374 FORTY-SIXTH CONGRESS. Sess. III. Ch. 94, 95, 96. 1881. March 1, 1881. CHAP. 94.—An act to authorize the Commissioners of the District of Columbia to -————--—·——-—- appoint additional policemen for temporary service in the District, and for other pl1l"p0S9S. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United _€°¤¤¤l$SiQ¤°r¤ States of America in Congress assembled, That the Commissioners of the ‘&,:l::$b£’SQg°t0£f District of Columbia are hereby authorlzed to appomt, upon the recom. ph,). ,,d,l},i.,,,,,;pO- rnendation of the superintendent of the Metropolitan police of the Dis. liceinen rm tem- trict of Columbia, three hundred additional privates on the Metropolitan P<>¤‘M5’ ¤°"*°°· police force of said District for the period of ten days from the passage of this act, who shall be paid two dollars for each day’s service rendered by them in that capacity; and a sum sufficient for their payment and equipment is hereby appropriated out of any money in the Treasury not other- Promos. wise appropriated: Provided, That the expense of said police shall be paid one-half out of the revenues of the District and the other half out of the revenues of the United States: And protidedfurther, That twenty of said force shall be detailed and placed under control of the Architect of the Capitol, Sergeant-at-arms of the House, and Sergeant-at—arms of the Senate. Approved, March 1, 1881. March 1 1g3i_ CHAP. 95.-An act to amend section thirty-five hundred and twenty-four of the Re- —---i--- viseg Statptcg sodas to authorize a charge for melting or refining bullion when at ora oven an ar. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United R·S·3524»¤¤¤<>¤d- States of America in Congress assembled, That section thirtyfive hun- °d‘ dred and twenty-four of the Revised Statutes of the United States be amended by striking out of said section the words "for melting and refining when bullion is below standard," and inserting in lieu thereol the words “for melting or refining bullion." Approved, March 1, 1881. March 1, 1881. CHAP. 96.-An act making appropriations for the service of the Post Office Depart- -————-—————-— ment for the fiscal year ending J unc thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-two, and for other purposes. _ _ Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United fmfP£};:};;L“*;)%;f States of America in Congress assembled, That the following sums be, Mid- Omwj,,,pm,,m,;,_ the same are hereby, appropriated for the service of the Post Office D6- partment for the year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eightytwo, out of any money in the Treasury arising from the revenues 1836, ch. 210, of said department, in conformity to the act of July second, eighteen St”·*·» 5»8r hundred and thirty-six, as follows: mms. Omuon on run Posrmnsrna-GENERAL.-For mail depredations and » post-office inspectors, including amounts necessary for fees to United States marshals and attorneys, one hundred and seventy-Eve thousand dollars. And not exceeding Eve thousand dollars of this amount may be expended for fees to United States attorneys, marshals, clerks of courts, and counsel necessarily employed by postofiice inspectors of the Post- Ofiice Department, subject to approval by the Attorney-General , and hereafter the superintendent of railway mail-service and the chief of post-office inspectors shall be paid their actual expenses while travelling on the business of the department. Aqverviwnwrrtof For advertising, thirty-five thousand dollars; and hereafter the POS? mm `l°mDgS‘ m3iSteI‘—GeHe1‘al shall cause advertisements of all general mail-lei5tiDgS gf each State and Territory to be conspicuously posted in each postoffice in the State and Territory embraced in said advertisements for at least sixty days before the time of such general letting; and no other advertisement of such lettings shall be required; but this provision shall not
