Nebraska advertiser., 1863-07-16
OFFICIA AL.
LAWS or THE UNITED STATES,
PASSED. OF tie Third Session Of tie Thiry-seUent
Congress.
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For tee purchase of gunpowder and lead two mil
lion four hundred and eighty thousand dollars.
For additions to the extentions of shop rsom. mn
ohiaery, tools, and fixtures, at a~rsenals; i've hundred
thousand dollors.
For pnrchase aad manufacture eff arms for Volun-
teers and regulars, and ordnance and ordnance store
fourteen million nine hurdrrd and sixty thousand
dollars.
For surveys of military defences, one hundred
and fifty thousand dollars.
For purchase and repair Of instrumentss ten thou
sand dollars.
For printing charts Of lake Surveys, fifteen thou
For continuing the survey Of the northwestern
lakes, including Lake Superior, zone hundred and
six thousand eight hundaed and seVenty-nine dol
lars.
For the signal service Of the United States army,
one hundred and fifteen thousand eight hundred
and ninety-one dollars.
For deficiency for signal service for the United
States army for the year ending Jue thirty, eighte en-
hundred and sixty three. twelve thousand two hun
dred and twenty-five dollars.
Sec. 2, And be it further enatted, That no mon
ey shall be paid from the Treasury OF the United
States to any person acting or assuming to act as an
oficer, civil, military, or naval, as salary IN any
Office, which Office is not authorized by soma pre-
vious existing law, unless where such Office shall be
subseq uently sanctioned by law, nor shall any
money be poid out of the Treasury, as salary, to
any person appointed during the recess Of the SEN
ate. to MI a vacancy in any existing office which
vacancy existed while the Senate was in session
ana is BY law required to be filed by and with the
advice and cOnsenatr of the Senate, until such APP
pointee shall have been confirmed by tho Senate.
Approved, February 9, 1853.
CHAP. XYVI.-An Act making appropriations for
the Service Of the Post-0fce Department during
the fiscal year ending the thirtieth of June, eigh-
teen hundred and sixty four.
Be 5t enacted by the Senate and House of Repre-
sentative of the Uaitsd States Of america IN Con
gress OsseHl5Led, That the following sums be, and
the same are hereby appropriated, for the service cf
The Host-Ohice Department for the year ending the
thirtieth of June, eighteen hundred and sixty-fOur
out of any moneys IN the Treasury arising from
the revenues of the said Department, in conformity
to- the act Of the second July, eighteen hundred and
t~hirty-six -
For transportion of the mails, finland, J seven
million two hundred and two thousand dollars.
For foreign mail transportation four hundred and
twenty thousand dollars.
For ship, steamboat, and way letters, eight thou
sand dollars.
For compensation TO postmasters, two million four
hundred and thirty thousand dollars.
For clerks for post Offices nine hundred and fifty
thousand dollars.
For payments TO letter-earriers, one hundred and
eighty thousand dollars.
For compensation of blank agents and assistants,
six Thousand dollars.
For wrapping paper, forty thousand dollars.
ESr Irvine, fifteen thousand dollars.
For Office stamps. six thousand dollars.
For Office furniture, three thousand dollars.
For advertising. fftv-iye thousand dollars.
Epr postage stamps and stamped envelopes, one
hnnsred El9asand dollars.
Tor mail Expectations and special agents, seven
ty1ive th,asan5 dollars.
EOr Aail BOYS bags s~ixty-fve thoesand dollars.
Por mail locks, keys, and miscellaneous items,
ten thousand dollars.
For payment Of balances due to foreign countries
two hundred and ten thousand dollars.
Tor miscellaneous payments, one hundred and
ffty-fve thousand dollars; Of which not exceeding
foar Thousand dollars may be appropriated for fit
ting Up a portion of the custom-houses at Newport
Rhode Island, and New Bedford, Massachusetts, for
the use of the post-ofices in said cities.
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the sum
Of enc million dollars is hereby appropriated out
Of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appro-
priated, for the service of the California central
route.
Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That in
case the revnues of the Post-OHice department are
insufficient to meet the appropriations made by this
act the undrawn balances OF appropriations hereto
fore made to supplE deficiencies of that department
are hereby made applicable to the payment thereof.
Sec. A.. And be it further enacted, That the sum
six thousand dollars be transferred from the appro-
p~riation for paper for the public printing provided
for by act approved March fourteenth. eighteen
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appropriations for the legislative, executive, and
Judicial expenses Of the Government for the year
ending the thirtieth of June, eighteen hundred and
sixty three, and additional appropriations for the
year ending thirtieth June, eighteen hundred and
sixty two" to enable the Postmaster General to
pay therefrom the compensation of the blank agents,
and their assistants, heretofore paid out the appro-
p~riatiOn for post office blanks.
Sec. 5. And be it further enacted, That the
Observation-Disclosures be, and he is hereby, auth
orized to contract and provide for the Transporter
tion Of the United States mails on the steamships
running between San Francisco, California, and
Victoria, Van COuver's Island, te be delivered at
Crescent City and Trinidad, California, Astoriaand
Portland in Oregon, as often as said steamships
touch at said ports named and at Port Angeles
Washington Territory as often at said steamships
approach or pass that point going to or returning
from Victoria; and that the mail service provided
for by the fifth section of the act entitled San act
making appropriations for the service of the Post
Office Department duTinf the fiscal year ending the
thirtieth Of June, eighteen hundred and sixty-three
shall cease on the termination of the year for which
it was contracted: Provided, nevertheless, That the
service hereiu provided for shall not exceed the sum
of twenty four thousand dollars per annum,
APPoyED, FEBRUARY 10, 1853.