THIRTY—FIRST CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 21. 1851. 591 Sec. 8. And be it further enacted, That there shall be paid to the Appropriation pest-office department, in further payment and compensation for the f‘2'8t§°;°*”m°“* mail service performed for the two houses of congress and the other P g ` departments and officers of the government in the transportation of free matter, the sum of five hundred thousand dollars per year, which shall be paid quarterly, out of any moneys in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, and the moneys appropriated to the post-office department by the twelfth section of the act " to establish certain post routes and {er other purposes/’ approved March third, eighteen hundred and forty- 1847, en, css. seven, and remaining undrawn in the treasury, shall continue subject Former approto the requisition of the Postmaster-General for the service of the post- £;L?*‘°“S made . . . ject to drafts. office department, notwithstanding the same may have so remained undrawn for more than two years after it became subject to such requisition. Sec. 9. And be it farther enacted, That there is hereby appropri- Appropriation ated out of any moneys in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, the f" d“5°‘°“°'°S‘ sum of five hundred thousand dollars, to supply any deficiency that may arise in the post-office department. Sec. 10. And be it further enacted, That it shall be in the power Letter carriers. of the Postmaster-General, at all post~offices where the postmasters are appointed by the President of the United States, to establish post routes within the cities or towns, to provide for conveying letters to the postoflice by establishing suitable and convenient places of deposit, and by employing carriers to receive and deposit them in the post-oflice; and at all such offices it shall be in his power to cause letters to be delivered by suitable carriers, to be appointed by him for that purpose, for which not exceeding one or two cents shall be charged, to be paid by the person receiving or sending the same, and all sums so received shall be paid into the post·office department: Provided, The amount of com- Pf<>*‘iS<>· pensation allowed by the Postmaster-General to carriers shall in no case exceed the amount paid into the treasury by each town or city, under the provisions of this section. Sec. 11. And be it further enacted, That from and after the passage New eoin or of this act, it shall be lawful to coin at the mint of the United States Value °f 3 ““°S‘ and its branches, a piece of the denomination and legal value of three cents, or three hundredths of a dollar, to be composed of three-fourths silver and one fourth copper, and to weigh twelve grains and three- Weight. eighths of a grain; that the said coin shall bear such devices as shall Device. be conspicuously different from those of the other silver coins, and of the gold dollar, but having the inscription United States of America, and its denomination and date; and that it shall be a legal tender in M¤d€¤t€¤d°'· payment of debts for all sums of thirty cents and under. And that no ingots shall be used for the coinage of the three-cent pieces herein authorized, of which the quality differs more than five thousandths from the legal standard; and that, in adjusting the weight of the said coin, Weight. the following deviations from the standard weight shall not be exceeded, namely, one half of a grain in the single piece, and one pennyweight in a thousand pieces. (a.) Approved, March 3, 1851. Cru?. XXI.—An det making Appropriatimw for the service of the Past-Office March 3, 1851. llepartment during the fiscal Year ending the thirtieth of June, one thousand """""°" eight hundred and fifty-two, and for other Purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the following
(rz) For acts respecting U. S. coins, see note in vol. i. p. 248 ; Stat. 1849, ch. 109. 1853, ch. 79.
