THIRTY-FIRST CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 56. 1850. 461 nd diplomatic expenses of government for the year commencing first July, eighteen hundred and forty-nine, whereby one hundred and thirty 1g4g, ci,_ mq_ dollars was appropriated for the " messenger " instead of the two watchmen in the Post-Ofiice Department, (acts second session, thirtieth Congress, page 62,) two hundred and sixty dollars; and the said clause making an appropriation of additional compensation of one hundred and thirty dollars for messenger of Post—OfHce Department is hereby repealed. For transportation of the mails, including the service in California Transportation and Oregon, two million nine hundred and fifty thousand dollars. °f““’l*‘ For transportation of the mails in two steamships from New York, by From N. York Southampton, to Bremen, at one hundred thousand dollars for each °° B'°m°“‘ ship, under the contract with the Ocean Steam Navigation Company of New York; and for transportation by two ships, under the same contract, from New York to Havre, at seventy-five thousand dollars From N. You each, in addition to unexpended balance of former appropriations, *° H”·"°· sixty-six thousand six hundred and sixty-seven dollars : Provided, That Proviso. the steamships to Havre shall be constructed according to the requirements of the act of third of March, one thousand eight hundred and 1845, eh. 69. forty-five, providing for the transportation of the mail between the United States and foreign countries, and shall perform with the speed required in the contract of second February, one thousand eight hundred and forty-seven; and that the two steamships to Bremen shall, from and after the first June, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-two, comply, in all respects, with the requirements of said act of one thousand eight hundred and forty-five, and shall perform mail service with the speed required by the contract aforesaid. For transportation of the mails between Charleston and Havana, by From Charlesway of Key West, calling at Savannah, under the contract with M. C. "°“ *° H‘“'““· Mordecai, fifty thousand dollars. For transportation of the mails across the Isthmus of Panama, thir- Across Isthmus ty-five thousand dollars. °f P°“°‘m°‘ For compensation to postmasters, one million four hundred and fifty Comp¤¤¤otlo¤ thousand dollars. _ t° P°StmaSters' For ship, steamboat, and way letters, forty·{·ive thousand dollars. Ship, Steam- For wrapping paper, twenty-four thousand dollars. {’x;;,s_a°d my For office furniture, (in the post-offices,) eight thousand dollars. Wrapping pa- For advertising, sixty-five thousand dollars. Pgém furniture For mail bags, twenty-five thousand dollars. Advertising_ " For blanks, twenty~eight thousand dollars. Mail bags- For mail locks, keys, and stamps, ten thousand dollars. E,‘;'{,l;*‘ keys For mail depredations, and special agents, thirty thousand dollars. and starii(ps._ i For clerks for offices, (in the post-ofiices,) three hundred and forty “d];il;'sts‘***°“$ thousand dollars. C;€§’ks_ ` For miscellaneous, seventy thousand dollars. Miscellaneous For publishing new editions of the post-oflice laws and regulations, I Publishing and of the table of post-offices, eight thousand five hundred dollars. a"' Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the Postmaster-General be, Postmasterand he is hereby, authorized to pay out of any money in the treasury ‘° at the credit of the Post-Oiiice Department, all such balances as have, General P. Office or may hereafter, become due to the General Post-Office of London, °f L°¤d°¤· upon the adjustment of the quarterly accounts arising out of the Postal Convention, concluded December fifteenth, eighteen hundred and forty-eight, between the United States and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. , Anrnovnn, September 16, 1850.
