Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (Charles City, Iowa) 1861-1864, 1862-10-09
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AN ACT making Appropriations for the Ser
the fiscal year ending the thirtieth of June,
eighteen hundred and sixty-three.
Be Il enacted by the Senate and Houseef Repre-
sentdtices Of the United States Of America az Con-
gress assembled, That the following sums be
and the same are hereby appropriated for the
service of the Post Office Department for the
year ending the thirtieth of June, eighteen
hundred and sixty-three, out OF any moneys
in the Treasury arising from the revenues of
the said department, in conformity to the act
of the second of July, eighteen hundred and
thirty six:
For transportation of the mails, (inland,)
six million nine hundred and sixty -one thou
sand dollars.
For compensation to postmasters, two mil
lion two hundred and thirty four thousand
dollars.
For clerks in the offices of postmasters, eight
hundred and forty-six thousand dollars.
For ship, steamboat and way letters, twelve
For office furniture in the post Offices, two
Thousand dollars.
For advertising thirty -six thousand dollars.
For mail bags, seventy-fve thousand dol
lars.
Forwrapping paper, forty-five thousand dol
lars.
For mail locks, keys, and stamps, fifty six
thousand dollars
For mail depredations and special agents,
seventy five thousand dollars.
For miscellaneous payments, one hundred
and eighty-seven thousand dollars.
For postage stamps and stamped envelopes
ninety thousand dollars.
For payments of balances due to foreign
countries, two hundred and thirty thousand
dollars
For payments to letter carriers, one hundred
| and fifty two thousand dollars.
| For transportation of foreign mails, four
hundred and sixty-fiv thousand dollars.
For compensation of twenty-five additional
clerks in the Post Office Department. author
| lied by the 60 Act to promote the efficiency OF
the Dead Letter Office approved January
twenty first, eighteen hundred and sixty two,
from the date of their appointment to the
thirtieth of June, eighteen hundred and six.
ty-two, eight thousand eight hundred dollars
SEC. 2. And be It further enacted, That if the
revenues of the Post Office Department shall
be insufficient to meet the appropriations o
this act, then the sum Of two million one hun
7 bred and twenty thousand dollars, or SO mucl
, thereof as may be necessary be aad the sam
|, hereby is appropriated, to be paid out of an
!, money in the Treasury not otherwise appro
priated, to supply deficiencies in the revenu
: of the Post Office department for the year end
ing the lnlrtletu June, clSHtceh nunuTeu aIl'
: sixty-three.
!. SEC. 3. And be 1t further enacted, That tn
u sum of one million dollars is hereby appropri
e ated out of any mouey in the Treasury no
d otherwise appropriated, for the service of tn
: California central route.
: Sec. A. And be ii further enacted, That all act
e and parts of acts heretofore passed requiring
: that the Postmaster General in causing tn
, transportation of mails by steamships betwee
e the United States and any foreign port o
ports, or between any ports of the Unite
G States, touching at a foreign port, shall Civ
preference to American over foreign steamship
when departing from the same port for tn
same destination within three days of eacl
other, be and the same are hereby repealed
SEC. s. And be IL further enacted That tn,
Postmaster General be and he is hereby au
thorized to establish coast mail, not les
than semi-monthly, by steam vessels, between
: San Francisco and Crescent City, in the Stat
! of California, including service at the inter
mediate ports Provided, That the snm to
! paid for such service ahall not exceed the sur
, of twenty thousand dollars per annum.
Approved, April II, 1862.