Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1863-02-14

LAWS OF TUE UNITED STATES
asscd at the Third Session of the Thrty-Seventh
Con-

Passed at the Third Session of the Thirty-seventh
Congress,
PUBLIC-NO. 20.
An Act making appropriations for the service
of the post office department, during the
fiscal year ending the thirtieth Of June,
eighteen hundred and siXty-four.
Be it enacted by the senate and house of
representatives of the United States of Amer
lea in congress 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-four, out OF any
moneys in the treasury arising from the rev.
enues 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),
seven million two hundred and two thousand
dollars.
For foreign mail transportation, four hum
dred and twenty thousand dollars.
For ship, steamboat, and way letters, eight
thousand dollars.
For compensation to postmasters, two mill
lion four hundred and thirty thousand dollars
For clerks for post offices, nine hundred
and fifty thousand dollars.
For payments to letter carriers, one hun
dred and eighty thousand dollars.
For compensation of blank agents and as
sistants, six thousand dollars.
For wrapping paper, forty thousand dollars.
For Irvine, fifteen thousand dollars.
For office stamps, six thousand dollars.
For office furniture, three thousand dollars.
For advertising, fifty five thousand dollars.
For mail depredations and special agents,
seventy-fve thousand dollars.
For mail boys [bags sixty-five thousand
dollars.
For mail locks, keys, and miscellaneous
items, ten thousand dollars.
For payment of balances due to foreign
countries, two hundred and ten thousand dol
lars.
For miscellaneous payments, one hundred
and fifty-five thousand dollars; of which not
exceeding four thousand dollars may be ap-
propriated for fitting up portion Of the GUS
tom houses at Newport, Rhode Island, and
New Bedford, Massachusetts, for the use of
the post offices in said cities.
Sect. 2. And be it further enacted, that the
sum of one million dollars is hereby aPpropri-
ated, out of any money in the treasury not
otherwise appropriated, for the service of the
California central route.
Sect. 3. And be it further enacted, that
in case the revenues of the post office depart
ment are insufficient to meet the appropria-
tions made by this act, the undrawn balances
of appropriations heretofore made to supply
deficiencies of that department are hereby
made applicable to the payment thereof.
Sect 4. And be it further enacted, that the
sum of six thousand dollars be transferred
from the appropriation for paper for the pub
lie printing, provided for by act approved
March fourteenth, eighteen hundred and sixty
two, entitled can Act making appropriations
for the legislative, executive, and Judicial eX-
penses of the government for the year ending
the thirtieth of June, eighteen hundred and
sixty-three, and additional appropriations for
the year ending thirtieth of June, eighteen
hundred and siXty-two, to enable the post
master general to pay therefrom the compen-
sation of the blank agents and their assistants,
| heretofore paid out Of the appropriation for
post Office blanks.
| Sect. 5. And be it further enacted, that the
postmaster general be and he is hereby au-
thorized to contract and provide for the trans
portation of the United States mails on the
steamships running between San Francisco,
! California, and Victoria, Van Couvers ISL
and, to be delivered at Crescent city and
| Trinidad, California, Astoria and Portland in
| Oregon, as often as said steamships touch at
said ports named, and at Port Angeles,
Washington Territory, and as often as SAID
steamships approach or pass that point going
to or returning from Victoria; and that the
mail service provided by the fifth section OF
the act entitled can act making appropria-
tions for the service of the post office depart
ment during the fiscal year ending the Thrift
eth of June, eighteen hundred and sixty
three" shall cease on the termination Of the