The national Republican., 1866-05-22
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LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES.
r..ssd at ths F,rs ss.ass ,fth. Th,ssy-
t1Hf .HaIr.s ninth Congress.

An Acr making appropriations for the ser
wee OF the fost Omce Department during
the fiscal year ending the thirtieth ofJune,
eighteen hundred and sixty seven, and for
other purposes. '''f.'',-
BE 1t enacted BY the Senate and House
u Representatives Of he United States of
AmsrIca IN Congress assembled, That the
following sums be, and the same are hereby
appropriated for the service Of the Post or
nee Department for the year ending June
thirtieth, eighteen hundred and sixty-seven
out Of any moneys in the treasury arising
from the revenues OF said department, in
conformity TO the act Of the second Of July,
eighteen hundred and thirty-six:
, For transportation Of the mails, (inland,)
nine million Eve hundred and fifty thousand
dollars 49,
For transportation OF the mails, Foreign
six hundred thousand dollars.
For ship. steamboat, and way letters, eight
thousand dollars. ts.-
For compensation to postmasters, four
million two hundred and ffty thousand dol.
lars.
For clerks for post Offices, one million nine
hundred and twenty thousand dollars
For payment to letter-carriers, six hundred
and forty thousand dollars.
ST For wrapping paper, one hundred thou
sand dollars. ...
For twine, thirty thousand dollars.
For letter balances, six thousand dollars.
For compensation to blank agents and as
sistants, eight thousand dollars.
For Office furniture, six thousand dollars.
II For advertising, eighty thousand dollars
For postage stamps and stamped enyel-
opes, two hundred and fifty thousand dollars.
For mail depredations and special agents.
one hundred thousand dollars.
For mail bags, one hundred and thirty
thousand dollars. 4...
For mail locks, KEYS, and stamps, thirty
thousand dollars.
For payment Of balances due TO foreign
countries, three hundred and fifty thousand
dollars.
For miscellaneous payments. three hun.
dred and twenty thousand dollars.
To enable the superintendent of the Naval
Observatory to carry out the object of Sen.
ate resolution of March nineteenth. eighteen
hundred and sixty.six, for report Of Mthmus
routes to the Pacific ocean; fifteen hundred
dollars. ....
SEC. 2. And be IL further enac,ed That
the following sums, or so much thereof as
may be necessary, be- and the same are
hereby, appropriated for the vear ending
June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and sixty.
seven, out of any money in the treasury not
otherwise Appropriated.
For the mail steamship service between
the United States and Brazil, one hundred
and nfty thousand dollars: Proyided. THAT
this appropriation shall take effect onIv when
Brazil shall have performed the condition on
her part provided in the law authorizing said
service.
For the mail steamsbip service between
San Francisco, Japan, and China. for six
months ending June thirtieth, eighteen hun
dred and sixty-seyen, two hundred and 6fty
thousand dollars
For the overland mail TRANSFORMATION be-
tween Atchison and Folsom. and for marine
mail transportation between New York and
California, nine hundred thousand dollars.
SEC. 3. And be Il further enacted, That the
Postmaster General be. and he Is hereby, au.
thorized to employ sailing vessels for the
transportation OF the mails between the ports
Of the United States and any foreign ports
where the service NAV be facilitated thereby.
allowing and paving therefor a compensation
not exceeding the sea postages accring ON
the mails so conveyed
Sec. 4. And be IL further enacted, That
the Postmaster General be- and is hereby,
required to report to the Secretary of the
Treasury annually, prior to the first day of
November Of each year, his estimate Of the
money required for the service of the Post
Ofice Department for the ensuing fiscal year;
which estimate shall be reported to Congress
with the printed estimates Of appropriations
required by the joint resolution Of seventh
OF January, eighteen hundred and forty.six.
SEC. s. And be ii further enacted, That
the balance Of the appropriation Of one hun.
dred thousand dollars under the thirteenth
section Of an act "to establish postal money
order system" approved May seventeenth
eighteen hundred and sixty-four, which NAV
remain unexpended at the close Of the cur
rent fiscal year, may be used as far as neces-
sary to supply deficiencies in the proceeds Of
the money order system during the fiscal
year commencing July first, eighteen hun
dred and sixty-six.
Sac. G. And be IL further enacted, That all
advertising, notices. and proposals for CON.
tracts for the Post OHice Department, and