Santa Fe gazette. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1859-1864, 1861-06-29

w uoom0u hoCenrhIy Wy tno DtCF6thry OF war. |
The site to be selected and post built under direc-
ton Of the Secretary Of War.
For completing the report and perfection the
drawings Of the San Juan sxplonn3 expedition,
ore thousand eight hundred dollars.
Foe deficiency to cover expenditures made BY
tho Quartermasters bureau in consequence Of In.
dian nostilities during the current fiscal year name.
g:
Incidental expenses, fifty seven thousand and
eighty four dollars
Transportation oftroops and supplies, four hun.
dred and seventy.three thousand four hundred and
sixty four doan.
Barracks and quarters, one hundred and seven.
ty eight thousand eight hundred and eghry seven
dollars: Provided, That the Secretary Of War
shall carse an examination to be made into the ex.
penditure in the Quartermasters bureau since the
first day ofJuly eighteen hundred and fifty seven,
and report the same to Congress at its next ses.
sion.
Sec. 2. And be ii further enacted, That
the Secretary Of the interior be and he is hereby
authorized and directed to audit and state the
accounts Of the late Superintendent Of the Fort
eNsbeJ "au Dvuth uo1 WotOu AVodi up W tuu
time when he was relieved from the care Of the
public property in his possession, allowing him all
such sums as, in the opinion Of the Secretary may
be fair reasonable, and just ann charging him with
oil such sums as in hls opinion he ought to be
charged with and report the same to Congress,
Sec, [Sl lAnd be 1t trArenacted, That
for tho protection o; emigrants on the overland
routes between the Atlantic slope and the CalfOr.
MIA and Oregon and Washington frontier, the sum
Of fifty thousand dollars Is hereby appropriated,
out Of any money in the Treasury not otherwise
appropriated, to be expended under the direction
Of the Secretary Of War, i, in his judgment, the
same may be necessary.
Approved, March 2, 1861.
AN ACT making Appropriations forthe Service
Of the Post Office Department during the fiscal
Year ending the thirtieth Of June, eighteen hun
dred and sixty.two.
Be Il enacted By the Senaic and House Of
Representatives ofhe United States Of Ame-
rica in Congress assembled, That the fol.
lowing Sums be, and the same are hereby, appro.
priated, for the service Of the Post Office Depart.
lnent for the year ending the thirtieth Of June,
eighteen hundred and sixty two out ofany moneys
in the Treasury arising from the revenues Of the
said Department, in conformity to the act Of the
second July, eighteen hundred and thirty six.
Eor transportation Of the mails, Gulaud) ten
million forty thousand two hundred and eighty
four dollars; and the Postmaster General 10 here
by direcaed to reeIamne tho causes for dscontin
uance or curtailment Of the postal service on in
land routes since the fourth day Of March elgh
teen hundred aud fifty nine, and to restore all such
parts Of said service as can be restoree with due
regard to the public interest and the circumstsn
ses Of each case, whether such discontnuance OF
curtailment was upod controcts; And provided
rn,-' A. ---..,-..e.. service nereby
contemplated, shall not be made without the CON
sent Of the contractor in each case, or in pursu
acce Of his contract.
For compensation to postmasters, two mionl
seven hundred thousand dollars; Propidsd, Tha
no compensation shall be paid to postmaster
after the thirtieth Of June, eighteen hendrsd ant
sixty one for the delivery Of free letters OF paper
to their recipients, except to the postmaster q
Washington city District Of Columbia, in puru
snCe Of tho existing law authorizing special al
lowance to him for such service.
For clerks in the officers oil postmasters, on,
million forty Eve thousand Eve hundred and seven
4 teen dollars and twenty three cents.
. For ships, steamboat and way letters, tweut
thousand dollars,
I" Office furniture for post Offices, four thousan,
, dollars.
" advertising, seventy thousand dollars.
). mail bags, fifty five thousand dollars.
d" paper for blanks sixty thousand dollars.
4 4" printing blanks, twelve thousand dollars.
wrapping paper, forty FIVE thousand dol
> lars.
A I" mail locks keys and stamps, twenty thou
\ sand dollars
For mail depredations and special agents, sever
i ty five thousand dollars: Propidsd, That the pre-
a yiso in the first section Of the act Of June On
teeath, eighteen hundred and sixty, making aE
proprations for the service Of the Post 0ffic
!, Department, which restaicts the maximum con-
pensation to be paid to route agents To the sum Q
v eight hundred dollars per year, be and the sam
' Is hereby, repealed.
For miscellaneous payments, one hundred an
sixty thousand dollars.
,. For postage stamps and stamped envelopes, on
hundred and ten thousand dollars.
A For payment Of balances due to foreign coul
- tries, three hundred thousand dollars.
H. For payment Of letter carriers, two hundred an
ten thousand dollars.
d, Sec. 2. And b II further enacted Tha
the third section Of the act making provision 4
u the postal service In California, 0te6on, and Was
ington; approved July twenty eighteen hu
re drek and 6lty.iour, be- and the same Is hereb
repealed; aud that all dead letters which may a
Y cumuate in the post Offices in said States al
Territory after thirteth June next, shall be I
u turned 10 the General Post Office Department,
Washington, under such regulationsa as the POI
" master General may prescribe.
~ Sec. 8, And be IL further enacted, Th
~ ~ Il the revenues Of the Post Office Departme
Nv shall be insufficient TO meet the appropriations
- this act, thenss [thel sum Of Ave million thr
W hundred and ninety-one thousand three hundr
=. and City dollan and sixty three cents, orSo mu
~ thereof as may be necessary, be- and the same
t. hereby, appropriated, TO be paid out Of any mon
W. in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated TO q
.u ply deficiencies in the revenue Of the rost Vn
y. y, Department for the year ending the thirtieth
~ :; June. eighteen hundred and sixty two.
len en- Sec. 4. And be Il further enacted, Th
the provisions Of the third section Of an act en-
md led IAN act amendatory Of an act regulating
ent Post Ofie Department" approved March ssco
lol- eighteen hundred and twenty seven' be- and