The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1868-05-05
.rPUBLIC-No. %.

An ACT making apprOpr aaoDs for
the service of the Post Office Ea
partment during the fiscal year end
ing June thirtieth, eighteen hur
dred and sixty-nine.
Be ii enacted IN The Se40ta Et
House of Representatives. Of ghc Ultifzg
States 0f Anericu in C6aQfcsS asseas
bled, That the following sums h.
and the same are hereby, appropriate
for the service of the Post Office Es
partmeut for the year ending June
thirtieth, eighteen hundred aud sixty
nine, out of any moneys IN the treas
ury arising from the revenues Of the
said department, in conformity 90 the
act Of the second Of July, eighteen
hundred and thirty.six.
For inland mail transportation, Ia
Guiding pay Of route agents. postal
clerks, and mail messengers, tea msI-
lion FIVE hundred and t~weuty-sIz
thousand dollars.
For foreign mail transportation,
four hundred and twenty thousau1
third, eighteen hundred and sixty
five, entitled An act relating 70 tia
postal laws"
For ship, steamboat, and way les
ters, eight thousand dollars.
For compensation to postn asters
four million two hundred and 5fg
thousand dollars.
For clerks for post Offices, two wIg
lion dollars.
For payments to letter-caTlieIs
seven hundred and fifty thousand de-
lars.
For wrapping paper, seventy thos
sand dollars.
For Irvine, fifteen thousand doillre
For letter balances, three thouelua
five hundred dollars.
For compensation to blank ago5f
and assistants, eight thJ1aSud Hr
hundred dollars.
For Office furniture, three thoussr8
dollars.
For advertising. fifty thousand dcz-
lars: Provided, That no part Of tks
sum shall be paid to any papers pEs-
lished In the District Of Columbia
except for advertising mail routes %
Virginia and Maryland.
For postage stamps and stamFaa
envelopes, four hundred and lW
thousand dollars.
For mail depredatiOns and sDeclls
one hundred thousand dUI]2E
For mail bags and mail bag cafca~
ers, one hundred and fifteen thoussEa
dollars.
For mail locks, keys, and stamps.
thirty thousand dollars.
For payment Of balances to t1l
eign countries, three hundred agd
fifty thousand dollars.
For miscellaneous payments, I-
GLIDING allowances 70 p0stma5ters fer
rent. light, fuel, fixtures, stationery
envelopes, aud so forth, three huu-
bred and seventy-fve thousand dol
lars.
SEC. 2. Aad be 4 further eagcl.1
That the following sums, or so muc'z
thereof as may be necessary. be. ana
the same are hereby appropriated fs-
the year ending June thirtieth
eighteen hundred aud |sizty-nine, JTs
Of any money in the treasury no@
otherwise appropriated
For steamship service between eaE
Francisco, Japan, and China hV=
hundred thousand dollars.
For steamship service between the
United States and Brazil, one hua-
bred and fifty thousand dollars.
For steamship service between Saz
Francisco and the Sandwich Islands
seventy five thousand dollars.
For preparing and publishing Pos
route maps, twenty thousand dollars
SEC. 3. And Be II further enacted
That if the revenues OF the POstOhce
Department shall be insufficient te
meet The appropriations Of this act.
then the sum Of eight hundred thou
sand dollars, or so much thereof a.
may be necessary, be, and the same IS
hereby, appropriated, to be paid out Of
anv money in the treasury not
otherwise appropriated, to supply
Deficiencies in the revenue Of the Post
Office Department for the year ending
thirtieth Of June. eighteen hundred
and s~ixty-nine.
Approved March 80, 1868,