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TWEN TY-N IN TH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 38. 1847. 153 Washington, and excepting, also, the allowance to which postmasters are entitled by law, from the income from boxes: And provided, further, That each deputy-postmaster, whose compensation for the ., F¤‘=¤>l;,*¤y P":" last preceding year did not exceed two hundred dollars may send ;,§§i,,;,,m?u P through the mail all letters written by himself, and receive through the mail all written communications addressed to himself, on his private business, which shall not exceed in weight one half ounce, free of postage. For ship, steamboat, and way letters, seventeen thousand dollars. Laden, For wrapping paper, sixteen thousand dollars. Paper. For office furniture, (for the offices of postmasters,) three thousand Furniture. dollars. For advertising, thirty thousand dollars. Ad'¤*"i¤l¤8· For mail bags, twenty thousand dollars. Mau bags. For blanks, seventeen thousand dollars. Blf¤¤k¤· For mail locks, keys, and stamps, four thousand dollars. Locks. For mail depredations and special agents, thirteen thousand dollars: D•=r>r9d¤¢i¤¤¤ Provided, That the Postmaster-General be, and he is hereby, author- °°;P°°}°l ‘g°“° ized to employ, when the service may require it, the assistant post- r°"'°' masters-general as special agents, and to make them compensation and allowance therefor, not to exceed the amount expended by said agents as necessary travelling expenses while so employed. For clerks for offices, (in the olhces of postmasters,) two hundred Clerk-- and twenty-five thousand dollars. For miscellaneous, fifty thousand dollars. M$¤°°ll*¤¤°¤•· Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That in case the revenues of Anyoateiency the department referred to in the first section of this act, shall prove ff ’j";d";;’£: insufficient to meet the foregoing appropriations, then any deficiency ;:.?£,i,y_ that may thus arise shall be paid out of any moneys in the treasury not otherwise appropriated. Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That the assistant messengers, Salaryofassistof the Post Of5ce·Department shall be entitled to an annual salary of "“‘“°“°"g°'°‘ four hundred and nity dollars. Sec. 4. And be itfurtlaer enacted, That the Secretary of the Treas- Howland and ury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to pay to Howland A:Q";§gml:i2§ and Aspinwall, of the city of New York, the sum of five thousand l>utere¤t,&c. dollars, with interest from the first day of November, eighteen hundred and thirty-five, out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, being the amoimt of a draft drawn by James Reeside, on the Post-Office Department, dated the eighteenth day of April, eighteen hundred and thirty-five, payable on the first day of November, eighteen hundred and thirty-five, to the order of the said Reeside, and accepted by the treasurer of the Post-Ofhce Department, and by the said Reeside indorsed to the order of H. H. Williams, of Baltimore, and by the said Williams indorsed in blank, and which draft is the property of the said Howland and Aspinwall. Approved, March 2, 1847. CRAP. XXXVIII. — An ..9c2furt}re·r to extend the Charter of the Union Bank of March 2, 1847, Georgetown, in the District of Columbia. m--- Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the act en- Act to extend titled "An Act to extend the Charter of the Union Bank of George- town, in the District of Columbia," approved the twenty-fifth day of amused, May, in the year eighteen hundred and thirtfeight, be, and the same 1888,ch. 88. is hereby, further extended to the first day of July, in the year eighteen hundred and forty-nine, until `which time said act shall be in full force, for the sole purpose of enabling the president and directors of Von. IX. Pun.-20