204. THIRTY·-SIXTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 72, 73. 1861. Repoi·tonQuar- masters bureau since the tirst day of July, eighteen hundred and fifty-
- m¤”°°"° b“‘ seven, and report the same to Congress at its next session.
igadotfglgsiinde Src. 2. And be it further enacted, That the Secretary of the Interim- bn, Accounts ofSu· and he is hereby, authorized and directed to audit and state the accounts piffgagtgxd of the late Superintendent of the Fort Ridgely and South Pass wagon South Pass road,up to the time when he was relieved from the care of the ppbhc W°S°¤·¥°¤d *° property in his possession, allowing him all such sums as, in the •0P1I110`¤, b°s°m°d‘ of the Secretary, may be fair, reasonable, and just, and charging him with all such sumzgs in his opinion he ought to be charged with, and report the same to n ress. Pmmgon of Sec. Andbe it further enacted, Thatfor the protection of l emigrants emigrants on on the overland routes between the Atlantic slope and the California and °'°'l¤¤d·'°¤*°°· Oregon and Washington frontier, the sum of nfty thousand dollars is hereby appropriated, out of any money in the. Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to be expended under the direction of the Secretary of War, it; in his judgment, the same may be necessary. Approved, March 2, 1861. MM- @1861- . .-nt an mu A muon on sam e the Pan 0 ________ C%e¥parIl131;el•$!Illltring the fiscal Ylldr the lhirtijlll of June, eigldeen hundred {fd sixty-two. Be it enacted ky the Senate and House mf Representatives of the United Alpprotgfiations Slater of America in Congress assembled, That the following sums be, and Q: °St;mf€°° the same are hereby, appropriated, for the service of the Post Office Depupartment for the year ending the thirtieth of June, eighteen hundred and sixty-two, out of any moneys in the Treasury arising from the revenues 1836, ch. 270. of the said Department, in conformity to the act of the second July, V°l· V- P- 80- eighteen hundred and thirty-six. Transportation For transportation of the mails, (inland,) ten million forty thousand of the m¤il¤· two hundred and eighty-four dollars; and the Postmaster General is here- Discontinuaneo, by directed to reexamine the causes for discontinuance or curtailment of Egllgg the postal service on inland routes since the fourth day of March, eigh- Mm}, 4_ 1g5g_ ,0 teen hundred and fifty-nine, and to restore all such parts of said service be inquired into. as can be restored with due regard to the public mterest and the circumstances of each case, whether such discontinuance or curtailment was upon contracts yet in force, or has taken effect upon the making of new No change to contracts: And provided, That the restoration or increase of service
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- l:‘°'3°°tV;°:‘:}° hereby contemplated, shall not be made without the consent of the contractor. tractor in each case, or in pursuance of his contract.
Compensation For compensation to postmasters, two millions seven hundred thousand
- ° P°°"°”*°’°· dollars: Provided, That no compensation shall be paid to postmasters
f°Ep°mJ;¤l}%;_*¤d after the thirtieth of June, eighteen hundred and sixty-one, for the delivfm mm;),,,, u_ ery of free letters or papers to their recipients, except to the postmaster pers, except, ile. at Washington city, District of Columbia, in pursuance of the existing law authorizing a special allowance to him for such service. Clerks to For clerks in the offices of postmasters, one million forty-five thousand P°¤*¤¤¤¤*°¤*· five hundred and seventeen dollars and twenty-three cents. gig-1g¢t¤n¤· For ship, steamboat, and way letters, twenty thousand dollars. wm °°' “"“' For office furniture for post offices, four thousand dollars. For advertising, seventy thousand dollars. For mail bags, fifty-five thousand dollars. Advertising, For paper for blanks, sixty thousand dollars. P•P¤'» *·*¤¤°» sw- For printing blanks, twelve thousand dollars. For wrapping paper, forty-five thousand dollars. For mail locks, keys, and stamps, twenty thousand dolla.rs. _ Mail depreda. For mail depredations and special agents, seventy-five thousand dollars:
P7. 'rhat the proviso in thu section of the BLR of June 5ft8C11th,
R,,,,,,,, of 5,1,,,., eighteen hundred and sixty, making appropriations for the service of the pgpct 1860, c · Post Ofhce Department, which restricts the maximum compensation to be
