Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1864-09-10


The efficiency of the Dead Letter Office,
to theproyisions of the seventh
section, Approved February twenty
seventh, eighteen hundred and sixty-one,
entitled q An lactsfO estaBlish Certain post
routes;t andthe amount. thereof shall be
shown IN the annual report, and shall Be
subject to reclamation by either the party
addressed or by the sender for four, years
from the registry. thereof careful account
being kept ofthe same. ALI other letters
deemed of value or importance to the
party addressedy or to the writer, and
which itaPpeRrs cannot be returned to
either destination, shall be disposed ofasi
the Postmaster General shall direct rs
u l4.iAnd be itfurtherenacted, That
letter carriers shall be employed, at such,
post Offices as the Postmaster General
shall direct, for the delivery of letters; IN
the places respectively. where such post
ofieesiare established;l and for their ser
vices they shall seyerally receiVera salary,
TO be prescribed by the Postmaster GEN
eralg not exceeding eight hundred dollars
a year: Provided That on satisfactory
evidences oftheir diligence, ID fidelity; and
experience as carriers, the Postmaster
General may increase their respective sal
aries from time TO time to amy sum not
exceeding one thousand dollars; and each
Of the said carriers shall give bond, with
sureties, to be approved by the Postmas-
ter General, for the safe custody and de-
livery of all letters, packets, and moneys
received by him. 'i' s,' tsis ii-1s
SEQ. IL. iAhd be It further enacted; That
ali expenses for the letter carriers, branch
offices, and receiving boxes or
incident thereto, shall be en-
tered and 4 reported in a separate &C
count from the ordinary postal expenses
Of such post Office, and shall be shown in
comparison with the proceeds of the post
ages on local mail matter at each Office,
in order that the Postmaster General may
be guided in the expenditures for that
branch of the postal service by income
derived therefrom.
sSEe. I6I And be IL further enacted. That
the eighth, eleventh, .ifourtsenth,- seven
teeuth, and eighteenth sections of'the act
entitled San act to amend the laws rela-
ting to the Post Office Department" APP
proved March three, eighteen hundred
and sixty three, the provisions Of which
have been modified and Incorporated in
this act, be, and the. same are hereby,
reDealed 90 s1srs 1ii aFsE lIHus g--.-
- SEC. II. Andbeit further enacted, That
the special agent of the Post Office De-
partment in the Pacific States and Terri
tories shall receive as compensation five
dollars per diem. GA 'aShrai t,"'
Approved, July l, 1854. s.1aazs
1 s (PuBLIc-No. 179.) .aF
An ACT making appropriations for sundry
civil expenses of the Government for
the year ending the thirtieth of June,
eighteen hundred and sixty.fve, and
for other purposes. -. -
Belt enacted be the Senate and House
of Representatives, of the United States Of
America in Congress assembled, That
the following sums be, and the same are
hereby, appropriated, for the objects here
after expressed, for the fiscal year ending
the thirtieth of June, eighteen hundred
a'iAe SURVEY OF THE COAST. ..l'.3I
r For the survey of the Atlantic and Gulf
coasts of the United States, including
compensation of civilians engaged in the
work, and excluding pay and emoluments
ty officers and men of the navy employed
in the work, one hundred and seventy
eight thousand dollars, u-,s-ts..g
For continuing the survey of the west
ern coast of the United States, including
compensation of civilians engaged in the
work, one hundred thousand dollars.
For continuing the survey OF, the Flori-
da reefs and keys, including compensa-
ton Of civilians engaged in the work, and
excluding pay and emoluments of officers
of the army and navy, and petty officers
and men of the navy employed in the
work, eleven thousand dollars:
? For publishing the observations made
in the progress of the survey of the coast
of the United States, including compensa-
ton Of civilians employed in the work,
four thousand dollars.
For repairs of steamers and Sailing
schooners used in the coast survey, four
thousand dollars. 'F Few '.' ''t :
For pay and rations of engineers for
four steamers used in the photography
of the Coast Survey, nolonger supplied by
the Navy Department, nine thousand dol
lars. CONE '- 's
LIGHTHOUSE Esr4ALlsHMENT.
For the Atlantic Gull, and Lake coasts,
viz: SD. Il @.rstl
For supplying the lighthouses and bea-
con-lights with oil, wicks, glass chimneys,
and other necessary expenses of the same,
and repairing and keeping in repair the
lighting apparatus, one hundred and fifty
six Thousand and eighty seven dollars.
For repairs and incidental expenses,
rel fitting and improving lighthouses and
buildings connected Herewith, one hun
dred and two thousand two hundred dol
lars. 1'N ~ rae
For salaries offivehundred and eighty.
nine keepers of lighthouses and lighted
beacons, and their assistants, two hun
dred and thirteen thousand one hundred
and ninety.three dollars and thirty.three
cents. 49, %
For salaries of forty-three keepers of
light vessels, twenty-three thousand nine
hundred dollars.
For seamen's wages, repairs, supplies,
and incidental expenses of. forty three
light vessels, one hundred and eig6ty.twoA
thousand three hundred and two dollars.
q For aJneY1sna of ,a1e;nr,' oIoa,ss;.,o.