Chapter I. *making Appropriations to defray the Deficiencies in the Appropriations for the Service of the Post-Office Department for the fiscal Year ending the* 30*th of June,* 1859, *and in Part for the Support of the Post-Office Department for the fiscal Year ending the* 30*th June,* 1860
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Chap. I.— An Act *making Appropriations to defray the Deficiencies in the Appropriations for the Service of the Post-Office Department for the fiscal Year ending the* 30*th of June,* 1859, *and in Part for the Support of the Post-Office Department for the fiscal Year ending the* 30*th June,* 1860. Feb. 15, 1860. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,* That the sum of four million Deficiency appropriation for Post-Office Department for year ending June 30, 1859.two hundred and ninety-six thousand and nine dollars and twenty-six cents is hereby appropriated out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the purpose of supplying the deficiency in the revenues and defraying the expenses of the Post-Office Department for the year ending the thirtieth of June, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-nine.
Sec. 2. *And be it further enacted,* That towards the support of the Appropriations for Post-Office Department for year ending June 30, 1860.Post-Office Department, for the fiscal year ending the thirtieth of June, eighteen hundred and sixty, the sum of four millions of dollars, payable out of any money in the treasury arising from the revenues of the Post-Office Department, is hereby appropriated, and the further sum of two millions four hundred thousand dollars is hereby appropriated, payable out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, said sums to be expended in conformity with the provisions of the act of the second day of July, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-six, in the For what to be expended.payment exclusively of compensation to postmasters and clerks in their offices, mail depredations and special agents, and for the transportation 1836, ch. 270.
Vol. v. p. 80.of the mails, for wrapping paper, mail bags, blanks and paper for the same, mail locks, keys, and stamps, postage stamps and stamped envelopes. Sec. 3. *And be it further enacted,* That interest at the rate of six per Interest to be paid on certain sums found due contractors for services since May 1, 1850.cent., per annum, to commence sixty days after the expiration of the quarter in which the service was rendered, but in no case prior to the first day of May, eighteen hundred and fifty-nine, to the date of the approval of this act, shall be paid on all sums found due to the contractors for carrying the mail, and that a sum sufficient to pay the same be and is hereby appropriated out of any monies in the treasury not otherwise appropriated: *Provided,* That such interest shall be payable 2 THIRTY-SIXTH CONGRESS.
Sess. I. Ch. 1, 2, 3. 1860. To be paid only to the contractors, and to be in full for all damages, &c.only to the contractors themselves; and the same is hereby declared to be in full of all damages by reason of failure or delay in payment; and the same shall be receipted for accordingly. But no interest shall be allowed on payments for the last quarter, ending the thirty-first of December, eighteen hundred and fifty-nine. Appropriation for temporary clerks. Sec. 4. *And be it further enacted,* That the sum of one thousand dollars be, and the same is, hereby, appropriated, for the services of temporary clerks in expediting the payment of creditors of the Post-Office Department.
Post-office blanks to be printed by contract, to be awarded to lowest bidder. Repeal of former laws. Sec. 5. *And be it further enacted,* That the superintendent of the public printing be required to procure the printing of the post-office blanks by contract, after thirty days’ public notice, and to award said contract for the usual period of post-office contracts, to the bidder who offers to print said blanks at the greatest per centum deduction from the prices authorized to be paid by law for the printing of the Executive Departments; and that all laws, or parts of laws, now in force, in relation to the printing of post bills or post-office blanks, be, and the same are hereby, repealed.
Approved, February 15, 1860.