and way letters twenty thousand
dollars Il s--
For Office furniture in the post offices, four thousand
For advertising. seventy thousand dollars
For mail bags, fifty five thousands dollars.
For paper required for printing blanks seventy thousand
For printing blanks twelve thousand dollars
For wrapping paper, 6fty-twe thousand dollars
For mail locks keys and stamps fifteen thousand dol
lars .--..-.. z -....,.--s =. -.
For mail depredations and special agents. seEeuty-ve
thousand dollars Provided, That from and after the first
of july one thousand eight hundred and sixty not more
than sixteen hundred dollars per shall be SLOWED
any Special agent of the Post Office Department. coen
saton for his services: And provided further Thatthe
appropriations for the SER ice Of the fiscal year ending
the thirtieth of june thousand eight hundred and
tyfour" approved May hiryfrst eighteen hundred and
fftv-fnur. be and the same is hereby repealed. gs5
For miscellaneous payments one hundred and fifty thou
sand dollars Provided That it shall De the duty Of the
Postmaster General to furnish to Congress- 10 his annual
report the first Monday Of December next and of each
and every year thereafter detailed statement of theex
pendures made under the head of miscellaneous pay
mepts; and that il shall not be lawful TO of the
money hereby appropriated for the defence of suits brought
against officers Of the Post Office Department for maeas
ance nonfeasance in Office, for acts committed by
them under color OF law and in derogaton of the rights OF
citizens. sEzs
For postage stamps and stamped envelopes one hundred
thousand dollars. t ss--r-
For payments of balance due to foreign countries three
hundred Thousand dollars. = -=---$ss -
SEC And be it further enacted That from and after the
hireth of June eighteen hundred and sixty the charge
ing each the whole of which shall be paid them
for their And the Postmaster General eab
h boxes for the delivery Of letter: at the outside stations
loss the department injury to the service and any
derived from the rent of said boxes be
piled by him towards the payment OF
ing letters towards the increase of the carriers tuud
he NAV deem just or equitable
SEC g. And be it further enacted That If the revenues
of the Post Office Department shall be insufficient
the appropriations of this ac then the Of five million
seven thousand four hundred aud enty.four dollars and
seventy cents much thereof be necessary
be- and the hereby, appropriated to be paid Of
any money in thetreasury not otherwise appropriated to
supply deficiencies in the of the Post Office Depart
men for year ending the thrtieh june eighteen hun
! dred and sxty-One. .s.. = /. So 2 ~
SEC And be it further enacted That the Postmaster
General and he hereby, authorized the mails
be transported between the United States and for
egn port ports between any the United States
to any other port of the United States touching at egn
port by steampshp allowing and paying therefor BY
American vessel the and United States inland postage,
and if by foreign vessel, the postage only the
mails conveyed Provided That the preferences shall al
ways be given American foreign steamship,
when departing from the port the destination
| within three days of each other
SEC 5. And be it further enacted That much of the
appropriation for inland mail service as is provided for
TRANSPORTATION of mails from San Francisco to Puget's
Sound via Astoria, in Oregon shall be applied to ths
transportation of said mails by land Olympia whenever
by law such service shall be provided in lieu of ocean
service.
/ Approved, June Is, 1860. 80