Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1863-07-11

IUBIIC-NO. ~.
An act making appropriations for the service
of the Post Office Department during the
fiscal year ending the thrtieth June, egh-
teen hundred and sixty-four
Be 1t enacted by the Senate and House Of
Representatives of the United States Of Amer
ica in Congress assembled, That the follow
ing sums be and the same are hereby apprO-
priatel for the service of the Post Office De-
pa,tnent for the year ending the thirtirth of
June, eighteen hundred and sixty-four out of
any moneys in the Treasury arising from the
the revenues of the said Department in con-
formity to the act of the second of July, righ-
teen hundred and tlirty.six:
For transportation of the mails, (;nland
seven million two hundred and two thousand
dollars.
Fer foreign mail transportation, four hum
drrd and twenty thousand dollars.
For ship. steamboat, and way letters, eight
tn ,usand dollars.
For compensation TO postmastcrs two mil
lions four hundred and thirty thousand dol.
lars.
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 twine. fifteen thousand dollars.
For Office stamps, six thousand dollars.
For office furniture, three thousand dollars.
For advertising fifty-fve thousand dollars.
For postage stamps and stamped envelopes,
onc hundred thousand dollars.
For mail depredations and special agents,
.seventy.fve thousand dollars.
For mail boys lbass] seventy 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 thousand. of which not exceeding
four thousand dollars may be appropriated for
fitting up a portion of the custom houses
at Newport, Rhode Island, and New Bedford,
Massachusetts,, for tho use of the Post Offices
in said cities.
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted. That
the sum of one million dollars is hereby ap-
propriated, out Of any money in the Treasury
not otherwise appropriated, for the California
central route.
Sec. 3. And be 1t further enacted, That
in case the revenue of the Post Office Depart
inpnt is insufficient to meet tho nppropra-
tions made by this act the undrawn balances of
appropriations heretofore made to supply de-
fciencirs of that department are hereby made
applicable to the payment thereof.
Sec. 4. And be 1t further enacted, That
the sum Of six thousand dollars he transferred
from the appropriation for paper for the public
printing provided by act approved March
fourteenth, eighteen bundled and sxty-two,
entitled IAN act making appropriations for
the legislative, executive. and judicia! expcn-
ses 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 Gen.
eral 10 pay therefrom the compensation Of the
blank agents and their assistants, heretofore
paid out Of the appropriation for post office
blanks.
Sec. s. And be It further enacted, That
the Postmaster General be aud he is hereby
authorized to contract and provide for the
transportation of the United States mails on
the steamships running between San Francis
co. California, and Victoria, Vancouvpr's Is-
land, to be delivered at Crescent City and
Trinidad. California, Astoria and Portland,
10 Oregon. as often as said steamships touch
At such ports named. and at Port Angeles,
Washington Territory. as often as said steam.
chips 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 IAN act making appropriations