The tri-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1866-1868, 1866-12-08
NO. 113.
Year ending the thirtieth of June, eighteen
hundred and sixty-four.


hundred and sixty-four.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rep
resentatives of the United States of America In
Congress assembled, That the following sums be
service @ ice of the Post Once Department for for the the
year ending the thirtieth of June, eighteen hun
dred 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
ond of July, eighteen hundred and thirty-six:
For transportation of the mails, (inland) seven
million two hundred and two thousand dollars.
For foreign mail trans portation, four hundred
and twenty thousand dollars.
=, For ship, steamboat, and way letters, eight
thousand 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 carriers, one hundred
and eighty thousand dollars.
For compensation of blank agents and assis-
tants, six thousand dollirs. --- -
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 live thousand dollars.
For postage stamps and stamped envelopes,
one hundred thousand dollars
For mail depredations and special agents, sew
enty thousand dollars.
For mail boys Ibags] sixty-fve thousand dol
For mail locks. keys and miscellaneous items,
ten thousand dollars. .g
For payment of balances due to foreign coun-
tries, two hundred and ten thousand dollars.
For miscellaneous payments, one hundred and
fifty live thousand dolars-of which not exceed
ing four thousand dollars may be appropriated
for fitting up portion of the custom-houses at
Newport, Rhode Island, and New Bedford, Mass
achusetts, for the use of the post offices in said
cities.
Sec 2 And be it further enacted, That the'sum
of one million dollars is hereby appropriated out
of any money in the Treasury not otherwise ap-
propriatt d. for the service of the California CEN
trail route.
Sec. g. And be it further enacted, That in case
fIa of fhn POST are
insufficient to meet the appropriations 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. .......
Sec 4. And be it further enacted, That the
of six thousand dollars be transferred from
the appropriation for paper for the public print
ing provided for by act approved March four
teenth, eighteen hundred and sixty-two, entitled
''An act making appropriations for the legisla-
tive, executive and judicial expenses of the Gov
ernnment for the year ending the thirtieth of
June, eighteen hundred and siXty-three, and ad
dtional appropriations for the year ending thir
tieth 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 of the appropria-
zion for post Office blanks.
Sec. 5. And be it further enacted, That the
Postmaster-G General be, and he is hereby, author
lied to contract and provide for the transporta-
tion of the United States mails on the steamships
running between San Francisco California, and
Victoria, Van Couver's Island, to be delivered at
Crescent City and Trinidad, California, Astoria
and Portland in Oregon, as often as said steam
ships touch at said ports named, and at Port An
gelos, Washington Territory, as often as said
Steamships approach or pass that point going to
or returning fran Victoria; and that the mail
service provided for by the fifth section of the act
entitled 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 three shall cease on the
termination of the year for which it was contrac-
ted Provided, nevertheless, That the service
herein provided for shall not exceed the sum of
twenty four thousand dollars per annum.
Approved, February 9, 1868.