Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1869-04-01
OFFICIAL.
Lass OF The UNITED STATES,
Passed az Third Session Of Fortieth Consre.s
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An Act making appropriations for the service
Of the Post Uii1e department during tn.
hsoal year ending June thirtie;h ei-ntern
bGHdTrd and seventy.
Be a. enacted bg IA Ssndts sl Eo
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tsfsrss q tAs C,te1 States II A1lerscVr iH Couyre 3
aSSe"sb-ed, hat he following sums De, asd the
same are hereby. appropriated, for the ser.
wee OF he Post Oiiiee Dspar; ment for the year
tLHlLk Jun" tnlTtIeih. eighteen hundred and
s"Nenty, cut Of any moneys IN the treasury
arisIng from tue revenues OF the SAID depart
ment, an conformity to the act OF the second OF
JulS eIghtren hundred and thirty-six
For inland msiI tTansportatcn including q
Day OF Route sgrnts, poseaI clerks, and mail
m"ssen gers taITt, III n Illion tair;y-seven thou
sand sIx hundred and ftty-thTee dollars Pro-
r'dsd- That NO part OF lid sum shall bs pIId
Tor inland transportation between Fort Aoer-
SrOmbIe ami HeI-na.
for foreign mail transportation, four hum
drsd sDd nifty thousand dollars.
For ship, steamboat, and way letters, eight
thousand collars.
For compensation 70 postnaslers, four mil
lion five hundred and fortysix thousand dol
lars.
For clerks for post offices, two million dol
laTs-
For payments to Ierisr-carriers, one million
dollars.
For wrapping paper, fifty thousand dolIars.
For twIne, twenty thousand dollars.
For letter balances, four thousand dollars
For compensation to biaak agents and assist
ants eight thousand dollars.
For once furniture. two thousand five hun
dred dollars.
For advertising. forty thousand dollars: Pro-
cided, i hat no part of this shall be paid to
any papers published in the District OF Colum-
bia Tor ad dvertising mail routes, except in Viz.
ginia and Maryland
Fer postage stamps and stamped envelopes,
hve hundred thousand dollars.
For detecting and preventing mail depreda.
tons and for special agents, one hundred thou.
sand dollars; and no greater sum shall be paid
special agents than is hereby provided.
For mail-bags and mail bag catchers. one
hundred and twenty taousand dollars.
For mail-loeks. keys, and stamps, thirty
SEVEN thousand dollars.
FOR miscellaneous payments, including pay-
ment of balances to foreign countries. eign
hundred and seyenty-hve thousand dollars.
For preparing and publishing pOst-rOu. e
maps. SIXTEEN thousand dollars
For relransfer TO money order .acc cunt, beins 6
money transferred by postmasters and de posit-
ed In the treasury as postage receipts, one mil
lion dollars.
SIC. J. And BE- IT further enacted. Thai the fol.
lowing sums. or So much thereof "a may be
necessary, be, and the sane are hereby, appro.
Priatsd for the year ending june thirtiath, eiRh
teen hundred and seventy. cut of any money in
The treasury not oiherwre appropriated, viz
For steamship service between San Fran.
cisco, Japan, and China, five hundred thou.
sand dollars.
For steamship service bet " cen the United
states and Brazil, one hundred and fifty thou.
sand dollars
For steams ship service be ween San Francisco
and the Sandwich Islands, venty-fiye tnou.
sand dollars
For supplying deficiency in the reveuue:
OF the Post Ofice department for the fiscal veal
ending June tbirtieth. eighteen hundred anc
seventy. i've million seven hundred ana forty
thousand dollars.
Approved, March ,, 1850.