168 THIRTY-SIXTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 57. 1861. eh. 270 §4.,(vo1. ment during the Hscal year ending the thirtieth June, eighteen hundred $££é&k<=¤¤·5 and fifty-Eve," be and the same is hereby continued from the Hlth day of m0_ ug' ’ eighteen; hundred and i:ll`ty-e1gbt, to the fifth of August, eighteen uu re an S1 . Mmmgu in Sec. 5. And tl it further enacted, That the joint resolution of Congress voice ¤fA¤¤i¤¤¤* of eighteenth August, eighteen hundred and fifty-six, which provides that §Q§lm“°°" G°°` there shall be " one principal messenger in each of the bureaus of the Vol. xi. p.145. several Executive Departments, at an annual salary of eight hundred and forty dollars each," shall be understood to embrace within its true scope and meaning the offices of the three Assistant Postmasters General, engtling each to a messenger at an annual salary of eight hundred and forty 0 ars. Advertised let- Sec. 6. And be ·itjiz·rther enacted, That letters which have been adver-
- ¢¤;¤· *;l&¤¤ yu? tised under existing laws (vide section twenty-six, act of March three,
{°8;5'"ch_§Z_§%j eighteen hundred and twenty-Eve, and section Eve, act of March three, Vol. iv. p. 109. eighteen hundred and fifty-one) shall be returned to the Post Office De- 1?V5g·l»_f:g°5§0?· partment as dead letters if unclaimed two months after the date of the
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- Provided, [That? letters at seaports intended for persons on
pm, P, 10g_ board of certain designated vesse s expected to arrive, and letters specially marked to be retained a longer period, shall be excepted from the opera- Pmviso. tion of this act: And provided jurther, Thaf said letters shall be returned under regulations to be prescribed by the Postmaster General. Uuclafgnetii Sec. 7. And be itfuriher enadcd, That the unclaimed mdney from dead Egg? box aged letters, now appropriated to the use of the Department, under section Pu,d_’ twenty-six, act of March three, eighteen hundred and twenty-Eve, may pm, P_ -,0;, be exclusively applied in future to promote the e§ciency of the dead letter office, by providing for a more careful examination of letters, and the return of a larger number to the writers (whether with or without valuable m£·1?<>rt to be enclosures) _: Provided, [That] said officer shall make a detailed report of .his proceedings to Congress during the next session thereofl Pomgo on Sec. 8. And be it further enacted, That upon all letters returned from dm mm. "_ the dead letter office there shall be charged the usual rates of postage, to uu-md. be collected on delivery, and accounted for by postmasters in the same Posstygge by pri- ?iiidrbie)(;lt{_;‘i5(;·sther enacted, That every letter or packet brought vm P' into the United States, or carried from one port therein to another in any Post, p. 706. private ship or vessel, shall be charged with five cents, if delivered at the post oidce where the same shall arrive; and if destined to be conveyed by post to any place, with two cents added to the ordinary rates of post- Proviao. age: Provided, That upon all letters or packets conveyed in whole or in gg; bylsteamersi) or steamihgpls plver any route upon which, or between 0 paces eween wi te mis re ular conve ed in oth r Vésscls under contract with the Post Office Degartmdiit, the lsame charge shall be levied, with the addition of two cents a letter or packet, as would
- 1;:; évleerliclevied if such letter or packet had been transmitted regularly
mai . xngqnmstent Suc. 10. And be it further enacted, That all acts or rts of acts in. gixgfw *'°· ;:ho;s;t;1;ta»;tl1“;l;e);ror;;s;$i;dof the preceding section of ptliis act be, and , °°*¤8etob¤ Sec. 11. And be it fitrt}m· enacted That it shall b I f 1 f .1 » e aw u or ersons ggdggh nm knoyvn as dealers in newspapers and periodicals to rectfive by pgpgnghggg on 381 such quantities of extheras they may require, and to pay the postage · ereon, as theymay be received, at the same rates as regular subscribers mléegerpe tgcsluch publications: .Pr0vzded,_That the Postmaster General be author- _nm_y Q toestabhsh a daily or senmdaxly delivery of letters and newspapers Tami., W y carriers, throughout a circuit of nine miles from the City Hall, in the Yo;,!;' PP. 708 City of New Yorlr, under the supervision of the Postmaster of New York, qos_ ’ ’ glgzlsioxggehp Judgment, the revenue from such service shall defray the
