Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1868-04-06
(PTBLIC-No. % I

(PTBLIC-No. 29.I
An ACT making appropriations for the service
OF the Post O1lce department during the fis-
cal year ending June thirtieth eighteen hun
died and sixty mine.
Rrsolced By the Senate and House IF R,prss>aia-
t'rtS 81 the RIf"d States Of Asne rc1 an C0a1rcsy
assembled, That the following sums be- and
the same are hereby, appropriated for the ser.
vice OF the Post Office Department for the year
ending June thirtietE, eighteen hundred and
siAty-nIne, out Of any moneys in the treasury
arising froru the revenues of the said depart
ment, in conformity TO the act Of the second of
July, eighteen hundred and thSty-six:
For inland mail transportation, including
pay OF route agents. postal clerks and mail
messengers, ten million five hundred and
twenty-sIx thousand dollars.
For foreign mail transportation, four hun
dred and twenty thousand dollars. under the
act approved March third, eighteen hundred
and sifiy-hye, entitled IAN act relating 10 the
postal laws"
For ship, steamboat and way letters, eight
thousand dollars
For compensation TO postmasters, four MIL
lion two hundred and fifty thousand dollars
For clerks for post offices, two million dol
lars.
For payments TO letter Carriers seven hun.
dred and fifSy thousand dollars
For wrapping paper, seventy thousand dol
lars.
For twine, fifteen thousand dollars
For letter balances, three thousand five hun
dred dollars.
For compensation to blank agents and a..
sistants. eight thousand five hundred dollars
For office furniture, three thousand dollars.
For advertising, fifty thous and dollars: Pro
rIdfd, That no part OF this sum shall be paid
10 any papers published in the District of Co.
lumbia except for advertising mail routes in
Virginia and Maryland.
For postage stamps and stamped envelopes
four hundred and fifty thousand dollars
For mail derredations and special agents,
one hundred thousand dollars. 70.
For mail bags and mail bag catchers one
hundred and fifteen thousand dollars.
for mmi locks, Keys, and stamps, thirty
thousand dollars.
For payment OF balances TO ign countries
three hundred and fifty thousand dollars
For miscellaneous payments, including al
low1nces 10 postmasters for rent, light, fuel,
fixtures, stationery, envelopes, and so forth,
three hundred and seventy five thousand dol
lars.
SEC. ?. And Is IL further enacted, That the fol.
lowing sums, or So much thereof as may be
neces saIy, be, and the same are hereby, appro-
priated for the year ending June hirtieth,
eighteen hundred and sixty-nin out of any
money in the treasury not otherwise appro-
prated:
For steamship service between San Francis.
CO, Japan, and China, five hundred thousand
dollars.
For steamship service between the United
States and Brazil one hundred and fifty thou
sand dollars.
For steamship service between San Francisco
and The sandwich Islands, seyenty-five thou
sand dollars.
For preparing and publishing post-route
maps, twenty thousand dollars
SEC. g.. ArQ Oc ~ JuTfarT snnrted- I1at II the
revenues of the Post Office Department shall be
lnsuffici cient 10 meet the appropriations OF this
act, then the sum of eight hundred thousand
dollars, or so much thereof as may be neces-
sary, be, and the same is hereby, appropriated,
to be paid ont of any money ia 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 sIxty-uIne.
Approved March 30 1-6s.
PUBLIC REsoLUTION-No. 2l.1
JOINT REsoLUTloN appointing managers of the
National sylum for Disabled Soldiers, and
for OF her purposes.
BE IL TesolFed Jy the Ssnats and House of ReDre-
sentatirss If the United STATES of ane5cS an Con-
cT.ss asssabled, That Erastus b. walcott, of
Wisconsin, John H. Martindale, OF New York,
and Hugh L. Bond, OF Maryland, be-, and
hereby are, appointed managers OF the Ma
uonai Asylum for Disabled Soldiers, under the
prov isions and conditions Of the third section
Of act approved March twenty third, eigh-
teen hundred and sixty six, from the twenty
first Of April, eighteen hundred and sixty
eight; and that Hugh l.. Bond, Of Maryland,
BE-, and is hereby, appointed manager to serve
out the unexpired term OF Horatio q. Stebbius,
OF California, resigned. -o -
SYC. 2. Aad be IL further re soired That the Sec.
rotary Of War be authorized TO furnish, from
the captured ordnance, such ordnance with
their supplements az he may deem proper, 10
fhe sevpYal nation al asylums for the purpose Of
N,,, a lutss. and slso such small arma and