The national Republican. [volume] (Washington City [D.C.]) 1866-1870, 1869-04-13

LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES.
Passed ~ the Third Session OF she
fortieth Congress.


PUBLIo-No. 90.
An Act making appropriations for the ser.
vice Of the Post ONCE Department during
the fiscal year ending June thlrtleth, elgh.
teen hundred and seventy.
De u endcted by nte Senate and House Of
Representatives Of The United States Of America
N Congress assembled, That the following
sums be, and the same are hereby, appro-
priatcd for the service Of the Post Office De-
pertfnent for the year ending June thlrtieth,
eighteen hundred and seventy, out of any
moneys In the treasury arising from the rev.
enues Of tho said department, In conformity
10 the act Of the second Of July, eighteen
hundred and thlrty-slx,
For Inland mail transportation, including
pay OF route agents, postal clerks, and mall
messengers, thirteen million thirty-seven
thousand six hundred and flfty-three dollars.
Provided, That no part Of said sum shall be
paid for inland transportation between Fort
Abercrombie and Helena.
For foreign mail transportation, four hun.
dred and hfty thousand dollars.
For ship, steamboat, and way letters, eight
thousand doIlars. ,...
For compensation to postmaster, four
million Eve hundred and forty-slx thousand
dollars. ll-
For clerks for post Offices, two million dol
lars.
For payments to letter-carrlcrs, one million
dollars. E
For wrapping paper, my thousand dol.
lars.
For Irvine, twenty thousand dollars.
For letter balances, four thousand dollars.
For compensation TO blank agents and as
slstants, eight thousand dollars.
For office furniture, two thousand i've
hundred dollars,
For advertising, forty thousand dollars,
Provided, That no part Of this sum shall be
paid to any papers published In the District
OF Columbia for advertising mail routes, eI-
cept In Virginia and Maryland.
For postage stamps and stamped en-
velopes, Eve hundred thousand dollars.
For detecting and preventing mail dcprc-
dations and for special agents, one hundred
thousand dollars; and no greater sum shall
DO paid special agents than Is hereby pro-
vided.
For mail-bags and mailbag catchers, one
hundred and twenty thousand dollars.
For mail-locks, keys, and stamps, thirty
seven thousand dollars.
For miscellaneous payments, including
payment Of balances TO foreign countries,
eight hundred and scvcnty-1ve thousand
dollars.
For preparing and publishing pcst-route
maps, sixteen thousand dollars.
TUT rctruublcr 10 money order account,
being money transferred by postmasters and
deposited In the treasury as postage receipts,
one million dollars.
Sec. 2. And be u further enacted, That the
following sums, or so much thereof as may
DO necessary, be, and the same are hereby,
Appropriated Tor tho year ending June thir-
tieth, eighteen hundred and seventy, out of
any money in the treasury not otherwise apt
vizi
For steamship service between San Fran.
cisco, Japan, and China, five hundred thou.
sand dollars.
For steamship service between the United
States and Brazil, one hundred and flfty
dollars.
For steamship service between San Fran
cisco and the Sandwich Islands, sevGnty-lvo
dollars.
For supplying deficiency In tho revenues Of
the Post Office Department for the fiscal year
ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and
seventy, Ave million seven hundred aud forty
dollars.
Approved, March 3, 1860.