The national Republican. [volume] (Washington City [D.C.]) 1866-1870, 1868-04-23
Approved March 80, 1868.



AN Acr making appropriations for the service
OF the Post Ofice Department during the
fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen
hund ed and sixty.nn
BE Il e"acted by the Senate and House Of
Representatives. Of tie United States Of Ameri.
CT IN Congress assnlbisd, That the following
sums b., aud the same are hereby, Appropriated
for the service of the Post Office Department
for the year ending June thirtieth, eighteen
hundred and sixty nine, out of any moneys in
the treasury arising from the revenues Of the
said department In conformity to the act Of
the second of July, eighteen hundred and
thrty.six
For inland mail transportation, including
pay Of route agents, postal clerks, and mail
messengers, ten million ye 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
aud sixty five, entitled AN act relating to
the postal laws"
For ship, steamboat, and way letters, eight
thousand dollars
For compensation to postnasters, four mil.
lion two hundred and fifty thousand dollars.
For clerks for post Offices, two million dol
lar5,
For payments to letter carriers seven hun.
lred and fifty thousand dollars.
tol "'hIplhE
lars
For Irvine, fifteen thousand dollars,
For letter balances three thousand ye hun.
dred dollars,
For compensation to blank agents and as
sistan,s, eight thousand Eve hundred dollars.
For CiFce furniture three Thousand lOllars
For advertising, fifty thousand dollars :
Pr0pided, That no part Of this sum shall be
paid to any papers published in tie Ds strict
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in Virginia and Maryland
For postage stamps and stamped envelopes,
four hundred and fifty thousand dollars.
For mail depreda.ions and special agents
one hundred thousand dollars.
For mail bng' and mailbag catchers, one
hundred a-d fifteen thousand dollars.
For mail looks, keys, and stamps, thirty
thousand dollars.
For payment of balances to foreign coun.
tries, three hundred and fifty thousand dollars
For miscellaneous payments, including al
lowances to postmasters for rent, light, fuel,
fixtures, stationery, envelopes, and so forth,
three hundred and seventy.6ye thousand dol.
lars.
SEC. 2. And be 1t FURTHER enact,f. That the
following sums, or so much thereof as may be
necessary be- and the same arc hereby, ap'
propriated for the year ending June thirtietb,
eighteen hundred aud sixty uine, out of any
money in the treasury not otherwise appro
Priated:
For steamship service between San Fran
cisco, Japan, and China, 1--WE hundred thou
sand dollars.
For steamship service between tho United
States and Brazil, one hundred and fifty thou
sand dollars.
For steamship service between San Fran
cisco aud the Sandwich Islands, seventy Ave
thousand dollars.
For preparing and publishing Post.rout'
maps, twenty thousand dollars.
SEC g. AHdJs IL Tnyther enacted, That ifth'
Tevenues of the Post Once Department shal
be insufheeht to meet the appropriations oil
this act. then the sum Of eight hundred thou
sand dollars, or so much thereof as may bs
necessary, be, and the tams is hereby, sppro
priatsd, to be paid out Of any money In the
treasury not othsrwi'e appropriated, to supply
deficiencies In the revenue Of the Post Once
Department for the year ending thirtieth Of
June, eighteen hundred and sixty nine.
Approved March 80. 1858.