THIRTIETH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 104. 1849. 379 the officers and crews of the vessels of the navy shall be paid to them N<> Prim ¤· under the direction of the Secretary of the Navy, and the law author·· b° °P` iziug the appointment of prize agents is hereby repealed. Armzovzn, March 3, 1849. Cnip. CIV. -.91: Art making Approprialions for the Service af the Past Ojire Much 3, l8‘9_ Department for the Year cuding the thirticth of June, one thousand eight -———-—-——-—· hundred and fifty. Be it enacteel by the Senate and Hczcsc of Rvpresenfatives af the Uniferl Siatcs ¢fAnm·lca in Congress assembled, That the following sums of money be, and they are hereby, appropriated for the service of the Post-Ofiice Department for the year ending the thirtieth of June, one thousand eight hundred and fifty, out of any moneys in the treasury arising from the revenues of the said department, in conformity to the act of the second of July, one thousand eight hundred and 1S3G,ch.270. thirty-six, viz.: For transportation of the mails within the United States, two millions _Tr¤¤Sp¤r¤¤q five hundred and forty thousand doiiars. §(‘_;r}54O0()§)()¥mlIS, For transportation of the mails in four steamships, at one hundred ·i~mn;pOm_ thousand dollars each per year, from New York to Bremen, by way of tion of mails, by Southampton, under the contract made with the Ocean Steam Naviga- gf$'§‘9§h‘PS· tion Company, of New York, in addition to the sum of three hundred ’ ` and eighty-three thousand six hundred and nine dollars of former appropriations for the same object, which it is estimated will remain unexpended on the thirtieth of June eighteen hundred and forty-nine, sixteen thousand three hundred and ninety-one dollars. For transportation of the mails between Charleston, South Carolina, and Havana, by way of Key \Vest, calling at Savannah, under the contract made with M. C. Mordecai, Huy thousand dollars; and for trans- 350,000. portatiou of the mail by said line, or by other steamers, to such other places on the const of Florida as the Postmaster-General may deem 35000. practicable and expedient, five thousand dollars. Compensation For compensation of postmasters, one million two hundred and f¤ x><>$¤¤¤St¢r¤» twenty thousand dollars. E1é¥3)*(x)0* . . p, steam- For ship, steamboat, and way letters, thirty thousand dollars. boat, and W- For wrapping paper, twenty-two thousand dollars. l°Q‘$”» 8i;°» · For office furniture, (in the offices of postmasters,) three thousand pu, r§§£i§{)_p°` dollars. Office furniture, For advertising, fifty thousand dollars. 83X%%misin . g, For mail bags, twenty-tive thousand dollars. g5o,0oo_ For blanks, twenty-one thousand dollars. Mm bags- For mail locks ke s and stam s si thousand dollars. g25’000‘ , Y i P » X imno, $21,000. For the detection and prevention of mail depredations and for special Mai! Iccks, &c·. agents, including the two agents for Oregon and California, twenty $6,g, depmh_ thousand dollars. tions andgpecial For clerks for offices, (the offices of postmasters,) two hundred and ¤sg·¤$k8 900- sixty thousand dollars. $2645608: For miscellaneous, sixty thousand dollars. Miscellaneous. That the better to enable the postal treaty with Great Britain to go $60*000* into full effect with equal advantage to both countries, letters shall be t Rai" °;f3i°“·°'S mailed as composing one rate only where the letter does not exceed d:.ns€§;°p0;i2] the weight of a half ounce avoirdupois; where it exceeds a. half ounce, ¢¤=¤_=~tywith Great but does not exceed an ounce, as composing two rates; where it B"t°""‘ exceeds an ounce, but does not exceed two ounces, as composing four rates; where it exceeds two ounces, but [does] not exceed three ounces, as composing six rates; where it exceeds three ounces, but does not exceed four-ounces, as composing eight rates; and in like progression for each additional ounce, or fraction of an ounce, and that each rate
