Chapter CXXX. *making Appropriations for the Service of the Post-Office Department during the fiscal year ending the thirtieth, of June, eighteen hundred and fifty-seven.* Aug. 18, 1856. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, * That the fol
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Chap. CXXX.— An Act *making Appropriations for the Service of the Post-Office Department during the fiscal year ending the thirtieth, of June, eighteen hundred and fifty-seven.* Aug. 18, 1856. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, * That the following sums be Appropriations.and the same are hereby appropriated for the service of the Post-Office Department for the year ending the thirtieth of June, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-seven, 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, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-six:
For transportation of the mails, (inland,) six million one hundred and forty thousand dollars. For compensation to postmasters, two million one hundred and fifty thousand dollars. For ship, steamboat, and way letters, twenty thousand dollars. For wrapping paper, forty-eight thousand five hundred dollars. For office furniture in the post-offices, six thousand five hundred dollars. For advertising, eighty-five thousand dollars. For mail-bags, fifty-eight thousand five hundred dollars.
For blanks and paper for the same, ninety-one thousand five hundred dollars. For mail-locks, keys, and stamps, eighteen thousand five hundred dollars. For mail depredations and special agents, sixty-five thousand dollars. For clerks in the offices of postmasters, seven hundred and fifteen thousand dollars. For postage stamps and stamped envelopes, seventy-five thousand dollars. For miscellaneous items, one hundred and seventy thousand dollars. Sec. 2. Deficiencies. *And be it further enacted,* That the sum of two million two hundred and fifty thousand dollars be and the same is hereby appropriated, to be paid out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, to supply deficiencies in the revenue of the Post-Office Department, for the year ending the thirtieth of June, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-seven.
Sec. 3. Appropriation for post-office and site in New York. *And be it further enacted,* That the sum of five hundred thousand dollars be and the same is hereby appropriated for purchasing a site, and the erection or preparation of the necessary building for the post-office in the city of New York. Sec. 4. Act of 1854, ch. 270, § 4, continued.Vol. x. p. 588.Pay of Postmaster at Washington, D. C. &c. *And be it further enacted,* That the fourth section of the act of Congress approved fifth of August eighteen hundred and fifty-four, entitled “An act making appropriations for the service of the Post-Office Department, during the fiscal year ending the thirtieth of June, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-five,” be and the same is hereby continued for one year from August fifth, eighteen hundred and fifty-six.
Sec. 5. Adjustment of claim of W. L. Blanchard. *And be it further enacted,* That the First Comptroller of the Treasury shall proceed to execute the provisions of the ninth section of the act of March third eighteen hundred and fifty-five, entitled “An act THIRTY-FOURTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 160. 1856.95making appropriations for the service of the Post-Office Department for the fiscal year ending the thirtieth of June eighteen hundred and fifty-six,”1855, ch. 201, § 9.Vol. x. p. 685. in conformity with the directions of said act, notwithstanding the acceptance by William L.
Blanchard of one month’s extra compensation under his contract, the said payment being deducted from any further allowance, if any, made under said act. Sec. 6. *And be it further enacted,* That the First Comptroller of theAdjustment of claim of Carmick and Ramsey. Treasury be and he is hereby required to adjust the damages due to Edward H. Carmick and Albert C. Ramsey, on account of the abrogation, by the Postmaster-General, of their contract to carry the mail on Vera Cruz, Acapulco, and San Francisco route, dated the fifteenth February eighteen hundred and fifty-three; to adjudge and award to them, according to the principles of law, equity, and justice, the amount so found due; and the Secretary of the Treasury is hereby required to pay the same to the said Carmick and Ramsey, out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated.
Sec. 7. *And be it further enacted,* That there be allowed and paidPayment to Jacob Hall. to Jacob Hall, for carrying the mail on route number eight thousand nine hundred and twelve, from Independence to Santa Fe, twenty-two thousand dollars per annum, instead of the sum for which he contracted, commencing August, eighteen hundred and fifty-five, and ending with his contract; and the same shall be in full for all the losses by him sustained in said service by Indian depredations or otherwise.
This grant is made on the condition that the Postmaster-General may at any time, on giving three months’ notice, annul the contract of said Hall. Sec. 8. *And be it further enacted,* That the Postmaster-General isPayment to Geo. H. Giddings.1857, ch. 96, § 9.*Post*, p. 190. hereby authorized to pay to George II. Giddings, contractor for carrying the mail on route number twelve thousand nine hundred, from Santa Fe, New Mexico, to San Antonio, Texas, monthly each way, according to the contract under which said service is now being performed, the sum of thirty-three thousand five hundred dollars, for each year’s service, commencing with the eighteenth day of August, eighteen hundred and fifty-five, and continue during bis contract: *Provided,* That the Postmaster-General be, and he is hereby authorized to annul said contract, on giving three months’ notice to said contractor.
Sec. 9. *And be it further enacted,* That the proper accounting officersBelief of S. M. Leavenworth. of the Post-Office Department be and they are hereby authorized and required to execute the “joint resolution for the relief of Seth M. Leavenworth, now deceased, approved the sixth day of August, eighteen hundredVol. ix. p. 681. and forty-six,” and that the amount found due shall be paid to his legal representatives out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated.
Sec. 10. *And be it further enacted,* That the proviso, at the end of thePart of act of 1851, ch. 21, § 3, respecting power to remit fines, &c., repealed.Vol. ix. p. 593. third section of the act of March third, eighteen hundred and fifty-one, entitled “An act making appropriations for the service of the Post-Office Department during the fiscal year ending the thirtieth of June, eighteen hundred and fifty-two, and for other purposes,” is hereby repealed. Approved, August 18, 1856.
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