Chapter XXXIV. *making Appropriations for the Service of the Post-Office Department during the Fiscal Year ending the thirtieth of June, eighteen hundred and sixty-five.* March 16, 1864. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, * That the foll
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Chap. XXXIV.— 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-five.* March 16, 1864. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, * That the following sums be, andAppropriations for Post-Office Department. the same are hereby, appropriated, for the service of the Post-Office Department for the year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and sixty-five, 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 hundredTransportation of mails. and forty-nine thousand dollars.
For foreign mail transportation, two hundred and fifty thousand dollars.Ship, &c., letters. For ship, steamboat, and way letters, eight thousand dollars. For compensation to postmasters, three million one hundred thousandPostmasters. dollars. For clerks for post offices, one million one hundred and sixty-eightClerks. thousand dollars. For payments to letter-carriers, six hundred and forty thousand dollars.Letter-carriers. 30 Wrapping-paper, twine, &c.For wrapping-paper, eighty-eight thousand dollars.
For twine, sixteen thousand dollars. For office stamps, five thousand dollars. For letter balances, two thousand five hundred dollars. Blank agents, &c.For compensation to blank agents and assistants, six thousand five hundred dollars. For office furniture, two thousand dollars. For advertising, thirty-five thousand dollars. Postage stamps and stamped envelopes, mail-bags and looks, &c.For postage stamps and stamped envelopes, ninety thousand dollars. For mail depredations and special agents, sixty thousand dollars.
For mail-bags, sixty thousand dollars. For mail locks and keys, ten thousand dollars. Foreign balances.For payment of balances due to foreign countries, two hundred thousand dollars. Miscellaneous.For miscellaneous payments, two hundred thousand dollars. Sec. 2. *And be it further enacted,* That if the revenues of the Post-Office Deficiency appropriation, if necessary.Department shall be insufficient to meet the appropriations of this act, then the sum of one million five hundred thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, 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, eighteen hundred and sixty-five.
Approved, March 16, 1864. Chapter XXXIV: in Addition to an Act to amend the Laws relating to the Post-Office Department, approved March three, eighteen hundred and sixty-three. 13 Stat. 29 1864-03-16 Chapter XXXIV Little, Brown and Company text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-01-27 38 2 public
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*making Appropriations for the Service of the Post-Office Department during the Fiscal Year ending the thirtieth of June, eighteen hundred and sixty-five.* March 16, 1864. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, * That the foll
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