Chapter XXIII. *making Appropriations for the Service of the Post-Office Department during the fiscal Year ending the thirtieth of June, eighteen hundred and sixty-six.* Jan. 28, 1865. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,* That the followi
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Chap. XXIII.— An Act *making Appropriations for the Service of the Post-Office Department during the fiscal Year ending the thirtieth of June, eighteen hundred and sixty-six.* Jan. 28, 1865. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,* That the following sums be, Post-office appropriation.and the same are hereby, appropriated, for the service of the Post-Office Department for the year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and sixty-six, 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 thirty-six:— For transportation of the mails, (inland,) seven million eight hundred Transportation of mails.thousand dollars.
For ship, steamboat, and way letters, eight thousand dollars. Ship, &c., letters. For compensation to postmasters, three million one hundred and seventy-five thousand dollars. Postmasters. For clerks for post-offices, one million three hundred thousand dollars. Clerks. For payment to letter-carriers, four hundred thousand dollars. Letter-carriers. For wrapping paper, seventy-five thousand dollars. Wrapping paper, twine, stamps, &c. For twine, seventeen thousand dollars. For office stamps, six thousand dollars.
For letter balances, two thousand five hundred dollars. For compensation to blank agents and assistants, seven thousand dollars. Blank agents, &c. For office furniture, two thousand dollars. For advertising, sixty-eight thousand dollars. For postage stamps and stamped envelopes, two hundred and fifty Advertising. Postage stamps and envelopes.thousand dollars. For mail depredations and special agents, seventy thousand dollars. Special agents. For mail-bags, sixty thousand dollars.
Mail bags, locks and keys. For mail locks and keys, eight thousand dollars. 426 THIRTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 24, 25, 26. 1865 Balances to foreign countries. For payment of balances due to foreign countries, three hundred and fifty thousand dollars. For miscellaneous payments, two hundred and fifty thousand dollars. Foreign mail transportation. For foreign mail transportation, two hundred and fifty thousand dollars. Approved, January 28, 1865.